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Women in Science and Engineering Program (University of Michigan) records, 1974-2023, undated

11.3 linear feet — 62.5 GB (online) — 1 archived website

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Established in 1980 as part of the Center for Continuing Education of Women (now CEW+), the Women in Science and Engineering Program (WISE) has sought to increase the number of women who major in and seek advanced degrees in mathematics, science and technical fields. WISE has offered internships, resource guides, programming, and the Warner-Lambert lecture series towards this goal. In addition to supporting women at the collegiate level, WISE offers a variety of K-12 programs for students of any gender identity, although they are primarily aimed at women and girls. Records include correspondence and reports; physical and digital materials related to programming efforts, including the Warner-Lambert lecture series and Girls in Science and Engineering summer camp; funding proposals; research papers and talks by WISE staff members; and clippings and documents related to the establishment of WISE. Planning files for the Girls and Science and Technology (GASAT) IV Conference 1987, digital transcripts and recordings from an oral history project that sought to preserve the history of University of Michigan alumnae in the sciences and engineering, and material related to Smartgirl.com as well as the Women in Engineering Office are also included.

The WISE records (11.3 linear feet and digital files (online)) reflect the changing approaches that WISE took to encourage and support women in the sciences and engineering, as well as the changing organizational structure of the program. Specific formats include correspondence, digital photographs and videos, grant applications and program proposals, oral histories, research studies and talks, publications, reports, web archives, and background material on women and sciences at the University of Michigan. Prominently represented in the collection are WISE's various programming efforts, the Women's History in Michigan Science and Engineering Oral History Project, and the Women in Engineering Office (WIE).

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Programming, 1974-1975, 1980-2018, undated

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The Programming series (4.5 linear feet and digital files (online)) provides the researcher with the greatest insight into the main work of WISE -- a vast array of programming efforts -- and its changing strategies and priorities.

The series includes digital photographs and videos from various WISE programs, particularly its FIRST LEGO League teams and Girls in Science and Engineering (GISE) Camp; documentation related to different exhibits, including the 2017 "Hidden Figures: When the Computer Wore a Skirt: NASA's Human Computers" exhibit; as well as reports for various grants, program proposals, fliers, and other information about WISE programming efforts over the decades.

Files are arranged alphabetically by topic, event, or program name, and then alphabetically or chronologically within each file.