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Greetings!
Our March event "My Favorite STEMebrity" is now underway. In the spirit of promoting future STEMebrities, we're anouncing the upcoming Global Marathon sponsored by National Engineers Week. See below on this excellent opportunity to encourage young girls in engineering and more information on our March event.
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My Favorite STEMebrity for the Entire Month of March
 Imagine a world where scientists, technophiles, engineers, and mathematicians were celebrities. Here at Under the Microscope, we think they are but we call them STEMebrities. For our March event, "My Favorite STEMebrity," we're asking you, our readers to submit your stories of women and girls in STEM who you consider STEMebrities and why.
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For, By and about Women in Engineering and Technology set for March 7-12, 2011
The Global Marathon, which is run by the National Engineers Week Foundation, is a global "town square" for connecting girls and women in engineering and technology. Women in engineering and technology worldwide connect across disciplines, experience levels, ages, and employers for inspiration, information and networking. Over the course of six days, dozens of events take place via live Internet chats, telephone conversations and Webcasts from points originating around the globe. It is open to participation by individuals as well as organizations in any of the 6 regions on these dates: - March 7- Kick off and North America program
- March 8 - China
- March 9 - India
- March 10 - Middle East/Africa
- March 11 - Latin America (Mexico/Brazil)
- March 12 - UK/Europe and close in North America
The Marathon opens off with a welcome from Honorary Chair Nan Mattai, Senior Vice President Rockwell Collins Engineering & Technology to the female engineering community and girls around the world. Some of the other programming highlights for 2011 include: - Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, IA will host "High School Choices: Am I Ready for College Engineering?"
- IBM in San Jose, CA will host "Working Across Global Boundaries: Improving Education Opportunities and Lives of East African Women."
- In the Middle East, women engineers will discuss personal experiences and how their technical talents can contribute to community service.
- In Brazil, the audience will hear from Dupont's Head of Engineering, Jocelyn Scott.
- The UK/Europe program includes an address by Dr. Sarah Buck, the first woman president of the Institution of Structural Engineers in the UK.
To participate in changing the conversation join the Marathon at www.globalmarathon.net. Sponsors for the 2011 Global Marathon include: Rockwell Collins, Motorola Foundation and ExxonMobil.
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What is Under the Microscope?
UnderTheMicroscope.com,
a website
funded by the National Science Foundation and built by IBM, collects
stories from women interested or involved in science, technology,
engineering, and math. A selection of the stories submitted to the
website will ultimately be published in a survival guide by the
Feminist Press. We invite you to check out our story guidelines and read stories already submitted to the site.
UnderTheMicroscope.com also publishes interviews, news, and tips for
women in science.
For more information regarding the website, please contact Web Editor Tunisia Riley at editor@underthemicroscope.com.
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