OVERVIEW

This one-week residence camp offers any student entering the 9–12 grade who identifies as female an immersive introduction to transportation systems and engineering.

Half of each day is spent as a seminar, in the classroom hearing from Oregon Tech faculty and guest lecturers from Blue Zones Project, the Basin Transit Service, the Klamath County Public Works, City of Klamath Falls, and various other public and private transportation agencies that operate in the Klamath Basin area. The other half is spent outside, in field tours of area transportation infrastructure and public spaces.

Students will work in groups to solve a real-world transportation problem and use the skills they have gained to present a solution at the end of the camp.

APPLY FOR THIS CAMP (Rolling admissions until full)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Introduce you to professional women in transportation
• Learn about the broad range of transportation careers and sectors
• Understand the social justice and equity issues within transportation and how it relates to you, your family and your neighborhood
• Introduce you to transportation systems in Portland and become familiarized with Portland State University’s Campus.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE

Female and female-identified students residing in Oregon, entering 9-12 grade in the 2019/20 school year with at least a 2.0 GPA