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Photo Album: Girl Scout Day 2023

Each Fall, Mizzou's Society of Women Engineers (SWE) invites scouts from across the community to come visit Mizzou Engineering and learn more about STEM and engineering for Girl Scout Day. See photos from the event and explore the different activities the scouts participated in.
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Build a community with Mizzou SASE

Wrapping up its first year of being an active student organization, Mizzou’s chapter of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) is looking forward to expanding programming and reaching out to more students in the Fall.
Daughter Day | girls working in groups on a project

Girls and families explore STEM, Mizzou Engineering at Daughter Day

Girls from the community were introduced to the world of engineering this past weekend and learned that when imagination meets innovation, anything is possible.
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Mizzou Engineer helping develop badging system for open source software

A Mizzou Engineer is helping develop a new badging system that will give those in the open source software community an easy way to gauge a project’s diversity, equity and inclusivity.
Mizzou's chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers welcomed new students at the BBQ and during Welcome Week with activities throughout Lafferre Hall.

Explore academic, professional opportunities with Mizzou NSBE

Interested in joining a community to support your academic and professional career both during and after college? Mizzou’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is working to create a NSBE family, one member at a time.
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Mizzou Engineering names new Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Faculty Fellows

Kristofferson Culmer, Vellore Gopalaratnam and Kathleen Trauth Mizzou Engineering has named three Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) Faculty Fellows for the Spring 2023 semester. These appointments are part of the College’s enhanced commitment to underrepresented communities and ensure a welcoming environment for all students, faculty and staff. The IDE Faculty Fellows are: Kristofferson Culmer, assistant…
Mizzou NSBE members Hirut Suraphel, Justin Agudah, Mariam Morafa, Taja Hawkins, Elijah Beamon, Nonso Ogbuefi, Awa-Bousso Gueye, Trenton Foster, Chanel Wheeler, Emajin Brown, Trinity Brown, Xavier Fraizer, Jaden Findley, Ogheneobarome Emeje and Lawrence Ogbuli

Mizzou NSBE members find success at regional conference

Members of the Mizzou chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) racked up five awards at the NSBE Region V Fall Regional Conference this fall.
Somaya Faruqi, captain of the Afghan Dreamers FIRST robotics team, presents in Lafferre Hall

‘Dare to Dream:’ Somaya Faruqi, captain of the Afghan Dreamers FIRST robotics team, speaks at Mizzou Engineering

Girls with ideas and passion can change the world. That’s what the Afghan Dreamers FIRST robotics team proved when they became the first robotics team in Afghanistan. “We were the girls who dared to dream, to believe in ourselves,” said Somaya Faruqi, caption of the team. “Once we have belief, we can achieve everything that we want. Once we have belief, we will be unstoppable.”
Sara Ricardez Hernandez (left) and Amanda Paz Herrera (right) at the 2022 SACNAS National Conference

Mizzou SACNAS: creating opportunities for mentorship in STEM

Want to become part of a national community of researchers interested in increasing diversity in STEM? Consider the Mizzou chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS).
Mizzou’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE) hosted Girl Scout Day, an event for local girl scouts to learn about engineering.

Girl Scout Day at Mizzou Engineering inspires creativity in STEM

Give a girl a building block, she'll play for a day. Teach her how to design a building out of toothpicks and marshmallows, and she'll think about how she can build the future. Mizzou’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE) hosted Girl Scout Day, an event for local girl scouts to learn about engineering.