In April 2013, the ODGE hosted a celebration of of 47 graduate women at MIT who were nominated by their peers, faculty, and staff. The honorees were nominated and selected based on their leadership and service contributions at the Institute, their dedication to mentoring and their drive to make changes to improve student experience. At the celebration, held at the Microsoft NERD Center, honorees presented posters to help attendees:
- learn about their accomplishments
- celebrate their work
- discovere the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead
Women’s Groups around MIT were also recognized for the incredible work being done to support graduate women. Each of the nine groups had a poster detailing their history and goals.
2013 Honorees
| Ingrid Bonde Akerlind Allison Anderson Ambika Goel Bajpayee Pamela Basto Whitney Bernstein Emily Chang Yi (Ellen) Chen Emily Clements Christine Curella Kendra Desrosiers Elizabeth George Marzyeh Ghassemi Lindsey Gilman Qinxian (Chelsea) He Sophie Horowitz Christina Ignarra Wardah Inam Leyla Isik Shelby Kimmel Bonnie Lam Alyssa Larson Alexandria Liang Whitney Lohmeyer Sofia Lopez Jingnan Lu |
Sayalee Mahajan Anne Marinan Kara McKinley Sreeja Nag Annalisa Pawlosky Priyanka Ramamurthy Katherine Romer Melissa Rosen Layla Shaikley Naomi Stein Maria Telleria Mitali Thakor Zhiting Tian Alexandra Toumar Allison “Sunny” Vanderboll Theodora Vardouli Ermin Wei Ashley Wessendorf Sunny Wicks Jennifer Wilson Johanna Wolfson Jean Yang |
2013 Women’s Groups
Course 6 Graduate Women (GW6)
Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT)
Graduate Women in Physics
HST Women’s Group
Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association of Women (MEGA Women)
Sloan Women in Management (SWIM)
Women in Chemistry (WIC)
Women’s Graduate Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (WGA3)
Women in System Design and Management (WiSDM)
The 2013 celebration was based on an earlier one that took place in May 2010, which also celebrated of 47 graduate women nominated by their peers, faculty, and staff. See the News Office article and photos here.
2010 Honorees
| Amy Banzaert Maria Berezina Megan Brewster Zenzile Brooks Lynette Cheah Alice Chen Kimberlee Collins Hoda Eydgahi Miaoqing Fang Shirin Farrahi Kay Furman Manijeh Goldberg Nancy Guillen Shayna Harris Ingrid Heilke Legena Henry Christina Ignarra Veena Jayadeva Fan Jin Joy Johnson Rhonda Jordan M. Flourish Klink Hillary Kolos Michelle Lustrino |
Karen McCafferty Retsina Meyer Emily Miraldi Amara Mulder Carlijn Mulder Sherrica Newsome Sarah Nusser Molly Patrick Yoda Patta Kristal Peters Elizabeth Ramaccia Liz Roaldsen Alisha Schor Sheila Seles Anita Shukla Ellan Spero Carrie Stalder Dawn Wendell Jenna Wiens Danielle Wood Vanessa Wood Clarissa Zimmerman Danielle Zurovcik |