WEPAN Newsletter January 2025

Join the WEPAN Career Center

The WEPAN Career Center is a premiere resource to connect career opportunities with qualified engineering industry professionals. Whether you're searching for jobs or finding candidates, the WEPAN Career Center offers a wealth of resources to help members achieve their career goals.

One of these resources is a FREE resume critique service, which offers a resume review by a resume-writing expert.  While it's important that a resume is current and complete, it's also important that it stands out.

Within a few days of submitting a resume, an evaluation is sent outlining strengths, weaknesses, and suggestions to ensure best chances of landing an interview.

The process is simple:

1. Click "Manage Resumes" under the Career Center Job Seekers tab
2. Click "Upload Resume File"
3. Choose the file to be uploaded
4. Click "YES" next to "submit my resume for a free evaluation from a trusted resume expert at TopResume”
5. On the pop-up window, click "Evaluate My Resume"
6. Proceed with the upload by clicking "Upload Resume"

Stand out to employers with a polished resume and increase your chances of landing your dream job! There are currently over 500 employers on the WEPAN Career Center, and over 1300 job openings.

Events

Join WEPAN at WIEP

On February 12 in San Antonio, TX, our annual Women in Engineering Program Day (WIEP) will convene practitioners and other stakeholders in the advancement of women in engineering to network, share resources, and discuss promising practices for supporting women in engineering.

Register at wepan.org/wiep. WEPAN members receive a $50 discount!

This year, WIEP, one of WEPAN’s signature events, will be taking place in tandem with CoNECD, the only conference dedicated to all the diverse groups that comprise the engineering and computing workforce. CoNECD registrants receive a $25 discount to WIEP.

News

Add Your Name to the WCEC Inspiring Leaders Profiles Database

Are you a woman of color in engineering looking to empower and support women of color in the field?

Help the Women of Color in Engineering Collaborative (WCEC) connect and empower others by submitting a 2025 Inspiring Leaders profile! The WCEC is building a database that documents the experiences, credentials, and accomplishments of women of color engineers, an also curating a list of allies, resources and opportunities too.

This unique recognition connects you to a growing community of women of color engineers and provides evidence of your commitment to professional belonging and growth. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis with notifications throughout the year.

Submit your profile here: https://www.womenofcolorengineers.org/inspiringleaders

Join the ADVANCE Together Symposium

We’re excited to invite you to the ADVANCE Together Symposium hosted by George Mason University. This free, virtual event is your chance to connect with NSF ADVANCE grantees, academic leaders, and equity advocates to explore innovative strategies for fostering diversity and inclusion in STEM.

What: George Mason University ADVANCE Together Symposium

When: Friday, March 21, 2025
Time: 11 am – 5 pm EST
Where: Virtual (free event)

Registration

By participating, you will:

• Learn about the latest research addressing equitable practices in university promotion and tenure (two-hour interactive workshop)
• Hear NSF ADVANCE grantees share their impactful work
• Participate in collaborative discussions and network with researchers, academic leaders, policymakers, and industry professionals dedicated to building inclusive communities in STEM and higher education  

Register now: https://registration.socio.events/e/advancetogethersymposium

Don’t miss this opportunity to share ideas, explore collaborations, and contribute to meaningful institutional change in higher education. Join us for this engaging experience.

Applications Open - L'Oreal USA For Women in Science Awards

Each year, the L’Oréal USA For Women in Science (FWIS) program attracts talented applicants from diverse STEM fields, representing some of the nation’s leading academic institutions and laboratories. The program has awarded 100 postdoctoral women scientists over $5 million in grants to advance their research and careers.  

The program is seeking five exceptional women scientists to advance their research and serve as role models for the next generation of girls in STEM. You could be awarded $75,000 to advance your career and research!  

Candidates must have completed their PhD and have started their postdoctoral research position by the application deadline. The deadline to apply is Friday, February 14 at 5 PM ET. Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to apply.  

For more information take a look at frequently asked questions or the FWIS facts sheet.

Application: https://aaas.secure-platform.com:443/lorealfwis  

Are you interested in serving as a FWIS application reviewer? Complete this brief interest form and someone from AAAS will be in touch.  

WEPAN Listserv

Do you have something to tell the WEPAN community? Remember that subscription to the WEPAN-L listserv is a member benefit! Share announcements, post publication opportunities, and collaborate with colleagues from different institutions and organizations on special projects.

To subscribe to the WEPAN-L listserv, visit: lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/wepan-l

Resources

Publications, reports, or communications relevant to women in engineering and STEM equity. All resources listed below are available in the ARC Network online resource library. If you need help accessing the library, please contact ARC Librarian Bethany Farmer at bethany@wepan.org.  

• "Identifying beliefs about the gender gap in engineering professions among university students using community detection algorithms and statistical analysis" by N. Merayo and A. Ayuso

"Digital societies require professionals in the Technology and Engineering sectors, but their lack, particularly of women, requires a thorough understanding of this gender gap. This research analyzes the beliefs and opinions of university engineering students about the gender gap in their professional fields by means of a community detection algorithm to identify groups of students with similar belief patterns. This study leverages a community detection algorithm to analyze the beliefs of 590 engineering students regarding the gender gap in their field, together with a correlational and explanatory design using a quantitative paradigm."

ARC Network

Funded by the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program, Awards HRD-2121468 and HRD-1740860, the ADVANCE Resource and Coordination (ARC) Network seeks to achieve gender equity for faculty in higher education science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. WEPAN serves as the backbone organization of the ARC Network.‍

VVS Webinar Recordings Available

The recording of Dr. Brooke Coley's VVS webinar "Racing Against the Clock: Publication Timelines in STEM Ed Outlets"  is now available on the ARC Network website at: www.equityinstem.org/blog/publication-timelines-in-stem-ed-outlets‍

The recording of Dr. Jessica Gold's VVS webinar "Bringing the people back in: a meta-analysis of equity work(ers) in academic institutions" is now available on the ARC Network website at: www.equityinstem.org/blog/equity-workers-in-academic-institutions

Institutional WEPAN Membership

Want to encourage your institution to deepen its commitment to equity and excellence?

Consider becoming an Institutional Champion Member. At this membership level, institutions have unlimited member representatives who get to dive into critical diversity, equity, and inclusion issues through custom workshops. These members also get the opportunity to strengthen their inclusive leadership capacity as part of the Equity and Excellence Council. Additional Institutional Champion member benefits include:

• Professional Development
• Decades of resources in the WEPAN Knowledge Center
• Professional development webinars, including one featuring an invited speaker from your institution
• Free and discounted workshops, including one customized for your institution
• Free and discounted access to WEPAN’s Program Days
• Three annual convening registrations
• Communication & Networking
• WEPAN-L listserv
• Slack
• WEPAN member directory
• Social media spotlights of your institution
• Workforce
• Free and discounted job postings for your institution in WEPAN’s Career Center

For more information on how to become a WEPAN Institutional Member, please email membership@wepan.org.

WEPAN Slack Channel

Please join us on Slack to drive that connectivity across our membership during a critical time for connection. Join our Slack community today!

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