Thanks to the Intel Foundation, we now have a full complement of computers. Intel donated three computers to the College of Engineering at San Jose State for MentorNet's use. Our Advisory Board meets in San Jose at the end of this month, to review program progress to date and consider future program plans. If you have suggestions of others who would be interested in hearing about MentorNet and receiving occasional progress reports, please send their e-mail addresses. Similarly, if you would prefer NOT to receive further updates, please let me know.
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A national project, announced today, will use the information superhighway to lessen the detours encountered by female college students majoring in engineering and other sciences. The project will use the Internet and electronic mail to connect female engineering, science and math students across the country with volunteer mentors employed in scientific and technical fields in private industry. MentorNet's goal is to link 250 female students with female and male mentors in the first year and 5,000 by the fifth year. Fifteen universities have been invited to participate in the virtual network this year. Overall, women have increased their presence in the U.S. workforce, but they continue to lag behind men in engineering and the sciences.