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Education: It's All About Minerals and Mining

My Favorite Minerals

Middle school students write poems about "Minerals and Me - What is the Connection" for our National Poem/Essay Contest

Download the 2003 booklet

Download the 2002 booklet
Download the 2001 booklet
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Western Pennsylvania Section of WAAIME

The Women's Auxiliary to the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (WAAIME) was formed 1916 in New York City. There are approximately 1000 members organized in twenty sections across the United States and two international sections in Mexico City and in Lima, Peru. WAAIME promotes education in the mining, minerals and petroleum engineering fields.

The purposes and goals of WAAIME are:

• To render service to the country and to the community through all that pertains to the interest of the profession of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineering.

• To promote interchange of ideas and work amongst members.

• To secure and maintain a fund for the purposes of voluntarily assisting promising young men and women to obtain a technical education in Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineering, or allied subjects.

For information on membership, the Scholarship Loan Fund (SLF) program, the Education for Tomorrow (EFT) programs, and other information, please visit WAAIME Pennsylvania Section website or contact: