Outreach Pillar
What is Outreach Pillar?
Girl Scout Day
Each semester, we invite local Girl Scout Troops and their parents to campus to have a fun and educational day at Purdue. The troops rotate through different activities, which represent different engineering disciplines. Past activities have included Play-Doh tensile tests, mini bobsled racing, and fun coding challenges. The Girl Scouts leave with a renewed interest in engineering.
Outreach Committee
This committee helps to support all of the outreach that PSWE does throughout the year, and they have fun while doing it. The OC meets twice a month to help plan, test, and lead interactive activities to teach K-12 students about engineering. They also run a year long pen pal program with a local elementary school.
SWEekend
SWEekend is an opportunity for high school seniors who have applied or been accepted to Purdue to learn more about the university and interact with our PSWE members. The high school participants learn about engineering student organizations, participate in engineering activities, and socialize with other seniors and PSWE members. Companies wishing to sponsor SWEekend will receive recognition on literature distributed, can participate in the engineering activity, and can select a representative to deliver the keynote address
STEM Collabrative
Our STEM collaborative chairs work to put on events for the Greater Lafayette community. Past events have included a PSWE 70th Birthday Tea Party, volunteering to teach 7th and 8th grade science and STEM classes at a local elementary school, and general volunteering for the community.