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Panoramic view of the North Campus © Roland Baege​/​TU Dortmund
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MinTU mentoring meeting: Insights into the lives of female students

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Mädchen spielen Wikingerschach im Park © Fingerhut​/​TU Dortmund
Beim Wikingerschach stehen Teamgeist, Geduld und Geschick im Vordergrund.

As part of the MinTU project, this year's participants have already learned all kinds of practical facts and working techniques while visiting various STEM departments. However, it is not just the workshops that are part of the project, but also the mentoring meetings, where the mentees meet with their mentors either as a group or with several groups for joint activities.

The girls can get to know each other, exchange ideas with their mentors and learn first-hand about studying and life on campus.

One group has already made a trip to the DASA working world exhibition, while another group met for a walk around Dortmund's Phoenix Lake, followed by a cozy get-together and games. There has also been bowling and a trip to the trampoline hall is still to come, along with other activities.

During a campus rally, the mentees learned exciting insider knowledge and important facts about the university and campus life. They had to answer questions about everyday student life. For example, they had to find out the name of the robot that helps them find their way around the library, the number of floors in the Mathetower and the time it takes to get to the South Campus on the H-Bahn. Other tasks, such as running eggs against the mentors and solving tricky puzzles, were not neglected either.

Last Thursday, the girls were able to take advantage of the warm weather once again, as all the groups met up for a picnic in Westfalenpark. In addition to the snacks they had brought with them, there were lots of fun conversations and everyone was able to talk about the start of school, the past summer vacation and, of course, the students' university life. In addition, everyone played Viking chess together and one particularly long round was commented on by mentee Chiara along with many laughs. Staking out such a large playing field that no one could score was certainly intended to train tenacity and perseverance, she said, because that is also needed in science. Mentor Blerta added that teamwork and cohesion were definitely encouraged and everyone definitely agreed on that.

 

 

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