ENGINEERING FOR While engineering still ap pears to be a male bastion, wo men are beginning to wake up to this profession's job opportun ities, says Dr. Nunzio J. Pall andino, dean of the College of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. He offers some statistics to illustrate his point. Since 1967, the enrollment of freshman women in engincerw. ing has risen from 0.4 to 7.6 percent at Penn, State campuses, he reports. In lyb7, only five women were enrolled in engineer ing at the University; in 1972, there were 13; and this year, the female freshman enrollment has jumped to 96. The number of freshmen women enrolled in engineering at the University Park Campus, for example, has jumped from 0.7 to 4.8 percent since 1967--from two to 66 wo men. "The fact that women cur rently comprise less than one percent of all U.S. engineers," says Dean Pallandino, "is pro bably due to a preconceivedLim. age of engineers which does not include women." Dr. Pallandino thinks there's a misconception on the part of the general public that engineer ing jobs require more brawn than brain. "The mental labor usually far outweighs any sort of Ally sical exertion, and most engio nears work in offices, not at construction sites," says Dr. Palladino. WOMEN Penn State is among vari ous universities throughout the country which are inducing wo men to enter this formerly male oriented profession. Brochures on opportunities in engineering are sent to Pennsylvania high school juniors and seniors and to women who express interest in engineering. The University has also produced a series of radio and television spots on Highacres Collegian, December 16, 1974 - Page Seven CH IPP ER what the engineering prefess ion has to offer women. "But despite the fact that we're trying to encourage qual ified women to accept the chall enge of the engineering profes sion," says Dr. Pallandino, "the College of Engineering does not maintain a double standard. Our women are treated the same as the men." FAREWELL The Highacres Collegian staff Would like to take this oppor tunity to pay a fond farewell to the following former mem ,bers of the staff: Charles Novitaky Chuck Hiller Nancy Meiser William Michael Dear Santa Claus, I would like a new line of hate for winter term. Thank you. Dr. A. Dear Santa, I would like a yacht for Christmas. White Poodle
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