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A couple dozen women who are engineering graduates enjoyed the chance to reconnect and remember their time on campus during the inaugural gathering of the UW-Milwaukee Engineering & Applied Science Women Alumnae group.<\/p>\n

The group gives grads a chance to network, meet other women engineers and faculty, and learn about engineering programs for women.<\/p>\n

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They also heard about the efforts put forth at UWM to help attract women to the field of engineering, which is predominantly male.<\/p>\n

The women who gathered at the Innovation Accelerator building in Wauwatosa heard about programs at the university including EnQuest, an engineering camp on campus for high school girls; Girls Who Code, which focuses on teaching girls about computer science; and Engineers Without Borders, which brings students to Guatemala to work on projects.<\/p>\n

At the event, Kathy Scheibe-Powell, an executive at Rockwell Automation and a 1978 materials engineering graduate, talked about how she and a few other women helped found the UWM chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought this was interesting, we thought there were opportunities there,\u201d Scheibe-Powell said. \u201cBecause there were so few women, it was nice to have a reason to get together, a legitimate reason to get together, and really try to improve ourselves and give ourselves some opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gina Dundun, global project manager at GE Healthcare and a 1993 UWM graduate in industrial engineering, talked about the importance of attracting women to the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love UWM and I love to give back, and I love to see women succeed in a role that can make money, and that is something I think is missing in the world,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s jobs there. You don\u2019t have to rely on anyone. \u2026 I think it\u2019s empowering as a woman to be able to take care of yourself and your family. I don\u2019t feel constrained by the finances of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple dozen women who are engineering graduates enjoyed the chance to reconnect and remember their time on campus during the inaugural gathering of the UW-Milwaukee Engineering & Applied Science Women Alumnae group. The group gives grads a chance to network, meet other women engineers and faculty, and learn about engineering programs for women. 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