The Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) has awarded Ohio State's Women in Engineering Program with the 2006 Women in Engineering Initiative Award. Glenda La Rue, director of the Ohio State WIE program, accepted the award, which is presented to advocacy programs that serve as a model for other WIE programs and actively share experiences and materials with other programs; serve as a model for WIE programming for formal pre-college or retention activities/projects; demonstrate improvements in the educational environment for women in engineering; and provide programming that offers professional guidance to students and/or faculty who seek engineering and science as a career or profession.
Ohio State's Women in Engineering (WiE) program offers services and programs to support its students academically, professionally and personally. WiE also hosts events to get pre-college students excited about engineering. Through open houses, workshops and school visits, WiE introduces young students to the career possibilities available with an engineering degree.
The Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) is a national not-for-profit organization founded in 1990. WEPAN has over 600 members from nearly 200 engineering schools, small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations, and non-profit organizations. WEPAN's mission is to be a catalyst, advocate, and leading resource for institutional and national change that will result in the full participation of women in engineering.