WEPAN October 2022 Newsletter

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Hello CEE Women Community,

Events

Women of Color Summit Registration is Open 

[wepan.informz.net], Wednesday, November 16, 11am-6pm ET: WEPAN WOCS workshops provide a platform for women of color in the STEM fields and their allies to network, engage in authentic discussions, and share best practices.

Register at: [wepan.informz.net]

Save the Date: ARC Network VVS Cohort 4 Presentation Webinars

  • November 10th, 3pm ET – Rodica Lisnic, “Strategies of Persistence among Women of Color in STEM: A Meta-Ethnography of Qualitative Findings”
  • December 15th, 3pm ET – Rachele Hendricks-Sturrup, “Industry-Academia Partnerships in STEM: A Meta-Synthesis of Literature and Evidence Gaps on Gender and Gender Intersectionality”
  • February 23rd, 3pm ET – Dawn Kiyoe Culpepper, “Advocates, Allies, or Bystanders: Applying Intersectional Perspectives to Bystander Intervention Trainings in the Academic Workplace”

News

The WEPAN Accelerator Program, an award-winning two-day workshop on STEM entrepreneurship, recognizes participants for their achievements in innovation.  

The WEPAN Accelerator Program, takes an intersectional feminist approach to supporting women in engineering ventures by creating inclusive and socially equitable entrepreneurship ecosystems. The Accelerator Program is a 2021 winner of the Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, which is aimed at spurring investment in underserved communities within the innovation economy at scale.

The two-day workshop included pitch and mentoring events and will be followed by an SBIR/STTR workshop, a HUBZone (an SBA program for small companies that operate and employ people in Historically Under-utilized Business Zones) workshop, and ongoing mentoring support from advisory boards and alumnae networks.  

Clockwise from upper left are: Muhsinah L. Morris, Ph.D., whose venture Metaverse United won the Pitch Progress Award honoring an entrepreneur who shows growth in their pitching skill development over the two days.

Levern Currie, Ph.D., whose venture Drivingo won the Impact Award honoring an entrepreneur who demonstrates a clear potential for high impact through their work.  

Shudipto Dishari, Ph.D., whose venture Innopoly won the Core Concept Award honoring an entrepreneur who makes a compelling case for the viability of their business.

Jin Kim Montclare, Ph.D., whose venture Tein won the Making Traction Award honoring an entrepreneur who shows early evidence of traction for their idea among customers and/or in the market.  

Read the full press release at: [wepan.informz.net]

Share Your Thoughts in the ARC Network Annual Survey and Be Enterted to Win a Free Convening Registration 

The  [wepan.informz.net] is here! Because the ARC Network is a community created and sustained in partnership with researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and WEPAN, this survey is designed to help us understand how you make use of the ARC Network, how we can improve the transformative impact of the Network and our collective work towards gender equity in the professoriate and beyond. You are an important part of the ARC Network community, and want to hear from you!

We’re asking that you complete the survey before it closes on Friday, October 14. The feedback from this survey is extremely important to the ARC Network, as it helps us shape and tailor future events and programming to better serve our members and address needs and wants.

The survey should take between just 10 and 15 minutes to complete. As a thank-you, everyone who completes the survey will be entered into a raffle for a free registration to next year’s Equity in STEM Community Convening. The Convening serves as WEPAN’s annual conference, and all WEPAN members are encouraged to attend. Over 300 people attended each of the last two Convenings.

 We are so thankful for our community and for your commitment to equity in STEM!

Take the survey at:  [wepan.informz.net]

Inclusive STEM Teaching Project Six-Week MOOC

The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project [wepan.informz.net], a NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program, is hosting a six-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from October 3 – November 22, 2022 via edX.

Join a community of nearly 6,000 faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and staff, and learn how to:

– Advance your awareness, self-efficacy, and ability to cultivate inclusive classroom environments;

– Support your development as a reflective, inclusive practitioner;

– Engage in reflection and discussion around topics of equity and inclusion across a variety of institutional contexts;

– Implement inclusive teaching methods in your classes which will remove common barriers and enhance learning in STEM for all students.  

Read more and register at: https://www.inclusivestemteaching.org/ [wepan.informz.net]

NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Award Recognitions Offers Three Distinct Awards

NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Award Recognitions [wepan.informz.net] offers three distinct awards that honor aspirations, abilities, technical accomplishments, and influential guidance:

  • The Award for Aspirations in Computing (Award for AiC) honors 9th-12th grade women, genderqueer, and non-binary students for their computing-related achievements and interests, and encourages them to pursue their passions
  • The Aspirations in Computing (AiC) Educator Award identifies exemplary formal and informal educators who play a pivotal role in encouraging 9th-12th grade women, genderqueer, and non-binary students to explore their interests in computing and technology.
  • The NCWIT Collegiate Award honors the outstanding computing accomplishments of undergraduate and graduate women, genderqueer, and non-binary students. Conferred annually, the award recognizes technical contributions to projects that demonstrate a high level of innovation and potential impact.

Read more and submit a nomination at: www.aspirations.org/get-involved/spread-the-word-about-ncwit-aic-awards [wepan.informz.net]

Scholarship Opportunities for Structural Engineering Students and Young Professionals

There are a number of scholarship opportunities for structural engineering students/young professionals who may be interested in attending a premier Structures Congress event, taking place in New Orleans in May 2023. These scholarships are made possible by the generous support of the SEI Futures Fund in collaboration with the ASCE Foundation.

Read more and apply at: [wepan.informz.net]

Call for Submissions for Next ADVANCE Journal Special Issue 

The ADVANCE Journal has an [wepan.informz.net] for a special issue to honor and center the narratives of those who have experienced academic trauma and betrayal in higher education. Dr. Stephani Page, the ARC Network Community Manager and Director of Strategic Initiatives for WEPAN, is a guest editor.

Read more and submit at: [wepan.informz.net]

WEPAN Listserv

Do you have something to tell the WEPAN community? Remember that [wepan.informz.net] is a member benefit! Share announcements, post publication opportunities, and collaborate with colleagues from different institutions and organizations on special projects.

To subscribe to the WEPAN-L listserv, visit [wepan.informz.net]

Want to encourage your institution to deepen its commitment to equity and excellence?

Consider becoming a 30 for 30 Institutional Champion Member. At this membership level, institutions have unlimited member representatives who get to dive into critical diversity, equity, and inclusion issues through custom workshops. These members also get the opportunity to strengthen their inclusive leadership capacity as part of the Equity and Excellence Council. Additional 30 for 30 IC member benefits include:

Specific details regarding the member benefits listed above, please review the 30 for 30 Institutional Champion onboarding guide [wepan.informz.net]. For more information on how to become a 30 for 30 Institutional Member, please email membership@wepan.org.

Resources

Publications, reports, or communications relevant to women engineering. All resources listed below are available in the [wepan.informz.net].  

“The “Gift” of Time: Documenting Faculty Decisions to Stop the Tenure Clock During a Pandemic” by J. Smith, L. Vidler, & M.S. Moses

“Anticipating the deleterious effects of pandemic mitigation protocols on faculty’s research and creative work, many universities introduced mechanisms for pre-tenured faculty to receive tenure clock extensions. Unlike most stop-the-clock extensions, which occur on an individual basis, the stop-the-tenure-clock during COVID-19 was a mass-triggering event that applied to all faculty. Informed by social role theory, we examined this unique situation of stop-the-tenure clock decisions by faculty at two different universities within the same state system . . . Our findings provide a portrait of who accepts or declines tenure clock extensions with important implications for downstream effects on equity within the academy.”