Women in Engineering

An article from the Daily Illini profiled engineering activities at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specifically those targeting female and other K-12 students.

One such popular activity is Little Sister Weekend put on by the local chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. The story quotes the “first female tenure-track engineering faculty member,” Judith Liebman (IL A ’58), who said that young girls need to see more examples of engineering slipped into their curricula.

Read the full article for more details

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In an article found in The Huffington Post, two women closely involved in K-12 STEM education wrote an article on the changes of “American girls and women with aspirations of careers” in the STEM disciplines.

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Be sure to get involved in supporting STEM education in K-12 children in the United States.

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