The monthly TxGCP eNewsletter is designed for advocates and educators to learn about STEM resources, educational opportunities and more across Texas!  View eNewsletter as Webpage

September 2024

Hello Kathy,

Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month! See below for STEM resources to celebrate the month.

Texas Stand Up for STEM Award Nominations are being accepted through September 30th. Self nominations welcome. See below for more details.

Breakout session proposals are being accepted through September 30th for the virtual Texas Women & Girls in STEM Summit on December 6th. Save the date for our educational and inspirational annual convening of STEM advocates across our state and beyond. See below for more details.

Breakout Session Proposal Submission Deadline: Monday, September 30, MIDNIGHT Central Time

Summit Date: December 6, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Learn more on the Summit webpage. Check out last year's Summit webpage for examples of past sessions and inspiration.

Join the Texas Girls Collaborative Project for the Texas Women & Girls in STEM Summit designed to share effective practices, connect organizations and individuals, and showcase outstanding efforts to increase the number of girls in STEM and support the retention of women in STEM careers. 

Call for Breakout Session Presenters: We are seeking interactive workshops, presentations, lightning talks, and panel discussions with topics related to advancing gender equity in STEM, such as male advocacy/allies, general inclusion and diversity, volunteering and mentoring, pre-K / elementary school engagement, middle school engagement, high school engagement,  college engagement, workforce engagement / corporate women in STEM/tech affinity groups.

Virtual Breakout Sessions to be hosted within Zoom Breakout Rooms.

TxGCP annually awards the Stand Up for STEM Awards to recognize and elevate the work of incredible mentors, companies and organizations within Texas. Awardees and nominees are recognized during the TxGCP Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit.

• Stand Up for STEM Mentor Award for a STEM Professional engaged in mentoring women and/or girls in STEM
• Stand Up for STEM Educator Award for a STEM Educator engaged in mentoring women and/or girls in STEM
• Stand Up for STEM High School Award for a STEM High School Student engaged in inspiring and mentoring girls in STEM
• Stand Up for STEM Collegiate Organization Award for a STEM College Student Group/Organization engaged in mentoring women and/or girls in STEM
• Stand Up for STEM Educational Organization Award for an Educational Organization or Program engaged in mentoring women and/or girls in STEM
• Stand Up for STEM Corporate Award for a Company engaged in mentoring women and/or girls in STEM

September 15 - October 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month

• Hispanic Scientists and Engineers - This site lists the biographies of 26 Hispanic scientists with bonus information, including career connections and hands-on, minds-on activities for youth.
• SciGirls Latina Women in STEM Role Model Profiles - PBS SciGirls offers STEM role model videos in Spanish and English.
• National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network Spanish Language Translations and Bilingual Resources

September 16 - September 20 - National Pollution Prevention Week - Check out the NISE Network water and air quality resources. Learn more at https://www.epa.gov/p2week.

September 17 - International Microorganism Day - Check out the NISE Network health and medicine resources and genetic resources. More at https://www.internationalmicroorganismday.org.

September 22 - Fall Equinox - Check out the NASA Science Space Place resources.

September 28 - International Day of Scientific Culture - Learn more at https://somedicyt.org.mx/divulgacion/dicc/idsc.

Find more STEM-themed resources for days, weeks and the whole month on the National Informal STEM Education Network Calendar of STEM-related seasonal events and holidays.

Science Near Me is a free resource to help you quickly find opportunities to engage in all types of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) events, projects, and programs near you, in person and online. 

Search for STEM programs and add your programs into the database at https://www.txgcp.org/science-near-me.

Science Near Me Featured Opportunity: Public Star Party at Ink's Lake State Park hosted by Austin Astronomy Society. The public is invited to observe the sky in our telescopes. We’ll show such objects as Saturn, Venus, galaxies, nebulae, star clusters, and more. Festivities will take place near the dump station across the street from Inks Lake’s Central Park just southwest of the park store. Learn more and join in at https://sciencenearme.org/public-star-party-at-ink-s-lake-state-park-1.

TxGCP Regional STEM Google Groups are open to anyone interested in STEM resources, opportunities, grants, sharing and more. The purpose of the regional Google Groups is to provide connections, resources and a sense of community across all engaged in K-12 STEM outreach in the region. Subscribe now!

Don't miss out on getting connected to all kinds of great STEM opportunities in your area of Texas and beyond! Check out some of the STEM Google Group posts from April below.

IF/THEN® Collection: Learn about women in STEM working to understand and protect the earth through curated Climate Science resources with activities, videos, and photos showcasing female scientists researching and protecting the natural world through geology, ecology, and geography, including Adriana Baile, Atmospheric Scientist, and Rae Wynn-Grant, Large Carnivore Ecologist. Visit the STEMINIST Updates page for resources featuring women in Earth Science. 

The Texas Partnership for Out of School Time (TXPOST) is a proud supporter of Texas Girls in STEM Day. TXPOST is a statewide intermediary whose mission is to convene, educate, and advocate to improve the quality and increase the availability of out-of-school time (OST) opportunities for Texas youth. Sign up for the TXPOST newsletter for STEM resources from the Million Girls Moonshot initiative and other partners as well as a variety of general OST information and tools. 

TXPOST is committed to fostering and facilitating strategic collaboration and public investment to grow our network to better support OST programs; drive continuous quality improvement in OST programs; and promote sustainable access to high-quality OST programs for all Texas children.

Interested in supporting TxGCP, collaborating on programs or disseminations, or advertising in the TxGCP newsletter or other programming? Visit our Sponsorship webpage. Contact stem@txgcp.org.

The Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP) is a statewide network of advocates and educators from non-profits, K-12 schools, universities and colleges, and companies across Texas and beyond who are committed to motivating and supporting women and girls to pursue and thrive in careers in STEM. TxGCP leads the annual Texas Women & Girls in STEM Summit, disseminates curriculum and effective practices, and supports a network of collaborators, resource sharing and STEM communications throughout the state. TxGCP is a state collaborative of the National Girls Collaborative Project powered by STEMwise Connections.

The vision of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is to bring together organizations throughout the US and Puerto Rico that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).