WVU Tech, with the generous support of Toyota and AT&T, will host its inaugural STEM Summer Academy for Girls this Sunday, June 28 through Friday, July 3 on the University’s Montgomery campus.
The weeklong academy will bring in high school girls from throughout the state to learn about fields such as computer science, biology, pharmacy, chemistry and various disciplines within engineering. Students will tour Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia’s Buffalo plant and visit the Clay Center in Charleston.
Academy students will also discuss opportunities for women in STEM industries as they visit with female STEM professionals, hear from guest speakers and spend time with female college students and professors from STEM-based academic programs at WVU Tech.
“Our first STEM Summer Academy for Girls is an extension of the outreach our faculty and students have been undertaking to connect with young women who may not be aware that they have unlimited opportunities in STEM fields,” said WVU Tech President Carolyn Long.
“No matter what these girls ultimately decide to do, our goal is to give them an opportunity to explore some of the fields that will be changing business and industry in West Virginia in the decades to come. They’ll leave here knowing they’re capable of chasing down any career – not in spite of the fact that they’re women, but because they’re women,” she said.
