Penn State’s GradWIE featured in the Daily Collegian.
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Despite being titled Graduate Women in Engineering, the organization emphasized that it’s open to everyone and “welcomes people of all gender identities to support graduate [students’] personal and professional well-being through peer support, the creation of safe spaces, social events, [diverse resources and professional] development,” according to its mission statement.
Dennis serves as the current president of the student-run organization and said sharing similar experiences and supporting members’ “professional and personal well-being” is [a main] goal of the organization.
“We want this to be a space for all graduate engineering students, but we often discuss our experience in engineering through the lens of gender,” Dennis said. “So while we might talk about what it’s like to have a child in graduate school or give birth while you’re taking classes, we’ll also have broader discussions that aren’t necessarily focused on the lens of gender.”
The Daily Collegian
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