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History
History
WiSTEM was founded in July 2020 by a group of women who felt that Illinois Tech lacked a community of women in STEM. They wanted to create such a community on campus and encourage more of these populations to pursue studies in STEM related majors.
Meet the Board!
Meet the Board!
Co - President
Co - President
Grace Weick
Grace Weick
Grace is a fourth-year Biomedical Engineering major. She is a Camras Scholar and a general body member of BMES.
Contact: gweick@hawk.iit.edu
Co - President
Co - President
Kenzie Tokuchi
Kenzie Tokuchi
Kenzie is a fourth-year Architecture major. She is a member of Engineers Without Borders and the Women's Soccer Team.
Contact: ktokuchi@hawk.iit.edu
Digital Media Officer
Digital Media Officer
Mackenzie Nelson
Mackenzie is a third-year Architecture major. She is a Leadership Academy scholar and a member of the Women's Soccer team as well as the Student Athlete Advisory Committee
Contact: mnelson18@hawk.iit.edu
Events Manager
Events Manager
Valerie Lending
Valerie is a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major. She is a member of the Cross Country and Track and Field Team.
Contact: vlending@hawk.iit.edu
Representatives Manager
Representatives Manager
Shriya Avula
Shriya is a third-year Biology major. She is also a Camras Scholar and a member of IIT EMS and AMSA.s
Contact: savula@hawk.iit.edu
Co - Treasurer
Co - Treasurer
Rachel Brettin
Rachel is a third-year Biochemistry major and Psychology Minor. She is also a Camras Scholar and a member of the Women's Cross Country and Track teams. Rachel also enjoys Spikeball and collecting gnomes.
Contact: rbrettin@hawk.iit.edu
Co - Treasurer
Co - Treasurer
Virginia Reider
Virginia Reider
Virginia is a third-year Statistics major. She is also a member of Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics and Association of Computing Machinery-Women
Contact: vreider@hawk.iit.edu
Student Advisor
Student Advisor
Ellie Kindseth
Ellie Kindseth
Ellie is a fifth-year Electrical Engineering major. She is a Camras Scholar and a general body member of SWE.
Contact: ekinseth@hawk.iit.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekindseth
Meet our Advisor!
Meet our Advisor!
Dr. Nicole Legate
Dr. Nicole Legate
Nicole Legate is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology. She teaches undergraduate courses in introduction to psychology and a special topics seminar in prejudice and stigma. Her research interests are focused on how the social environment (friends, family, peers, etc.) can support those with a stigmatized identity to buffer against minority stress and its impact on health, but also how the social environment can thwart these individuals and contribute to the mental and physical health disparities gap.
She is excited to be a faculty advisor for WiSTEM because of how this organization is contributing to the Illinois Tech community. She particularly appreciates how the members have used their voices to promote causes that are important to them, in particular, around issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Illinois Tech. She is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion in her research, teaching, her personal activism, and when mentoring students. She loves the mission of WiSTEM to promote women and gender minorities in STEM, and their focus on promoting inclusion of historically excluded individuals at Illinois Tech and in STEM.
Meet our Representatives!
Meet our Representatives!
Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Wiktoria Ucher
Wiktoria Ucher
Wiktoria Ucher is a second-year Aersospace Engineering major and a Camras Scholar. She is also involved with the EcoCar PCM Team, WIIT Radio and is the SWE Conference Chair. Wiki also enjoys traveling, playing soccer and fashion.
Contact:wucher@hawk.iit.edu
Architecture
Architecture
Maddie Pelfrey
Maddie is a first-year Architecture major. She is on the Women's Soccer Team and apart of BSAA and NOMAS as well. She also enjoys reading, painting and cooking.
Contact: mpelfrey@hawk.iit.edu
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Diana Brizzolara
Diana is a third-year Biomedical Engineering major. She is a Camras Scholar and a BMES Mentor. Diana enjoys attending sporting events, reading, and sewing.
Contact: dbrizzolara@hawk.iit.edu
Biology
Biology
Hannah Ramos
Hannah is a first-year Biology major. She is a Camras Scholar and a member of the Women's Soccer Team. Hannah also is involved with the Literacy Program, the KICK Pillar Project, and likes to read!
Contact: hramos1@hawk.iit.edu
Chemistry
Chemistry
Leyna Yonehara
Leyna is a first-year Forensic Chemisty Major. She is on the Women's Soccer Team and is also involved with ACS and MAO Research Group, and likes to read in her free time.
Contact: lyonehara@hawk.iit.edu
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Tala Almuhtaseb
Tala is a third-year Chemical Engineering major. She is also involved with UB On-Campus, SWE, SJP and SCRA. She enjoys art, design, graphic design and photography.
Contact: talmuhsaseb@hawk.iit.edu
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering
Lita Sok
Lita is a first-year Civil Engineering major. She is a Leadership Academy Scholar
Contact: lsok@hawk.iit.edu
Computer Science
Computer Science
Shree Meher
Shree is a second-year Computer Science Major. She is also a part of ASA and the Women's Lacrosse team. Shree also enjoys watching movies and hanging out with friends.
Contact: smeher@hawk.iit.edu
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Sarah Thomas
Sarah is a fourth-year Electrical Engineering major. She is also a member of the Women's Soccer Team. Sarah enjoys singing, reading and hanging out with friends.
Contact: sthomas16@hawk.iit.edu
Information Technology and Management
Information Technology and Management
Ana Rosiles
Ana Rosiles
Ana is a third-year Information Technology and Management major in the Cyber Forensics and Security Coterm Program. She is also a Camras Scholar and is involved with ITMO and Paw Friends of IIT. Ana enjoys listening to music, learning how to play the guitar, doing eyeliner and playing soccer.
Contact: arosiles@hawk.iit.edu
Mathematics
Mathematics
Gwendolyn Maddox
Gwendolyn is a first-year Data Science major. She is also a part of SPS and KDP on campus, and enjoys ballet and painting.
Contact: gmaddox1@hawk.iit.edu
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Ayden Greene
Ayden Greene
Ayden is a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering major with a minor in Materials Science. She enjoys camping, backpacking, lifting and music.
Contact: agreene2@hawk.iit.edu
We Need Reps!
We are looking for a Psychology Rep!
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Meet our Founders
Meet our Founders
Barien Gad
Barien Gad
Barien Gad graduated frojm Illinois Tech as a Biochemistry major and Applied Mathematics minor. She was also a Camras Scholar and worked to supply free menstrual sanitary products across women and gender neutral restrooms on campus.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bariengad/
Alisha Khan
Alisha Khan
Alisha Khan graduated from Illinois Tech as Computer Science and Data Science co-terminal student. She was also a Camras Scholar.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/~alishakhan/
WiSTEM was founded in July 2020 by Barien Gad and Alisha Khan. The founders intended for this organization to be a place in which all persons feel welcome, and hoped to create a support system for one another and foster a network of individuals who will one day work together to bring about a more inclusive and diverse future. The current executive board intends to keep pursuing the founders' mission, ensuring WiSTEM is a safe space for all people on the Illinois Tech campus, and an organization acting for the better, on behalf of the whole student population.
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