This semester Madiha Ahmed, teaching faculty, industrial engineering, joined Chris Beimborn, K12 STEM outreach manger, in expanding our college’s recruitment efforts among local high schools.
This is funded through the support of the Nadella Fund for Diversity in Tech Education, a gift from Satya Nadella (’90 MS computer science) and Anu Nadella.
The goal of our outreach is to build and deepen our connections with Milwaukee high school educators, especially STEM teachers and club advisors, and their students.
Ahmed and Beimborn are meeting with students both at their high schools and through student visits to our college. The first two Milwaukee High School Preview Days have inspired more than 200 students to visit our college. Look for more about these students and their perceptions of our engineering in next month’s newsletter.
How can you get involved?
Consider visiting a local high school class. Our faculty have already begun making visits that impact these students’ perceptions of UWM and engineering and computer science. Contact Ahmed or Beimborn at uwm-stem-outreach@uwm.edu to get started.