Take our daughters & sons to work day
Thursday, April 26
RIT campus
It's puzzling to me how this day of activities has evolved, but it is what it is. Originally, "Take our daughters to work day" was established to help young women see that they had options in their lives and careers and to get an idea of what careers were like. While women still make 77cents for every dollar that a man makes in the workplace, somehow in the interest of being "balanced," boys are now included. (Even though boys have always been groomed for careers by tradition and culture) Oh well. It's still something to look at, to photograph and to understand....
8:30 – 10:00 am – REGISTRATION (Gordon Field House and Activity Center, bldg. 24 - Parent, Guardian or Mentor must present their RIT ID) Pick up an RIT Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day “Goodie Bag”.
9:00 – 11:00 am & 1:00 - 3:00 pm – BOOKMAKING & MORE! (Wallace Library, bldg. 5- these are 30 minute segments, so come in at any time!) Craft project creating books and crafts. Come to the Library to create crafts and make your own book to take home. No experience necessary…Just come in anytime & have fun!
9:00 – 10:00 am – INTRODUCTION TO TRACKING-OUTDOOR FUN! (Student Alumni Union, bldg. 4, meet in front of A450) Animals live everywhere – in the deep woods and in suburban backyards. Sometimes we will never see the raccoon or deer when we are outside, but they leave evidence behind called “tracks”. In this workshop students will learn about tracks and tracking animals. If you love nature and being outdoors, come join us and have some fun while experiencing RIT nature trails! (Weather permitting)
9:30 – 10:00 am & 2:30 - 3:00 pm SO YOU WANT TO BE AN AMBULANCE DRIVER This will be an informational, interactive session on what the RIT ambulance crew does, the services they provide and the careers associated with being an ambulance crewperson. Learn basic first-aid, see a demonstration on “back-boarding” and get first-hand experience in an ambulance.
9:30 – 10:00 am & 11:30 – 12:00 am – REPORTER MAGAZINE PRESS TOUR (August (CIMS, blg.78, Main Lobby-front entrance) Watch as the Reporter Magazine is assembled and run on the printing presses.
10:00 – 10:30 am & 2:00 – 2:30 pm - TOUR OF PRINTING APPLICATIONS LABORATORY (CIMS, bldg. 78, Lobby-use North side entrance) Walk through RIT’s PAL facility and see how images are created and produced as they are being run through the various printing presses in the printing lab!
9:00 am – 10:00 am & 10:00 am – 11:00 am – ITS INTERNET TREASURE HUNT This a fun-filled interactive computer session for everyone!
10:30 – 11:00 am & 2:00 – 2:30 pm – RIT RESIDENCE HALL TOURS (meet in Grace Watson Hall Lobby, bldg. 25, room 1400) RIT Ambassadors will be giving tours of the RIT residence halls, ‘The Tunnels’, SOL’s, The Corner Store and Post Office. Get a first-hand look into a college student’s residence hall. Check out all the cool stuff about campus life. Meet in Grace Watson Hall.
11:00 – 11:30 am, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 – 1:30 pm, 1:30 – 2:00 pm - KIDS ON A GRID (bldg. 74, meet in Lobby) Ever wonder what it would be like to videoconference with kids/people from another school without leaving the classroom? Please join us as you interact with others through a video screen to various locations.
12:00 – 12:15 pm & 2:00 – 2:15 pm – TOUR OF WITR (Campus Radio Station, SAU, room A060) Come and visit 89.7 WITR for an interactive demonstration and tour of the facilities to experience how a radio station works!
1:00 – 2:00 pm – AROUND THE WORLD IN 60 MINUTES (Gordon Field House, bldg. 24, Reception Room 1540) Too often we have stereotypes and misconceptions about countries and the people from other countries. Participants will get a chance to travel from country to country and match the facts with the correct country. This activity is designed to be highly interactive for participants as they travel getting their passports stamped. Prizes and a raffle will be awarded. Don’t miss out on traveling the world in 60 minutes!
1:00 – 1:30 pm & 1:30 – 2:00 pm – PRODUCT PACKAGING (Student Life Center (SLC), bldg. 23, room 1320) Did you know that it takes creativity to come up ways to make your cereal, your candy bars, and your toys appealing to you? The way that your items are packaged determines if you will buy a product or not. In this fun, interactive session, learn how to make your own product boxes.
2:00 – 3:00 – MAKING CORDAGE (or, how I learned to make a natural rope) – (Student Life Center (SLC), bldg. 23, room 1320) Cordage (rope or string) can be made from many different fibers and cordage can be made in many different ways – in this workshop we will use the Milkweed plant to make a short length of two-ply cordage!
3:00 – 4:00 pm – CLOSING RECEPTION WITH STUDENT GOVERNMENT (Gordon Field House, bldg. 24, Reception Room 1540, Parent, Guardian or Mentor must present their RIT ID) After a long day of RIT fun, come participate in our closing reception. Come meet college students and faculty who are involved with Student Government. Don’t miss out on joining us for refreshments and enter our raffle to win one of our ultra-cool prizes.
4:00 – 5:00 – OPEN HOURS AT THE SWIMMING POOL (Gordon Field House and Activity Center, bldg. 24, Parent, Guardian or Mentor must present their RIT ID) You had so much fun participating in the day’s events and don’t want to go home yet? Come by the pool and have a swim, before going home. (Lifeguard will be available, but parent, guardian or mentor must stay with their guest at all times.)
Coordinated by the RIT Women’s Center
contact: Madeline Williams, Staff Assistant
ritwom@rit.edu
RIT campus
It's puzzling to me how this day of activities has evolved, but it is what it is. Originally, "Take our daughters to work day" was established to help young women see that they had options in their lives and careers and to get an idea of what careers were like. While women still make 77cents for every dollar that a man makes in the workplace, somehow in the interest of being "balanced," boys are now included. (Even though boys have always been groomed for careers by tradition and culture) Oh well. It's still something to look at, to photograph and to understand....
8:30 – 10:00 am – REGISTRATION (Gordon Field House and Activity Center, bldg. 24 - Parent, Guardian or Mentor must present their RIT ID) Pick up an RIT Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day “Goodie Bag”.
9:00 – 11:00 am & 1:00 - 3:00 pm – BOOKMAKING & MORE! (Wallace Library, bldg. 5- these are 30 minute segments, so come in at any time!) Craft project creating books and crafts. Come to the Library to create crafts and make your own book to take home. No experience necessary…Just come in anytime & have fun!
9:00 – 10:00 am – INTRODUCTION TO TRACKING-OUTDOOR FUN! (Student Alumni Union, bldg. 4, meet in front of A450) Animals live everywhere – in the deep woods and in suburban backyards. Sometimes we will never see the raccoon or deer when we are outside, but they leave evidence behind called “tracks”. In this workshop students will learn about tracks and tracking animals. If you love nature and being outdoors, come join us and have some fun while experiencing RIT nature trails! (Weather permitting)
9:30 – 10:00 am & 2:30 - 3:00 pm SO YOU WANT TO BE AN AMBULANCE DRIVER This will be an informational, interactive session on what the RIT ambulance crew does, the services they provide and the careers associated with being an ambulance crewperson. Learn basic first-aid, see a demonstration on “back-boarding” and get first-hand experience in an ambulance.
9:30 – 10:00 am & 11:30 – 12:00 am – REPORTER MAGAZINE PRESS TOUR (August (CIMS, blg.78, Main Lobby-front entrance) Watch as the Reporter Magazine is assembled and run on the printing presses.
10:00 – 10:30 am & 2:00 – 2:30 pm - TOUR OF PRINTING APPLICATIONS LABORATORY (CIMS, bldg. 78, Lobby-use North side entrance) Walk through RIT’s PAL facility and see how images are created and produced as they are being run through the various printing presses in the printing lab!
9:00 am – 10:00 am & 10:00 am – 11:00 am – ITS INTERNET TREASURE HUNT This a fun-filled interactive computer session for everyone!
10:30 – 11:00 am & 2:00 – 2:30 pm – RIT RESIDENCE HALL TOURS (meet in Grace Watson Hall Lobby, bldg. 25, room 1400) RIT Ambassadors will be giving tours of the RIT residence halls, ‘The Tunnels’, SOL’s, The Corner Store and Post Office. Get a first-hand look into a college student’s residence hall. Check out all the cool stuff about campus life. Meet in Grace Watson Hall.
11:00 – 11:30 am, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm, 1:00 – 1:30 pm, 1:30 – 2:00 pm - KIDS ON A GRID (bldg. 74, meet in Lobby) Ever wonder what it would be like to videoconference with kids/people from another school without leaving the classroom? Please join us as you interact with others through a video screen to various locations.
12:00 – 12:15 pm & 2:00 – 2:15 pm – TOUR OF WITR (Campus Radio Station, SAU, room A060) Come and visit 89.7 WITR for an interactive demonstration and tour of the facilities to experience how a radio station works!
1:00 – 2:00 pm – AROUND THE WORLD IN 60 MINUTES (Gordon Field House, bldg. 24, Reception Room 1540) Too often we have stereotypes and misconceptions about countries and the people from other countries. Participants will get a chance to travel from country to country and match the facts with the correct country. This activity is designed to be highly interactive for participants as they travel getting their passports stamped. Prizes and a raffle will be awarded. Don’t miss out on traveling the world in 60 minutes!
1:00 – 1:30 pm & 1:30 – 2:00 pm – PRODUCT PACKAGING (Student Life Center (SLC), bldg. 23, room 1320) Did you know that it takes creativity to come up ways to make your cereal, your candy bars, and your toys appealing to you? The way that your items are packaged determines if you will buy a product or not. In this fun, interactive session, learn how to make your own product boxes.
2:00 – 3:00 – MAKING CORDAGE (or, how I learned to make a natural rope) – (Student Life Center (SLC), bldg. 23, room 1320) Cordage (rope or string) can be made from many different fibers and cordage can be made in many different ways – in this workshop we will use the Milkweed plant to make a short length of two-ply cordage!
3:00 – 4:00 pm – CLOSING RECEPTION WITH STUDENT GOVERNMENT (Gordon Field House, bldg. 24, Reception Room 1540, Parent, Guardian or Mentor must present their RIT ID) After a long day of RIT fun, come participate in our closing reception. Come meet college students and faculty who are involved with Student Government. Don’t miss out on joining us for refreshments and enter our raffle to win one of our ultra-cool prizes.
4:00 – 5:00 – OPEN HOURS AT THE SWIMMING POOL (Gordon Field House and Activity Center, bldg. 24, Parent, Guardian or Mentor must present their RIT ID) You had so much fun participating in the day’s events and don’t want to go home yet? Come by the pool and have a swim, before going home. (Lifeguard will be available, but parent, guardian or mentor must stay with their guest at all times.)
Coordinated by the RIT Women’s Center
contact: Madeline Williams, Staff Assistant
ritwom@rit.edu
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