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NOGLSTP participates in global marathon -- 24 hours of engineering insights for women

The National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals, Inc (NOGLSTP) is participating in the third annual “Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering." Dr. Amy Ross, Vice President of Research and Development at Diamics, Inc., and Mentoring Program Coordinator for NOGLSTP, will present a live telephone presentation at 11 PM, EST on Thursday, March 22 entitled “Mentoring for GLBT Scientists, Engineers and Technology Students and Professionals: Bridging the Gap from Academe to Industry.” during the marathon.

NOGLSTP’s participation brings gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) visibility to mainstream engineering, industry, educational professionals, and students. Visibility is important to encourage recognition, role models, and equity in engineering education and equity in the workplace. Dr. Ross’s topic on mentoring for all levels of engineering is important to build a bridge and a ladder up to educational opportunities, industry recruitment and employee retention.

Through an affiliated partnership plus with MentorNet®, NOGLSTP provides a mentoring program for its membership and other interested GLBT students, postdoctoral scholars, and early career academics in engineering through one-on-one mentoring with GLBT academic and industry mentors.

NOGLSTP is among the 41 endorsing societies of National Engineering Week (E-Week), as well as an affiliate of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a sustaining member of the National Postdoctoral Association.

The 2007 Global Marathon, providing insights and information on engineering careers to high school and college students, their teachers, counselors and parents, and professional women engineers worldwide, begins at Noon EDT Thursday, March 22nd, and continues through Noon EDT Friday, March 23rd.

The 24-hour marathon of webcasts, Internet chats and teleconferences at the Engineers Week website – www.eweek.org – connects an international community of women engineers and other professions with expertise in a wide variety of disciplines. Each presenter will lead a 30- to 60-minute presentation with postings and questions from participants worldwide. All sessions and presentations will be archived for future access.

The Global Marathon, which coincides with Women’s History Month, was created by the National Engineers Week Foundation and is supported in 2007 by Lenovo and Verizon Business.

The Global Marathon was created to:

• provide a forum to share information for, by and about women in engineering for a variety of groups engaged in related issues;
• highlight to employers that women are still underrepresented in engineering;
• make many publics aware of existing programs and opportunities for girls and women
• help dispel myths about women & girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM);
• provide a unifying event for groups working towards recognition, recruitment and retention of women in engineering,
• increase awareness of STEM issues among pre-college, college, and young career women, and help to address issues of concern such as retaining women in college engineering programs and the workplace; and,
• provide opportunities to host local, live outreach events and connect them globally.

Sessions will originate from various locations in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, China, Hong Kong, and Japan, and will also target audiences in Africa and Latin America.

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