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Media Advisory
Office of News and Information
Johns Hopkins University
901 South Bond Street, Suite 540
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920
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November 30, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Phil Sneiderman
443-287-9960
prs@jhu.edu
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Attention: Assignment Editor
Baltimore Area Middle School Girls to Get
Introduction to Engineering
Johns Hopkins Students Will Help Young Visitors
Build Design Projects
When: |
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. Morning session
will run from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; afternoon session
is from 2 to 5 p.m. |
Where: |
The Glass Pavilion in Levering Hall, at The
Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles
St., Baltimore, Md. |
Who: |
Engineering students at Johns Hopkins are
the primary organizers and volunteers for "Ready Set
Design!" a program set up to interest more girls in
engineering careers. About 50 girls from middle schools in
Baltimore city and neighboring communities are expected to
attend. (The morning session is expected to draw 25 girls;
about the same number are expected in the afternoon. Girls
will attend one session or the other; the content will be
the same.) |
What: |
Johns Hopkins engineering students will
help the young visitors, working in small teams, to
complete design technology projects. Local engineering
professionals will also participate in the day's
activities. |
Why: |
The engineering field has a gender
diversity problem: too few women are entering the
profession. To help correct this imbalance, organizers of
this event want to introduce women engineers and
engineering projects to middle school girls whose minds
are still open to
non-traditional career paths. |
Media Contact at the Event: |
Lester K. Su, assistant professor of
mechanical
engineering. (Before the event, Su can be reached at
410-516-8637.) |
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