Giving to the Women in Engineering Program
Purdue’s Women in Engineering (WiE) Program works to expand the engineering workforce through outreach, recruitment, enrollment, persistence and degree completion. Pre-college programming introduces and encourages K-12 students to consider studying engineering, expanding the pipeline of Purdue engineering students. Once at Purdue, engineering students can connect within the university’s first residential community for first-year engineers, through courses where they hear from working women engineers and explore different career paths, and through a robust peer mentoring program. These efforts have already delivered powerful victories in enrollment and student success. Investing in the following areas will help scale this impact for more students.
Pre-college programming
Funding Priorities
Women in Engineering Program outreach programs promote academic preparedness and increase awareness and interest in engineering. Additionally, recruitment programs facilitate relationships between high school students, current engineering students and alumni and provide information about Purdue Engineering and its culture of community. Support for these programs will allow for greater reach and participation.