Stevens to dedicate new center for women in engineering and sciences January 13, in honor of trailblazing N.J. businesswoman
Unique educational building to house meeting facilities and residential rooms for young women pursuing "non-traditional" fields
Stevens Institute of Technology will dedicate The Lore-El Center, a new educational and residential center for young women pursuing so-called non-traditional careers in engineering and the sciences, on Jan. 13, at 11:00 a.m. at 802 Castle Point Terrace, between Eighth and Ninth Streets in Hoboken, on the university’s campus.
The Center, which will offer meeting facilities and residential rooms in the same building for Stevens students, will be named in honor of Miss Lore E. Feiler, a trailblazing New Jersey businesswoman who ran her own manufacturing company, the Lor-El Corporation, in the 1940s. Feiler also worked for the Arrow Manufacturing Company from 1937 - 1951, as the Plant Production Manager. During that time, she audited courses at Stevens and learned the basics of mechanical engineering, finance and business management allowing her to expand her own business during the post-war years.
While the Center will serve primarily undergraduate and graduate women at Stevens, all members of the university’s community will be invited to participate in different aspects of the Center’s activities. Some of these new activities will include: professional mentoring programs pairing Stevens alumnae and other professionals with undergraduate and graduate women either person-to-person, or electronically. The Center will also conduct seminar series focused on professional and personal development.
WHAT: Dedication of The Lore-El Center at Stevens Institute of Technology
WHEN: Jan. 13 11:00 a.m.
WHERE: Stevens Institute of Technology, 802 Castle Point Terrance (Between Eighth and Ninth Streets) Hoboken, N.J. (Minutes north of the Hoboken PATH station and across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan)
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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