Eureka!

Hands-on, minds-on experiences that foster curiosity, knowledge, and confidence prepare girls for college and careers.

Preparing Girls for a Future in STEM

Eureka! is a five-year college and career prep program that builds girls’ STEM confidence and introduces them to potential STEM careers.

Girls begin as rising 8th graders and remain with their cohort of girls throughout the five-year program. They build lasting friendships and social capital along with STEM curiosity and knowledge, as they graduate the program ready for college or other post-secondary training.

 For more information about applying for the Eureka! program contact: mkeegan@girlsincomaha.org.

Expanding beyond Omaha.

In 2018, we added our first cohort of girls to a Eureka! STEM program in Lincoln. There, we partner with the University of Nebraska Lincoln for campus-based summer camps and with the YMCA to provide swimming and swimming lessons for the girls. Partners in Lincoln have included: Kawasaki, Branched Oak Farm, Nebraska History Museum, Duncan Aviation, Archrival, Lincoln Bike Kitchen, 4-H, and more.

To learn more about Girls Inc. in Lincoln, contact alinder@girlsinclincoln.org.

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I learned about STEM and got to participate in various experiments and activities to further my understanding of all the different STEM fields and how they play into my everyday life.

Janii, Girls Inc. Member
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During the School Year

As Eureka! continues throughout each school year, cohorts of up to 30 girls stay together through the course of the program, sharing hands-on, minds-on, opportunities for guided exploration, skills, and knowledge building.

Bi-monthly, girls are offered the opportunity to attend exciting field trips around the Omaha area that offer opportunities for additional STEM learning as well as fun and recreation to build strength in the friendships created over the summer months.

Past field trips have included:

  • Seeing a Broadway play & meeting the cast
  • Overnight sleepover in the Omaha Zoo Aquarium
  • Visiting a lamb farm (during lambing season)
  • Glass bead making at HotShops
  • Snowshoeing
  • Viewing the Sandhill Crane migration in Wood River, Nebraska
  • Visiting a goat farm & creamery
  • Visiting a lavender farm to learn about the farm and the business aspect of farming
  • Tagging monarch butterflies
  • A self-care PJ’s night in at Girls Inc.
  • University of Nebraska Omaha Biomedical Department
  • University of Nebraska Lincoln Materials and Nanoscience Department
  • El Museo Latino
  • Clarkson College of Nursing
  • Prairie STEM for a drone workshop