A professional society and network of LGBTQ students at Texas A&M.
Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM) at Texas A&M is a chapter of the national non-profit professional society (oSTEM Incorporated) with more than 100 chapters across the United States. Our mission is to empower queer folks at Texas A&M University studying or working in STEM fields to succeed personally, academically, and professionally. We aim to achieve this mission by (1) building a community of LGBTQ Aggies, from students to faculty, staff, and administration, (2) connecting our membership to recruiters and representatives of LGBTQ-affirming companies in Texas and around the globe and (3) and by developing initiatives that foster innovation, leadership, and advocacy as it relates to gender and sexual identity.
in the Spring, a professor panel, made up of LGBTQ faculty at A&M, speaking and giving advice about being out in the workplace/academia.
We structure the meetings so that you can choose between attending professional events, attending social/educational events, and/or do both. The choice is yours! Take a look at our meeting schedule.
Due to COVID-19, all meetings are being hosted over Zoom, and Zoom links will be posted on the Discord.
2. A Discord to meet and socialize in
We’ve ditched GroupMe in favor of Discord, a free messaging platform geared towards community discussion and announcements. It’s the 21st century’s midpoint between formal emails and texting in one massive groupchat. In the Discord server, there are separate channels for separate topics. Our Discord channels are for:
Because of COVID-19, Discord is our primary form of communicating and meeting this Spring 2021. We have engineered our Discord to be as welcoming and intuitive to use as possible for all newcomers!
3. Multiple Annual All-Expenses-Paid-For National Conferences
Every year, we send as many of our members as we can to the National oSTEM Conference in late November and the O4U Conference(s) in September & October. These conferences are massive opportunities to network and meet LGBTQ people like you, with jobs. They want to hire you and all you have to do is show up with a resumé, suit, and your best attitude! Admittance, flights, booking, and all travel expenses are entirely funded and paid for by the oSTEM National Organization and Texas A&M University!
