[Marisa Russo]

Across North America, DeVry's student population is about 25% female. Of those women, the majority are enrolled in business administration.

To encourage more women to study science and technology, we regularly host young women in science and technology days, and offer a HS-oriented workshop called HerWorld. HerWorld emphasizes the fact that careers in technology are rewarding and just as fun as careers in fields traditionally thought of as "girl" fields like teaching, nursing and social work.

Anything we can do to encourage young women to participate in FIRST would be excellent. I think the key (as others have mentioned) is getting the prospective girl to see FRC in action. Video can work too... The excitement factor should lead to interest...if the female in question is a good fit for FIRST that is.