This reception's most important part may be the access of mentees to these outstanding engineering professionals. Mentoring's being fun and engaging is integral, too.
Opening
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| Boeing's Upekesha Addagalta, president of the Society of Women Engineers, Oklahoma City Chapter, opens the program. |
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| Addagalta encourages the audience to view Teach girls bravery, not perfection, a TED Talk by Reshma Saujani. |
Icebreaker
Addagatla asked the first-time mentees/attendees to stand. Then she invited the audience to stand for each choice.
- Tacos or burritos
- Movies or books
- Amusement park or beach
- Science or math
- Programming or building things
- Hidden Figures or Wonder Woman
- Logical or emotional
- Brave or perfect
"All young women are brave. We want you to be brave," Addagatla said. "This program is about STEM--Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics."
Speed Mentoring/Bingo
(Two rounds, 20 minutes each)
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| Adrianne Covington-Graham, executive director of the Oklahoma Engineering Foundation, directed the speed mentoring and bingo. Adrianne lookswell-composed and happy. Mentees did not realize a few days before Adrianne had had rotator cuff surgery yet was present smiling, thinking and talking while in great pain. Hats off to Graham!  |
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| Each mentee received two bingo forms, one for each round. Mentees moved to a different table when instructed. |
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| Adrianne Graham - stylish but stoic! |
Drawing for the Raspberry Pi
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| For those of us who did not know what a Raspberry Pi is. |
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| Jenna Ziegler & Caroline Short |
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| First winner! |
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| Raspberry Pi winners Shea Langley & Ashley Henry "bookend" Jenna Ziegler. |
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