Females involved from regional schools in technology and engineering (FIRSTE) program

Penn State New Kensington proposes the continuation of an annual, summer, two-day on campus program targeted at potential college-bound ninth through eleventh grade females from our service area. The event focuses on computer-based design, practical laboratory applications and technical report writing as a means of introducing them to the engineering and engineering technology programs which exist at the Campus. The program serves as a recruitment tool for the New Kensington Campus and possibly as a retention tool also by providing participants-in advance of their matriculation-with a variety of skills which will enhance their opporutnity for success in the engineering technology programs at the Campus