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Nov
8
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- TCAPS
11/8/2006
The Michigan Women’s Foundation’s “Young Women for Change” program, the Youth Advisory Councils from Antrim and Grand Traverse counties, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District, and Traverse City Area Public Schools proudly announce the sixth annual GirlTECH non-traditional career seminar program for tenth grade female students on Friday, December 1, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The seminar will open at the Hagerty Center then move to the M-TECH Center at Northwestern Michigan College.
The GirlTECH event will provide insights on career fields with solid employment opportunities and local training programs at the TBA Career-Tech Center and Northwestern Michigan College and network opportunities for approximately 250 female high school students from within the five county Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District and will feature career workshops in the fields of arts and communications; business, marketing, and technology; engineering and manufacturing; health services; human services; and natural resources and agriculture.
GirlTECH keynote speaker Maxine Lauer, Founder and President of Waterford, Michigan based Sphere Trending, LLC, will provide an overview of retail and manufacturing trends and energizing ideas for getting ahead. Maxine will also facilitate a student panel composed of female students currently enrolled in non-traditional training programs.
Professional basketball player and Glen Lake High School graduate, Liz Shimek, from the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Chicago Sky will also be speaking at this year’s seminar program.
Please call Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District Counselor Carol Smith at 922-6281 for further GirlTECH information, or visit http://www.spheretrending.com/maxine.html for further information on Maxine Lauer.
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