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WIE from Around the World
People of Interest
WIE Affinity Groups spread the mission
a
resentatives from MIT Lincoln Laboratory were on hand to review resumes on
an individual basis," describes Griffin.
"This followed an informative, encouraging talk given by David Gentes from
MIT Lincoln Labs' HR department.
Members were very pleased to be able
to get honest feedback from knowledgeable people, free of charge. The feedback that we received from this event
indicated that people felt very comfortable asking questions and benefitted
from the networking." Griffin says her
group is working to strengthen the relationship between WIE and many more
companies.
duct workshops where students comAs many people know, the IEEE and
plete practical projects-like building
Women in Engineering (WIE) offer a
and launching a rocket or building and
strong network and many opportuniprogramming a robot-that use engities to connect with individuals of
neering and science skills."
similar interests around the globe.
Denise Griffin, chair of a local group
But in between annual conferences
in Boston with 140 members, says one
and monthly newsletters, some of the
most active WIE members
are bringing the mission
of WIE-to facilitate the
recruitment and retention
of women in technical disciplines globally-down to the
community level, through
local Affinity Groups and
Student Branches.
Currently, there are over
355 local Affinity Groups
worldwide, hosting activities that range from professional development seminars
and guest speaker events to
social gatherings and opportunities for mentoring and
training of young students.
Chioniso Dube, chair of the
WIE Affinity Group in South
Chair Zahra Ahmadian (seated front, on the right) leads IEEE WIE Vancouver.
Africa, which has about 32
members, cites the IEEE
In addition to career-building and
highlight for Boston members has been
Student-Teacher and Research Engimentorship activities, the Student
in the area of professional development.
neer/Scientist (STAR) program as one
Branch at Carleton University, chaired
The group aims to have meetings each
of her group's key outreach activities.
by Laura Mutu, hosts picnics and book
month that offer members the oppor"Through the STAR program, WIE
clubs for its 15 members. It also gathers
tunity to learn about a company in a
South Africa provides mentorship for
for awareness events, such as the Nationcasual setting and give a sponsoring
high school females," she says. "We conal Day of Remembrance and Action on
company the chance to recruit from the
Violence Against Women, commemoratIEEE talent pool. "We recently had an
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MWIE.2012.2189448
Date of publication: 11 May 2012
ed in Canada each year on 6 December.
event where human resources (HR) rep-
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