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 2023
International Womens Day!
Join us on the MTCC bridge to celebrate International Womens Day!
Warm up with WiSTEM!
Join us for some hot cocoa, sweets treats, and coloring pages!
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
YFJ for Young Adults_Session 2_Credit_SLIDES (1).pdf
Industry Insights
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.pdfCheck it out.pdfPay Yourself First.pdf
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!
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.
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.
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!
IIT Spending Saving Plan & Credit.pptx
Programming Workshop
Learn basic essentials of programming languages SolidWorks, Python, R, and LaTex, taught by our very own representatives and Illinois Tech faculty.
Python Take Home Sheet.pdfR Take home sheet.pdfLaTex 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.
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.
Letters and Listeners
Register to be a part of a community event where students send and receive emails, speaking about their own experiences.
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.
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.
Fall 2020
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.
36 Questions
Learn about the organization and meet other women and gender minorities in STEM.