Women's Engineering Program

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The Women's Engineering Program (WEP) offers social, academic, and professional support services. In conjunction with Cal Poly's nationally acclaimed Society of Women Engineers (SWE), WEP hosts a wide variety of activities that build an exceptionally strong community for women engineers and also provide opportunities for leadership training.

Professional job placement activities include an annual banquet with industry representatives, resume seminars, and professional speakers.

WEP also sponsors many K-12 outreach activities that expose pre-college students to women role models and introduce engineering as a career choice.

See the Women's Engineering Program website and Society of Women Engineers homepage for more information.

Contact Information:

Women's Engineering Program
Karen Bangs, Director
Building 40, Room 120
(805) 756-2350
krbangs@calpoly.edu

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Kathleen
Holmgren
Industrial Engineering
1980
“Cal Poly has always been there for me.”

The students and faculty in my department were very close to one another and I felt nurtured professionally and personally. I'm still in touch with professors, and I'm still involved with the college because it's where I received the foundation for my career.