Deidre Potgieter

WELA at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

WELA is an initiative of the School of Engineering at NMMU and MerSETA. The Women in Engineering Leadership Association was created with the sole purpose of showing women that Engineering is not just a male dominated field but that women can also excel in it. WELA is a multi cultural and diverse group that consist of girls, students, working and aspiring engineers. Women that ascribe to join the program want to make a difference in their community and this can be done through the drive that all of these individual ladies has to succeed and conquer the Engineering Field. The program is structured in such a way that it develops each of the ladies on an Academic, Personal and Professional level. During the course of the year we make it our aim to assist and guide the ladies through their studies. This is done through various workshops, self defense classes, exam preparation and discussions. For enquiries on current courses being offered contact nicole.truter@nmmu.ac.za.