VTC Rosie’s Girls STEM Leadership Overnight Camps & follow-on Mentorship Program
for Vermont girls entering 9th and 10th grades (fall 2016)
June 20 - 24 or July 11 -15
Vermont Tech - Randolph Center Campus
Modeled after Rosie’s Girls Day Camps by Vermont Works for Women(http://rosiesgirls.org/), Vermont Tech’s summer camps create positive, safe, supportive, girl-centered environments, with teamwork, healthy body image and tons of fun woven in! A place where girls can enhance their leadership skills as well as get their hands dirty, express themselves creatively, explore what the world has to offer them, what they have to offer the world and take positive risks! It’s a great place for girls who have previously participated in Rosie’s Girls Day Camps now entering 9th or 10th grades or who have never participated and want to try something new.
Program offerings may include: Computer Info Tech; Civil/Environmental & Architectural Engineering Tech; Construction Management; Agriculture; Welding; Fire Science; Mechanical & Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Tech; plus loads of activities, arts, and more!!
Experiences to:
o Try out a variety of trades and technical fields
o Increase self-confidence and self-worth and push past preconceived limitations
o Consider careers in STEM-based, nontraditional fields
o Develop new areas of physical and emotional confidence
o Expand math and science skills through concrete applications
o Develop leadership and teamwork skills
o Have fun; make new friends with likeminded spirits - and much, much more!
For more information and for an application:
Laurel Butler
STEM Outreach & Experiential Education
VERMONT TECH
Business Advisor – Start up & Young Entrepreneurship Specialist
Vermont Small Business Development Center
