Monday, October 26, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Edwards Campus increases resources for student engineers
By Liz Wristen Kansan staff writer
Students taking engineering courses at the University of Kansas' Edwards Campus no longer have to travel to Lawrence to have their questions answered.
The University opened an office at Edwards Campus in Overland Park last month to serve as a resource for Kansas City engineering professionals interested in continuing their education.
Steven McCabe, professor and chairman of civil and environmental engineering at the Lawrence campus, will serve as program director of civil and environmental engineering at the Edwards Campus as well.
"We are seeing a large increase in the number of engineers who are going to school at night," McCabe said. "Civil engineering has been in Kansas City for 40 years, and we felt it was important to try and get a contact for those living in Kansas City who may have questions concerning the engineering program at KU."
McCabe said that some of the faculty from the Lawrence engineering department would fill time slots at the Edwards Campus location.
Lori Mah, Topeka senior and a civil engineering student, agreed
that the office was important to meet the needs of Kansas City students.
The University will be offering a new Master's degree in engineering this fall with a non-thesis option. This degree will be available at both the Lawrence and Edwards campuses.
Another engineering degree offered at the KU Edwards Campus is the Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering with concentrations in general civil engineering.
The Edwards Campus also offers courses in four different areas of civil engineering. These include structural engineering, environmental engineering, water resources engineering, and transportation and geotechnical engineering, McCabe said.
"I think it is a good step that the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has taken to expand the office there," said Carl Locke, dean of engineering. "It will better serve the students in the Kansas City community."
Janel Harting. Derby senior in engineering, said that she thought the office would provide a great service to the students at the Edwards Campus but that she
EDWARDS CAMPUS
The University of Kansas' Edwards Campus has opened a new office to answer questions from engineering students.
The office opened last month to serve as a resource for Kansas City engineering professionals interested in acquiring their education.
assisted in continuing their education.
Some of the faculty from the
Some of the faculty from the Lawrence Campus engineering department will fill time slots at the Edwards Campus location.
The Edwards Campus location is also offering courses in four different areas of civil engineering.
Faculty members from the Lawrence Campus will serve the Edwards Campus office weeknights from about 5 to 7 p.m.
was concerned about the number of faculty members who would be working at both campus locations.
"I think the office is a great idea, just as long as it's not going to limit our resources," Harting said.
McCabe said that the faculty members serving both campuses would not limit the resources of Lawrence Campus students because the teachers would be serving the Edwards Campus weeknights from about 5 to 7 p.m.
Women's engineering programs aim to attract females to school
By Timothy Johnson Special to the Kansan
Female students entering the University of Kansas School of Engineering face a daunting obstacle. They are entering one of the most male-dominated fields of study and occupation.
"I don't know of many women my age in civil engineering," said Julia Gilmore, Clay Center sophomore.
Female enrollment in the school is 18 percent, with a high of 40 percent in chemical engineering and a low of six percent in mechanical engineering.
Women's Engineering Programs and the KU chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, a national organization that is open to all engineering students and faculty, are two organizations addressing the issue of low female enrollment.
Kelly Moylan, the coordinator of Women's Engineering Programs, said that the main objectives of these groups were to recruit more women to engineering, to retain the female students who already have entered the school and to improve student-faculty communications about gender-related issues.
She said that her group was a good contact for students looking for scholarship contacts and also served as students' first contact for issues of sexual harassment.
Many factors may discourage women from becoming engineers, including a lack of female role models and the attitude that engineering is not a viable professional choice for women, Moylan said.
Gilmore said that although she had not encountered this sentiment, she had female friends who were told that they should go into computer science because it is easier for girls.
The Society of Women Engineers and Women's Engineering Programs sponsor several events every year to change this attitude, including dinners where female engineering students can become more comfortable with job recruiters and programs to introduce female high school students to engineering.
The Society of Women Engineers has about 75 members. Moylan said that both groups hoped to expand.
Anyone who is interested in joining either group can contact the Society of Women Engineers by phone at 864-3620 or e-mail febold@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu.
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