Association Celebrates Female Members
It was an atmosphere of fun last Wednesday, April 15, 2015 when the University of Lagos Engineering Society (ULES) organised the second edition of the ‘Engineering Ladies Day’ to celebrate its female members.
According to the president of the association, Tobi Bamigbelu, the programme is an annual event that is set aside to honour female students of the faculty and also to encourage more female students to take up engineering courses, noting that engineering had always been a male dominated course.
The event, themed ‘the 3600 engineer’ was sponsored by the Association of Professional Women Engineers (APWEN), and it featured a morning session and a dinner that was held at the Staff School Hall.
APWEN Brand Manager, Engr. Funlola Ojelade, encouraged the students to remain focused and serious with their studies, stressing that, ‘to be a successful engineer demands a high level of seriousness and commitment.’
Miss Oge of the Department of Systems Engineering, Unilag, talked about life as a student and female engineer. She admonished the female Engineering students never to feel inferior to their male counterparts, stressing that female students also have all what it takes to be successful engineers.
The event also featured a Public Speaking contest, which was won by Mujidah Adebayo, a 300-level Civil Engineering student. She beat eight other students to emerge as the winner.
