Newsletter #6
August 9, 2006
September 16, 2006 Forum!
Join our Midwest Rural-Urban Girls Collaborative Forum!
Location: Kansas State University on September 16, 2006!
Fiedler Auditorium (Room 1094)
8:30 AM - 12:15 PM
$1000 Grants are available for you!
Teachers & Counselors are welcome!
K-12 educators are welcome!
Government agencies are welcome!
Business organizations are welcome!
People & Organizations interested in Science, Technology, Engineering,
& Mathematics are welcome!
The purpose of this forum is bring together people and organizations so that they can learn about successful collaborations and can collaborate in various ways that will encourage girls into Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics.
$1000 Grants will be discussed at this Forum!
INTERESTED? Register by September 8, 2006 on the home page of our website
Questions? Send e-mail to Paula Kemp.
HOTEL INFORMATION (if you are coming Friday evening)
Please make your hotel reservation ASAP because there is a football game
at Kansas State University on September 16, 2006. 25 rooms are reserved
at the Holiday Inn Manhattan for MRU participants.
Holiday Inn Manhattan: (785) 539-5311
Room Rate: $129 plus tax, up to four guests per room
Reservation Deadline: August 18, 2006
Check in Time: 4:00 PM
Check-Out Time: 12:00 Noon
Cancellation Deadline: September 1, 2006. Please note that if you
cancel after this date you will be charged regardless.
When you make your reservation, ask for the Kansas State University Women in Engineering & Science Program rate. If you like, please feel free to stay at any other hotel of your choice.
MINI-GRANTS Please also be thinking about a mini-grant project for spring 2007.Deadline to submit your application for the next round of mini-grants is December 11, 2006.
Please feel free to contact me with your comments and questions. Please feel free to give copies of this newsletter to your colleagues.
Dr. Paula Kemp
Email Paula.
Principal Investigator, MRU Project (supported by National Science Foundation)
