The agenda for the day’s events is provided her. For a PDF version, click here.
DWISE/WOCC Symposium Agenda
Saturday, March 18, 2017
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM
Conference Registration
Continental breakfast available beginning 8:30 AM
Location
Atrium, Physical Sciences Bldg
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Keynote Speaker
Speaker: Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff
Cell and Molecular Biologist, Execultive, Diversity Advocate, & founding member of SACNAS
Introduction: Josephine Gonzales, SACNAS-CU President
Location
Auditorium, Room 120, Physical Sciences Bldg
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Concurrent Workshops I
- Brown Girl Poet: Going Against the Grain
- Executive Presence
- The Exploitation and Abuse of Our Bodies Around the World
- Negotiation Skills for Success
- Islamophobia: Uplifting our Muslim Sisters
- Planning For College
Brown Girl Poet: Going Against the Grain
Presenter: Eva Jahan
Location
Room 403, Physical Sciences Bldg
Executive Presence: The Roadmap for Commanding Meetings
Presenter: Karen Matthews, Corning Inc.
Location
Room 401, Physical Sciences Bldg
The Exploitation and Abuse of Our Bodies Around the World
Presenter: Chaumtoli Huq
Location
Room 700, Clark Hall
Islamophobia: Uplifting our Muslim Sisters
Presenter: Amatunoor Frederickson, Muslim Educational and Cultural Association (MECA)
Location
Room 701, Clark Hall
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Luncheon & Keynote Speaker
Speaker: Dr. Stephanie G. Adams
Dean of the Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology, Old Dominion University
Introduction: Prof. Mark E. Lewis, Associate Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development, Cornell University
Remarks following Keynote: John Bonhomme ’07, Executive Director, Chief Operating Office, J.P. Morgan
Location
Atrium, Physical Sciences Bldg
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
Concurrent Workshops II
- Staying The Course As A Diverse Woman In STEM
- Non–Academic Careers
- We All Can't Be Beyoncé
- Reclaiming Love, Sex, & Sexuality
- Knowing Your Why: Being a Woman in Medicine
- Planning For College II
Staying The Course As A Diverse Woman In STEM
Presenter: Hilary Lashley Renison
Location
Room 401, Physical Sciences Bldg
We All Can’t Be Beyoncé: Women of Color and Socioeconomic Status
Presenter: Paola Muñoz
Location
Room 700, Clark Hall
Reclaiming Love, Sex, and Sexuality Through the Women of Our Past and Present
Presenter: Cindy Lee Alves
Location
Room 701, Clark Hall
Knowing Your Why: Being a Woman in Medicine
Presenter: Anum Hussain
Location
Room 127, Rockefeller Hall
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Keynote Speaker
Speaker: Janet Mock
Writer, TV Host, and Trans Women’s Right Advocate and the founder of #GirlsLikeUs, a social media project that empowers trans women
Location
Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dessert Networking Reception
Location
Call Atrium, Kennedy Hall
Click here for a PDF version of the day’s agenda.
