Tech Trek
​​Tech Trek is a week-long, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) camp (held in July) for rising 8th grade girls. The camp is designed to develop interest, excitement and self-confidence in young women and offers project-based robotics/engineering/coding classes, hands-on workshops, talks from inspirational women in the field, social activities and even parent sessions. Additionally, all sleeping, eating, instruction and recreation take place on a university campus.
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Every camper is selected and sponsored by a local AAUW branch like ours and has been recommended for the program by her middle school science or math teacher before being asked to complete an application and interviewed.
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More information about Tech Trek 2025 will be available on our website in the coming months.
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Tech Trek Chair: Carol Delville
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UC Davis Tech Trek Ice Cream Social
Sunday, May 5th an Ice Cream Social was held at the Maidu Community Center celebrating and getting to know our new Roseville-South Placer Tech Trekkers and their parents. Also in attendance were their nominating teachers as well as the 2023 Tech Trek Ambassadors to support the new incoming Trekkers!
2024 Tech Trek will be held at UC Davis July 14 – 20th. 90 campers make up nine dorm groups of ten campers including a dorm mom and counselor each. Opening Session: A fun opening session is planned for the incoming campers!
Five Core Classes, on-campus field trips, afternoon and evening workshops are currently planned for the week. One of our Roseville-South Placer members, Wendy Leimbach, will be teaching an afternoon Architecture workshop!
Pictured: Athena Fiorentino, Zahra Ahmadzai, Sophie Breaux, and Nora Khartchenko; Not pictured:Gurnaaz Kaur
From left to right: Back row: Maroniae Zatzke (nominating teacher), Andrea Flamenco (Co-coordinator), Patricia Goldman IAAUW), Carol Delville (Co-coordinator), Kathy Kort (AAUW), Michelle Bloom (nominating teacher), Michelle Colletto (AAUW)
Front row: Nora Khartchenko, Sophie Breaux, Gurnaaz Kaur, Zahra Ahmadzai, Athena Fiorentino
​​UC Davis Tech Trek Visitor’s Day
Thursday, July 18th, was a very successful UC Davis Tech Trek Visitor's Day experience! AAUW visitors from all UC Davis Tech Trek branches were represented. We visited courses of Genetics, Anatomy, Data, and Robotics. We saw girls constructing desalination projects and solar cars, having hands on experience of dissection of a pig's lung, telling stories through data and building robots with commands generated by computers. Throughout each class, the girls exhibited engagement, interest, and commitment to the projects! After visiting each of the Core Classes, individual branches had lunch with the girls they sponsored. All were happy and excited to be there, and grateful for the experience they were given!
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Five Core Classes, on-campus field trips, afternoon and evening workshops were planned for the week. One of our Roseville-South Placer members, Wendy Leimbach, will be teaching an afternoon Architecture workshop! Congratulations to our future AAUW Roseville-South Placer Ambassadors!
Michelle Bloom and her student Zahra Ahmadzai in Anatomy.