Chris Anderson Recognized by WEPAN
Some exciting news to share … Chris S. Anderson will be awarded the WEPAN University Change Agent Award at the upcoming national WEPAN conference in Bellevue, Washington on June 22, 2011. This award...
View ArticleCongratulations Faith Morrison
Professor Faith Morrison (ChE) has been named the Kenan Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching in the chemical and biological engineering department at Princeton University. Morrison has also...
View ArticleWhy so slow? The Advancement of Women, by Virginia Valian
Many Michigan Tech WISE members know that I am a big fan of Virginia Valian’s book Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women (MIT Press, 1999). Valian’s well researched book gives women the data they...
View ArticleWhat can be done about gender bias in hiring/promotion?
Individuals in positions of authority are in the best position to make a difference when it comes to assuring that all candidates for any position are evaluated fairly, despite the documented...
View ArticleWISE Website
The main website of the Women in Science and Engineering at Michigan Tech is located at www.mtu.edu/wise/. The current co-directors of WISE are Professor Pushpa Murthy (Chemistry) and Professor...
View ArticleMichigan Tech Program Encourages Girls’ Interest in Science/Engineering...
The WISE in this news story is not our group, but we have overlapping goals. From Michigan Tech’s campus newsletter Tech Today 2 April 2012 First Bell, an engineering education newsletter published by...
View ArticleNews from COACh
Great new happenings at COACh – Check them out at our new COACh website! Geraldine L Richmond <richmond@uoregon.edu Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:58 PM To: coach@uoregon.edu Dear COACh Members Over the past...
View ArticleWanted: Information about “The Women of Tech” for Alumni Reunion
A special event to celebrate the Women of Michigan Tech will be hosted by the Alumni Association and the Presidential Council of Alumnae during this summer’s Alumni Reunion, August 2-4. A presentation...
View ArticleGender Bias Established Through Rigorous Research
This is a very interesting article that backs up what Valian said in “Why So Slow.” The methods of this Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper are particularly rigorous....
View ArticleAda Lovelace Day Event Details
Ada Lovelace Day was started in the UK three years ago to celebrate the achievements of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Ada Lovelace herself wrote one of the first...
View ArticleGlime Receives Hattori Prize for Bryology Masterwork
The International Association of Bryologists has awarded its Hattori Prize to Janice Glime, professor emerita of biological sciences at Michigan Technological University, for her online encyclopedia,...
View ArticleNew Michigan Tech Publication Examines Gender Balance Issues
Beyond the Glass Ceiling is a new student-edited feminist publication at Michigan Tech where writers can examine gender balance issues. As reported in Michigan Tech News: Beyond the Glass Ceiling is...
View ArticleNancy Auer’s Sturgeon Book Among Michigan’s Most Notable for 2014
The Library of Michigan has chosen WISE member Professor Nancy Auer’s book “The Great Lake Sturgeon,” coedited with Dave Dempsey, as one of the 2014 Michigan Notable Books. Twenty books made the list,...
View ArticleSociety of Women Engineers Regionals at Tech
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) section at Michigan Tech will be hosting the 2014 Society of Women Engineers Conference at the Michigan Tech campus, Feb. 14-16, with the theme titled “Extracting...
View ArticleVolunteers Needed for Get WISE Event
The Center for Pre-College Outreach is looking for about 25 female volunteers to help out at “Get WISE,” an event seeking to raise women’s interest in science and engineering. Although not sponsored...
View ArticleFrom the NY Times: Women at work subject to more, and harsher, criticism
From the New York Times, September 27, 2014: A NEW study by the linguist and tech entrepreneur Kieran Snyder, done for Fortune.com, found two differences between workplace performance reviews given to...
View ArticleHelp for Stranded Travellers!
WISE member Audrey Mayer (SS) has started a new resource for the Tech community called “Stuck Huskies.” It is an open-to-the-public page where people who are on cancelled flights to/from Chicago can...
View ArticleTips and Best Practices from the Michigan Tech Diversity Literacy Online...
Thank you to Michigan Tech’s Patricia Sotirin and Sonia Goltz for permssion to post this list from the 2014 Diversity Literacy Online Workshop Diversity Literacy Workshop: Best Practices Unintentional...
View ArticleTech Benefit: Childcare while traveling on University Business
Dependent care expenses above and beyond regular dependent care costs that directly result from travel on university business are reimbursed. Qualifying individuals eligible for reimbursement under...
View ArticleNew WorkLife Programming Advisory Committee Formed
The Michigan Tech V. P. for Administration Ellen Horsch has formed a new committee, the WorkLife Programming Advisory Committee. According to their website, the committee came into existence at the...
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