On Saturday, April 7th 2018...
This year we welcomed 130 girls of ages 11-15 from local communities to come and join us for another exciting day filled with hands-on science & technology workshops & guided by STEM role model volunteers & professionals.
The day was filled with creative and fun workshops from faculty and staff at Bridgewater State University and in partnership with BSU's Center for the Advancement of STEM Education (CASE).
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Where. When. What?!
Where? Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA USA
When? Saturday, 7th of April, 2018
What? Welcoming 150 girls aged 11-15 from local communities to come and join us for a g4g Day event filled with interactive and hands-on fun in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
How? We invite role model professionals to lead 45 minute workshops that show the link to STEM; 10 - 12 girls in one workshop; a chance to experience 4 workshops throughout the day.
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Meet the g4g BSU Team
Sarah Thomas is part of the Board of Directors and the Americas & Education Chair. She is the ultimate teacher. She works in International Education and looks forward to our future work with teachers to bring fun new ideas into the classroom. It isn't the surprising to know that Sarah loves to learn -- and she loves to dive into the fun detail of the science experiments. Her work with g4g in the US here!
Board of Directors, greenlight for girls
I am sophomore double majoring in earth science and secondary education with a minor in biology. I hope to receive my Master's degree in education at the graduate school here at BSU and then pursue my dream of becoming a high school science teacher, and might explore the administration field. It's my first year working for g4g and I learned about this wonderful program from Dr. Sarah Thomas in hopes to inspire young women to explore the STEM field. At Bridgewater, I am a community member as I have many roles here on campus such as being a member of the BSU Swim & Dive team, a Student Security Officer, an Orientation Leader, and even a mascot for the school. This past swim season I was one of the BSU Swim & Dive team's peer mentors, where I oversaw the freshmen's/new members' grades and aided them in adjusting with the load of their academics and the demand of the sport. I hope through being an active member in the BSU community while pursuing my passion as an educator will inspire others to step out of their comfort zones and dream big.
g4g BSU Team, Bridgewater, MA
Communication Coordinator greenlight for girls
Operations Manager, greenlight for girls
Take a peek into our previous events!
2018
On April 7, 2018 we went to Bridgewater State University to welcome 130 girls aged 11 to 15 from local communities for our 3rd annual g4g Day @BSU in partnership with BSU's Center for the Advancement of STEM Education (CASE). After meeting with Dr. Diana Fox, Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair at BSU, our guest speaker for the event, the girls got to spend their morning engaged in hands-on workshops showing the link between STEM and their everyday life. One of our favorite moments? When one of the girls made her own model of the lungs in a bottle and shouted “Everything is Science!”!! A huge thanks to all the 40 volunteers who dedicated their time, our friends at BSU and Sarah and Thila who joined us for this fun day!
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2017
On Saturday 22th, 2017, greenlight for girls organized its second event in collaboration with the Bridgewater State University! 160 local girls between the age of 11 to 15 got to spend a day exploring STEM through fun, creative workshops led by our partners BSU, Cisco, Navsea and Waters, as well our very own g4g Team!
Special thanks to our partners Bridgewater State University, Cisco, Navsea and Waters for making this a special day for the girls!
2016
On April 23rd 2016, 150 girls aged 11-15 from Bridgewater and local surroundings of Massachusetts, USA experienced the very first g4g Day at Bridgewater State University! Our "greenlight girls" expereinced mind-blowingly fun workshops in all aspects of STEM - learning to code with professionals from Cisco, experiencing robotics by creating "bristlebots" with the help of a team from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, learning food science using Kool-Aid with scientists from Waters Corporation, creating a DNA necklace with our g4g team, testing their engineering skills by building rooftops and so much more!
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Thank you BSU Center for the Advancement of STEM Education and all our supporters for helping us make this a special day for the girls! To all the motivated BSU undergraduate students who were ready to run workshops & "Mom's Mentors" for coming out and guiding the parents in STEM education - thank you! A special mention to Andrea Dewey Urmston, our Project Manager in NY who made a special trip just to join us and finally a HUGE THANK YOU to our U.S. Board of Directors, Sarah Thomas for leading the way and making all of this a reality! See you next year!
