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WiE Newsletter -May 2023 - ISSUE 39
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Front and Center News from the Director
It’s graduation time – you can just feel it! Students are finishing their last assignments and trying on ceremonial robes.
WiE would like to congratulate the GW SEAS class of 2023. WiE are particularly proud to say we are graduating 213 undergraduates, 41 % of whom are women. Moreover, we are graduating 588 master students and 75 PhD students with 28% of women in both degrees.
You might be wondering which disciplines are graduating the most students and where the most women are. If you guessed women in Biomedical Engineering you’d be correct for both undergraduates and for PhD students but Engineering Management graduated the most female masters students. And, just for completeness – computer science graduates the most undergraduates and masters students and electrical engineering the most PhDs.
Thank you to all of the faculty and staff who supported our graduates throughout their time at GW. To our graduating class, we hope that you stay connected to the SEAS community and WiE hope to see you either virtually or in-person at one of our events!
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Speaking of ceremonial robes, SEAS will be celebrating our Doctoral graduates with a hooding ceremony on Thursday, May 18th and celebrating MS, BS, and BA students on Friday, May 19th. Of course, we can't forget about the GWU commencement ceremony on the National Mall on Sunday, May 20th.
Congratulations to the class of 2023! Special congratulations to our student WiE board member Alyssa Ilaria as she graduates with her masters’ degree (in Cybersecurity in Computer Science)
REMEMBER, ALL ARE WELCOME at WiE EVENTS
With Warm Regards for a safe and healthy Summer!
Dr. Shelly Heller
WiE Center Director
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SEAS Research Day is a rite of spring, and this year is no exception. More than 250 students participated this year from all six of our departments. Among those presenting were undergraduate CS students Rabaab Dhingra and Cora Sula as well as cyber security masters student Callie Balut.
Left to right: Rabaab Dhingra, Callie Balut, Cora Sula.
WiE are particularly proud of them as I am the Principle Investigator on their project.
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WiE were invited to speak at the monthly meeting of the GW chapter of Leading Women of Tomorrow, a sort of sister group in goals to our SEAS Center for Women in Engineering. Leading Women of Tomorrow seeks to empower more young women and nonbinary folks to consider careers in public service, with the aim of bridging the gender gap among public representatives. Sound familiar? I was excited to present on Women in STEM: Why Aren’t They Here?
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WiE wishes safe travels and great family time to Professor Kim Roddis. Kim came to SEAS and led the Civil and Environmental Engineer department, served as a GW Senator and lead member of many Senate committees. During her times at SEAS, Dr. Roddis recieved SEAS awards including teacher of the year and founding board member for WiE as well. Kim is retiring to the Midwest. Just in time for her retirement, Kim was interviewed Lauren Feeley (by the way, Lauren is graduating with her masters degree in May as well). The entire recording can be found here. Don’t miss it!
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Meet Our Faculty has been an outstanding opportunity to get to know our SEAS faculty. In April, Computer Science’s newest faculty member, Professor Sabin Mohan, presented “How to we increase trust in autonomous vehicles?” If you missed this enlightening presentation, you can find the recording here.
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WiE will be working this summer on our programming plans. We need your help! What are good times for us to provide programming? Lunch Time? Early evenings? Weekends? And, while we are asking – what topics would interest you? Please take the time to send ideas and suggestions to: pmscwie@gwu.edu
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What WiE Are Reading
Since it is graduation time, the Myth of the Digital Native by the Chronicle of Higher Ed caught my interest. “Today’s college students may have grown up around technology, but that doesn’t mean they have the skills to thrive at school or work. Knowledge gaps remain a major barrier to success, particularly affecting low-income students. How can higher education institutions more effectively teach, assess, and measure digital skills? The Chronicle surveyed more than 1,200 faculty, higher education leaders, and students to find out. The study discovered that: 78% of students said colleges strongly contributed to their digital proficiency 36% of faculty and leaders think their college instructors are “somewhat unprepared” or “not at all prepared” to teach digital skills Only 15% of faculty and 16% of leaders think students are very well prepared to use digital tools in a work environment. You can find the full article here.
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We all know that having women on teams provides unique value, but a not-so-new book, "highlights the impact women have in cybersecurity. Women matter in cybersecurity because of the way they view and deal with risk. Typically, women are more risk averse, compliant with rules, and embracing of organizational controls and technology than men. They're also extremely intuitive and score highly when it comes to emotional and social intelligence, which enables them to remain calm during times of turbulence – a trait that's required when major security breaches and incidents occur. As cybercrime, terrorism and warfare is increasing, and the number of women in cybersecurity is declining, now is the time to take action. By combining stories, interviews and data with practical advice, the golden rules and checklists, IN Security provides the means to turn things around. When you read this book you'll understand why the numbers of women have fallen, along with strategies for attracting, identifying, and retaining more women in cybersecurity. This book is essential reading for anyone in cybersecurity or looking to get into it.
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