Women in Automotive Engineering program provides opportunity for students

By MEGAN HUGHES

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HOUGHTON — Summertime camps are a popular way to keep students busy when off school.

Eliza Stone, a senior at Bessemer High School, attended one of the camps offered by Michigan Technological University this past summer and remembers it fondly.

Stone attended the Women in Automotive Engineering program at Michigan Tech, which focuses on introducing young women to the fields of electrical and mechanical engineering within the automotive industry. The program is competitive entry, and this year there were 13 students attending.

“It was nice to see people w...