Panel at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
The Gay-Straight Alliance at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute has invited NOGLSTP-CR to hold a panel at the school, in which current high-school students can ask professionals and college students about what they can expect as they move on to college and the professional world. This is a great opportunity for us, because the entire student body at BPI is committed to the study of STEM topics. The GSA has spoken to two of BPI’s student groups, It’s Academic and Research Practicum, and those groups are eager to attend the panel. We are very eager to take advantage of this invitation to perform community outreach. The students will be encouraged to ask about how they can achieve their personal goals for academic and professional advancement in STEM fields, as well as about what it’s like to be LGBTA in an academic or professional environment.
We are holding the panel on Wednesday, March 3, at 3:15 pm, at Baltimore Polytechnic (http://www.bpi.edu/). We don’t know exactly when it will end, but probably between 4:30 and 5 pm. We already have two panelists, but we are looking for at least two more. If you are available to join us, please e-mail NOGLSTP-CR-owner@yahoogroups.com as soon as you can to let us know. We will then follow up with instructions for parking and access to the school building. While we will gladly welcome anyone who wants to serve on the panel, we are trying to achieve the maximum possible diversity from within the organization. So if you are something other than a white, male engineer, we hope you’ll give this invitation a little extra consideration.