Recent Events & Photos
May 3, 2013
WiSTEE May Event “Path to Entrepreneurship” a Great Success!
The May event for the Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Entrepreneurship (WiSTEE) group that took place on May 3rd, 2013 saw 39 attendees from more than 20 academic units across campus and industry – 32 of which were women – come together. The attendees’ career stage again spans from faculties, researchers, business executive, entrepreneurs, graduate and undergraduate students. We are pleased to see that this “Path to Entrepreneurship “event has stimulated entrepreneurial thinking in the academic world, and has provided a framework for its members to add entrepreneurial thinking, strategy, and practice into their professional lives. This event also generated many cross-disciplinary interactions among students, scholars, and business people. Click here to read the May Event Newsletter and here for the presentation.
The 39 attendees were split
almost equally among the four categories: faculties/researchers,
graduate/undergraduate students, entrepreneurs/businesswomen, and staff.
WiSTEE members enjoyed active interactions with the invited entrepreneurs and among themselves during the networking and presentation sessions.
“Entrepreneurship is a way of thinking, reasoning, and acting for the purpose of value creation and capture”
“Entrepreneurial process is a balance of Opportunity, Resources, and Team, by the Founder”“
Entrepreneurial strategy and process can be directly applied to research environment and can greatly empower women’s career”
We gratefully thank the sponsorship from Susan B. Anthony Center for Women Leadership. We thank the sponsorship from Eugene Kowaluk Photography for capturing the moments of sharing entrepreneurial aspiration and experience.
April 5, 2013
WiSTEE member sharing the shaping moments of their career, April 5, 2013!
Thirty four attendees from 21 academic units across campus and industry, 30 of which were women, came together again for a successful event taken place at the Faculty Club on April 5th, 2013. Dr. Jie Qiao, the group's founder and chair, a scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, shared a vision of growing WiSTEE into WiSTEE Connect to gain regional connections and global impact. WiSTEE Connect aims to overcome the critical mass issue at a typical STEE department of each regional university and provide concrete support to its members. The attendees’ career stage again spans from faculties, scientists, industry engineers, graduate and undergraduate students. They shared a candor and enlightening discussion on the shaping moments of their career.
Three excited news were shared among the group:
(1)
WiSTEE-Boni
Travel Grant established, thanks to the generosity of Mr. Robert Boni and Ms.
Diane Boni, with the former being a research engineer at the Laboratory for
Laser Energetics and the latter being a K12 school district administrator and a
PhD student at the Warner School, University of Rochester. The goal of this
grant is to provide WiSTEE members with international exposure and perspectives,
and enhance their academic and research experience. First recipient is Xiang
Liu, junior, majoring in Optical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and
minoring in Business and Mathematics. She will use the fund to attend and
present a poster at the international CIOMP-OSA Summer Session on Optical Engineering,
Design, and Manufacturing in Changchun, China.
(2) WiSTEE has established partnership with Minorities and Women in Optical Society of America (MWOSA). WiSTEE Chair Dr. Jie Qiao envisions this partnership will provide complementing global and local aspects, bringing WiSTEE’s local voice to global stage and providing global vision and opportunities to back to WiSTEE members. The two organizations plan to cross broadcasting educational and event contents. MWOSA potentially will provide sponsorship for building WiSTEE infrastructure and organizing local events.
(3) WiSTEE
Chairperson Dr. Jie Qiao attended the 2013 Annual Diversity Conference at
University of Rochester and presented WiSTEE Connect at the poster session. A
number of enthusiastic visitors with backgrounds spanning from IT, Education,
Physics, Communication, Chemistry, etc., visited the WiSTEE poster. They were
all quite excited about WiSTEE vision and wanted to be part of it. Notably, UR
Board of Trustees members Mr. Launcelot F. Drummond and Mr. Francis L. Price
have shown a sincere interest in WISTEE vision and activities. Dr. Qiao
provided them a full presentation on the vision, development, and future plans for
WiSTEE Connect.
We gratefully thank the sponsorship from Eugene Kowaluk Photography for capturing the moments of touching lives and the glowing flow of positive energy. We thank the sponsorship from Stanley Byrd, Human Resources-Organizational Development and Staff Diversity, the support from the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women Leadership, and Mr. Robert Boni and Mrs. Diane Boni for their generosity to establish the international travel grant for WiSTEE members.
March 1, 2013
The WiSTEE opening event successfully took place on March 1st, 2013. Thirty six women at all career stages from 20 academic units across campus came together and discussed their expectations for the group. WiSTEE Founder, Chair Dr. Jie Qiao, scientist at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, called for a stronger women leadership and role-model building in STEE for the next generation. She shared the vision of establishing WiSTEE to provide a comforting socializing environment to increase cross-disciplinary connectivity, forge informal mentorship and collective advancement, and intersect science and entrepreneurship. During the view-point sharing session, the participants shared their experiences, resonated with the concern for women leadership, and expressed across-the-board desires to connect with others. The experience sharing from the participants was enjoyed by everyone, especially the junior faculties and students. Please click here for the presentation, and here for the launch event newsletter.
We are grateful for the sponsorship from Stanley Byrd, Human Resources-Organizational Development and Staff Diversity, the support from Catherine Cerulli, Susan B Anthony Women Leadership Center, and Mr. Eugene Kowaluk for photographing the wonderful moments shared by WiSTEE members at the opening event.
A group of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Entrepreneurship came together at the
WiSTEE opening event @ the Faculty Club of U of R, everybody was smiling!
