URI to host Tech Collective’s GRRL Tech expo

TWO HIGH SCHOOL students take part in a hands-on workshop at last year's GRRL Tech Expo, also held at the University of Rhode Island. / COURTESY TECH COLLECTIVE
TWO HIGH SCHOOL students take part in a hands-on workshop at last year's GRRL Tech Expo, also held at the University of Rhode Island. / COURTESY TECH COLLECTIVE

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island will play host to the Tech Collective’s GRRL Tech expo on Thursday, March 14, offering hands-on workshops in science, technology, engineering and math to the state’s high school girls.

GRRL Tech – Girls Reaching Remarkable Levels – is a day-long science, technology, engineering and math expo for 450 sophomore and junior high school girls.
The program, a brain child of Tech Collective, Rhode Island’s industry association for information technology and bioscience, offers access to hands-on workshops and career mentoring for high school girls interested in STEM careers.
The expo is slated to run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and includes opening remarks from Ruthe Farmer, director of strategic initiatives for the National Center for Women & Information Technology, and two sessions of student and teacher hands-on workshops.

The 25 student workshops focused on STEM fields ranging from bioscience, animal science and oceanography to engineering, physics and computer science, according to a Tech Collective release.

The day will end with closing remarks and the announcement of between three and five GRRL Tech attendees, who will be awarded four-year, $4,000 tuition scholarships to URI. Recipients will be chosen via their essay submissions by the GRRL Tech Scholarship Committee.

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Slated to attend this year’s event are 450 female high school students and 50 educators representing 31 local high schools and tech centers.

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