The goal of the practice is to encourage greater numbers of women to enroll in Electronics

Technology courses, including Robotics – as well as pursue certificates and degrees.

Glendale’s Workforce Development program is an active coalition member in a partnership

consisting of three local high schools and the college. One of the coalition’s many joint

projects has been the development and support of competitive teams participating in FIRST

Robotic competitions (http://www.usfirst.org/index.html). Glendale College hired a female

instructor to teach Electronics Technology at a local high school to support the coalition’s

FIRST team, and also to act indirectly as a role model for young women interested in

learning electronics. The instructor was also hired for the college’s division of

Technology/Electronics and Computer Technology. She subsequently formed a robotics

club that meets on campus every week, and is coordinating the first “Race a R.A.T.” (Rapid

Automated Technology) competition involving both technical and academic faculty and

students. The R.A.T. competition is a team effort to navigate an electronic vehicle through

a complex course in the shortest amount of time possible.

Associate Dean, Instruction & Workforce Development

1500 N Verdugo Rd

Glendale, CA 91208

(818) 240-1000 x5158, jswinton@glendale.edu