Women in STEM Conference

历史上的黑人学院和大学-本科生计划（HBCU-UP）支持旨在提高HBCU科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教师研究能力的会议。霍华德大学将举办第二届妇女在干会议的女科学家，研究人员，研究生和教师从历史上discriminated机构（HDIs）在南非和历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU）在美国。会议将于2017年10月23日至28日在霍华德大学校园举行。该会议奖支持来自历史上黑人学院和大学的女性STEM教师。会议的目的是汇集学术界，工业界和政府的领导者，共同制定吸引和留住STEM女性的战略。特别注意将有针对性的颜色教师在干从HBCUs在美国和从HDIs在南非的妇女。会议将重点探讨以下问题：南非和美国STEM领域女性的职业轨迹有哪些相似之处？ 在南非和美国，STEM领域女性的职业氛围如何？美国用于改善文化和气候问题的计划是否适用于南非，反之亦然？在HBCUs和HDIs的STEM中，女性是否有独特的机会或挑战？HBCU和HDI STEM女教师如何合作，鼓励更多的南非妇女追求STEM终端学位和教师职业？会议每一整天的全体会议和分组会议将专门讨论一个指导性问题。最后一次会议将总结与会者提出的建议和解决方案。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) supports conferences that seek to increase the research capacity of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty at HBCUs. Howard University will conduct its second Women in STEM Conference for women scientists, researchers, graduate students and faculty from Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDIs) in South Africa and from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States. The conference will be held October 23 to 28, 2017, on the campus of Howard University. This conference award supports women STEM faculty from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.The purpose of the conference is to bring together leaders from academia, industry and government to collaborate on strategies to attract and retain women in STEM. Particular attention will be targeted on women of color faculty in STEM from HBCUs in the US and from HDIs in South Africa. The conference will focus on exploring the following questions: What are the similarities in professional trajectory among women in STEM in South Africa and in the US? What is the professional climate for women in STEM in South Africa and the US? Are programs used in the US to improve culture and climate issues applicable to South Africa and vice versa? Are there unique opportunities or challenges for women in STEM at HBCUs and HDIs? How can HBCU and HDI STEM women faculty partner to encourage more South African women to purse STEM terminal degrees and faculty careers? The plenary sessions and breakout sessions on each full day of the conference will be devoted to addressing one of the guiding questions. The final conference session will summarize the recommendations and solutions proposed by the conference participants.