High School Students and Community Invited to Learn About Majors, Careers in Engineering on Feb. 10

High school students, their parents and community members can learn about engineering majors and careers at Colorado State University’s Engineering Exploration Day from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10.

The informative event, which is free and open to the public, will be in the Engineering Building and the Lory Student Center on Colorado State’s Fort Collins campus, with the opening session taking place in the Engineering Building Auditorium.

Engineering Exploration Day participants view laboratory demonstrations including robotics and electronics, discuss engineering majors and careers with faculty and students and learn about undergraduate life at Colorado State. Engineering professors will describe the university’s chemical and biological, civil and environmental, electrical and computer, engineering science and mechanical engineering programs. Representatives of CSU-Pueblo also will describe their Industrial Engineering and Mechatronics engineering programs.

Current Colorado State engineering students will share their experiences and answer participants’ questions in the afternoon. Additionally, a session geared primarily for women and minority students in engineering will be offered. Scholarships, advising and the university’s financial aid program also will be discussed.

For more information, contact the College of Engineering at (970) 491-6220 or visit the Web at http://www.engr.colostate.edu/academics/student_services/events/explore_day.shtml. Registration can also be completed and submitted electronically on the Web. The registration deadline is Feb. 8, 2007.

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