Impact

How Women Rock Science is Making a Difference

• Funds from Women Rock Science seek to inspire and ignite curiosity in all children about STEAM fields and careers, but with an emphasis on young women.
• STEAM helps kids to become problem solvers by thinking creatively and asking questions - Cranbrook’s STEAM programs are helping to create a skilled and creative workforce for tomorrow.
• Funds raised through Women Rock Science support outreach programs delivered by Cranbrook Institute of Science to thousands of students across Michigan.

Your Impact: Seven Years of Women Rock Science

Proceeds from the event continue to bring more STEAM programming, delivered by Cranbrook Institute of Science educators, to Pre-K through Grade 12 students in under-resourced communities throughout Michigan.

Since 2018, Women Rock Science supporters have raised about $1.6 million dollars towards STEAM education, helping to provide:

• 5,400 STEAM outreach programs to 164,500+ students in 540+ schools across 400+ school districts
• 340+ high school internships for students from under-resourced communities
• Summer camp scholarships for 60+ students
• 35 scholarships for the Institute’s STEAM Career Boot Camp for girls
• Transportation assistance to 5,700+ students to access programming
• Early childhood STEAM programs to 7,000+ preschoolers

And, Women Rock Science support has made the following ongoing initiatives possible:

• The creation, curation, installation, and maintenance of the Institute’s Women in Science exhibition
• The launch and continuation of the Women in Science Speaker Series

Want to learn more about how Women Rock Science is making an impact? Check out these videos to see Women Rock Science dollars in action!

Cranbrook Institute of Science Summer Camps
Cranbrook Institute of Science Outreach Programs
Holy Redeemer Field Trip

Watch the 2020 and 2021 galas on the Institute of Science’s YouTube channel:

• Watch the 2021 Women Rock Science Gala
• Watch the 2020 Women Rock Science Gala