Why EYO?

The goals of the conference are:

• to provide young women with opportunities to meet and interact with positive women role models who are active in math and science related careers;
• to increase the interest of young women in math and science by providing exciting and fun hands-on learning experiences and;
• to encourage young women to study as much math and science as possible to keep a wide range of career choices open to them.

Who can attend?

Any young woman attending 7th grade in a NYC or Westchester County school, public or private. (Total enrollment limited to 240.)

Any adult interested in learning how he/she can be more supportive in encouraging middle school girls to continue their studies in science, technology and math. (Total adult enrollment limited to 50.)

What happens there?

The conference consists of a keynote speech followed by two workshop sessions with a brief break in between. You can find out more about the workshops being offered.

Throughout the day, during breakfast, lunch and the break, we will play a “Mystery Woman” game. Girls will be challenged to meet women with interesting careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and match them to clues provided.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

EYO History

The AAUW Explore Your Opportunities - The Sky's the Limit! conference is based on the Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics™ (EYH™) conferences. We license the use of materials and guidance from the Expanding Your Horizons Network, which has been helping conferences like ours across the United States for over 30 years.

These conferences have been designed to nurture girls' interest in mathematics and science courses and to expand their career visions to include science, technology, engineering and mathematics based careers. Since 1976, 775,000 girls have participated in EYH™ conferences worldwide. In 2010, the EYH Network won the prestigious National Science Board's Public Service Award.

AAUW Westchester has been proudly bringing this conference to our area since 2003-2004, first in partnership with Barnard College, and now with the College of Mount Saint Vincent.