Ford Donates $10,000 To Tech’s WIE

Michigan Tech’s Women In Engineering program is the recipient of a $10,000 donation from Ford Motor Company.

Tech Today reports, the check was presented by Tech alumna Cynthia Hodges of Ford, who herself participated in the program in 1980 and is currently on the Girls in STEM committee at Ford.  STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.

MTU President Glenn Mroz also spoke at the check presentation ceremony about the employment rate and how the number of people earning degrees continues to change but those with degrees are needed, adding that donations such as these do make a difference.

Women in Engineering is a scholarship program that also hosts about 150 pre-college women each summer for a week-long look into engineering careers.