Mentoring

Juniors and seniors at Laurel School whave the opportunity to be mentored by Case Western Reserve University students from the university’s WISER program (Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable).  Laurel students are paired with their mentor from WISER for a year-long series of events ranging from the purely social to the very academic (see the 2009-2010 schedule of events below).

Date

Topic

Event

Location/Time

9/21/09

Introductions

Get-to-know each other

Nord Hall 310 (7:30PM – 8:30PM)

10/23/09

Multi-cultural women and STEM
  • Panel/lunch

12:30PM – 2PM

CWRU Thwing Spartan Rm.

11/13/09

Biomedical/Mechanical Engineering
  • CRG presentation on what research shows about the relationship between gender and STEM fields and how that has helped shape the higher education landscape
  • Tentative talk by Prof. Knothe-Tate and a tour of her labs

CWRU (12:30PM – 2PM)

Nord Hall 310

1/15/10

Alternative Energy
  • Tentative talk by C.C. Liu on Fuel Cell technology and a tour of his lab

CWRU (12:30PM – 2PM)

2/18/10

Gaming
  • Presentation by Prof. Marc Buchner and tour of the Virtual Worlds Lab he directs

CWRU (11:30AM – 1PM)

March

Shadowing

Mentees “shadow” mentors for a day

To be individually arranged

4/17/10

Research

SOURCE Undergraduate Symposium and Polymer session

CWRU Veale Center

(Time TBD)

April (TBA)

Wrap-up

Social

TBA