Here is the place to find out more about the Women in Chemistry Inclusive Leadership (WICIL) Award, below, and a variety of awards on campus whose information will be coming soon .
Women in Chemistry Inclusive Leadership (WICIL) Award
To recognize the community members that are models of Inclusive Excellence, the Department of Chemistry Office of Graduate Diversity and Program Climate in 2019 established the Illinois Women in Chemistry Inclusive Leadership Award. The award is conferred to two outstanding Department of Chemistry female graduate student or postdoc each year that has demonstrated a commitment to promoting full and equal participation of women, people of color, persons with disabilities, persons of differing sexual orientations and gender identities in research and teaching.
Award Details
The recipient receives an engraved award, presented at the Annual Women in Chemistry Retreat held in August of every year, recognition on the chemistry website, and up to $1000 dispersed through the student's university account. Funds can be used to participate in conferences, procuring research materials, supplies, and books, and receive additional certifications, among other professional development activities.
The runner up awardee receives up to $500 sponsored by the Women Chemistry Committee disbursed similarly to the WIC Inclusive Leadership Award.
Deadline
The nominations are due the last Friday in July of every year.
Selection Process
Awardees are selected each year by an ad hoc committee of diversity, equity and inclusion professionals, and faculty across the University, external to the department of chemistry.
Once the winner is chosen, the nominees and nominators will be notified. If not selected for the first year, nominations will be considered for the following year.
Past Recipients
2019
Lauren Hagler — Recipient of the first annual Women in Chemistry Inclusive Leadership Award.
(Graduate student, chemistry professor Steven Zimmerman group).
News story – Inaugural Women in Chemistry Inclusive Leadership Award recognizes leaders in inclusive excellence
2020
Alison Wallum — 2020 WIC Inclusive Leadership Award
(Graduate student, chemistry professor Martin Gruebele research group, and research group of Joseph Lyding, professor of electrical and computer engineering.)
Hannah Toru — 2020 WIC Inclusive Leadership Award – Runner up
(Johnson group, geochemistry)
News story – Alison Wallum and Hannah Toru win Inclusive Leadership awards
2021
Jazmin Aguilar-Romero and Sarah Krueger — Co-winners of 2021 WIC Inclusive Leadership Award
(Both are graduate students in chemistry professor Steven Zimmerman group)
Katie Stawiasz — 2021 WIC Inclusive Leadership Award, Runner-up
(Graduate student in chemistry professor Jeffrey Moore's group)
News story — Three students recognized with Inclusive Leadership awards