Speaker's Circuit

Dr. Keith Mayfield will be the guest speaker at the Rotary meeting scheduled tomorrow. 3422 Dr. Mayfield will share details of the new interventional chronic pain program provided at Medical Center of South Arkansas through the One Day Surgery Center. This program is an interventional approach to chronic pain patients with a known diagnosis that would benefit from the outpatient treatment. Dr. Mayfield is also the owner of the Why Weight? Clinic and will answer questions about the benefits of weight loss for good health.

Rotary begins at noon at St. Mary’s Church fellowship hall. Heath Waldrop, with South Arkansas Community College, Alice Mahony, GLAMS Co-Chair, Lila Phillips, with the Education Foundation, Sylvia

Thomas, with the El Dorado Promise, and

Christy Wilson, with SouthArk will be the speakers for Kiwanis on Wednesday.

They will be speaking on the Girls Learning About Math and Science (GLAMS) conference scheduled on May 10 at South Arkansas Community College.

Eighth grade girls will participate in GLAMS’ hands-on workshops and breakout sessions in science, technology, engineering and math fields are designed to provide participants with fun ways to learn practical information. The conference will be free to qualifying students, who also will receive a light breakfast, snacks, and lunch, as well as T-shirts and other take-home items.

The intent of the program is to “introduce female students to successful area women working in math, science and technology-related fields; and to provide these girls with real-life examples of achievement in such careers,” according to project co-chair Alice Mahony.

While women make up 46 percent of America’s workforce, only 22 percent of scientists and engineers are female, Mahony said. The hope is that GLAMS will inspire eighth graders to carefully consider future courses and careers before high school as they become more familiar with scienceand math-based professions.

Over 250 eighthgrade girls attended the GLAMS conference last year at SouthArk, which had more than 30 session speakers ranging from a veterinarian to a product researcher to an environmental engineer.

GLAMS is a joint venture of the El Dorado Education Foundation and SouthArk, with financial and volunteer support from area business, organizations and individuals.

For more information contact Christy Wilson at 870-875-7245 or cwilson@southark.edu.