Graduate Students
Outreach Opportunities

The WISE Institute offers many outreach development opportunities to female graduate students including:

• Develop & lead outreach activities
  • Expanding Your Horizons™ - for young girls in grades 7th and 8
    • Volunteer to 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
    • Workshops
      • 90-minute hands-on, presented twice
      • Two morning sessions
      • 12-18 participants in each session
      • Proposals for workshops and projects accepted in late fall and early spring of each year.
    • 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.
• Volunteer & paid opportunities
  • Expanding Your Horizons™ Volunteer:
    • Call for Volunteers occurs in Fall each year
    • Volunteers may assist before and/or during the event with:
      • Event organization, registration, evaluations etc.
      • Act as role models to participants in grades 7 and 8
      • Guide participants to and sit in on workshops on campus
  • WISE Camps - become a program or resident assistant
    • Program Assistant
      • Assist the workshop and project leaders with facilitating and teaching the hands-on activities
      • Excellent opportunity for students who are interested in learning more about various STEM disciplines
      • Responsible for a small group of high school students throughout the day
      • Receive stipends of $300/week (daily lunch included)
    • Resident Assistant
      • Responsible for arranging and supervising activities for our resident campers, outside of summer camp classes.
      • Supervise campers through the night in the residence halls to the following morning
      • Dinner and breakfast are eaten with the campers
      • Receive a stipend of $300/week (meals and lodging while with campers included)
• Leadership opportunities in student groups and conferences

For more information, contact us.