WiLO 2024 at a Glance
Our mission is to support and promote women in the field of Optics, Photonics and Lasers though community building, networking opportunities, and encouraging young women to choose a STEM career!
Here’s some of what we plan to do:
- Improving women’s experience at CREOL!
- Group socialization and self-improvement projects!
- Volunteering opportunities to give back to our Orlando community!
- Company Tours & Guest Speakers!
- Merchandise!
How are we going to make this happen?
Women Speakers!
- Women-led research:
- Spreading awareness of women’s research in Photonics and Optics!
- This will be hosted through:
- Women faculty and PhD students from CREOL
- Projects displayed from Senior Design students
- Scientists and leading women in the optics and photonics field come in to speak to us on current topics
- Women sharing their expertise:
- Advising and handson help workshops on resumes/LinkedIn/tips on how to be professional in the workforce
Women-led Company Tours!
- Few tours are led by women in STEM. WiLO will help push opportunities for women in companies around UCF to do this through us! (These tours are all aimed to be within a 10–15 minute drive from UCF’s main campus)
Project Ideas
- Non-profit donation drive for women’s shelters in Orlando
- Volunteering opportunities: at local schools or women’s organizations
- Basket-creating: Women’s toiletries bathroom stock at CREOL
- Design Challenge: Bag hooks for under the undergraduate lab tables in CREOL
- Participate in celebrating women’s holidays!
- Optional optics and photonics educational/outreach excursions through
WiLO
Contact us
WiLO Officers contact information:
- President:
- Tatiana Cutrone – ta8585667@ucf.edu
- Treasurer:
- Patrick Suarez – patrick.suarez@ucf.edu
- Secretary:
- Sophia Adams – sophia.adams@ucf.edu
Feel free to reach out to us with suggestions/questions/concerns!