An Organization of professional teachers and administrators committed to the enhancement of mathematics and science education in this region of Massachusetts with partial support from Salem State College, the Massachusetts Department of Education and the corporate sector.

The Collaborative Project, SB104, Salem State College,Salem, MA 01970. (978) 542-6068, FAX (978) 542-7215

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W.I.S.E.
WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Salem State College – Main Campus
March 11, 2008
8:15 AM – 1:30 PM

Women account for less than twenty per cent of the workforce in science, math and engineering fields.  W.I.S.E. is a career day program that aims to address that imbalance by exciting and educating middle school girls with a personal and hands-on experience that could lead to a career in a math and/or science field.  At the same time, the program encourages these girls to continue enrolling in math and science courses in high school.

Project W.I.S.E. is organized through the Collaborative for Math and Science Education at Salem State College.  The collaborative is dedicated to linking students, teachers and industry representatives for the improvement of math and science education for today's changing work environment.  The W.I.S.E. Career Day initiative specifically targets young women at an impressionable age and exposes them to today's technologically oriented careers in mathematics and science.

This March, over 300 young women from over 20 different middle schools will be invited to an all day conference at Salem State College designed to encourage their interest in these challenging fields.  Each girl experiences three presentations given by professional women who work in math and/or science areas.  The careers represented run the full gamut from engineering on the 'Big Dig' in Boston to a plastic polymer researcher developing new ideas for the plastic industry.

Since the inception of W.I.S.E. in 1990, thousands of young women in the sixth through eighth grades from the North Shore area have been provided with both role models and insight into a wide variety of science and math related careers.

We are currently in the process of finding presenters for our program.  If you are interested in presenting a workshop for WISE, please contact Daryl Mazzaglia at wise@salemcollaborative.org.

The members of the W.I.S.E. committee are : Barbara Lanzillo, Hilda Carneiro, Mary Corcoran, Jim Kearns Jim Terlizzi, Gwen Scottgale and Daryl Mazzaglia.