2010 Women of Science & Technology Day

Attention ALL Girls!!!!!!
4th Annual Women of Science Day
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Bethel’s Kuskokwim Campus UAF
(use college’s entrance)

K-3rd 11-1:30 4th and older 11-3:30
$5.00 donation includes lunch, event backpack, & patch

Come have fun with your friends exploring science!

Workshop topics will include:
Migratory Birds: Kristine Sowl and Melissa Gabrielson US Fish and Wildlife
Wind Energy: Kat Keith Alaska Center for Energy and Power
Geology cookie and cupcake mining: Julia Bosma Donlin Creek and Keri Nutter Dowl HKM
Movie visual effects/video: Ben Grossman and Ariane Rosier
Rockets: Carmen Wessels Civil Air Patrol
Healthy Living: Star Santos YKHC & Nena Herrera
Marie with UAF warming research
Susie Baird with UAF Ethnobotany
Casts: Ellen Hodges and Cindi Mondesir YKHC

Many sessions will be led by special presenters traveling to Bethel for the event.
· Ben Grossman (originally from Delta) and Ariane Rosier both movie visual effect stars fresh from Hollywood just finished making the special effects for the new 3D movie Alice in Wonderland and will be presenting at the event. See their bios below and a couple of links to their work.

Keep your fingers crossed, we’ve invited Olympian snowcross racer Callan Chythlook-Sifsof to come as the event’s keynote speaker. She’s on the World Cup Tour right now but she’s hoping to make it out to Bethel for the event.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS EVENT!

Do not need to be a Girl Scout to come.
ALL girls 5 and older invited.
If you lost your card from school it’s okay just come.

Questions/Want to Help: Please call or email Amy at 545-2625 avondiest@girlscoutsalaska.org

No need to sign up ahead of time or be a Girl Scout.
Just come and bring your friends!

Brought to you by: Girl Scouts of Alaska, KUC’s Continuing Education Department, BP, and Era Aviation.

Short Bios:
Ariane Rosier was born in Paris, France and grew up travelling in many places around the world, including Africa, India, and Indonesia. She received a Bachelor of Science in Speech from Emerson College in Boston, MA. While in Boston, she was an Associate Producer at Arnold Worldwide, one of the world's largest advertising agencies, where she worked on campaigns for numerous international brands.
She moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to pursue a career in Visual Effects. In her time there, she has worked as a Visual Effects Producer on numerous international TV commercials for General Motors, Chevy, Holiday Inn, TMobile, and Budweiser. She has also produced visual effects fo music videos for artists like Mariah Carey, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, and Enrique Inglesias. In 2008, she made a transition to feature films where she became Visual Effects Coordinator on Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

Ben Grossmann grew up in Alaska, was homeschooled in Delta Junction, and went to the University of Alaska Fairbanks where he studied Political Science and Photojournalism. He worked for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner as a photographer for many years and became a cameraman, then weatherman for Fox 7 and CBS 13 in Fairbanks. The moved on to be a producer for Alaska Magazine Television for PBS before moving to Los Angeles. Once in LA, he discovered the field of Visual Effects which was a marriage of technical complexity and artistic direction. His credits as an artist include: Spiderman, Behind Enemy Lines, Spy Kids, The Italian Job, Master and Commander, Sin City, and The Day After Tomorrow, and Land of the Lost.
His commercial credits include: BMW, Lincoln, Honda, Ford, Energizer, and many more.
His music videos credits include: Radiohead, Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake and Lifehouse.
He has also directed commercial campaigns for Six Flags and CCM.
Not limited to just broadcast and film work, Ben has also had a hand in supervising visual effects on the recent Harry Potter theme park "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" opening this year in Orlando, Florida.
He recently completed supervising visual effects for Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland.

Links:
Samples of work: http://d-a-a.com/clients/bengrossmann/

Movie Credits: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1322973/