CU-WISE Blogs

Let’s face it, university can be tough. I think from the standpoint of many students that have to keep up with food bills, housing, textbooks, coffee, and TUITION of course, money can get pretty tight. The answer to some of your worries… scholarships. Scholarships have gotten me a long way (as well as some grants) throughout all undergraduate years so far. One of the biggest misconceptions about scholarships is most people thinking that you need outlandish grades and the wildest extracurricular activities (although it doesn’t hurt) to pocket some extra money for your studies. Did you know, MILLIONS of dollars in scholarship money goes unclaimed every year in Canada? Why you ask? Mistake 1. Most students think they are unqualified. Mistake 2. Most students equate a scholarship to a really long essay. Did you know, only 24% of scholarships require high academic standing? That means 86% of scholarships are available to students who don’t have a strong acade

Saturday, October 13th, 2018. WISE was able to be a part of Go Eng Girl 2018 hosted by the Faculty of Engineering & Design on the university's campus and ONWIE (Ontario Network of Women in Engineering). Go Eng Girl is an initiative sprung all across Ontario, giving young girls the opportunity of hands-on activities in engineering & science. As the years go on, more and more girls and women are entering STEM based fields and Go Eng Girl could be a helping factor in this. The students are aged from grade 7 to 10, which are the years where deciding on future career options is a HUGE deal. Below are some details on the workshops that the girls participated in: 1. Soldering : The girls learned about how the components of a circuit such as resistors and capacitors are joined in series/parallel to generate electricity. They put their knowledge to work by soldering a light-emitting circuit.    2. App Making: With a debrief on how loops, conditional statements an