Graduate Women+ In ME - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison

Graduate Women+ in Mechanical Engineering (WME) is a community of women and gender minorities who are graduate students and postdocs affiliated with the Mechanical Engineering (ME) department. We aim to foster a supportive environment for women and gender minorities to enhance their overall experience and provide leadership opportunities. We also aim to develop leadership skills, facilitate professional development, and other activities such as recruitment, mentoring, and networking events.

This community strives to create an environment where more women and gender minorities feel welcomed and accepted in these predominantly men-dominated fields. We also work to increase the percentage of women and gender minorities that are accepted and finish graduate degrees in ME and Mechanics-related disciplines.

To achieve this, we have organized events in the past including:

CV and resume workshops
Academic seminars
Talks with successful women in STEM
Every first Friday of the month, a social event with another gender minority group on campus, the Solis group (Solis is a group that aims to foster a community that supports and promotes women and gender minorities in plasma science)
Meeting with women seminar speakers that visit our department, with Q&A and informal conversations for advice for graduate education and professional careers.

To learn more about and receive invitations to our regular events, please join our listserv. To join the GW+ME listserv, please visit this link. Our group name is “gwme.”

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