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“If we’re going to out-innovate and out-educate the rest of the world, we’ve got to open doors for everyone. We need all hands on deck, and that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in science, technology, engineering and math.” — First Lady Michelle Obama It has become crucial for the students...
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NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is committed to strengthening the pipeline of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) students through middle school and high school programming. Building a pipeline of young students and funneling them into these disciplines ultimately ensures a more technically powered workforce for the future. One of the ways this...
College of Engineering and Engineering Technology summer camp
Ever wonder how to make a car run on renewable energy? Want to learn how fruit can generate electricity? NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (CEET) summer camps offer fun and easy ways for high school and middle school students to learn and explore the engineering field. CEET offers a number of summer camps...
Society of Women Engineers
NIU’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE) helped to kick off the first Women in Engineering Day event, held March 19 at the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. The event tries to get high schools girls interested and excited about the field of engineering. “The Women in Engineering event is a good way to get...
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Northern Illinois University’s Society of Women Engineers (NIU-SWE) received two awards from the Chicago Regional Section of SWE. NIU-SWE won two awards in the Small Section category. The first award was an honorable mention for the best collegiate section. The second was an award for the best collegiate website. NIU-SWE received $300 in cash in...
Photo of solar panels on Richard Born’s DeKalb roof.
NIU’s Enhancing Engineering Pathways hosted a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) camp in June. While attending the camp, three groups of 20 girls each were taken to the home of Richard Born to tour the solar photovoltaic (PV) system that powers it. Born is a retired member of the NIU College of Business faculty...
Battle Bots!
NIU’s Enhancing Engineering Pathways (NIU-EEP) aims to establish a sustainable pathway for girls into the field of engineering. To create and strengthen the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) pipeline, another year of NIU-EEP’s free summer camp will take place from June 11 through June 15. The application is available online. Launched in 2008, and...
STEM Night at Still Middle School
Advancing the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) industries has become a central focus for NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology. NIU chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) recently hosted a STEM night at Still Middle School in Naperville. Suma Rajashankar, faculty adviser for...
NIU Society of Women Engineers
The Northern Illinois University chapter of the Society of Women Engineers recently received the Best Collegiate Section Award – National Level and Second Place in the Small Section division of the Society of Women Engineers. The Society of Women Engineers, which was founded in 1950, works to recognize the achievements of women engineers. Members of  the...