Today is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. (Thanks Every Busy Woman for the heads up.) Check out the link for more details. This is a great excuse to explore science, technology, engineering and math with a girl in your life.

And if you missed Brenda Rindge’s story about the event that the College of Charleston hosted earlier this month for 4th through 8th-graders, you can check it out here, with photos.

Be sure to check out Jade McDuffie’s story in Your Lowcountry about Elen Edelson and Jenny Ulber who were recently recognized for their work in computer science by the National Center for Women in Information Technology.

And one more: The Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics is accepting applications for GoSciTech, its weeklong residential summer camps, held on GSSM’s Hartsville campus June 16-22, June 23-29 and July 7-13. Students who will be in grades 8-10 in fall 2013 are eligible. The scholarship deadline is April 15, 2013 and the application deadline is May 15, 2013. Scholarships are only available to South Carolina residents.
Online applications are available at http://scgssm.org/goscitech. For a paper application, contact the Center for Science Education and Outreach at 843.383.3958.