Purdue News
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September 10, 1999
Purdue to sponsor Women in Engineering Career DayWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Women in Engineering Career Day for high school students will be held at Purdue University on Monday, Oct. 18.The event, sponsored by Purdue's Schools of Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers, is open to any young woman in her senior year of high school. The cost of the daylong career day is $10 per person. The registration deadline is Oct. 8. The career day will give students an overview and specific information about the various areas of engineering. Students will be able to speak with practicing women engineers, women engineering students and faculty at Purdue, and will hear a keynote speech by a Purdue engineering alumna. Parents are invited to participate in the program with their daughters. They will attend some of the sessions, a special program on financial aid, and a question-and-answer session with the director of Women in Engineering Programs. For registration information, contact Susan Umberger at Purdue's Division of Conferences, (765) 494-7217, sumberge@purdue.edu. For program information, contact Andrea Yeoman, Women in Engineering secretary, (765) 494-3889; puwie@ecn.purdue.edu
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