Calendar
of Past AWIS-HOI Events -- page last
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ISU
Women in STEM Wednesdays for Fall 2009 -- meet in 102
Moulton Hall (12 - 1pm)
From our wonderful AWIS-HOI Women
in STEM kickoff event Sept. 30, 2009, we have several monthly research brown
bag talks already lined up (bring your own lunch, AWIS-HOI will provide the
dessert):
Wed.,
Oct. 21, 2009--Dr. Xianwei Yuan, Mathematics, CAS, will present 
"An Exploratory
Study of High School Students' Creativity and Matematical
Problem
Posing Ability in China and the United
States"
Xianwei Yuan started
her Ph.D program in the Mathematics Department at
Illinois State University
in August 2005. She is currently finishing her dissertation,
which is an exploratory
study on high school studentsŐ creativity and mathematical
problem-posing ability
in China and the United States. Xianwei got a job offer in
May, 2009, and starting
on January 1st, she will be working in the Mathematics
Department as a full
time elementary mathematics education tenure track faculty.
Wed.,
Nov. 4, 2009--Dr. Lezah Brown, Safety Program, Health Sciences, CAST 
Wed., Nov. 4, 2009--Dr. Lezah Brown,
Safety Program, Health Sciences, CAST
"An Examination of Violence and Unsafe Environmental Factors Reported
by Home Care Workers in Chicago"
This presentation will describe the
incidence of violence and working in stressful environments
reported by 980
home care assistants (HCAs) working for family members, non-family members,
or both categories in the Chicago area. Participants self-completed a survey
in a group setting as part of an IRB-approved research protocol. Violence was
measured by a question that asked if the HCAs had been scratched/punched/hit
in the past 12 months and unsafe environmental factors were measured by asking
about various activities the HCAs witnessed while in the clients' homes.
Wed.,
Dec. 2, 2009--Dr. Tasha Dunn, 
Geography-Geology,
CAS
"An Introduction to Meteorite
Classification"
Dr. Dunn will bring some real meteorite
samples to show everyone
and talk a little about the various types and what makes them
unique.
September
30th, 2009 (12 - 1:00pm, ISU's Moulton Hall, Room 102)
New
ISU Women in STEM Faculty Welcome Luncheon
cosponsored
by AWIS-HOI and the ISU Provost's Office
(boxed lunch
orders are due by Sept. 23rd)
Click
here to link to a poster Click
here to clink to the program
(Featured new women
in STEM faculty are l to r:
Dr.
Xianwei Yuan/MAT, Dr. Tasha Dunn/GEO,
Dr. Adrienne Ohler/ECO,
and Dr. Lezah Brown/HSC)
We had eleven people at our
welcome luncheon event and had a great time finding out about everyone's research
areas in this relaxed atmosphere. Five STEM departments (CHE, ECO,
HSC, MAT, and PHY) and two colleges--CAS and CAST--were represented.
Our thanks to the Provost's Office
for sponsoring the new faculty's meals, thanks to the Registrar's Office for
loaning us their conference room, and thanks to the Physics Department for
helping to plan this Women in STEM event.
(l to r: Dr.
Dunn, Dr. Ohler, Dr. Heather Jordon, Dr. Yuan,
Dr. Brown, Dr. Marjorie
Jones/CHE, and Dr. Lisa Szczepura/CHE;
not pictured were
Grace Johns/PHY and Dr. Marion Micke/HSC)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 (4 -
5:15pm in 210 Moulton Hall)
Illinois State University
Physics Colloquium 
"Nanobio Hybrid Materials for Cellular Signal Transduction"
by Dr. Elena Rozhkova, Center for Nanoscale Materials at
Argonne National Laboratory
Dr. Rozhkova holds a Ph.D. from the Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical
Technology. Her research
interests are at the interface of
bio(in)organic chemistry and materials and life sciences. In particular, her
current projects include functional
nanobio materials design and interfacial chemistry; synchrotron X-ray visualization
of cellular bioenergetic processes; molecular signal transduction and cell
actuation with
nanoscale materials; bio-inspired
catalysis and photocatalysis; and metals in complex biological systems.
Thursday, September 10, 2009 (4 -
5:15pm in 210 Moulton Hall)
Illinois State University Physics Colloquium
"Engineering the Phospholipid Bilayer"
by
Dr. Beth Cunningham, Professor of Physics and Provost
Illinois Wesleyan University
Dr. Cunningham is an experimental condensed matter physicist who studies biologically
important materials. Her current research project is on the structure and thermal
properties of lipids that form two- and three-dimensional phases. She also
has a strong interest in physics education and the benefits of undergraduate
research experiences. Before joining IWU, she was a Professor of Physics and
Associate Dean of Faculty at Bucknell Nuniversity in Lewisburg, PA.
Click
here to download a poster about this and the next talk that appeared in the
ISU Report September 8, 2009.
Friday,
October 5, 2007 (3:30 - 5:30pm)
University Club Discussion
Hour, Faculty Staff Commons,
Bone Student Center
for
The
AWIS-HOI Celebration of 150 Years of
ISU Women in STEM (from
1857 to 2007)
and
AWIS-HOI / ISU Physics WOmen in STEM Career Pen Pal Mentors Recognition
Ceremony
This AWIS-HOI
community service event brings together women professionals in science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the Illinois State
University, Illinois Wesleyan University, and local communities to
celebrate and recognize past and future Women in STEM Careers Pen Pal Project
Mentors. The Pen Pal Project each year is a partnership between
AWIS-HOI Mentors and area high school students and teachers. The
Recognition Ceremony today is one small way to thank them for their contributions
to helping to inspire and encourage the next generation of scientists,
inventors, and educators.
An
additional feature of this Friday's event is that we've invited the ISU
departments with colleagues being honored as Pen Pal Mentors to provide
displays showcasing their educational and career opportunities. There
will also be an exhibit created by AWIS-HOI and the ISU Physics Department
that is a "snapshot" of the 150 years of ISU Women in Science
and Math. Illinois State University has a rich history of educational
excellence and AWIS-HOI and ISU Physics are proud to share this exhibit
with the community. An electronic version of this exhibit will be
available next week by visiting our AWIS-HOI website: www.phy.ilstu.edu/AWIS-HOI.
Finally,
as a complement to our AWIS-HOI 150th event this Friday, we’ve
invited the McLean County Museum of History to also provide an exhibit
of their programming--especially this year's Evergreen Cemetery Discovery
Walk 2007 that features a 150th ISU theme featuring legendary ISU
dignitaries. Kathleen Kirk, who portrays ISU's first Librarian
Ange Milner, has also graciously agreed to join us this Friday from 3:30
- 4:30pm--in costume and in character.
AWIS-HOI
Especially Thanks our event Co-Sponsors: Association
for Women in Science (Heart of Illinois Chapter), Dr. Carol Struck
of ISU's 150th Celebration, the ISU Physics Department, the ISU Mathematics
Department, the ISU University Club, and ISU's College of Arts and
Sciences.
Admission
is free and open to all faculty, staff, and students from the ISU and IWU
campuses as well as the Bloomington-Normal community at large.
Click
here to download a program flyer about this event
Click
here to link to the podcast page for the WJBC Interview about this event
with Beth Whisman, 10/03/07
It was a wonderful event! Thanks
to everyone who joined us--especially our honorees who cleared their busy
schedules to do so. The other honorees who were not able to join us
will receive their recognition certificate via the mail soon. AWI-HOI
also thanks ISU's University Club for inviting us to host our event in their
room. Please enjoy these sample pictures links below about the event.
Click
here for a photo of some of the Women in STEM Pen Pal Mentors who were
able to join us for the Recognition Ceremony
Click
here for a picture of the McLean County Museum of History's Jeff Woodward
and Ange Milner Cemetery Discovery Walk 2007 actor, Kathleen Kirk
Click
here for a picture of honoree Dr. Jean Sawyer with the Communication Sciences & Disorders
department display
Click
here for a picture of honoree Archana Shekara standing next to the Pen
Pal poster from her year
Click
here for a picture of honoree Dr. Lori Woeste of Health Sciences with her
Interim Dean Dr. Jeff Wood
Click
here for a picture of honoree Terrina Smith, Physics Department Senior,
and Physics Prof. Epa Rosa
Click
here to link to the 150yrs of Women in STEM History Exhibit (via Powerpoint) researched
and created by Grace Foote Johns, ISU Physics and AWIS-HOI
AWIS-HOI
and AAUW-BN Joint Meeting
as part of the University
Club Discussion Series
Friday, September
22, 2006 (3:30 - 5:30pm
Visit this link (http://www.calendar.ilstu.edu/detail.taf?_function=detail&event_uid2=24566&date=9/22/2006)
to find out more about this event.
Answers
to EYH '06 Conference
Women
in Science and Math HERstory Quiz Game Workshop (Puzzle Portion)
WEBCAST
"Women Working on Mars: What Do Engineers Do?"
Thursday, February 23, 2006
10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/webcast.html
In honor of "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day", February 23, 2006,
the Mars Public
Engagement program
and NASA's Robotics Alliance Project are hosting a webcast for young people
interested in robotics
and engineering.
Do you know what engineers do? Ever wonder about all the different kinds of
engineering? Learn more
by tuning in to the
Women Working on Mars webcast!
Students will see and hear from a diverse group of women engineers from
NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory. The 40-minute
production will highlight aninside look at what they thought! about engineering
when they were young
and what they do now as professional engineers. A live audience and e-mail
link
will provide many
questions for the panelists - you can even email in your own questions and
have them
answered during the
show.
Following the shows, log on to our live web chat and ask your questions directly
of women engineers
working at NASA!
AWIS-HOI Research
Brown Bag: Wednesday, February 8, 2006 (12:15pm)
ISU Bone Student
Center, McAlister's Private Dining Room
"Surviving
Doctoral Studies and the Dissertation Process"
presented by
Professor
Amy Bloom and Dr. Liz King, Assistant Professors of Geography-Geology
at Illinois
State University
(12:15pm bring or
buy your lunch; 1 - 1:30pm speakers & open forum)
Thanks for joining
us and sharing your own experiences in graduate school. We will post
a "Tips" sheet from the discussion soon.
(click
here to download a flyer for this event)
AWIS-HOI
2004-2005 Event Calendar
NASA
Webcast on Thursday February 24, 2005--10am - 3pm (PST)
(as part of "Introduce
a Girl to Engineering Day")
Women
Working on Mars: Get Involved in Robotics!
(open
new page with more information)
November
11, 2004 (7:00pm) AWIS-HOI Career Panel Discussion Forum:
"Women
Forging Science and Technology Careers in the New Millennium"
at
Illinois Wesleyan University, Science Building (Room C101)
with
a reception following in the Atrium
(download
pdf of event poster)
(download
pdf of pictures from this AWIS-HOI event)
(download
ISU Vidette article by Kristin Lucas about event)
(link
to College of Arts and Sciences followup article about this event)
October
12, 2004 (11:30am) AWIS-HOI Research and Career Brown Bag Forum
held
at Illinois State University
Speaker:
Dr. Linda French, IWU,"Small Bodies of the Solar System"
(download
pdf)
September
17, 2004 (4 - 6:00pm) AWIS-HOI Fall Membership Drive
at the
home of AWIS-HOI President, Dr. Zahia Drici
(download
pdf)
AWIS-HOI
Canvass Bag Fundraiser
AWIS-HOI gave these
home made stury canvass bags as
thank you gifts to
our November 11 speakers. There was also a taller version that included
a pocket for their cell phone.
We were thinking that
AWIS-HOI Members and Friends might like to have one of these bags--and we
might be able to make this a fundraiser. Other logo colors (such as
rainbow) are available.
If you would like
to obtain one of these bags for asmall donation--of $9 for the version to
the right and $10 for the taller version with a cell phone pocket; AWIS-HOI
dues paying members receive a $1 discount--to the AWIS-HOI funds,please contact
Grace Foote Johns (johns@phy.ilstu.edu or
309-438-8758).
AWIS-HOI is a tax-exempt, non profitorganization.
If you would like
to help AWIS-HOI make these bags as part of our fundraiser (only ironing
is required), please let us know.
