Registrations for the 6th Annual GirlTECH Non-Traditional Career Seminar are being accepted at all local high schools within the five county Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District now through November 20, 2006. The seminar program is open to all tenth grade female students and will introduce the young women to non-traditional career fields with solid employment opportunities and local training programs at the TBA Career-Tech Center and Northwestern Michigan College and will provide the students an opportunity to meet with local women representing the fields of architecture, athletic administration/professional sports, aviation, biology/natural resources, business management, web design/computer information services, construction, culinary arts, electrical careers, emergency medicine, engineering/robotics/technology, law enforcement, and mechanics.
The GirlTECH Non-Traditional Career Seminar will take place on December 1, 2006 at Northwestern Michigan College from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The seminar will open at the Hagerty Center then move to the M-Tec Campus for the remainder of the day. This year’s seminar is sponsored by Traverse City Area Public Schools, the Michigan Women’s Foundation’s “Young Women for Change” program, the Youth Advisory Councils from Antrim and Grand Traverse counties, Northwestern Michigan college, and the TBA Career-Tech Center.
Please call Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District Counselor Carol Smith at 922-6281 for further GirlTECH information.