B-WISER summer camp inspires girls to pursue interests in science

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Pictured are campers at the Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER) summer camp for seventh-and-eighth-grade girls at The College of Wooster.
Pictured are campers at the Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER) summer camp for seventh-and-eighth-grade girls at The College of Wooster.

The Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER) summer camp, an educational partnership of the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and The College of Wooster, will take place June 18-23.

The residential science camp invites girls completing seventh or eighth grade this year to apply with an application deadline of April 20.

Designed to encourage a demographic that is underrepresented in science, engineering and research, B-WISER pushes girls to pursue their interests in science throughout their education and career path by surrounding campers with like-minded peers and engaging them in hands-on experiments in a broad range of scientific disciplines.

Classes from physics and biology to robot construction

Campers will complete a daily curriculum with classes in physics, chemistry, biology, geology, robot construction and engineering. Outside of classes, attendees will participate in science-based activities, including hands-on projects and demonstrations in engineering, physics and chemistry.

“Getting the opportunity to participate in a weeklong immersion in hands-on science will show these young women that the sciences can provide a very rewarding and meaningful approach to problem-solving,” saidSusan Godez, camp director, in a news release.

The camp also hosts career presentations that feature women with careers in science, engineering and research.

The teachers and counselors at B-WISER have a special interest in promoting science among young women.

“The teachers, who are all females, understand what these young women need to foster their scientific inquiries. The counselors are all former B-WISER campers and are here because of what they gained from the program” Godez said in the release..

The cost to attend B-WISER is $600, with scholarships available for students eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches. Acceptance to the camp is on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, visit the B-WISER website, or contact project coordinator Manon Grugel-Watson by email at mgrugel-watson@wooster.edu or phone at 330-263-2105.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: College of Wooster's annual B-WISER camp for girls is June 18-23