MURFREESBORO, Tenn. —
Only 60 openings are available for the 2017 MTSU Girl Day, part of the worldwide campaign to introduce girls to the
world of engineering.
MTSU’s event will be held Friday, Feb. 24, in the Voorhies
Engineering Technology and Davis Science buildings, organizers said. Girl Day
is held during Engineers Week, Feb. 19-25.
Girls will attend two workshops, have lunch sponsored by
Texas Instruments and participate in a panel discussion. The event is free.
Registrations, including girls’ names, should be emailed to Taylor.Sloan@mtsu.edu.
For information, call 615-898-2776.
“At MTSU, we want to encourage girls to explore engineering
and technical careers,” said Judith
Iriarte-Gross, an award-winning chemistry professor and director of the
campus’s Women in STEM (WISTEM) Center, a sponsor along with the Department of
Engineering Technology.
MTSU has opportunities for girls in engineering technology,
mechatronics engineering, aerospace and computer science, Iriarte-Gross added.
To learn more about Girl Day nationally, visit http://www.discovere.org/our-programs/girl-day.
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