2026 Girls in STEM Registration

  • Come Join us for HVCC's "Girls in STEM" event! Held on Saturday, March 28th 2026

    Registration begins at 8:00am, event starts at 9am and runs until 11:30am, in the Bulmer Telecommunications Center on HVCC's campus in Troy
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  • Registration will be held in the Bulmer Telecommuncations Center (BTC) on HVCC's campus from 8-8:45am.

     

    Starting at 9am, students will attend a brief presentation by our Featured Speaker, Molly Mulligan, PhD , Space Medicine Researcher, as in OUTERSPACE! She will speak for approximately 15-20 minutes about her experiences and the importance of girls in STEM!

    Next, students will attend TWO Workshops. Each hands-on workshop will be 45-minutes in length.

    The first round of Workshops runs from 9:30 - 10:30 am. 

    The second round of Workshops runs from 10:30 - 11:30 am. 

     

    Parents & Others?

    An area will be provided in the BTC building with coffee, snacks, and internet access for those who wish to stay on campus for the event.

     

    The event will be capped at 200 students to maintain small workshop sizes and allow for more hands-on activities. Entries received after the 200 cap will be placed on a waiting list. Please stand by as we will try to fit in as many students as possible!

  • Below is a List of Workshops that will be offered. On the next page of this registration, you will be asked to pick the student's FOUR highest picks for the workshops they'd like to attend! Based on availability, we will do our best to schedule your student into her top picks!

     

    Fun with Faraday: Connection between Magnets & Electricity!

                        Lisa Lavery & Kevin Wynne, HVCC Biology & Physics Faculty                     

     

    Owl Pellet Dissection: Cut, Analyze, and Discover!

                          Hosted by NYS Capital District Society of Women Engineers

     

    Toolbox Workshop: Engineering 101: Toolbox Construction!

                          Materials provided by Curtis Lumber

                          Jenifer Nichols, HVCC Faculty, Computer Science & Math 

     

    Robotics Workshop: Learn and Master the use of a Robotic Arm!

                        **This workshop is a double session - this is the only       

                           workshop you will attend if you choose this option**    

                         Linda Lim, Department Chair, HVCC Computer Science & 

                          Mathematics Department

     

    Electronics Workshop: Fun with Electronics!

                         Michael Cannistraci - HVCC Construction Technology Faculty

      

    Architecture Workshop: Architecture & More: Designing your Own Space

                     Johanna Carabantes & Lindsey Wood- HVCC Faculty, Architecture         

                     Technology

     

    What's in YOUR Backyard? Tracks, Trails, and Wildlife!

                      Caitlin Williams - HVCC Biology Faculty

     

    Cereal Workshop:  Cereal, Chocolate, & Math!

                          Peter Stix - HVCC Faculty, Mathematics

     

    Electronics using Arduino: LED's, Circuits, and Coding!

                          Christopher Mascolo - HVCC Engineering Faculty

     

    DNA Detectives: Come have a BLAST with Genes!

                         Jaya Dasgupta & Sujatha Kadaba - HVCC Biology Faculty

     

    Charting the Stars! Workshop: Making a planisphere to see Constellations

                        Richard Monda - HVCC Physics & Astronomy Faculty

     

     

  • Your registration and Workshop Selections have been Recorded! You will receive an email from JotForm shortly. This email serves as confirmation of your registration!

    We will be reaching out to you via email with updates and information as the date gets closer. Feel free to reach out to Christine Jenkins (c.jenkins@hvcc.edu) if you have questions

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