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TWICE challenges image of engineer, encourages girls to enter field
Dearborn Special Olympics Continues to Grow, Help Local Families
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier goes back to the '80s

TWICE challenges image of engineer, encourages girls to enter field

Ajouté le 12/3/2012

For many people, the word "engineer" conjures up an image of men wearing lab coats while sitting at computers in darkened rooms.
That's an image, Tri-state Women in Computing and Engineering (TWICE) is looking to challenge.
TWICE member Jessica Vann said the group works to raise awareness of women in the fields of engineering and to gain the interest of younger girls for the field.
That was exactly the intent of "The Beauty of Engineering," a hands-on, activity-based learning experience for girls in grades four through eight held Saturday in the University of Evansville's Koch Center. It had about 130 girls from various schools and Girl Scout troops building catapults, circuit boarding and balancing books on paper while learning about four different fields of engineering — mechanical, electrical, civil and computer.
"This is the first time we've ever done this," Vann said. "So we are very excited to have 100, we thought that was great."
One goal of the program is to educate. Vann, a mechanical engineer for Sabic, said many younger groups do not know what an engineer is or what they do.
"When I was a kid, I thought engineers just made cars," Vann said. "I want people to see that engineering has a lot of different things to offer."
Vann said there are programs at the high school level, mainly geared toward boys, that get them interested in engineering, but none that focus on younger groups of girls. That's where "The Beauty of Engineering" comes in.
"That's why we wanted to do this 'Beauty of Engineering' program," Vann said. "We at least wanted to give the girls a chance to get interested in engineering."
It is no secret that men dominate the engineering world. Stephanie Adams, TWICE volunteer and mechanical engineer for Whirlpool, said the program exposes girls to women who are engineers.
"We are showing them that women can go into engineering," Adams said. "It's not just a boy's world."
The Beauty of Engineering empowers girls to pursue careers, engineering or otherwise, they might not associate with their gender. Adams said one turnoff to engineering is that kids usually think of it as being hard and complex.
"This isn't as tough as some of them may think it is," Adams said. "You use a lot of different aspects of school, so you don't have to pigeonhole yourself."
Adams' interest for engineering started at a young age. Her father and grandfather were both engineers and accounted for her familiarity with the science. Her uncle, also an engineer, gave direction to her love of math and science when he suggested she go into mechanical engineering.
"Maybe these kids don't have that kind of exposure to it at home," Adams said. "This is a good opportunity for them to come and get a firsthand feel for it where they might not at home."

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Dearborn Special Olympics Continues to Grow, Help Local Families

Ajouté le 9/3/2012

The Dearborn Special Olympics have come a long way.
In 2005, the newly revived organization was comprised of a few families just looking for a way for their kids to get involved in some extracurricular activities.
Now, the group is made up of nearly 40 participants from Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Allen Park, who meet several times weekly at Howe Elementary School for practice.
And that's not the only way the group has grown. More kids means more sports, including basketball, baseball, bowling, track and field and even snowshoeing.
"We're trying to add something new every year," explains parent and organizer Linda Jackson. "We try to widen their horizons so they can learn more skills and become more involved."
But with expansion comes, of course, the need for more funding.
Parent Joe Pelligrino says the group raises about $6,000 a year. Much of that funding comes from fundraisers with businesses like Applebees and Buffalo Wild Wings. On April 1, they'll also host their first Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser at the Fr. Patrick O'Kelly Knights of Columbus Hall.
About half of that $6,000 goes toward sending the kids to the Special Olympics Michigan 2012 State Summer Games, which will be held May 31-June 2 this year on the campus of Central Michigan University.
An added expense this year, said Jackson, will be replacing all the uniforms due to a change in the national Special Olympics logo.
"We have to have all new uniforms, shirts, jackets," she explained. "They all have to be replaced by the end of 2012."
In future years, they hope to send them to the winter games as well, which are held every February in Traverse City.
However, Pelligrino stressed that for the kids, "It's not about winning."
"We want them to grow in every area they can," he said, "and to get them out and about."
Likewise, for parents of Special Olympics participants, the organization teaches them to see they children in new ways: as independent people capable of making goals, practicing teamwork, and reaching major accomplishments–which may or may not include coming home with a medal.
"Our biggest goal is the kids … to make sure their lives are a little fuller," Jackson added. "They can go out and get more experience."

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Designer Jean Paul Gaultier goes back to the '80s

Ajouté le 8/3/2012

Jean Paul Gaultier fused 1980s graffiti prints with the style of cult rock band Velvet Underground in his slickly executed fall-winter offering Saturday.
To music by Lou Reed, the band's most famous member, the designer sent down the catwalk revamped versions of the boxy bomber -- once worn by the group -- with bands, zippers and gothic hairstyling adding a punky vibe.
Graffiti-printing provided the fun. The fabric's richness in one flowing silk jumpsuit contrasted with the decimation of an all-over print depicting a gruesome car pile-up.
"It was half humor in everything we saw today," gushed Spanish actress Victoria Abril in the front row.
Models slung brightly colored fur jackets over arms or let them fall coolly off one shoulder.
Sleeves and cuffs seemed to crop up everywhere as ornamental features in skirts, furs and ruffles -- or just hanging limp.
While in pure style terms, there was little new material, the real innovation was at work inside the fabrics. A series of brash copper jackets and skirts dazzled in what looked like lame, an inexpensive fabric.
"Oh no," the jesting designer said backstage. "This was in fact intricate couture woven Jacquard silk."

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