Genevieve Rigler, PIRE Researcher, speaks at annual Women Who Build Summit
Genevieve Rose Rigler, PIRE undergraduate researcher, spoke as the only undergraduate student at the annual Women Who Build Summit on February 21, 2019. The event was hosted by the Construction Institute at Goodwin College with professionals from the field of architecture, engineering and construction in attendance for the educational presentations, motivational stories and networking opportunities.
The speaking opportunity first began when Carolina Cudemus, Genevieve’s Professional Women in Construction mentor of two years, invited her to serve on the Women Who Build Summit Planning Committee. Through the series of weekly phone conference calls, she was then asked to speak as one of three panelists at the breakout session she had helped plan.
The session was titled “Do You Know What You Want?” She shared her career journey which included detailing the personal and professional growth afforded to her via her work with PIRE.
When asked about faith in her abilities to make pivotal life decisions, she answered,
“There is always an inherent risk to making career decisions, or decisions in general. If you know the answer before you began, this would be a limiting factor to the many benefits the process of creativity yields. Not knowing is not a bad thing; there is a lot to be learned in the process of saying yes.”
She concluded with her gratitude that her journey, arduous at times, led her to be working on the PIRE project.
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Published: March 27, 2019