Outreach | The Graduate Women in Biomedical Engineering

What Our Members Say

"It was a delight to see all the kids who are pursuing science in middle and high school ... it was a great reminder of where some of us started our journey into science." - Tessa B., Minnesota State Science and Engineering Fair Judging

"This [OLLI] was one of the most rewarding outreach events I've done." - Anonymous, OLLI

"Staffing the farmer's market booth was so much fun ... we got to play games and talk science with the community members who stopped by." - Meghan G., Farmer's Market

"[OLLI] was so fun! The students were so engaged and asked fantastic questions. A couple women even came up to me after and tole me how awesome it was to see increased frequency of women engineers over their lifetimes." - Paige N., OLLI

"She Engineers was just as fun for the adult volunteers as it was for the kids attending!" - Meghan G., She Engineers at The Works Museum

The Community Outreach branch organizes volunteer events that enable members to engage with the community both within and outside of the University.

Events for 2024-2025 include:

Farmer's Market Booth with Market Science
She Engineers at The Works Museum
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) Course
Minnesota State Science & Engineering Fair judging
STEM programming at local elementary, middle and high schools