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Breaking the Glass Ceiling
on campus, where they observed Promising Impact
undergraduate classes and worked KUSWE’s events have a promising
in a laboratory environment. While impact. The Girls Who Code event’s
the event now takes place online, the success in guiding many high school
format is the same. As part of the event students to software and computer
program, classes are organized for engineering is a testament to the
the participating students, broadcasts club’s influence. Taking firm steps
are streamed from the laboratory, toward its mission, the club pursues
and experiments are performed by its goal of increasing women’s
lab assistants, all made possible with participation in STEM and achieving
support from faculty members and the gender equality.
university.
We also should note that club
KUSWE has so far reached 200 members and managers benefit from
high school and 300 undergraduate planning and organizing the events as
students through its events and has a learning opportunity. Processes such
plans to organize more activities in as project management, teamwork, time
the near future. For instance, a career management, and crisis management
event will be organized to host talks that a student club should carry out
with women engineers who studied allow the students to enhance their
engineering in Turkey or other communication and organizational
countries and currently work in other skills.
sectors. Another will be a volunteer
project to reach middle and high Working Toward Gender Equality
school students. At its core, KUSWE advocates that
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Zeynep Deniz Lal Beyda Dur
Chemical and Biological Engineering Computer Engineering
Senior Freshman
I joined KUSWE in 2018, my freshman year. During the Last year, I actively took part in KUSWE’s Networking Event
society’s promotional events, I noticed that the team had and this year, I am on the Executive Board and responsible
a very genuine bond. Since then, I have been involved for corporate relations. My main responsibilities include
actively in the society’s activities and served on the maintaining the society’s relations with companies and
Board for the last three years. Carrying out our activities building partnerships through the events we organize. I am so
at Koç University has many benefits. For instance, when happy that I am studying in my favorite field and I will be an
we communicate our intention to organize an event, the engineer. I believe everyone should be able to stand on their
Student Activities and Volunteer Projects Coordinators own feet, and eliminating gender bias in engineering is crucial.
from the Dean of Students and our advisor support us. I I hope KUSWE’s activities deliver life-changing results not just
also should note that we receive great feedback from our for me but also for other women. I am excited to be a part of
events and I find it highly motivating. this society and contribute to its goals.
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