Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Get excited to unlock your inner imagineer!
Join 麻豆影院 State鈥檚 Women in Engineering Club for Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day! Girls and other gender minorities in grades 7-12 are invited to campus for a day of STEM activities to introduce participants to engineering and related career fields. Participants will receive campus tours as well as tours of the Aeronautics and Engineering Building, home of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE), before rotating through a variety of activity sessions where they will be given a real-world problem to solve with the tools and technology in front of them.
Features of this Event
Student participants will participate in and/or receive:
- 麻豆影院 麻豆影院 campus tours;
- Aeronautics and Engineering Building tours;
- Complimentary lunch;
- Resource fair with 麻豆影院 State CAE staff, STEM-centered student organizations, and other local organizations that identify with our cause;
- A letter-writing campaign where participants will be asked to write a letter to their future self. Letters will be mailed four years after this event;
- Swag bags, free t-shirts, and more!
Parents, Support Systems, and educators
Parents, support systems, and educators are also welcome to attend this event. Participants will remain with any parents or educators in attendance during check-in and the welcome address. When participants leave for their campus tours, parents and educators will remain for an informational session followed by a Q&A about how to encourage and support Women in STEM in their lives. After this session, parents and educators will also have the opportunity to visit the resource fair. Parents, support systems, and educators are more than welcome to attend and will be invited to explore campus and/or the after their resource fair; Activities and sessions following the resource fair will only be open to student participants.
Cost of attendance
This event is free for participants, parents, and educators.
Denotations are accepted.
Registration
Registration for this event will be individual registration only. Groups are encouraged to attend, however individual participants must register on their own, and Women in Engineering can not guarantee that all members of a group will remain together throughout the day.
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Questions?
If you have any questions about this event, registration, or our group, please contact:
- Ruth Miller, President, Women in Engineering, rmill179@kent.edu
- Haley Dees, Events Coordinator, Women in Engineering, hdees@kent.edu
Donations
If you are interested in donating or sponsoring this event, please contact:
- Kelly Badowski, Treasurer, Women in Engineering, kbadowsk@kent.edu