Registration is now closed for our next conference on Saturday March 20, 2010.

The Expanding Your Horizons Conference at Mills College

A special conference for 6th-8th grade girls in Alameda and Contra Costa counties who are interested in exploring careers that involve science and mathematics.

Conference Goals

  • To increase young women’s interest in mathematics and science
  • To make young women aware of the great variety of career opportunities for women in math- and science-related fields
  • To provide young women an opportunity to meet and form personal contacts with women working in traditionally male occupations

Background of Expanding Your Horizons at Mills College

In 1976, Mills hosted the very first Expanding Your Horizons Conference, organized by women educators, scientists, mathematicians, corporate representatives, and community leaders whose mission was to promote math and science education among junior high and high school girls so that a wider range of career opportunities would remain open to them. Since that first conference, more than three-quarters of a million young women have attended nation-wide EYH conferences that have exposed them to the fascinations, challenges, and great opportunities for women in these fields. The Mills EYH Conference belongs to a consortium which sponsors three East Bay/Central Valley conference sites.