PPG Donates to Ohio State Women in Engineering Program
COLUMBUS, OH – The PPG Industries Foundation once again donated $5,000 to the Women in Engineering (WiE) Program at The Ohio State University to support the WiE CHEER (CHEmical Engineering Rocks!) summer day camp for girls about to enter ninth grade. For a second consecutive year, a grant was made on behalf of PPG Industries’ automotive coatings manufacturing facility in Circleville, OH. This year, camp participants will visit PPG’s coatings manufacturing facility in Delaware, OH.
“We are grateful for PPG’s continuing support of the WiE CHEER program,” said Shawna Fletcher, Associate Director of Outreach for The Ohio State University. “Corporations participating in the program offer young women a chance to learn about real-world chemical engineering practices at a crucial point in their educational trajectory, as they are about to start high school. The students also learn about chemical engineering research areas and concepts that back up their observations of practicing chemical engineers.”