The WiSTEM Leadership Ecosystem gathers student organizations & programs across UT Austin that are focused on advancing gender equity/representation, fostering a culture of inclusion, & creating a community for all in STEM. Through community creating events, leadership training and skills advancement opportunities, and events designed to foster cross-organization and cross-institution collaborations, the WiSTEM Leadership Ecosystem increases the Sense of Belonging, STEM Identity and Self-Efficacy for future and current STEM campus organization leaders who identify as women.

Participation provides organization leaders with:  

• A comprehensive directory of organizations with similar goals/missions across all STEM disciplines/colleges/schools 
• A peer network to facilitate connections, coalitions and collaborations across organizations 
• Ecosystem wide leadership training and workshops for STEM student leaders to develop/refine leadership and communication skills as well as strategies for increasing student engagement in their organization 
• Access to a wide network of speakers, coaches, alumni and role models for organization programming needs Corporate Packet / Fundraising Support
• Access to mini-grants/materials for programming/events
• Mentorship and guidance for student leaders and organizations

Organization leaders are able to utilize:

• Leadership Ecosystem Slack Channel for org leaders to connect/communicate
• WiSTEM monthly eNewsletters to alumni & industry for volunteer requests
• WiSTEM monthly eNewsletters to current students for org promotion
• WiSTEM Canvas for current student info
• Leadership & Communication Workshops catalog for org use
• A centralized list of Leadership Ecosystem orgs
• WiSTEM Staff for guidance/consultations

For the list of Leadership Ecosystem Organizations, click here.

Email Amy Beebe, WiSTEM Assistant Director