Above: For 18 years, middle school girls have enjoyed exploring a world of STEM based careers thanks to a local women’s club. There’s an opportunity to do that again this spring. (2018 images previously cropped from Northborough Junior Women’s Club website)
If you want to encourage your 5th – 8th grade daughter(s) to explore a future in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math, take note.
The Northboro Junior Woman’s Club is putting on its annual STEM conference. As usual, the opportunity is also open to Southborough residents.
The 2025 NJWC Women in STEM event is Saturday, April 11th. (The deadline to sign up is April 4th, but I always suggest acting quickly. Enrollment is capped and your kids’ top choices for the workshops could also fill up in advance.)
The 18th annual conference will be held at Algonquin Regional High School from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm.
After an opening presentation, the girls will be able to attend four interactive career workshops, followed by “lunch and networking”.
Organizers promote:
Presenters will represent fields such as Forensic Chemistry, Technology, Architecture, Public Health, Biotechnology, High Education, Engineering, Actuary Science, Fashion Design and various Medical Professions. Each presenter will explain what they do in their occupation and what sparked their interest in the field, their education, the rewards and challenges of their professional journey and provide a hands-on exploration/activity.
This year, there are 20 professions to explore covering a wide range of STEM careers:
- Actuarial Science
- Architecture
- Biomedical Engineering – Medical Devices
- Cell Biology – Drug Design
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Science and Engineering
- Forensic Science
- Healthcare and Life Science (biopharma) Higher Education
- IT- cybersecurity
- IT- robots
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Materials Engineering
- Medicine – Endocrinology
- Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Pharmacist
- Physical Therapy/Licensed Athletic Training
- Public Health – Epidemiology
- Research Scientist – Genetics Research and Development
- Textile Science and Fashion Design
For more details, and to register, click here. (To see a promo video, click here.)
Thank you Northborough Junior Women’s club for organizing such a worthwhile annual event. And for free!
My long term colleague, Martha Michalewich, has been involved in this program for as long as I can remember. I know how hard Martha and her fellow NJWC members work to put on this event. It is a remarkable event designed to encourage our daughters to consider entering a STEM field. Women continue to be underrepresented in STEM fields so this is an opportunity for young girls to see very successful women role models in many interesting areas. I hope there are many girls from Southborough who attend. It could be life altering for them.