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September 29, 2000 Purdue to sponsor Women in Engineering Career Day WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Women in Engineering Career Day for high-school students will be held at Purdue University Oct. 30, and the registration deadline is Oct. 20. 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 day-long career day is $10 per person. 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. 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 the Women in Engineering Program. For registration information, contact Susan Umberger at (765) 494-7217, stumberger@conf.purdue.edu. CONTACT: Andrea Yeoman, (765) 494-3889; e-mail puwie@ecn.purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page