What is Engineering?

Posted November 19, 1998


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - November 19, 1998
98-11-10-ENG

What is Engineering?

SASKATOON -- What is Engineering? That is what
organizers want high school students in the province to
know. Three students from each high school in
Saskatchewan, along with their advisors or counselors,
have been invited to attend an annual event to promote
engineering called What is Engineering?

The University of Saskatchewan College of Engineering,
working in partnership with the University of Regina and
the Association of Professional Engineers and
Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS), is organizing two
events. The first will be held at the U of R campus on
November 30, the second at the Saskatoon Inn on
December 2.

The events include presentations by practicing
professional engineers, university professors and
administrators and engineering students. The objective is
to give prospective students an accurate overview of
what engineering is, what engineers do, an overview of
the engineering programs offered by both universities
and the academic requirements of those programs.

In addition to formal presentations, prospective students
and their counselors can take in display booths which
will provide information about the different disciplines
within the engineering field.

The events will run from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at both
locations. Faculty from the College of Engineering and
the U of R often take the opportunity to visit informally
with prospective students during lunch, talking to them
about engineering and answering any questions they
might have.

Traditionally, What is Engineering? is held in March or
April, but organizers found that many students in Grade
12 have already made their decisions about post-
secondary education by then. By holding the event in the
first part of the year, organizers hope to encourage
more students to consider engineering.

Although grade 12 students from each school are invited
to the events, student counselors are also encouraged to
attend. Counselors will not only be advising the students
who attend, they will be providing information to other
interested students.

For more information, please contact:

Dot Brown
Internship and Industrial Relations
Dean?s Office, College of Engineering
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-5256