BRIEFLY IN EDUCATION

A conference titled “GIRLS 2000: Choices and Dreams” will take place from

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at OCC, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

Planned by the American Assn. of University Women Orange County

Interbranch Council and a coalition of local nonprofit groups, conference

heads will listen to the challenges faced by the teenage girls and then

help their mentors guide them to successful futures.

Girls and their mentors will learn from national experts about health

care, bioethics, financial independence, alternative careers, preventing

violence, body image and more.

The keynote speaker will be Pam Nelson, editor of Cool Women.

For more information, call (949) 376-4303.