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Young women in grades six through 12 will have the chance to meet women employed in math- and science-related careers and to find out more about such job opportunities during the 1999 Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics Conference set for March 13 at UNLV.

More than 100 women from Southern Nevada who work in math- and science-related careers will present hands-on workshops for the students. Workshop topics include Future Gains, which is about the stock market; Legal Eagles, which will feature a mock trial; and Paws to Consider, which will explore veterinary medicine.

The conference will take place from 9 a.m. until 1:20 p.m. in the Classroom Building Complex. Registration costs $7 and will include materials and refreshments. A companion conference for parents and teachers, the Nevada Expanding Your Horizons Adult Conference, will take place at the same time. For additional information on either conference or to register, call 895-1380 no later than March 3.

The purpose of the conference is to encourage girls to take more math and science courses in middle school and high school. Statistics show that girls often stop taking these courses earlier than boys do, with the long-term result being that girls later find themselves closed out of careers that require a strong background in math and science, according to Joyce Nelson-Leaf, who heads the Educational Equity Resource Center at UNLV. Because the math- and science-related careers often pay more than other jobs, these same girls grow up to become women who are earning less than men, she explained.

Nearly all women will work for wages at some time during their lives, Nelson-Leaf said, adding that those who do work spend an average of 38 years in the labor market.

Last year, more than 35,600 girls around the nation attended the Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics Conferences, including 500 who attended the Nevada conference at UNLV. Additionally, more than 100 parents and educators attended the adult conference at UNLV last year for a variety of workshops.

For additional information, call the Educational Equity Resource Center at UNLV at 895-1380.