COLORADO SPRINGS — Female students who started a STEM Club for women at Discovery Canyon Campus (DCC) in Colorado Springs unveiled their new creation Thursday.
It's a swing that can charge a cell phone.
The women started the Women In Stem Engineering (WISE) Club in 2022. They say they were interested in science and technology, but felt under represented in their classes.
Club members say this project not only shows that women can excel in STEM programs, it also demonstrates the value women bring to STEM careers and programs.
"Having a program like WISE, especially at the base foundational levels which tend to be high school, we can get rid of that stigma and instead build up our women so that when they go into the engineering field, they already have that secure confidence in an environment they grew up in," said Brynn Macros, a senior and founding member of WISE.
The swing will stay at DCC for classmates to use. Several club members say they will be pursuing careers in STEM, including anything from mechanical engineering to being test pilots for the military.
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