Women’s Awareness Month (WAM) kicked off on Monday, March 1 and marks the beginning of a series of events throughout the month that celebrate women.

In 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) selected Tech as the head institute to provide leadership in creating models to enhance gender equity in the fields of scientific and technological education, stereotypically male-dominated fields.

This past Saturday, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) held an outreach event for young pre-college students. It was designed to spur and fuel the flames of interest in math, science and engineering within the minds of high school girls.

This March marks both Women’s Awareness Month (WAM) and the 11th year of the Women’s Awareness program at Tech. Started in 1997 by Jennifer Orr, the former president of the Women’s Student Union, the event was originally known as Women’s Awareness Week and included a week’s worth of programming to discuss and increase awareness of women’s issues at Tech. Since its inception, WAM has grown to include community outreach, service and informational presentations.