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Women@NCSA provides professional development and networking opportunities for employees, affiliates, and students. Our objective is to create a more diverse and inclusive environment through outreach, talks and events. The monthly events are structured to drive conversations around our experiences as women in the workplace, develop professional skills, and to create and strengthen professional relationships. W@NCSA hopes to empower women and provide a network of support within NCSA and the community.

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Women@NCSA Organizing Committee:
Kalina Borkiewicz
Alice Delage
Emily Scherbring
Melanie Moore 

Past Events:

DateSpeaker(s) or Activity






2018-11W@NCSA @ SC18' Conference
2018-10-26Herstory: Digital Innovation Symposium and Book Signing
2018-10-3
  • Amy Newell, Director of Engineering, Wistia: “Suffering, Authenticity, Productivity: Lessons I Learned from Bipolar Disorder”
2018-9-5
  • Megan Lang, research scientist, NCSA: "What Does Effective Mentorship Look Like?"
2018-8-1
  • Amy Schuele, Assistant Director of Operations, NCSA
2018-7-11

Special session for NCSA SPIN & REU students

2018-6-6
  • Isak Griffiths, Executive Director, Courage Connection
2018-5-2Networking event with Nafisat Adekola, undergraduate student in Political Science, UIUC
2018-4-25
  • Christine Kirkpatrick, Division Director, IT Systems & Services, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego
2018-4-4

Panel: "Beyond #MeToo in Tech and Academic Workplaces"

Moderator: Anita S. Chan, Associate Professor, Media & Cinema Studies, UIUC

  • Angie Wolters — Director, Women in Engineering
  • Emily Scherbring — Assistant Director of Human Resources, NCSA
  • Kelly Cross — Visiting Research Scientist, Bioengineering at Illinois
  • Katie Lee — Graduate Student, Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
2018-3-7
  • Melanie Loots, Executive Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, UIUC
2018-2-7"Find you Inner Tech Talk Topic" workshop
2017-12-1Intercultural Holiday celebrations and networking event
2017-11-3
  • Gabriella Gonzalez, prof. of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University
2017-10-6WeCare workshop on bystander intervention
2017-8-8
  • Alina Banerjee, Research Programmer, NCSA
2017-7-7
  • Lorna Rivera, Senior Research Specialist, UIUC
2017-6-2

Lightning Talks, Networking and Teambuilding Activity

  • Farzaneh Masoud, Interdisciplinary Research Development Officer, NCSA
  • Indira Gutierrez Polo, research programmer, NCSA
2017-5-12

Women@NCSA - kick-off event

Lightning talks and speed networking:

  • Michelle Butler, Senior Technical Program Manager, NCSA
  • Amy Schuele, Assistant Director of Operations, NCSA
  • Kalina Borkiewicz, Visualization Programmer, Advanced Visualization Lab, NCSA




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