Awe at the 2018 Women in science and engineering annual conference

The 2018 WISE annual conference focused on the theme “Transitions: Building Bridges" which looks at critical connections essential to successfully navigating, mastering, and maximizing the many facets and phases of life”.

Dr. Cecilia Tamborindeguy was invited to participate as both a speaker and panelist during the conference. She is the first speaker ever to be invited from the Department of Entomology and her talk was well incredibly well received by all STEM field attendees. Her talk entitled “Transitions: Building Bridges for a Migratory Life in Entomology” gave the audience the story of her journey from graduate student to a post doctoral researcher to facility. Her story focused on the transitions she made both geographically and academically.


The event featured a day of common ground, conversation and inspiration among friends in a series of interactive workshops featuring speakers who are examples of diversified bridge-builders across academia and industry who shared their insights gained along the journey from diploma to career and all points in between. Topics include collaboration, leadership, transitioning into new sectors and careers, making choices and many other areas of interest to women as they move out into the technological workforce. AWE were proud to have high attendance representing our organization and department (including the highest attendance of male allies!!). Two graduate students were also involved in coordinating the conference, Chloe Hawkings and Jocelyn Holt were both involved in the hosting of speakers.
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AWE would like to thank the Department of Entomology’s head, Dr. David Ragsdale who financially supported the registration of every attending postdoctoral researcher, faculty member and graduate students.