Starting in June 2024, we are inviting non-steering committee members to serve on our BTAA WIT subcommittees. This means that any Woman+ in IT with a Big Ten email address may sign up and serve.
To volunteer for a committee please complete this form:
Details about the different committees:
MENTORSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE
Co-chairs: Courtney Terry (Rutgers) and Flora Deng (Northwestern)
The Mentorship Subcommittee is responsible for designing, launching, promoting and evaluating the BTAA WIT Mentorship Program. This entails: soliciting mentorship applications from BTAA institutions; matching mentors, mentees and/or peer coaches; facilitating a program kickoff meeting and check-ins; and maintaining survey data about the program. This group is also responsible for providing mentorship resources to the BTAA WIT community.
Time commitment: Once a month for one hour and additional working group sessions as the program gets closer to kickoff
COFFEE CATCHUPS SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair: Jennifer Swaney (University of Michigan)
The Coffee Catchups Subcommittee organizes the monthly Coffee Catchups on the 3rd Wednesday of the month. They meet every quarter to plan coffee catchups and are responsible for advertising and communicating the events, along with the Communication Subcommittee.
Time commitment: One-hour planning meeting once per quarter, 30 min coffee catchup each month
PROGRAMMING AND CONFERENCE SUBCOMMITTEE
Co-chairs: Mehrnaz Ahmadi Joobaneh (Univeristy of Wisconsin) and Nargas Oskui-Tabrizi (University of Michigan)
The Programming and Conference Subcommittee is tasked with putting together a half-day virtual conference (usually held in February) and scheduling annual get togethers for the BTAA WIT Steering Committee and Local WIT Groups. The mini-conference programming includes: selecting speakers, preparing marketing and communications materials, training site hosts, and moderating the event. Also, the group will facilitate one get-together for the entire BTAA WIT and one social hour for the BTAA WIT Steering Committee each year. Exploration into potential in-person meetups would be welcome (at ongoing conferences/events).
Time commitment: Once a month for one hour and additional working group sessions as the mini-conference gets closer
COMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair: TBD
The Communications Subcommittee is tasked with communicating all BTAA WIT programming, events and resources to the BTAA WIT community through the following channels: a monthly newsletter, the BTAA WIT website, Teams channel, emails lists and local WIT groups. This group works across all subcommittees to coordinate promotional materials, maintain multiple contact lists for email distribution and collaborates with Lori Frost (lori.frost@btaa.org) to update the BTAA WIT website as needed.
Time commitment: Once a month for 30 minutes and additional time drafting communications and updating resources