Tech Trek | AAUW Marysville-Yuba City (CA) Branch

The website for Tech Tek is: aauw-ca.org/tech-trek and here are some slides taken at UC Davis Tech Trek this year. https://sites.google.com/view/ucdavistechtrek25?usp=sharing

Tech Trek update – Tech Trek is a STEM enrichment program, started in 1998 in California. It offers rising 8^th-grade girls a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore STEM topics with women role models and to possibly envision a future for themselves in it. Tech Trek is now a nationwide program, organized through AAUW. There are nine camps in California this year, plus ten camps in other states. The Tech Trek program offers both residential camps on college campuses and virtual camps held online. Residential participants live the life of a college student for a week, complete with dorm and classrooms and dining halls. Virtual camp participants enjoy the convenience of participating from home. Both programs feature inspiring interactions with women role models from STEM fields, hands-on-workshops, group projects, field trips, demonstrations, and energizing team-building fun. Activities may include building balloon-powered race cars, learning CSI-type forensics, or crafting wearable tech with moveable parts. The camps are staffed by female AAUW members and local community volunteers who are committed to the mission of helping girls navigate an-often-challenging path to STEM studies and careers.

For more than 25 years, Tech Trek has opened the eyes of more than 15,000 girls to new worlds and the camaraderie of like-minded campers interested in STEM. AAUW branch members visit middle schools in the fall of every school year to work with science and math teachers to recruit candidates. The application process is thorough, and the goal is to select promising students who might not otherwise get such an opportunity. The partnership between principals, teachers, parents, and recruiters is crucial.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a nonpartisan that was launched in 1881 to encourage women to get a college education and to fight for women’s suffrage. Once women achieved the vote, branches increased fundraising for scholarships and focused their public policy work on issues that affect women and families. Today, AAUW has more than 170,000 members and 1,000 local branches. The website for Tech Tek is: aauw-ca.org/tech-trek and here are some slides https://sites.google.com/view/ucdavistechtrek25?usp=sharing

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