Outreach
Outreach and giving back to the community is a big part of what our organization does on and off campus. Our two main outreach events include Girls Learning Air and Space Sciences (GLASS) Day in the spring and State Farm Millennium Girls in the fall. If you are interested in helping out with our events and getting involved, please join our group on the Grainger Student Portal to receive our email newsletters!
Glass Day
glass day info, do glass day photo of flier to the left how to do links: Grainger Student Portal
Art Competition
Women in Aerospace (WIA) is hosting an Aerospace Art Competition and would love for you to participate! This competition allows you to put your creativity to the test and create a unique piece of artwork. The theme this year: Design a spacesuit with you in it. Make it out of this world! Make sure you have all your forms ready before you submit.
CLOSES NOVEMBER 30
Release Form Submit Here!WIA Happy Hour
End of the week gathering with the exec board and various professors in the aerospace department every Friday at 5pm currently over Zoom. Talk about your week with us, learn about professors in the department, and talk with other members of WIA. Happy Hour was a weekly event hosted by the aerospace department themselves, and WIA has taken charge with keeping this running.
Mentorship Program
An ongoing event for freshmen aerospace students to reach out to other upperclassmen girls in aerospace and learn more about campus and the aerospace program. Every student is paired up with a member of WIA as their mentor to help them through their first year.
Sign up!State Farm Millennium Girls
An outreach event hosted by State Farm Corporation that aims to provide 5th through 8th grade girls in the Bloomington area with a day full of science activities to get them interested in various STEM fields. WIA typically has two exhibits, including film canister rockets and a liquid nitrogen display, in which the girls are able to interactively participate with the various experiments.
Girls Learning Air and Space Sciences (GLASS) Day
Annual outreach event hosted by our organization in which students learn more about aerospace engineering and get some hands on experience through rocket and glider design challenges.
Engineering Open House
Annual event at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where engineering students and societies create exhibits to showcase their projects and teach others about engineering. This event is free and open to students, families, and community members. In the past, we've held rocket races right along Boneyard Creek!