2025: Empowering the Future through Education, Diversity, and Hope

Empowering Women and Broadening Participation in STEM through a Co-mentoring Community

Location

Hemmingson Ballroom

Start Date

15-4-2025 12:40 PM

End Date

15-4-2025 1:40 PM

Description

The Women in STEM Education Network (WiSEN) is a pilot co-mentoring network that was created to provide a space for women to connect and network across multiple STEM majors at Gonzaga University and three other institutions of higher learning around the country. This co-mentoring network provides women a venue to have critical conversations about opportunities and challenges in STEM, celebrate successes, share experiences, and examine ways to broaden participation in STEM. By having a space where women can authentically share their unique experiences in STEM with others, WiSEN offers critical infrastructure to create a sense of belonging, enhance perseverance, and imbed cultural wealth into practices and identities as scientists and STEM professionals. WiSEN offers an additional model of mentoring that exists beyond the traditional top-down approach, to create a network of support where women can thrive in STEM. Our intent is to continue to grow WiSEN so that this network of support will flourish as a means to empower the future of STEM by representing and connecting a diverse network of multidisciplinary and multicultural women in STEM at Gonzaga and beyond.

Comments

Poster Session B

Publication Date

2025

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Apr 15th, 12:40 PM Apr 15th, 1:40 PM

Empowering Women and Broadening Participation in STEM through a Co-mentoring Community

Hemmingson Ballroom

The Women in STEM Education Network (WiSEN) is a pilot co-mentoring network that was created to provide a space for women to connect and network across multiple STEM majors at Gonzaga University and three other institutions of higher learning around the country. This co-mentoring network provides women a venue to have critical conversations about opportunities and challenges in STEM, celebrate successes, share experiences, and examine ways to broaden participation in STEM. By having a space where women can authentically share their unique experiences in STEM with others, WiSEN offers critical infrastructure to create a sense of belonging, enhance perseverance, and imbed cultural wealth into practices and identities as scientists and STEM professionals. WiSEN offers an additional model of mentoring that exists beyond the traditional top-down approach, to create a network of support where women can thrive in STEM. Our intent is to continue to grow WiSEN so that this network of support will flourish as a means to empower the future of STEM by representing and connecting a diverse network of multidisciplinary and multicultural women in STEM at Gonzaga and beyond.