Good morning WIT Crowd! “WIT & You: Finding Your Place in Technology” was held August 6 at Coffman Memorial Union. Thank you to everyone who attended! We had a total of 106 attendees in-person and online combined! Access the presentation slides and speaker videos following the links below.
- Speaker Presentation Slides (pdf)
- ► “Moving On” by Becky Roemen
- ► “Leadership: Promoting Yourself and Others” by Peg Mickelson
- ► Ask the Experts Panel
- ► Emotional Intelligence Workshop by Claire Williams
- ► “See Yourself: The Future of Women in IT” by Ingrid Nuttall
Upcoming Events
The next Coffee Hour is on Thursday, August 29, 10 AM. Join us at D’Amico & Sons in the McNamara building on the East Bank.
Committee Updates
Communications
Thank you members for getting involved and helping our committees. We have several new members who joined the communications team this summer. They are all excited to help strengthen the presence of WIT within the University and outside of the community too. In addition, Vanessa Swenson joins the WIT Communication team as Co-Chair!
Drupal Lite 8 is now available to us. The WIT website will be migrating over to Drupal 8 sometime this fall.
Events
Mentorship
The spring mentorship cohort is now at an end. Remember to complete the mentorship program reflection survey if you were a mentee or mentor!
Finance
Do you enjoy writing informative and inspiration proposals? If yes, we are in need of help on the Finance committee. We are looking for individuals interested in searching out and helping to submit grants for future WIT initiatives. Feel free to reach out to [email protected] if this strikes a chord with you.
Partnerships & Collaboration
We are finalizing our plan to implement a UMN women in technology profiles website. Also, we will post a summary of the WIT IT Experience Survey results in the next newsletter.