June 7 , 2006
Ohio State Women in Engineering Program Receives National Award
The Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN) has awarded the Ohio State University Women in Engineering Program with the 2006 Women in Engineering Initiative Award. Glenda LaRue, director of the Ohio State WIE program, will accept the award on Monday, June 12 in Pittsburgh.
This national award is presented to advocacy programs that serve as a model for other WIE programs and actively share experiences and materials with other programs; serve as a model for WIE programming for formal pre-college or retention activities/projects; demonstrate improvements in the educational environment for women in engineering; and provide programming that offers professional guidance to students and/or faculty who seek engineering and science as a career or profession.
Contact: Gina Langen, (614) 688-4423, langen.2@osu.edu.
