For the eighth straight summer, Union hosted the “Educating Girls for Engineering” camp. Seventeen high school students spent two weeks exploring opportunities in the engineering profession.
According to the Society of Women Engineers, females make up just over 11 percent of the engineering workforce.
A reporter and photographer for the Daily Gazette visited the camp.
"It’s a rare sunny day that actually feels like summer, and a group of 17 high school girls from up and down the East Coast are sitting inside a classroom at Union College staring at light boards and computer screens.
"The sun is creeping through the windows and casting shadows on the white dry erase board at the front of the room, but they are too focused on their projects to notice.
"The 17 girls vary in age, musical tastes and hometowns, but they have one thing in common — they’re interested in pursuing engineering as a career, and that’s why they’re spending 10 days of their summer vacation inside a classroom."
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