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by Maria Ly WISE 2008

Programs and Organizations to Help 1 st and 2 nd Year Undergraduate Women in Science and Engineering. by Maria Ly WISE 2008. What will we talk about?. the importance of guidance and mentorship to retain women in the sciences and engineering paths of undergraduate studies

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  1. Programs and Organizations to Help 1st and 2nd Year Undergraduate Women in Science and Engineering by Maria Ly WISE 2008

  2. What will we talk about? • the importance of guidance and mentorship to retain women in the sciences and engineering paths of undergraduate studies • Women’s Engineering Link Program (WEL) • Student Development and Recruitment (SD&R) • Society of Women Engineers (SWE) • The benefits of such programs

  3. Why these programs? • The best way to prepare undergraduate women in the sciences and engineering is by providing guidance and support from peers who have taken, or are taking, the same path. To ensure these 1st and 2nd year undergraduate women are getting the guidance and support they need, the following is a compiled list of programs and organizations that will be most beneficial.

  4. Women’s Engineering Link Program (WEL) • Description: Matches undergraduates with graduate mentors of the same discipline for academic, personal, and professional mentoring for the quarter • Benefits: Advice and help from students have been through the same path • Time commitment: Weekly time spent with mentors and mentor/mentee mixers - Minimum 2 hours a week with mentor • Who Can join? Sophomore preferably (but can let freshmen and juniors) • Contact: Donna E. Davies, M.A. dedavies@ucdavis.edu

  5. Student Development & Recruitment (SD&R) • Description: facilitate and expand undergraduate research experiences to encourage advanced degrees; Promote professional and leadership development; recruit, retain, and advance academically talented and diverse undergraduate engineering students; facilitate faculty involvement through NSF proposal support; • Benefits: scholarships, research opportunities, outreach, alliance with industry, much, much more • Time commitment: N/A • Who Can Join? Anyone! • Contact: http://engineering.ucdavis.edu/pages/current_students/sdr/index.html

  6. Society of Women Engineers (SWE) • Description: Establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. Empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders. • Benefits: Mentorship, mock interviews, grad school preparation, evening with industry, company information sessions, scholarships open only to SWE members • Time commitment: participation in activities • Who Can Join? Anyone! • Contact: http://swe.engineering.ucdavis.edu/index.html

  7. AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Contact: ncmcguire@ucdavis.edu AIChe (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Contact: bhorton@ucdavis.edu or http://aiche.engineering.ucdavis.edu ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Contact: sjjordan@ucdavis.edu ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Contact: asme@engineering.ucdavis.edu BEA (Black Engineers Association) Contact: http://www.nsbe.org CALESS (Chicano and Latino Engineers and Scientists Society) Contact: http://caless.engineering.ucdavis.edu CS (Computer Science Club) Contact: http://www.csif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub DSM (Davis Society of Materials) Contact: egszkup@ucdavis.edu IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Contact: ieeeofficers@ucdavis.edu ISPE (International Society of Life Sciences) Contact: http://ispe.engineering.ucdavis.edu Optical Science Contact: (530) 754-7058 PASE (Philipino Americans in Science and Engineering) Contact: pase.engineering.ucdavis.edu Robotics Contact: http://mae.ucdavis.edu/faculty/sarigul.html Rocket Club Contact: rockets@ucdavis.edu SPIE (Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers) Contact: http://opticsclub.engineering.ucdavis.edu/index.html Theta Tau (Co-ed Professional Engineering fraternity) Contact: http://www.ucdthetatau.org/ There’s many more!

  8. Evidence • Gibbons • Stressed importance of mentors in retaining women in science and engineering • Muller • Described program that built community of students to help guide undergraduate career • Me • Know much more than I did before having a mentor

  9. Why these programs? • The best way to prepare undergraduate women in the sciences and engineering is by providing guidance and supportfrom peers who have taken, or are taking, the same path. To ensure these 1st and 2nd year undergraduate women are getting the guidance and support they need, the following is a compiled list of programs and organizations that will be most beneficial.

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