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Outreach Opportunities

The WISE Institute offers male and female faculty & staff the opportunity to be involved in a variety of recruitment, retention, and professional development activities. A few examples are listed below:

  • Expanding Your Horizons™ - for young girls in grades 7 and 8
    • Volunteer to develop and conduct, 50-minute hands-on workshops in science, technology, engineering, or math fields
    • Approximately 8-12 students in each session
    • Proposals accepted in late summer and early Fall of each year.
  • WISE Camps - for high school girls entering grades 11-12
    • Design and present workshops and projects to our WISE Camps
      • Workshops
        • 90-minute hands-on, presented twice
        • Two morning sessions
        • 12-18 participants in each session
      • Projects
        • 16-hour hands-on
        • 4 hours/day M, T, W, R, student presentations on F
        • 8-9 participants in each project
      • Proposals for workshops and projects accepted in late fall and early spring of each year.
  • Participate in the retention and professional development of women undergraduate and graduate students in the STEM fields through a variety of opportunities such as being an invited speaker or panel member at a conference, becoming a mentor, or advising a student group.

For more information, contact us.