A new mentorship program from the Women in STEM club will launch in February, connecting U-High students with undergraduate mentors from multiple STEM-based clubs at the University of Chicago.
According to senior Sofia Picciola, one of the club’s presidents, the program will begin with a kickoff dinner, introducing the U-High students to their mentors from clubs such as UC Psych, Women+ in Chemistry, Society of Women in Physics, Neuroscience Club and UChicago Math Club.
Sofia explained that the club carefully considered members’ academic interests when organizing the mentorship pairings.
“Through partnering with clubs, we’re pulling mentors and connecting them with our mentees based on those interests,” Sofia said.
Sofia said that the program is flexible and open to the whole school.
Looking forward, Sofia aims for WiSTEM to increase their engagement with UChicago’s clubs, following the recent addition of lab tours, which allow mentees to visit research labs.
“We’re doing lab tours this year, and hopefully we can pair the mentors with students to offer some visits to some of their labs,” Sofia said, “which would be amazing because UChicago has awesome labs.”
