Meet Kristen Loyd and Kristen Merchant

As the respective roles as director and associate director for the Union and Student Activities Office, Kristen Loyd and Kristen Merchant talk about the supportive environment they have as female leaders at Rose-Hulman, and their roles in empowering and supporting female students at Rose.  

Women in STEM

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Luanne Tilstra

Professor of Chemistry Luanne Tilstra is an expert in physical and polymer chemistry. She helped establish and was the inaugural director of what's now known as the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Rose-Hulman and is currently active in establishing support systems for women faculty and students in STEM.    

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SWE Video Series

The pandemic hasn’t kept Rose-Hulman’s Society of Women Engineers student chapter members from reaching out through other creative ways to introduce girls to STEM fields, especially those with academic programs on campus. The students’ YouTube video series have been a big hit, maybe even Oscar worthy!

Christine Buckley

Christine Buckley

Dr. Christine Buckley has worked to bring STEM education to K-12 students while teaching biomedical and mechanical engineering at Rose-Hulman for more than 20 years. She was recently named Faculty Director of the new Noblitt Scholars program.
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