Hey Engineers! I hope all of you have had an awesome first month of classes, and hopefully assignments, projects and midterms haven’t bogged you down too much.
Women in Engineering, or WiE, has been off to a great start this Fall term. There has been a lot of excitement about the WiE Mentorship Program, with over 150 first years who have signed up to be mentees! The goal of the Mentorship Program is to provide support for female engineering students in the class of 2019 as they transition into the life of a Waterloo Engineer. Mentors provide guidance and support on aspects of engineering life, such as Jobmine, interview and resume help, and finding a balance. Mentors and mentees also attend WiE events, which are open to all undergraduate engineering students!
The first event was the WiE Welcome Barbecue was run by the Faculty of Engineering and took place over the first weekend of the term. The turn-out was awesome and it provided female engineering students in various programs and at different stages of their academic careers to meet one another and get excited for upcoming events, including the Art Attack Extravaganza! Remember that scene from the Princess Diaries where Mia and her mom throw darts at paint-filled balloons attached to a canvas? WiE did exactly that! The WiE logo was taped and painted over, and participants got to throw darts at paint-filled balloons that were attached around the logo. The results look awesome and you can look forward to seeing it posted up for you to see on your walk to and from classes. Following the Art Attack Extravaganza was a campfire at Columbia Ice Fields, where delicious s’mores were toasted and eaten in the company of old and new friends.
Upcoming events include: WiE Rock Climbing on October 9, Yoga with WiE on October 28, and a WiE brunch at the end of the term on November 22 in POETS!
If you have any ideas, comments or questions about WiE or anything else under the VP External portfolio, please don’t hesitate to come talk to me in the orifice or email me at vpexternal.a@engsoc.uwaterloo.ca.
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