About the Kate Gleason College of Engineering
RIT's College of Engineering is named in honor of Kate Gleason, in recognition of her significant personal and professional accomplishments and in recognition of the ongoing support of the Gleason Foundation.
Who is this Kate Gleason?
Kate Gleason was born on November 25, 1865 in Rochester, New York. Her parents were Irish immigrants and her father was a mechanic and a toolmaker. Both of her parents favored women's rights and her mother was a staunch suffragist and friend of Susan B. Anthony. By the age of twelve, Kate began working in her father's factory, Gleason Works. Kate studied mechanical arts at Cornell University, at Sibley College of Engraving, and at Mechanics Institute, now known as the Rochester Institute of Technology. Shortly thereafter, she joined her father at Gleason Works, helping to promote his business, which became one of the leading sellers of machine tools in the United States and Europe largely due to her efforts. We are proud to be the only engineering college in the U.S. that is named for a woman.
To learn more about the following five engineering programs within RIT's Kate Gleason College of Engineering follow the link given:
To learn more about the following engineering program within RIT's Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences follow the link given:
To learn more about the following engineering technology programs within RIT's College of Applied Sciences (CAST) follow the link given:
About the Women in Engineering Center (WE@RIT)
Since its inception in 1996, WE@RIT has received funding through the NYS Perkins Initiative, Gleason Foundation, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and Xerox Corporation. Recently, WE@RIT has moved into a very dynamic, growth-oriented environment. Within the past two years, the number of newly proposed programs increased exponentially over the number of existing programs. The WE@RIT Center has just completed a move into vacant space within the College of Engineering building. In addition to assistance from members of the RIT faculty, administration, and student body, the Center now employs a small staff whose duties are focused solely on its operation.
Our emphasis is on establishing active outreach programs for middle and high school young women, creating and sustaining a mentoring program for RIT first and second year women engineering students, providing leadership opportunities for all women engineering students, and supporting an environment that allows women to succeed in an engineering program.
If you have any questions about RIT's Women in Engineering program, feel free to contact us.
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