AWSEM Action Kit - for anyone interested in starting an advocacy
program for girls. www.awsem.com
AWSEM Site Visit Handbook - a handbook for women scientists/engineers
specifically for introducing girls to the workplace. www.awsem.com
Directory of Practitioners - a resource guide of community
professionals willing to share their science, math, and technology
experiences with interested students. Have to create own directory
if live outside of OR. www.awsem.com
Encourage your organization to realize the importance of the impact
women have on technology. The Institute For Women and Technology
partners up with companies specifically to obtain this goal. Visit
their site at www.iwt.org
to find out what they can do for you and your organization.
The Intel International Science & Engineering Fair - is
a competition for high school students all over the world where they
compete for scholarship money, scientific equipment and trips, tuition
grants, and the grand prize is a trip to the Nobel Prize Ceremonies.
Get your organization involved. www.sciserv.org/isef/
MentorNet initiates e-mail relationships between college
women studying science or engineering and practitioners in these
fields. This allows students to become more acclimated to industry,
to understand varying aspects and to ask questions and receive advice.
Visit www.MentorNet.net
to find out how to become a mentor and encourage more women
into technological fields.
National Engineers Week is February 17th-23rd 2002. One
of the special features of the week is "Introduce a Girl to Engineering
Day," which takes place on February 21. The goal is to reach one
million girls by mobilizing both women and men in engineering. There
is also great information provided for engineers, engineering students,
K-12 teachers and students, library and science centers, and the
media. The National Engineers Week site is not to be missed. Find
out what else happens during Engineers Week and what you can do
to get involved. www.eweek.org
SWE Guide to Sharing Engineering With Girls and Young Women.
Learn about how you can get more girls interested in engineering.
www.swe.org/iac/EG/eg-sh-01.html