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HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO HOST GIRLS AND TECHNOLOGY EXPO TUES, APRIL 7
BRIDGEPORT – More
than 100 seventh grade girls from the Greater Bridgeport Area will
assemble at Housatonic Community College Tuesday, April 7 for the eighth
annual Girls and Technology Expo. Students from Fairfield,
Bridgeport, Trumbill, and Shelton are expected to attend. Connecticut
State Comptroller Nancy Wyman will address the students, who will receive
a day-long exposure to the use of technology in a wide variety of field
through workshops and exhibits. The formal program will begin at 9:15
a.m., with addresses by Wyman and HCC President Anita T. Gliniecki,
in the Events Center in Beacon Hall. Workshops will be held from 10
a.m. to 10: 55 a.m. and will be repeated in the same locations from
11:10 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. The workshops and their locations include Using
Adobe Photoshop (Room 361, Beacon Hall), Web Design (Room
320, Beacon Hall), Microscopes and the Art of Blood Cells (Room
C208, Lafayette Hall), Guhshot Residue and Light Sources for Evidence
Collection, (Room 273, Beacon Hall), and The Mystery of DNA (Room
C206, Lafayette Hall.) Exhibits will be on display in The Events Center
in Beacon Hall from 12:00 to 1:15 p.m. Exhibitors will include the American
Association of University Women; Alloy Engineering Company; Aquarion
Water Company; Barnum Museum; Beardsley Zoo; Connecticut Department
of Motor Vehicles, Commercial Vehicle Safety Division; Connecticut
State Police; Discovery Museum; Housatonic Community College, Continuing
Education and Workforce Development Division; Schwerdtle Stamp Company;
Sikorsky Aircraft; and Southern Connecticut Gas Company. The college
is located at 900 Lafayette Blvd. in downtown Bridgeport, less than
150 yards off I-95 (Exit 27) and Rte. 8 in downtown Bridgeport, block
from the Arena at Harbor Yard.
Anson C. Smith, Public Relations Coordinator
Housatonic Community College
900 Lafayette Blvd.
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tel: 203-332-5229, Fax: 203-332-5247
E-mail: asmith@hcc.commnet.edu