Women in STEM Mentorship

WiSTEM image

Applications are closed for AY 2023-2024 and will reopen in the fall of 2024

 

Mission

The mission of WiSTEM (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is to create and maintain an environment that fosters the growth and development of women, femme, and nonbinary students in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics community at Harvard College through mentorship. The WiSTEM Mentorship Program was established to build community among women in STEM by matching undergraduates with graduate students in similar fields and to create programming that fosters the growth and development of women students in the STEM community at Harvard. The program's short-term goal is to increase the retention of women STEM concentrators at Harvard College by connecting them with role models and mentors to provide the critical support necessary for them to thrive. The intended long-term impact of the WiSTEM Mentorship Program is to strengthen a community of inclusion for women and other underrepresented students in STEM at Harvard while enhancing pathways for greater representation of women in STEM careers more broadly.

Mentorship

Mentorship is an impactful way for students to learn new skills and support academic and professional development while building a network of community members invested in their success, including mentors, peers, and staff. Wherever you are in your professional or student journey, the Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (WiSTEM) Mentorship Program helps you to grow by learning and developing with others through mentorship.

  • For undergraduate mentees, WiSTEM helps in academic and career planning by providing academic and job-specific information and potential career paths, building career networking skills, and assisting with job placement after graduation.
  • For our mentors, WiSTEM provides the opportunity to give back and volunteer time while developing essential leadership skills and finding support from within the broader WiSTEM community.

For all of our participants, we are working to build an inclusive community in STEM at Harvard where all members can thrive. We hope you will be a part of the movement as a mentor or mentee! 

STEM Community 

We are happy to announce that the Harvard College Women's Center, Harvard University Women in Technology+, and Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering's collaboration on "SySTEMatic: Expanding the Reach of Diversity in STEM Programming through Enhanced Mentorship Tech" as a 2020-21 grant recipient of the Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund will continue for a second pilot year in AY22. All 3 mentoring programs are dedicated to supporting marginalized genders in STEM fields for staff, undergraduate students, and graduate students. This software will allow us to reduce the time it takes to administer these programs to scale them out and support more of the Harvard community.  

 Expanding the Reach of Diversity in STEM on YouTube

 

Additional Information