Greetings from WISE Director Cinda-Sue Davis

Greetings from the Women in Science and Engineering Program. It seems that every year, we start off our first newsletter with an announcement that we have moved. Last year, the WISE Science Office moved from temporary space in the Chemistry Building to a new office suite in the Undergraduate Science Building. We love this new space and have put it to good use with a number of new workshops and outreach programs. Click here for full story.

WISE welcomes incoming graduate women with panel at Pizza House

WISE recently held a welcome dinner and panel for first-year graduate students in the sciences, mathematics and statistics. The dinner, held at Pizza House, was attended by 50 women, and was led by panelists Jennifer Blum (3rd year astronomy), Alejandra Castro (5th year physics), Gretchen Gehrke (3rd year geological sciences), Anastasia Kalli (5th year chemistry), and Kelli Talaska (5th year mathematics), all PhD students.  Click here for full story.

WISE sponsors GRAD-SWE and MUSES Welcome Dinner

WISE helped sponsor the Graduate Society of Women Engineers (Grad-SWE) and the Movement of Underrepresented Sisters in Engineering and the Sciences (MUSES) joint Welcome Dinner which included more than sixty incoming women. Click here for full story.

WISE co-hosts Sundaes on Tuesday event for undergraduates

About 60 undergraduate women attended the annual Sundaes on Tuesdays welcome event sponsored by WISE and the Science Learning Center (SLC). The event was aimed at incoming female students who are interested in science, math, engineering, computer science and statistics concentrations. A panel of seasoned students from these concentrations served as panelists, answering questions first posed by WISE Director Cinda-Sue Davis, then by the audience. Click here for full story.

WISE sponsors reading workshop

WISE recently sponsored a workshop entitled "Reading Science Texts for Learning," led by Dr. Martha Kirpes, an LSA Academic Advisor. Dr. Kirpes holds a PhD in Environmental Education and Justice-India and was part of the IPCC that shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore in 2007. Eighteen students attended her presentation.Click here for full story.

WISE sponsors MUSES event, "A Gathering of Scholars, Friends and Sisters"

During an event called "An Intimate Gathering," held September 12 at Rackham, the Movement of Underrepresented Sisters in Engineering and the Sciences (MUSES) welcomed eight new graduate members. Students representing a range of departments, from Cellular and Molecular Biology to Industrial and Operations Engineering, shared their personal and collective goals for the year. Highlights of the evening included a presentation of the organization's history and mission and the presentation of pins to new members. Click here for full story

WISE residence program spotlight: My Summer at TARDAC

WISE-RP peer mentor and UM engineering student Liz Boettner spent her summer as an intern with Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDAC) in Warren, Michigan. Liz describes her experience in this article. Click here for full story