As the academic year comes to an end, so do some of the WPI after school outreach programs. For instance, the final meeting of the 2012-2013 class of the Tech Girls Program was held on April 24th. Through a multitude of projects over the course of the year including, pig heart dissections, hydraulic arm creations, [...]
April 12, 2013
STEM Saturday: Spring 2013
STEM Saturday is a program designed for middle school aged children, and their parents, to allow them a succinct look into the world of STEM related employment. With activities such as determining what an object was made of from based off of a few properties, like density, to researching and learning about the periodic table, [...]
April 2, 2013
Connections: D-Term 2013 Update
As the academic year comes to a close, so do the Connections termly meetings. The final meeting began with the introduction of two new WPI staff members, Donelle Durham, and Julia Sorcinelli. Donelle Durham, the new Coordinator of Multicultural Recruitment, will mostly be working with admissions to enhance the diversity within the WPI community. While [...]
April 1, 2013
Tech Girls: March 2013 Update
The Tech Girls Program, sponsored by the WPI Office of Multicultural Affairs, is in its final few sessions for the 2012-2013 academic year. The girls have learned about a variety of STEM topics, including biology, engineering, and real world applications of the STEM fields. Last week’s project involved anatomy and biomedical engineering. The lesson was [...]
March 28, 2013
Women’s History Month Guest Lecturer: Dr. Nayereh Tohidi
Dr. Nayereh Tohidi, professor, research associate, and women’s rights activist, was the 1st annual Women’s Month guest lecturer. Professor Tohidi, an expert on gender and women’s studies, talked about both the struggles and accomplishments of women and democracy in the middle east and north Africa. She began the lecture with stereotypical images of Middle Eastern women, [...]
February 20, 2013
Black History Month Dinner
In celebration of Black History Month, WPI’s Black Student Union, in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Affairs, hosted a Black History Month dinner. Students, faculty, and even President Berkey, mingled and enjoyed hors d’oeuvres at the reception followed by the dinner, and special presentations. Mario Reed, president of the WPI BSU, and narrator of [...]
February 20, 2013
Introduce a Girl To Engineering Day
Innovative problem solving, and teamwork abilities are two important traits that one must have in order to succeed in engineering. The elementary school aged girls who attended the “Introducing Girls to Engineering Day” event, hosted by the WPI Office of Multicultural Affairs, improved these qualities through a series of activities. Communication skills, brainstorming, and [...]
February 8, 2013
LSAMP: Winter Symposium at UCONN
On Friday January 25th, a select number of WPI students attended the Northeast LSAMP, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Winter Symposium hosted by the University of Connecticut. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, UCONN and New England LSAMP’s, this daylong event included valuable networking opportunities and workshops. Keynote speakers, including the Dean of the [...]
February 8, 2013
Tech Girls- February 6th Update
This week at Tech Girls, the girls learned about conductivity, and how to make a simple complete circuit using household objects, for instance, a potato. In fact, they conducted an experiment, creating a circuit, using a potato, alligator clips, pennies, nails, 9-volt batteries, and LED lights. A penny from before 1983 was needed, because in [...]
February 6, 2013
STEM Saturday: Winter Edition
STEM Saturday is a program designed for middle school aged children, and their parents, to allow them a succinct look into the world of STEM related employment. With activities such as determining what an object was made of from based off of a few properties, like density, to researching and learning about the periodic table, [...]
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April 24, 2013
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