Feb 28
College Hosts Day-long Event to Encourage Girls to Become Future Engineers
Feb. 28, 2020 鈥� 蜜桃视频 held 鈥淕irls Exploring Engineering鈥� on Saturday, Feb. 22, exposing young girls to various fields of engineering through fun, hands-on activities.
More than 30 girls ranging in age from second grade to 10th grade completed four different activities that introduced them to 3D printing, app development, electronics and robotics. All activities were led by women instructors with backgrounds in engineering or technology.
During their lunch break, the girls also heard from three young women who pursued or are pursuing careers in traditionally male-dominated fields. Apprile Mabe, a graduate of 蜜桃视频鈥檚 Mechanical Engineering program, is a CNC operator at GE in Wilmington. Celeste McCain, a graduate of 蜜桃视频鈥檚 Machining program, also works at GE in Wilmington as an aviation inspector. Bailey Varner is currently enrolled in the Electric Utility and Substation Relay Technology program.
鈥淭he goal of this day-long event was to bring awareness to young girls that they can have a future in engineering and technology and to introduce them to different areas of engineering in a fun way,鈥� said Dr. Cynthia Reeves, Associate Dean of Grants and Special Projects at 蜜桃视频. 鈥淲e will also be offering a Girls Robotics summer camp for girls who are interested in learning and doing more. We hope many of these young ladies will return for the summer camp.鈥�
All the girls who attended the event last Saturday received a T-shirt that says 鈥淔uture Engineer.鈥�
For more information about the Girls Robotics summer camps and other STEAM camps at 蜜桃视频, contact Reeves at careeves@richmondcc.edu or (910) 410-1817.