The AAUW Santa Clarita Valley Branch is proud to honor 14 young women who have been chosen from Santa Clarita area junior high schools to attend the 2013 Tech Trek Science Camp for Girls. The honorees were nominated by their math and science teachers, wrote essays and participated in interviews conducted by the AAUW Tech Trek Committee to determine scholarship recipients. Tech Trek Co-Chairs Robin Clough and Marian Smith-Subbarao succeeded in making this years program so successful.
Tech Trek is a California AAUW activity that offers 7th grade girls a one-week residential math, science, and technology summer camp on a university campus. It provides a fun and supportive environment for girls to explore and expand their interests in these areas, with hands-on activities, projects, and field trips led by experienced teachers and guest presenters. AAUW programs like Tech Trek Science Camp for Girls are changing the status quo across the country. Connecting young women with likeminded peers and mentors has a powerful effect on the lives and career choices of future generations. In fact survey results of girls who had participated show that AAUW Tech Trek had been the most influential personal or academic experience of their middle school years.
AAUW Santa Clarita Branch is extremely grateful to donors for the 2013 Tech Trek program: Kaiser Permanente, Boston Scientific Corporations, Lynda May Rick, Gina MacDonald, Jim Sweeney, Esterline TA-Aerospace, Dr. Dianne Van Hook- Chancellor, College of the Canyons, Drs. Ram and Marian Subbarao, Mike Antonvich, LA County Board of Supervisors, TriSept Corporation, The Brynjegard-Bialik Family, Sue McCabe, Louise Schultz, Diane Kreyenhagen, Rose Romeka, Jim and Angela Birchfield, Melody Bustamante, Richard Patterson of Owen-Patterson and Owen, Dr. Cynthia T. Morales, The David West Family, Joy Aaron-DVM, Linda Hart, Kelly and Vernon Burke, Valencia Pediatrics, Jane Hanson
For more information about the Tech Trek program and AAUW please visit our website: www.aauw-scv.org.