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Studierende sitzt am Arbeitsplatz und schaut auf den Laptop. © Aliona Kardash​/​TU Dortmund
MINTU - Mädchen in die TU Dortmund

Exciting start to the MinTU project: getting to know this year's mentees and their mentors for the first time

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Five girls hold their hands together in a circle and balance one spaghetti noodle on them. © Timmreck​/​TU Dortmund
The MinTU project offers schoolgirls between the ages of 12 and 14 who are interested in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences or technology the opportunity to get to know university life and the departments with the help of experienced female students in these subjects.

On Thursday, the Equal Opportunities Office, together with six female students who are involved as mentors, welcomed 36 schoolgirls from schools in Dortmund and the surrounding area to the Rudolf Chaudoire Pavilion on TU Dortmund University's South Campus: the MinTU project is officially in the starting blocks for the year 2025.

Over the course of the year, the schoolgirls will gain valuable insights from their mentors into what it means to study a STEM subject at TU Dortmund University. Once again this year, the mentors represent a wide range of disciplines from medical physics to data science and chemical engineering.

Project manager Jill Timmreck kicked off the event with an informative talk about what the mentees can expect in the coming months. The mentors also briefly addressed their future mentees: they introduced their subjects and shared their own hopes for an exciting and interesting year together.

After the information presentation, the mentees got down to business: they got together for the first time in their groups of up to six girls and got to know each other, their mentor and their subject area.

The students had come up with very different ideas for this. Different activities could be observed in every corner of the pavilion: one group broke the ice with an improv game, while others shared their hobbies and previous experiences in the STEM field at a wine gum picnic. This was followed by playful insights into the mentors' disciplines. For example, the mentees in one group tested the limits of statics and gravity by building the tallest possible sculpture out of marshmallows and spaghetti.

At the end of the group phase, mentees and mentors agreed on their next meeting as a group before all participants in the project meet again at the next workshop at the university.

These group meetings will take place in very different ways. One mentor will go ice skating with her mentees, another group will meet for a relaxed movie night.

The workshops are then very practical: the mentees can get hands-on with exciting experiments and gain insights into eight different departments at TU Dortmund University.

The kick-off event was a lot of fun and both mentors and mentees are looking forward to the coming year full of great exchanges and exciting workshops.

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