A college student who took action after a professor at her school stated that women should not be recruited into fields like engineering, medicine and law has now raised over $70,000 for a scholarship for women studying those fields.
Orr, 22, a marketing major, said she started the scholarship shortly after listening to a speech Scott Yenor, a professor of political philosophy at Boise State University, gave in November at the annual National Conservatism Conference.
"I thought with the little that I can control about the situation, at least I can help the people that he's hurting, and those are the women at Boise State," said Orr."This is something that makes me so mad and I can't just wait for someone else to do something.
"There have been so many messages that have been sent to me by women in their 30s and 40s and even their 20s that said, 'I was the only woman in my computer science class or my science class,' and then saying just how hard it is to be lonely in those areas and not to receive as much support and to be thought of as less than," said Orr."So I hope this scholarship shows women that there is support and you're needed.
The Women in STEM, Medicine, and Law Scholarship created by Orr is endowed, meaning it will be awarded in perpetuity each academic year based on how much it continues to grow. This year, the scholarship award will be around $2,000, according to Sharp.Ally Orr, a senior at Boise State University, signs paperwork creating the Women in STEM, Medicine and Law Scholarship.
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