SMART Girls (July 10-14)
Girls entering ninth, 10th and 11th grades stayed on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus July 10-14 to participate in the annual SMART Girls residential activity. The girls participated in workshops on campus to enhance their knowledge of nontraditional careers – and the usefulness of science and mathematics courses in those potential professions. They also made learning visits to the Quest leadership development facilities at Bloomsburg University, a local sewage-treatment plant and Ricketts Glen State Park.
— Photos by Laura M. Machak, secretary for Outreach for K-12 projects, and Jennifer A. Cline, writer/editor-One College Avenue
SMART Girls develop college recruitment posters for nontraditional careers.
Penn College computer-aided product design student Kendra N. Dutrow assists a participant in a computer-aided design workshop led by Katherine A. Walker, assistant professor of drafting and computer-aided design.
Participants model 3-D stars using computer-aided drafting software.
Preparing to scale a climbing tower at Bloomsburg University’s Quest facility
Girl power takes hold.
On the ground, belay teams support their climbing partners.
A group shows off its recruitment poster for female chemistry technicians ...
... and architectural designers
During a field trip, girls get an overhead view of raw sewage entering a treatment plant.
A science lesson at a local sewage-treatment facility
Twenty-three girls participated in the event, which included an afternoon at Ricketts Glen State Park.
Tiny frogs are among the finds at Ricketts Glen.
Girls pause to soak up some sunshine at the park.
Beverly A. Hunsberger, the Outreach for K-12 Office’s college transition specialist, joins the girls in a waterway.
