Nanelle Scott '78 at work, 1974

Nan Scott
Photo: Calvin Campbell/MIT News Office. Courtesy MIT Museum

Nanelle Scott '78 shown at work on a project, August 1974

Nanelle Scott '78, an aeronautics and astronautics major, was one of five MIT students selected to serve as resident advisors to high school students for the first year of Minority Introduction to Engineering (MITE).

Established in 1974 and known today as Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES), the six-week program draws promising high school seniors from across the country to the MIT campus each summer.

Timeline: 1970s
School: School of Engineering
Department: Aeronautics and Astronautics
Career: Engineering
Object: Image
Collection: Integration and Differentiation 1969-1994, MITES, Recruitment, STEM Education, Students, Women