ABOUT EBEW CENTER

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The mission of the Emerging Built Environment Women (EBEW) Center is to advance educational and institutional transformations that enhance the early awareness, attraction, interest, preparation, and persistence of girls and women into AEC professions through research, outreach, and education.

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In 2019, Dr. Andrea N. Ofori-Boadu, an Associate Professor with the Department of Built Environment (BLTE) within the College of Science and Technology (CoST) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. The overall goal was to inform and implement educational and institutional transformations towards strengthening women participation in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) professions. Therefore, the research objective was to understand professional identity development processes in undergraduate AEC women. The educational objective involved engaging undergraduate women in the year-round AEC Professional Development Program. The outreach objective involved the establishment of the EBEW Center to provide resources and support to girls and women with AEC career interests, while disseminating research findings to advance educational and institutional transformations.  Additional details are available at this link: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1845979&HistoricalAwards=false

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The EBEW Center is located in Room 113 Price Hall.