New peer mentoring groups are starting to form from the primordial GWIS sludge! Sign up if you’re interested in joining a new support network (not just because of the ice cream social that will happen in a few weeks, date TBA)! Hope to see you there 🙂 Here’s the link again: https://websites.umass.edu/gwis/2015/05/04/interested-in-peer-mentoring/
SWE Junior Engineering Girl Scouts Day Saturday April 25th
The Society of Women Engineers are in need of a couple more volunteers for Junior Engineering Girl Scouts Day this Saturday, April 25th and would love to have some of the GWIS women help out. This year the girl scouts are building solar cars and learning about alternative energies. Each volunteer will primarily work with […]
New GWIS headquarters!
The GWIS office and meeting space is now located in Goessman 252! All are welcome to use this big, beautiful, science-y space to meet, work, and share time together. Check out this gallery documenting GWIS members making this former lab space a nice place to meet and work: The next GWIS General Body meeting will be […]
April Graduate Student Appreciation Day Coffee Hour
Come network (and eat donuts!) with graduate students from STEM fields at our FINAL coffee hour of the semester! WHEN: Wednesday, April 22 10:30 am – 11:30 am WHERE: Morrill II Room 319 Enjoy free coffee, cheesecake, Atkins cider donuts, and fruit! All are welcome – no registration required.
Dr. Marisha Godek Returns to UMass Next Wednesday, 4/22
Dr. Godek previously attended our Spring 2014 Networking Mixer, where she was a stellar panelist. Next week, she returns to give a talk at Casey Gilman’s Science Communication course. The talk will be open to other students – pre-registration is required (see details below). Communications is very excited to announce that OPD is sponsoring an […]
Networking’s First Event – the Gender Matters Lecture Reception
Around fifty people showed up to our networking reception which took place immediately after the Gender Matters Lecture last week. The lecture focused on implicit biases against women in STEM, in academia, and in general. The reception afterwards had a fantastic turnout – we were really excited to see everyone there! Attendees included students, faculty, […]
Fulbright scholarship events
Want to continue your graduate studies or research abroad? Join the ranks of UMass Amherst graduate students in STEM fields who have been awarded a Fulbright scholarship! The UMass Commonwealth Honors College is hosting two events this semester to help boost your chance of success: Info session on April 15 from 12:00 Application boot camp on […]
GWIS Spring 2015 General Body Meeting
It’s finally getting warmer outside, and that means it’s time for our spring General Body meeting! Thursday, April 23rd @ 5:30pm At the NEW GWIS headquarters – Goessman 252 We have some exciting things in store: Tour of our new space, open to all GWIS members for meeting, studying, or hanging out Excellent TRIVIA with free […]
(Another) Fantastic Undergraduate/Graduate Student Mentoring Dinner!
Last month at a mentoring dinner event, our dinner theme focused on graduate school applications – we wanted to get the undergraduate students interested in and excited about the process of applying to graduate school. Our undergraduate mentees got plenty of informal time to talk about their thoughts on graduate school and ask any questions they […]
Dr. Connie Chow Visits UMass on April 6th
Dr. Connie Chow is a fearless and inspiring advocate for women’s education in the US and internationally. Honored as one of Mass High Tech’s 2012 Women to Watch, Dr. Chow served as executive director at the Science Club for Girls for more than eight years and is currently working to expand a STEM education project […]
