YSU event aims to spur girls' interest in egineering fields

YOUNGSTOWN

Women make up 58.1 percent of the overall workforce in the United States, yet the percentage of female workers in the engineering fields is much lower.

That’s why members of the Youngstown State University chapter of the Society of Women Engineers put together a program for Girl Scouts to explore the engineering fields, said Karenza Neigh, outreach chair for SWE.

“They’re [doing] a lot of cool things that will help them realize the things that engineers do,” Neigh said. “Hopefully, we’ll catch their interest while they’re young. We want to inspire them.”

The program Saturday at YSU was for Girl Scouts in fourth and fifth grades, the age when girls often lose interest in engineering, Neigh said.

Engineers solve problems, Neigh told the group of girls. “There’s a lot of engineering in the world. You can be anything.”

Read more about the event in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.