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We’re ready to work with you to plan out something specific to your company that will have the greatest impact for you and our students.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="tile w110 platinum-box " id="tile294" data-tileid="294" > <div class="wrapper "> <div class="lower sm-colorder-reverse" id="lower294"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md column1 minheight350 " style="background-image: url(/_sitemanager/viewphoto.aspx?id=295&s=0);" data-fancy-caption="<p>Women in Engineering members, from left, are Alexa Yeo (Civil Engineering), Suzanne Peterson (Aerospace Engineering), Berat Gulecyuz (BioEngineering - in red), Shachi Solanki (Computer Science), and Siobhan Fox (Industrial Engineering - far right).</p><p>Photo Credit: <em>Heather Coit</em></p>"></div> <div class="col-md column2 pt-3 pb-5 py-md-5 col-md-6 px-md-4 "> <h2 style="text-align: left;">Women in Engineering (WIE)</h2> <p style="text-align: left;">Women in Engineering (WIE) offers a mentoring class for women engineering students. Benefits include:</p> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li style="text-align: left;">Each incoming student is paired with an engineering upperclassman and a faculty member.</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Seminar speakers from corporations and academia make presentations to the class on professional and leadership skills.</li> <li style="text-align: left;">Corporate mentors provide electronic mentoring to the participants.</li> </ul> <p style="text-align: left;"><a class="button" href="https://wie.engineering.illinois.edu/" title="Learn more about women in engineering.">Learn More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="tile w110 ghost-box text-center" id="tile295" data-tileid="295" > <div class="wrapper "> <div class="lower " id="lower295"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md column1 minheight350 " style="background-image: url(/_sitemanager/viewphoto.aspx?id=13421&s=0);" data-fancy-caption="<p>Students with the Illinois Academic Redshirt in Science and Engineering (ARISE) sport their new, Polo-style shirts at Engineering Hall.</p><p>Photo Credit: <em>Heather Coit</em></p>"></div> <div class="col-md column2 pt-3 pb-5 py-md-5 col-md-6 px-md-4 "> <h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong>Academic Redshirt in Science and Engineering (ARISE)</strong></h2> <p style="text-align: left;">ARISE is a program that provides academically talented students coming from low -income backgrounds support and preparation to successfully earn their engineering degrees from the University of Illinois. 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