WEP’s First Year Initiative (FYI) program is designed specifically for the needs and interests of first-year engineering students women. FYI events provide academic and peer support to inform students about engineering as a major and to connect students to the larger engineering community.
As part of FYI, first-year women are matched with Peer Assistance Leaders (PALs), undergraduate mentors in their majors, who can answer questions about being an engineering student and about life on the 40 Acres.
WEP hosts several Chocolate Chats during the fall and spring semesters with PAL Panels, to spark informal conversation about life as a female engineering student, tips for academic success, student organizations and activities, study abroad & scholarship opportunities, how to gain leadership experience, research opportunities and peer academic advising.
We encourage all first-year women to enroll in a WEP First-year Interest Group (FIG) or live in the same hall with other first-year women engineers by signing up to be part of the WEP Learning Community in Kinsolving South. Getting involved and connected as a first year student is critical to your success!
FYI 2012-2013 Event Calendar:
FYIsland Welcome Dinner - 8/29/12
Study Tips Chocolate Chat - 9/4/12
EXPO 101 - 9/10/12
Time Management Chocolate Chat - 9/18/12
Study Abroad Chocolate Chat - 10/2/12
Scholarships Chocolate Chat - 11/13/12
FYIceland Welcome Dinner - 1/14/13
Reconnect Chocolate Chat - 1/22/13
Evening With Industry Banquet - 1/31/13
2nd Year Options Chocolate Chat - 3/19/13
FYI Picnic - 4/3/13
Additional information will be provided/updated in summer, 2012.
