Each club meets for 6 consecutive weeks in the fall and spring semester, and activities (planned and implemented by WISER student volunteers) expose girls to a variety of hands-on, project-based, experiential learning in different STEM disciplines.
Our goal is to debunk gender biases in STEM subjects and careers among participants, encourage and maintain interest in STEM fields and increase awareness of STEM academic options and career opportunities. A maximum of 15 middle school students, selected by an application process, can join.
In addition to the after-school experience, these middle school girls will visit CWRU several times during the academic year to take advantage of the college experience. Students may also take part in a NASA –sponsored classroom contest while being 'coached' by their WISER mentors. All costs associated with the program (supplies, materials, food, transportation and admission fees) are provided by WISER. Citizens Leadership Academy and Monticello Middle School provides classroom space for club activities.
Volunteers Needed
If you are a WISER student interested in volunteering for the Girls’ Science & Engineering Club, please contact Kimberly Yacoub Kky6@case.edu WISER volunteers who volunteer at least 3 times during the fall and spring semester are eligible for outreach grants to offset the cost of textbooks and other expenses!
INTRODUCE A GIRL TO ENGINEERING DAY (IAGTE)
WISER hosts an Annual 'Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day' (IAGTE)' event each Spring Semester. IAGTE Day promotes engineering as a strong career option for girls, and is organized through the National Engineers Week Foundation. Our 2012 - 2013 IAGTE event will take place Thursday, February 14, 2013.
WISER hosts an annual 'Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day (IAGTE)' event each spring semester. IAGTE Day promotes different engineering disciplines as strong career option for girls, and is organized through the National Engineers Week Foundation. All costs associated with the program (supplies, materials, food, transportation and admission fees) are provided by WISER.
In 2012 WISER hosted 100 middle-school students from Entrepreneurship Prep School, the Intergenerational School, Monticello Middle School and Woodbury Elementary. Students learned from professional women in the field and participated in hands-on CSE labs activities with CWR faculty. Click this link to view the 2012 program.
If you are Interested in volunteering, contact Heather at hcc5@case.edu for our 2013 event.
ABOUT INTRODUCE A GIRL
TO ENGINEERING DAY
Since 2001, women engineers have introduced more than one million girls and young women to engineering. More than just one day, Introduce a Girl to Engineering is a national movement that shows girls how creative and collaborative engineering is and how engineers are changing our world.
INTRODUCE A GIRL TO SCIENCE DAY
INTRODUCE A GIRL TO SCIENCE DAY Our 2012 - 2013 'Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day (IAGTE)' event will take place Thursday, November, 8, 2012
If you are a CWRU faculty member interested in serving as a lab host, please contact Heather C. Clayton Terry hcc5@case.edu
If you are a local professional woman in an engineering discipline and are interested in serving as a career host, please contact Heather C. Clayton Terry hcc5@case.edu
We will host 50 6th grade middle school girls from Monticello Middle School and Citizens Leadership Academy. WISER members serve as 'coaches' to these students as they participate in hands-on experiments in several different CWRU science laboratories. All costs associated with the program (supplies, materials, food, transportation and admission fees) are provided by WISER.
VOLUNTEERS for IAGTSD
If you are a WISER student interested in volunteering for IAGTSD, please contact Ajmeeta Sangtani Axs882@case.edu
WISER students are able to gather and meet in their own WISER room. Centrally located on campus, the room is set up for conversation, napping, and working. The lounge also has computers and a printer available.
The Girls’ Science and Engineering Club at Monticello Middle School began its second year of programming, thanks to Case Western Reserve University’s Women In Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) program. At the community level, the program exposes girls to careers in science through two, six-week sessions during the school year. Last year, 15 sixth-grade female students participated in the club, and this year, 24 students are participating.
Students must apply to join the club, and Monticello sixth-grade science teacher Jason Jeske selects the students who participate. Before deciding, he carefully considers which students show an aptitude for science and are likely to gain the most from the experience. The school’s principal, Brian Sharosky, appreciates how Mr. Jeske encourages his female students to pursue science and his continual work to grow the partnership between the WISER program and the District.
The girls in the Girls’ Science and Engineering Club meet once a week to conduct hands-on experiments and explore topics that include genetics, electrical engineering, polymer chemistry and ocean engineering. The program is facilitated by Rebecca R. Carter, WISER Outreach Programming Specialist and full time PhD student in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Each session Rebecca brings at least four WISER volunteers to work with the students. During the experiments, the volunteers explain how the work they’re doing could evolve into careers in science, technology, engineering, math and the medical fields.
Sixth grade student Amanee Muhammad is a member of the club.
“You learn new things that you don’t usually learn in middle school,” Amanee said.
In addition to weekly meetings, members of the Girls’ Science and Engineering Club may attend two events on Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) campus: “Introduce a Girl to Science” and “Introduce a Girl to Engineering.” Both full-day events promote the sciences as career paths for young women. And, during the visits, the girls also tour CWRU’s research and innovation labs, assets that help make it one of Ohio’s prestigious universities. Heather Clayton Terry, a Cleveland Heights High School alumna, is the Associate Director for Women in Science and Engineering and the WISER Advisor at the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women at CWRU.
“More women have come to Case Western Reserve University with majors in science, technology, engineering, math and pre-med than ever before,” Mrs. Terry said.
The WISER program supports female students, staff and faculty within science, engineering, technology, math and pre-med departments on CWRU’s campus, but the program also seeks to reach out to young girls in the community. Mrs. Terry is thrilled to help bring programs like WISER to our District. To learn more about the program, please email wiser@case.edu or check out their website.
Ashlie Dyer is the Pathway Partnership Specialist for the CH-UH City School District. Ashlie is developing and maintaining partnerships in the community to promote the development of programs like WISER with Case Western Reserve University. Please contact Ashlie if you have any information on new and innovative programs that would benefit our students. A_Dyer@chuh.org
Since 2001, women engineers have introduced more than one million girls and young women to engineering. More than just one day, Introduce a Girl to Engineering is a national movement that shows girls how creative and collaborative engineering is and how engineers are changing our world.
