Neutron Sciences Directorate

History

• WiNS was started in September 2016 by Rana Ashkar, Shull Fellow 
• WiNS was established to promote professional development and encourage diversity, inclusion, and engagement of employees
• Seven Lunch & Learn events and five offsite events in 2017
• Initiated the Negotiations, Problem Solving, and Conflict Management Workshop for ORNL in September 2017
• Committee participation in Women's Leadership Workshop 2017, 2018
• Opened the Lactation Room at HFIR in January 2018
• Hosted Women's Dinner at ACNS in 2018
• ORNL 75th Anniversary Events (provided Women in Science cutouts with the Diversity Office) in 2018
• Career and Networking Event at the Neutron School (Keynote: Fulvia Pilat) in 2018
• Partnership Events with Liane Russell and Women in Computing in 2018
• Developed the WiNS website in October 2018
• Partnered with the Smoky Mountain Society of Women Engineers on the ORISE Career Connection Day and ORNL Professional Organizations Day, 2018
• Seven Lunch & Learn events and eleven offsite social events in 2018
• Seminal event and Neutron School collaboration with speaker Despina Louca in June 2019
• Seven Lunch & Learn events in 2019 including one external speaker Dame Julia Higgins
• Fourteen offsite social events in 2019 including the second annual famiy picnic
• Hosted tea and coffee networking events in coordination wtih invited speakers
• Created the "Spotlight on Women in Neutron Sciences" web page highlighting eight women from across ORNL Neutron Sciences Directorate