Empow Studios in Lexington offers its Coding Club for Grades 2-8, starting March 5.  Kids start learning with Scratch and then move on to Java for games, animations, and applications. It meets Sundays, 1:30-3PM, at a cost of $80 per month. All equipment is provided. Register here.

Southborough is a bit far afield of Newton, but perhaps you work near there or know someone else who would like to volunteer as an instructor in the hugely popular Girls Who Code after-school program for girls in Grades 6-12.  Southborough is starting a GWC club, and knowing of Newton’s success, they have asked if we know of anyone who wants to make an impact volunteering two hours a week over the school year, using the GWC curriculum. It’s best if you’re proficient in programming languages, with intermediate knowledge of data structures and algorithms. Perhaps you’re a current or former software developer or a current student in computer science.  The most successful volunteer GWC instructors have experience teaching or working with youth — as teaching assistants, camp counselors, or tutors — although this is not required. For more information, contact Nital Gandhi at nitalgandhi@hotmail.com.

Two weeks ago, we wrote that Tufts University will run a one-week summer course (August 7-11) to train mathematicians to be expert witnesses for court cases in electoral redistricting and gerrymandering.  This week, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a profile of Moon Duchin, the Tufts mathematics professor behind this project. Prof. Duchin is also the director of Tuft’s Science, Technology and Society program.  The first three days of the summer program will be open to the public and available online.

Elms College in Chicopee is offering NSF-funded STEM scholarships for transfer students entering in the Fall of 2017 to major in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Computer Information Technology. Scholarships range $3,800 to $10,000 per year for two years until graduation.  Apply online with a one-page essay by March 1.  For more information, email admissions@elms.edu.

MassTLC’s Technovation promotes technology entrepreneurship among girls ages 10-18. In the Technovation Challenge, teams worldwide compete in identifying and solving a problem in their local communities. MassTLC seeks a few more mentors to share their expertise in coding, marketing, and project management with currently mentor-less teams that want to compete this spring. For more information, contact Rachel Nicoll at Rnicoll@masstlc.org.

Applications are now open until March 31 for New England high-school juniors and seniors to apply for OMEGA scholarships sponsored by the MIT AgeLab, AARP, and the New England University Transportation Center. Three OMEGA college scholarships are available (offering $1000 to the student plus $1000 to his/her high school) to recognize efforts of young adults in creating multi-generational connections in their communities. For more information, contact omegamit@mit.edu or 617-253-3506.