In partnership, the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) and the Engineering Education Research Program (EER) will be hosting a dynamic Virtual Mentoring Workshop Series. The aim of this series is to help foster an engaging and inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff.

Workshop sessions will feature guest speakers across industry, research and DEI professions, and the special series itself is designed with a specific focus to facilitate conversations, build connections and empower self-reflection opportunities to support students’ journeys within the mentoring process as a whole.

This series is open to all College of Engineering students, faculty and staff. Registration is required. Please RSVP early to attend and the Zoom information will be sent prior to the event.

Presentation/Seminar Title:
Impress Yourself: helping the overwhelmed over-achiever learn to balance ambition and mental health

Bio:
Shelbie Prater, a Detroit native, is a holistic health and social equity advocate currently working in KPMG’s Advisory function. In 2018, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan, then moved to Chicago to begin her consulting career. As a Sr. Associate in KPMG’s Transformation Delivery practice, she helped global C-suite executives construct and launch a firm-wide culture and values refresh while managing a 3,000-employee Culture Champions Network. Shelbie’s day job involves creating customized experiences for clients as they prepare to work in new ways, but she’s also widely known for her work as co-lead of an internal Race & Social Equity Taskforce. In 2020, she helped build a non-profit organization called Movement for the Movement, which engages community members in conversations about systemic racism and encourages allies to take more active roles in dismantling the educational, psychological, and professional barriers faced by many Black Americans today.


Presentation/Seminar Title:
From Blue Books to a Blue Badge: How to start your career in Tech

Bio:
Morgan Hawthorne is a Senior Financial Analyst within Microsoft Cloud Infrastructure and Operations based in Redmond, WA. Her team directly manages price discovery, demand allocation and change management for all cloud servers purchased by Microsoft, accounting for over $8 billion in annual spend. In addition to her day to day functions, Morgan volunteers on MCIO’s D&I Board and tutors for Treehouse, a Seattle based nonprofit that supports youth in foster care. Morgan earned her BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering (’19) from the University of Michigan where she was affiliated with NSBE and M-STEM. In her spare time, Morgan enjoys playing soccer, hiking, biking or grabbing a drink with friends.

Please Note:
The event will be held from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. EST with the following options to attend:
Seminar Talks will take place during the first hour 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Breakout Sessions will take place during the second hour 6:30 - 7:00 p.m.

*This workshop series is supported by a Michigan Engineering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) faculty grant.