Worldwide, women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. TI is involved in a number of efforts intended to build gender equity in these fields.
Recently, TI in Freising, Germany participated in the Germany-wide "Girls' Day" for the eighth consecutive year. The government-sponsored program provides girls in the fifth through 11th grades insight into different companies and technical fields.
The girls came from schools in Freising and Landshut. TI employees gave the girls a tour of the site and introduced them to employees, who spoke about their work experiences, as well as math, science and technology careers.
The girls also had a chance to work in a lab, soldering a contactor and several resistors onto a board for a "digital dice" gadget that displayed lights ranging from one to six at random like a roll of the dice.
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| Students experience technology first hand at TI Girls' Day in Freising, Germany. |
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In North Texas each summer, Women of TI Fund sponsors Advanced Placement® physics summer camps. This donor-advised fund established by TI women executives in 2001 to help address the shortage of women in engineering and other STEM career fields has underwritten camps in the Plano and Dallas school districts.
More than 120 girls participated last year in the AP Physics Summer Camps. Statistics have shown the impact of these types of activities, with participating girls taking more advanced math and science classes and becoming interested in these careers. TI volunteers have reported the experiences are rewarding and effective.
"It is an amazing opportunity to see the passion and motivation in these girls at such an early age," said TI’s Kemi Ogun, one of several employees who volunteered at the camps. "The girls were highly engaged and excited to learn about various careers in the STEM field.
Tifany Wilson, another TI volunteer, said, "I participate as a guest speaker at the physics camps for a number of reasons but mainly to dispel the stereotypical myth of an engineer and (from a more personal standpoint) the uplift I receive when I finish my talk and the young ladies actively engage in an inquisitive exchange about possible STEM professions at various companies."
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