Volunteers make STEM happen for girls at Girlstart. Today a group of volunteers from the Dell Infrastructure Managed Services (IMS) team helped us get our computer lab ready for summer camp.



The Dell IMS leadership team met in Austin, from all parts of the world, and made some time to volunteer as a group at Girlstart this week.

After getting our new windows installed, we finally have a new coat of paint on the outside of our building. Check out the new paint job!

Girlstart's Parent Association toured St. Edward's University last weekend. Parents and students enjoyed learning more about higher education opportunities in the Austin area. 

Mining asteroids has been a popular topic this week, especially since billionaire investors announced they were embarking on an ambitious goal of mining the natural resources found on asteroids.

This is nothing new for Girlstart participants, who engineered their own asteroid landers last month during our Girls In STEM Conference, in collaboration with the NASA Human Health & Performance Center. 

During Girlstart's annual Girls In STEM Conference the girls were challenged with the 1st All-Girl Mission to create a vehicle to land and collect minerals on an asteroid. Using the materials included in their bags they were to build a vehicle that could grab onto the asteroid’s surface and attach an object that could collect minerals from the asteroid. Check out all the creative and unique asteroid landers the girls made! Click HERE to download the worksheet for creating your own asteroid lander.