The University of Oklahoma Engineer’s Club is hosting an
open house event for prospective high school students Friday, November 2, 2012.
The event, which has happened each year since 1912, is aimed
to provide a tour of OU’s engineering facilities, information about the
College of Engineering and potential future jobs, as well as offering some competitions for the prospective students.
The open house is the oldest and most successful event on
the OU campus and offers academic testing and engineering design competitions
fueled to provide students with a look at what their future could hold.
Rachael Ogilvie, a senior Petroleum Engineering major,
attended the event in 2008 before choosing to attend OU.
“It’s crazy looking back and remembering my experience [in
2008] and then being a part of it as a student,” Ogilvie said. “It was a great
experience and I’m just glad I chose OU because it has really opened the door
[to my future].”
Ogilvie is a member of the Society of Women Engineers at OU
and has led a successful journey thus far. She was a completions engineering
intern for Shell last summer, and is returning next summer for another
internship. Last summer saw her working with onshore projects, but next summer
she will be working on offshore projects.
“I’m incredibly lucky and blessed to have had that opportunity [last summer],” Ogilvie said. “It still has not
set in that I get another [opportunity] that’s even better.”
Ogilvie says that through hard work, dedication and the good reputation
of OU she has been able to get these opportunities and she is thankful for her
journey.
A journey that all started four years ago. At the OU
Engineering open house.
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