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What is the Women in Engineering Program?

Opportunities abound for women engineers at North Carolina State University. The Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs sponsors a Women in Engineering program, which serves to coordinate, educate and sponsor a plethora of programs for women.

Our vision:  To foster an environment for female students in the College of Engineering that encourages, supports and challenges them to ever higher levels of success.

Our goals:

  • To encourage young girls and women to consider careers in engineering, mathematics and science disciplines.
  • To increase the number of women enrolling in the College of Engineering at NC State.
  • To increase the number of women graduating from the College of Engineering at NC State and going into industry or continuing to graduate school.

Opportunities available:

  • A one-on-one peer mentoring program for women engineers
  • An email-mentoring program (Mentornet) linking students with women engineers in the work force.
  • An active student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.
  • An opportunity to serve on engineering K-12 Outreach teams, which visit K-12 schools to talk about engineering and act as role models for younger girls.
  • An opportunity to participate in tutoring programs for elementary age mathematics and science students.
  • Various seminars and workshops offered by the NC State Women's Center.
  • Opportunities to help with a number of programs for middle and high school age girls conducted yearly on campus.
  • A unique support system specifically aimed at maximizing the success rate for women students overall.
  • A living and learning community for women scientists and engineers called WISE.

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