Break Time – Coffee, Tea, Cake & Good Company

Break Time is our new monthly get-together where students and faculty members can meet, chat, play games, or simply take a break with coffee, tea, and cake. Feel free to bring any board games you'd like to play, as well as a picnic blanket. 

When: June 15, 3:30-5:30 pm
Where: Campus Café (hopefully outside ☀️)

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Everyone is welcome!

We had our first informal get-together "Nourishing Minds & Hearts #1 – Meet Your Female Faculty!", in November 2025, complete with drinks and food. Students met their female faculty and fellow classmates, shared why they chose Information Systems, talked about their expectations for the program, and got to know each other in a relaxed setting.

We celebrated the end of the year at "Nourishing Minds & Hearts #2 – Christmas Market Edition" with festive drinks and food at the Christmas Market. Students caught up with their female faculty and peers, shared how their semester had been, and brainstormed ideas on how to make Information Systems more inclusive at our university.

We started the new semester with our third "Nourishing Minds and Hearts #3 – Connect, Reflect, Empower". We reflected on the fall semester and shared experiences around belonging and confidence. The event included empowerment presentations by our female faculty who shared their own experiences and insights.

Women+ in Information Systems at the 11th Tech-Kalinen Meetup: Career Paths of Women in STEM Fields

As part of the 11th Tech-Kalinen Meetup, titled “From idea to career: Women in STEM share their journeys,” three different career paths in STEM fields were presented. The goal of the event was to highlight the diversity of career opportunities in STEM and to shed light on both the differences and similarities among these career paths.

The event was organized by the Tech-Kalinen network together with the Women+ in Information Systems initiative at the Department of Information Systems at the University of Münster. The student initiative Women do IT from Department 10 (Mathematics and Computer Science) also presented itself

Among the speakers were Dr. Beate Rottkemper (Head of Sustainability Management, UKM), as well as Dr. Lena Clever and Dr. Fumi Kurihara from the Department of Information Systems. They shared personal insights into their career paths in research, teaching, and industry, and reflected on key experiences, challenges, and pivotal moments. It became clear that career paths are rarely linear and that openness to new opportunities often leads to unexpected possibilities.

Key takeaways from the evening included the importance of individual career paths as well as the insight that technological innovation and societal impact are not mutually exclusive.

The Tech-Kalinen network connects women in tech professions in the Münsterland region, fostering exchange and increasing the visibility of women in tech as role models and contacts for early-career talent. The network focuses on current topics in the digital and technology sectors and discusses approaches to addressing the lack of diversity in the field.