Stevens to dedicate new center for women in engineering and sciences January 13, in honor of trailblazing N.J. businesswoman

Stevens Institute of Technology will dedicate The Lore-El Center, a new educational and residential center for young women pursuing so-called non-traditional careers in engineering and the sciences, on Jan. 13, at 11:00 a.m. at 802 Castle Point Terrace, between Eighth and Ninth Streets in Hoboken, on the university’s campus.

The Center, which will offer meeting facilities and residential rooms in the same building for Stevens students, will be named in honor of Miss Lore E. Feiler, a trailblazing New Jersey businesswoman who ran her own manufacturing company, the Lor-El Corporation, in the 1940s. Feiler also worked for the Arrow Manufacturing Company from 1937 - 1951, as the Plant Production Manager. During that time, she audited courses at Stevens and learned the basics of mechanical engineering, finance and business management allowing her to expand her own business during the post-war years.

While the Center will serve primarily undergraduate and graduate women at Stevens, all members of the university’s community will be invited to participate in different aspects of the Center’s activities. Some of these new activities will include: professional mentoring programs pairing Stevens alumnae and other professionals with undergraduate and graduate women either person-to-person, or electronically. The Center will also conduct seminar series focused on professional and personal development.

WHAT: Dedication of The Lore-El Center at Stevens Institute of Technology

WHEN: Jan. 13 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: Stevens Institute of Technology, 802 Castle Point Terrance (Between Eighth and Ninth Streets) Hoboken, N.J. (Minutes north of the Hoboken PATH station and across the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan)

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University TM , lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research.  The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.

Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts.  Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world.  Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.