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Take
Our Daughters To Work Day
By Rachel Mountz and Chrissy Mehalick
The 10th annual Commission
for Women's Take Our Daughters to Work Day at Penn State was
held on April 25, 2002. Many parents who work at Penn State
took their daughters with them when they went to work. But instead
of going straight to their offices, they took their children
to The Bryce Jordan Center for breakfast and to hear the first
speaker of the day.
Courtney Dietz, a
senior majoring in mechanical engineering, talked about how
women are not limited on their career choices. She told them
that life is not easy, and no one will live it for you.
After breakfast,
parents and their children attended three different career sites
that they had preregistered for. Three of those sites were veterinary
science, Outreach Information Systems (OIS) and Office of the
President.
In veterinary science,
two faculty members told attendees what it is like to be a vet.
They said that there were many different kinds of jobs for vets
to do. Then the group split into smaller groups to see some
of the labs.
In OIS, students
worked on computers to build robots that would battle other
robots created by the OIS staff. In building their virtual "bots,"
they had to work within a budget and materials were limited.
In the Office of
the President, participants went to see Jan Jacobs, vice president
for administration. She talked about what her job is. Then they
got to see the president's office with Carolyn Dolbin, administrative
assistant to the president. She talked about President Spanier's
job and what she did. Then participants went into the conference
room and heard Nancy Herron and Renee Diehl speak about their
jobs and how they took advantage of wonderful opportunities.
After the third session,
everyone went back to The Bryce Jordan Center to eat lunch.
While they were eating, circus clowns roamed around along with
President Spanier to entertain mentors and their children. The
speaker was Carolyn Donaldson from WTAJ-TV 10. She talked about
the topic "Passionate Women." After the luncheon was
over, children went to their parents' offices to spend the rest
of the day there.
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