[387] WISTEM Speaker Bilimoria Tackles Careers for Women in Sciences

Release date: March 25, 2010


News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
WISTEM contact: Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross, 615-904-8253 or jiriarte@mtsu.edu

WISTEM Speaker Bilimoria Tackles Careers for Women in Sciences


(MURFREESBORO, TN) – Dr. Diana Bilimoria, professor of organizational behavior in the Department of Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, will bring her expertise to MTSU March 29-30.
Bilimoria will present a Women in Science workshop for students on “Purposeful Planning of Your Scholarly Career and Contributions” starting at 6 p.m. Monday, March 29, in the Monahan Hall classroom.
At 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building Room 109, Bilimoria will present “Breaking Barriers and Creating Inclusiveness: Institutional Transformation to ADVANCE Women Faculty in Academic Science and Engineering” as part of a National Women’s History Month Women in Science lecture.
Jointly sponsoring Bilimoria’s campus visit are the WISTEM (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Center and MTSU’s NWHM committee.
In the student lecture, Bilimoria said she will “engage with students regarding their career aspirations and skill development” and “discuss aspects of purposeful career planning such as leadership development, mentoring, CV (curriculum vitae) enhancement, scholarly skill development, scholarly visibility and the early experiences of women faculty.”
In the faculty talk, Bilimoria said she will “describe the initiatives, experience and outcomes of 19 U.S. universities, funded by the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE Institutional Transformation program, which have embraced comprehensive transformation for improved gender representation and inclusion in science and engineering disciplines.”
For more information on Bilimoria’s visit, call 615-904-8253.
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