{"673753":{"#nid":"673753","#data":{"type":"news","title":"With Added Programs, Expanded Reach, Women in Engineering Charts a New Course","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EWhen Joy Harris arrived as the new director of the College\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/wie.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWomen in Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (WIE) program, there was a lot to celebrate.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn its 30 years of existence, the program has contributed to boosting the number of women in the College to 35% of undergraduates. And in some Schools, female students now outnumber males. WIE also has been awarding more than $150,000 in scholarships every year and hosting a robust program of corporate engagement opportunities for students.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThat meant it was time for the next chapter, and Harris had some ideas.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cWIE is a women-led office that serves the entire College,\u201d said Harris, who herself studied \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eelectrical and computer engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at Tech as an undergrad. \u201cOur vision is for 100% of the College of Engineering to be positively impacted by a WIE program or initiative. Men, women, faculty, staff, grads, postdocs, undergrads\u0026nbsp;\u2014 100% of the College.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/added-programs-expanded-reach-women-engineering-charts-new-course\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAfter helping increase the number of women undergraduates in the College, WIE expands to grad students and postdocs to build on its thriving community.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"After helping increase the number of women undergraduates in the College, WIE expands to grad students and postdocs to build on its thriving community."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2024-03-26 14:06:48","changed_gmt":"2024-03-26 14:09:56","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-03-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673488":{"id":"673488","type":"image","title":"WIE-staff-assisting-student-with-project.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EA WIE volunteer explains a keychain wiring exercise to a middle school student at Students Exploring Engineering. The event expanded this year, welcoming three times as many students and exposing them to concepts in five different engineering disciplines. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1711462017","gmt_created":"2024-03-26 14:06:57","changed":"1711462017","gmt_changed":"2024-03-26 14:06:57","alt":"A WIE volunteer works with an Atlanta-area middle school student during the recent Students Exploring Engineering event.","file":{"fid":"256887","name":"WIE-staff-assisting-student-with-project.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/26\/WIE-staff-assisting-student-with-project.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/03\/26\/WIE-staff-assisting-student-with-project.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11002131,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/03\/26\/WIE-staff-assisting-student-with-project.jpg?itok=09RHGnX6"}}},"media_ids":["673488"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"289141","name":"Women in Engineering (WIE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1235","name":"women in engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}