Women & Science Program

Women and Science Spring Conference
May 14 and 15
Great Wolf Lodge, Wisconsin Dells

The Women and Science Program hosts an annual retreat for past participants in Program events. All interested faculty in the UW System are welcome to apply. The conference will focus on methods used to improve diversity in STEM education and STEM fields. For more information on the conference visit: Spring Conference 2009 http://www.uwosh.edu/programs/wis/SpringConference2009.php. Or contact: Leigh Ann, Interim Director of the Women & Science Program Department of Kinesiology University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, at mrotekl@uwosh.edu, or 920.424.1323

The Women & Science Program has an updated web site. Check it out here: http://www.uwosh.edu/wis/ It includes the program’s mission and goals revised to:
Promoting excellence and diversity in STEM education
We envision a future in which education in the STEM disciplines is accessible and attractive to diverse students resulting in STEM fields enriched by diverse practitioners.

The mission of the Women & Science Program is to attract and retain more women and minority students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by promoting systematic changes in the ways that science and science education are regarded and carried out within the University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin community and beyond.
In particular, the program seeks to: increase faculty expertise in inclusive and student-centered pedagogy; promote science education that includes analysis of the social context in which science is practiced; provide role models of women and minority STEM professionals, scholars, and educators; promote campus & classroom climates that attract and retain women and minority students in STEM disciplines; and foster collaborative communities for UW System STEM educators and students.