WIE
Days
Are you interested in learning more about career opportunities in
engineering? If so, come see what the nationally ranked University
of Illinois College of Engineering has to offer. During your visit,
you can sit in on a class, visit the women’s engineering dorm,
tour the campus, have lunch with engineering students, and more!
Freshmen
Engineering Program
Incoming freshmen women in the College of Engineering are invited
to attend a two-day workshop at the beginning of the fall semester.
The program includes sessions on adjusting to college life, study
strategies, and the engineering profession while providing opportunities
for new students to meet their classmates.
G.A.M.E.S.
(Girls' Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Summer
Camp)
Girls' Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering & Science is an
annual week long camp, designed to give academically talented middle
school aged girls an opportunity to explore exciting engineering and
scientific fields through demonstrations, classroom presentations,
hands-on activities, and contacts with women in these technical fields.
Undergraduate
Research Program hosted by WIE and MEP
The Undergraduate Research program was founded to provide
research opportunities to women and minority undergraduate students
(African American, Latino/a, Native American). Undergraduate Research
Scholars spend a semester or more working in a lab with a graduate
mentor and a member of the faculty. One of the biggest sponsors of
this program is the Intel Corporation.
Intel
Scholars Undergraduate Research Program (ISUR)
The Intel Corporation is biggest
sponsor of our undergraduate research program. To be an Intel Scholar
you must be in Electrical and Computer Engineering [ECE], Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering [ChBE], Materials Science and Engineering
[MatSE], or Computer Science [CS]. Intel Scholars may be asked to
limit their research to certain areas. For the 2006/07 school year,
Intel has asked that all research be based in Informational Technology
or the Superconductor field.
WIE Business Connection
Series
WIE offers a number of educational and informational presentations
for students, staff, and faculty members, as well as also for the
community throughout the academic year.
Funding for Student Societies and Community
Groups
Is your campus student society or Champaign-Urbana community group
doing an activity that would support and encourage girls or women
to thrive in engineering? WIE can provide financial support (usually
less than $500) for these activities. Groups requesting support need
to write a brief letter to WIE describing the event or activity, the
objectives, planned date and time, and budget, and plans for publicity.
WIE Scholarship Program
Each year, WIE awards numerous merit and need-based scholarships made
possible through generous donations from corporate sponsors
and private donors. Students need not apply for these scholarships.
Incoming students will be chosen based on their applications and current
students will be selected using the information provided through Engineering
Career Services' EASE System.
Other WIE Programs
- WIE subscribes to MentorNet,
a national network of electronic mentoring for women students of
science and engineering. UIUC women students can sign up for MentorNet
without cost and be matched with a mentor in the workforce.
- WIE maintains a Listserv, a electronic newsletter
full of campus and career resources for all women students in the
College of Engineering.
- WIE participates in student advising through
the College
of Engineering Academic Programs Office.
- WIE analyzes College of Engineering data
(and collects their own) to assess the quality of the undergraduate
student experience for women.
Other UIUC Programs
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