More than 270 girls in grades 7-10 from Northwest Ohio will have the opportunity to learn about and explore the various career options available within the field of information technology as Owens Community College hosts a “We Are IT” professional conference Nov. 13.

Owens’ “We Are IT” professional conference, which is being held in conjunction with the Ohio IT Business Advisory Network and the Office of Career-Technical and Adult Education of the Ohio Department ofEducation, is part of a statewide initiative involving 18 college and university campuses working together for the purpose of providing female students with a broad-based introduction to information technology applications and career opportunities.

The “We Are IT” professional conferences being held throughout the state are expected to reach more than 2,500 girls. The Owens event will be held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Audio/Visual Classroom Center, Center for Fine and Performing Arts and Industrial and Engineering Technologies Building.

Between 10 a.m. and 12:20 p.m., conference attendees will have the opportunity to participate in several breakout sessions where they can explore a wide variety of career paths and vocations in information technology, including 3-D animation using the ALICE Programming Language, Microsoft Office 2007, Web page design, computer forensics, computer diagnostics, computer security, computer machining and geospatial information systems.

In addition to the lecture portion of each session, students will begiven a project to complete in order to further learn the concepts being taught. Sessions will be taught by various members of Owens’ information technology, fine and performing arts, manufacturing and industrial operations, and electrical/electronics engineering faculty, staff and students, among others.

Additionally, Penta Career Center and Bowling Green State University Firelands representatives will be on handto teach several of the breakout sessions.

Students will have time during lunch to meet individuals from local businesses and ask them questions concerning their professions. Additionally, they will receive information on how to go about choosing a career within information technology after completing their education.

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