The Margaret Jones Wyllie ’45 Engineering Program

Explore EngineeringA Weekend for High School Girls

Friday and Saturday, March 2-3, 2012

weekend rundownn Friday, 5 p.m., arrive at Sweet Briar

n Gather and meet each other and have dinner in the dining hall

n Stay Friday night with SBC student mentors

n Get creative, innovative and hands-on with our engineering design projects; previous projects include:

n building your own functional interactive dance pad gamen designing assistive technology for the physically challengedn making your own iPod speakern designing an artbotn creating intelligent electric clothes

n Saturday, 4 p.m., Closing design exhibition, families and friends invited!

registrationRegister online at sbc.edu/engineering or contact Hank Yochum, Ph.D. at (434) 381-6357, Director, The Margaret Jones Wyllie ’45 Engineering Program.

Register by Feb. 15. Space is limited to only 25.

Are you interested in making a difference in the world? Sweet Briar College is hosting an engineering weekend for sophomores, juniors and seniors to explore the field of engineering. It’s a chance to “try on” engineering as a college major.

You’ll work on cool engineering design projects with

full-time faculty members and current students. And you

can pick our brains about engineering and college life in

general all you want.

The cost for this weekend is only $30 and it includes

lodging, all meals, supplies and a T-shirt. There are only

25 spots, so sign up now.

Explore EngineeringA Weekend for High School GirlsFriday and Saturday, March 2-3, 2012

Sweet Briar College is centrally located within the state of Virginia, 50 miles south of Charlottesville, 120 miles west of Richmond and 165 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., on U.S. 29.

Can’t make our spring event? Consider applying to our Summer Explore Engineering Design course July 22-27. For more information go to sbc.edu/engineering where you may also register for both.

The B.S. in Engineering Science Program at Sweet Briar is accredited by ABET.