Past Events

Couldn't make it to one of our events? Attended one but need a refresher on what we covered? Find all of our past events, their descriptions, and resources down below. Events are organized by semester with most recent at the top.

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Fall 2024

Pre Finals Tea Party

Relax and enjoy tea and snacks while making felt pets!

Lunch and Letters!

Write letters to women who have been recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer

LinkedIn Workshop!

Learn more about LinkedIn, it's uses and benefits and build your own profile!

Linkedin Event.pdf

WiSTEM Wants to know S'more!

Stop by during the lunch hour for some s'mores and games!

Welcome Week with WiSTEM!

Enjoy some Italian Ice & get to know the neighborhood around campus during welcome week!


Spring 2024

Take a Break with WiSTEM!

Before finals start, relax and join us for some board games and food.


Industry Insights

Meet and learn from some leading professionals from there respective industries.


International Womens Day!

Join us on the MTCC bridge to celebrate International Womens Day!


Interview Speed Dating!

Join us as we talk about all the tricks & tips about interviewing!


Warm up with WiSTEM!

Join us for some hot cocoa, sweets treats, and coloring pages!


Fall 2023

Bracelet Making Event

Relax & take a break before finals by making bracelets and enjoying a sweet treat!


Personal Branding Event

Learn how to personalize websites, portfolios, linked ins and much more!


Virtu Event

Learn more about careers in quant trading with Virtu Financial!

Resume Review

Go over the basics of making a resume stand out & peer edit your resume with us!

Resume Review.pdf

WiSTEM's Got the Scoop!

Shake up your semester and learn about WiSTEM! Come join us while we make milkshakes!

Spring 2023

Peace Out and Paint!

Feeling stressed about finals? Come relax and de-stress with us! We'll be painting and enjoying Crumbl Cookies.

Packaging for a Purpose

Come assemble care packages and have some delicious muffins with us! Packages will be donated to Connections for Abused Women & Children (CAWC) and Cradles to Crayons.

Cultivate Your Credit Knowledge

Grow your confidence about the world of credit options with Chase Bank!

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YFJ for Young Adults_Session 2_Credit_SLIDES (1).pdf

Industry Insights

Hear from a variety of industry professionals about their career paths and opportunities!

Slides


Industry Insights: Science Edition

Fall 2022

Warm Up with WiSTEM

Take a break from studying and relax with hot chocolate, donuts, and origami.


Don't Ghost Your Finances!

Learn about Financial Insitutions and Account Types with Chase Bank!

Bank On It Slides 

Check It Out Slides 

Pay Yourself First Slides 

Bank On It.pdf
Check it out.pdf
Pay Yourself First.pdf

Industry Insights

Hear from a variety of industry professionals about their career paths and opportunities!

Slides

Recording


Industry Insights

Day in the Life of a Quant Trader

Curious about quant trading or simply interested in learning more about the field? Learn about the day-to-day with Virtu Financial!

Slides

kding_presentation.pptx

Waffles & WiSTEM

Meet our team, enjoy some waffles, and get a few words of "WiSTEM" for the start of the semester!

Spring 2022

Quant Trading 101

Learn about the field of quantitative trading from traders at Virtu Financial!


Letters & Listeners

An annual event where members of the IIT community can share experiences by sending and receiving emails.

Personal Website Workshop

With the ever-increasing emphasis on personal branding, learn how students can create their own websites, best practices, personalization, and more.

Recording

Checklist

Personal Website Workshop

Women's Center Grand Opening

The Women's Center is a space created to celebrate a historically underrepresented group, women, and their accomplishments on the IIT Campus.

WiSTEM is proud to know that we helped create, advocate, and secure funding for this space.

Mastering Applications

Learn the process of mastering applications and obtaining your dream opportunities. Perfect your elevator pitch, avoid rookie mistakes in your resume, get tips on securing letters of recommendations and referrals, and discover resources to polish your application.

Slides

Mastering Applications WiSTEM

Fall 2021

Don't Let Your Finances Spook You

Learn more about how to manage your finances wisely with the help of our expert speakers: Chase Bank Representatives!

Slides


IIT Spending Saving Plan & Credit.pptx

Work Like a Woman

Learn more about how to assert yourself and your ideas, how to dress appropriately, and how to interact with colleagues in the workplace.

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Recording

Work Like a Woman

Programming Workshop

Learn basic essentials of programming languages SolidWorks, Python, R, and LaTex, taught by our very own representatives and Illinois Tech faculty.

Python Review Sheet

R Review Sheet

LaTex Review Sheet

Python Take Home Sheet.pdf
R Take home sheet.pdf
LaTex Take home sheet.pdf

Sweet to be Back

Meet our team and get some advice about how to get started with your classes.  It's never been so sweet to be back on campus.

Spring 2021

Representative Appreciation

Celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of the Representatives.

A Conversation with Dr. Michael Benitez Jr.

Join us virtually for an in-depth discussion regarding how to address problems with inclusion at IIT.  Dr. Benitez is a nationally acclaimed scholar-practitioner and educator in the field of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and serves as Vice President for Diversity and inclusion at Metropolitan State University, Denver.

Prepping for a Productive Summer

Join WiSTEM and the Career Center to learn how you can have a productive summer even without research/internships!

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Recording

An Hour of Empowerment: Stories of Strength and Perseverance

Listen to Elaine Montilla speak about challenges minorities face as well as her own story and challenges.

Recording

Letters and Listeners

Register to be a part of a community event where students send and receive emails, speaking about their own experiences. 

Slides

Social Responsibility: Modeling, Computation, and Education

Listen to a panel of professors from the College of Computing discuss ethical issues related to their classes and research. Learn about a new paid opportunity at Illinois Tech that empowers students to enact positive societal change within Illinois Tech, Chicago, and beyond.

Social Responsibility: Why Should We Care?

Learn about what social responsibility entails and why we should care about it. Presented by WiSTEM and SoReMo.

Meet Your Major

Interact with others in your major and build some connections.  RSVP beforehand to get placed with your major!

Diversity in Research

Minority professors speak and share their stories in a panel created by WiSTEM and URJ-IIT. 

WiSTEM x URJ-IIT Fireside Friday

This event discussed the importance of representation. 

SPRINGS Event 

Come hear from a speaker on rail recruitment. 

Networking During Covid

This event discussed how to network virtually and how to find resources.  

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Recording

Women  and Gender Minorities in the Workplace

Learn about topics regarding women and gender minorities in the workforce, such as how to dress for interviews, answering inappropriate questions, knowing your rights, and finding your fit.

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Recording

Interviewing 101

Learn about interviewing tips and strategies with this workshop by IIT Career Services.

Slides

Recording

Meet Our Women in STEM!

In this GBM, we discussed our purpose and future events, and had interactive activities to get to know one another and hear experiences that women and gender minorities have had at Illinois Tech.

Slides 

Fall 2020

How to Boost Your Résumé Over Winter Break

Learn about activities you can do during winter break that can help out your résumé such as free courses, projects, and more!

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Recording

Looking at Computing's Past to Understand the Present

This talk looks at gender and race in computing’s past to give a longer view of some of the problems we are confronting right now with high tech, and what we can do about them.

LinkedIn Workshop

Learn how to use LinkedIn to your advantage so you can network efficiently and get noticed by recruiters.

Slides

36 Questions

Learn about the organization and meet other women and gender minorities in STEM.