Girls in Engineering (GIE) Program, which is based jointly out of Baskin Engineering (BE) and the Educational Partnership Center (EPC) at UC Santa Cruz is offering three one-week sessions of engineering-focused day camp for middle school female and female-identified students AT NO COST. The program will start its first week of camp on July 8, and currently, there is ample space left in all three weeks of the program. If you know of any students who may be interested in participating, please share!

About the Program

Designed to spark a lifelong passion and familiarity with technology, this free, fun 5-day camp enables students in the 7th and 8th grade (at the time of application) to create their very own robots, imagine themselves as computer scientists and engineers, and explore the careers and educational opportunities available to them in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Girls in Engineering is a girl-focused learning environment.

Who is eligible to attend? Middle School female/identified students in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties (Middle School = 6th/rising 7th; 7th/rising 8th; 8th/rising 9th graders)

• GIE Session One: July 8-12, 2024

• GIE Session Two: July 15-19, 2024

• GIE Session Three: July 22-26, 2024

• How do the students get to UCSC? GIE provides bus transportation that routes through various stops in the region daily to and from the UCSC campus.

• How long is the GIE day? What happens? 

• Students will be on campus from 9am-3pm daily, and their travel schedule on either side of the on-campus portion of their day will add up to 60-90 minutes to the beginning and end of their day.

• The GIE day is filled with both didactic and experiential learning alongside UCSC faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students: hands-on engineering and coding projects, lab tours, lectures, innovation projects, as well as college readiness activities, such as spending their days on the University campus, touring dorms, and meeting UCSC staff and students to learn about college life and academics.

• What about food, snacks, and supplies?  All provided!

• Can they attend if they have attended in previous years? YES!

• Can they attend more than one week this summer? YES

• GIE 2024 PROGRAM BONUS: Google Field trip! 

• On August 5, 2024, GIE 2024 participants from all three sessions are invited to visit Google, and meet with UC Santa Cruz alumnae who are now Girls In Engineering themselves at Google!

• What is the application process? SIMPLY SIGN UP

• Complete the online registration here:  https://gie.soe.ucsc.edu/Application. Sign up for one or all 3. The deadline to sign up would be the first day of each week of activity.

• Questions about the details of the program? View the GIE website (https://gie.soe.ucsc.edu/) or email us with your/students' questions!