| Show The Aggie Review The Aggie Review Page 7 "The first quarter was hard for me I really felt walking into a huge class and being the only female I don't feel like an outsider any longer I really feel like part of self-concio- us the engineering college" O year" Twelve women have already been get through college but then would like to do research and development of new energy sources After working a few years may return for a master's Howes admits that engineering is a challenging course to take "the first quarter was hard for me really felt a and being the only into class walking huge female don't feel like an outsider any longer really feel like part of the engineering I funded through this scholarship According to Dr Vendell probably more than 75 percent of the women presently enrolled in the USU engineering college are receiving some kind of funding "Right now we have four scholarship slots and only two women have applied so funding if needed is no I I problem" I male-oriente- college" terested in they want to do something more with their life "More and more women are figuring out that they can do it" Howes offers advice to women trying for an engineering education — "Don't give up the first two years are hard Stick to it and it will get better and b4&3r The job possibilites make it all worth while" Ms Adams thinks the struggle was worth It After graduate school she plans to go into irrigation are becoming inan engineering career because Howes thinks women outnumbered" agriculture engineering "The job possibilities are fantastic With the overriding concern with population increases and food supply decreases us I The real problem Dr Vendell feels is just the pressures upon women in such a d college "Engineering is a tough road anyway the attrition rate for men students alone is over 60 percent You can imagine the struggle for women in the college They are so international self-conscio- For a female engineering graduate the job possibilities are excellent The law of supply and demand leads to higher salaries for women engineers as companies actively competefor the women The average salary for women in 1973 was $15 per month more than their male counterpart Starting salaries for women were $939 and for men — $921 It will take decades for American women engineers to balance the gap between their male counterparts Internationally American is vgy behind in producing female engineerjs Forexample the Society of Women Engineers lists 2000 members — 30 percent come from Russia and only one percent from the United States are professionalpeople in needed field this desperately including - qualified engineers" Ms Adams would love to travel internationally and is interested in job possibilities in South America Nancy's husband backs her choice of careers Although he is qualified to teach elementary school and holds a degree in art history he is presently working at a local lumber mill to help meet expenses Heather Howes a junior in mechanical engineering has always been interested in the profession Howes was influenced by the energy crisis and her father who is also an engineer Said Howes "My first priority is to Photo by Mark Shramek |
