Women who are interested in STEM fields build strong personal and academic connections with each other, UW-Platteville faculty and staff and industry professionals. Women in STEM Living Learning Communities are an interactive and engaging living and learning environment Dobson Hall and Bridgeway Commons. Many opportunities and events are also available for current students. If you would like to receive emails about our pre-college programs, sign-up on our mailing list. Girls Who Code Club, which seeks to build a supportive sisterhood of peers and role models who help girls persist and succeed in computing. Pioneering Your Future in STEM is open to girls in fifth through eighth grade and inspires them to learn about STEM careers through hands-on, interactive activities that involve critical thinking, experimenting, learning the design process, and using problem-solving skills that focus on real world problems. The annual event allows high school women to explore STEM careers that require creative problem solving skills, encourage forward thinking, and allow them to make a difference in the world. Women in STEM Career Day is designed for young women in ninth through twelfth grade. Several programs designed for young women and girls in fifth through twelfth grade are available for pre-college students. To accomplish this goal, the Women in STEM Program offers many events for both pre-college and college women. Our mission is to create a supportive community where women will prosper both at UW-Platteville and in their future careers. The Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Program at University of Wisconsin-Platteville informs and engages students, parents, and educators on issues related to gender diversity in the STEM fields in order to create a more diverse, competitive, and balanced workforce.
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