The statistics are alarming, according to the National Science Foundation. America lags behind other nations in the number of students majoring in science and engineering at colleges and universities. To improve the statistic, WIT Girls collaborates with the Georgia business community to support and inspire girls in middle and high school to break through barriers and advance opportunities in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (STEAM) fields by providing them hands-on experience and educational workshops that ignite an early interest in careers in STEAM.
Students benefit from WIT Girls’ main programs: Career Exploration workshops, Immersion Experience, and the Job Shadow Program. By collaborating with companies like EarthLink, Greenlight, Primerica, Cox Enterprises, State Farm, Equifax, Rollins, and others, and with educational/nonprofit organizations such as Ron Clark Academy, Georgia FIRST robotics, Junior Achievement, Atlanta-area schools and more, we can offer these events at no charge to the students