Nominations for the 2021-2022 term are now open until March 5th! Nominate yourself, another UMass graduate student, or a team of UMass graduate students enthusiastic about advancing women in STEM and leading a great organization HERE. 2021-2022 GWIS executive board election timeline: Nominations: February – March 5th Elections (voting online): March 8th – March 22nd […]
Announcement
Broken Silence: GQM Special Edition 2017
CW: Sexual violence Dear Colleagues and Friends, Today we are launching the special edition of GWIS Quarterly Magazine (#GQM) focused on submitted stories of sexual violence within our STEM academic community. Sexual violence is an issue that is ever-present within our campus community, but one with reach far beyond STEM. It affects people – especially […]
Donate to GWIS Through UMass Giving!
Great news, folks – you can now designate donations for Graduate Women in STEM through UMass Giving!
GWIS Trivia Night and Information Session February 29th
Are you interested in learning more about the types of programming GWIS does? Would you like to meet other graduate women in STEM fields from outside your department or program in a fun low-key setting? Do you need a little break from work in the evening to refresh? Do you like trivia?! Then join the […]
Executive Board Election Results!
Thanks to all GWIS members who voted, and special appreciation to all the candidates who ran. The results are: Executive Co-Chairs – Rachel Koh and Amy Ryan Communications Committee Chair – Christie Cutting Finance Committee Chair – Amy Strauss Mentoring Committee Co-Chairs – Laura Parker and Aditi Naik Outreach Committee Co-chairs – Maggie Ugolini and Zana Cranmer Professional Development Chair – Amee Trivedi Networking […]
Voting for ’16-17 Executive Board is now OPEN!
GWIS Members, Voting for the incoming executive board positions is now OPEN for GWIS members! Voting will take place online through December 4th (this Friday) until 5pm. Please check your email inboxes for your unique voting link via SurveyMonkey. Election results will be announced Monday December 7th. You can read about the candidate platforms at […]
Nominations for 2016-2017 GWIS Executive Board NOW OPEN!
Nominations for the 2016-2017 term are now open until November 27th! Nominate yourself, another UMass graduate student, or a team of UMass graduate students enthusiastic about advancing women in STEM and leading a great organization HERE. 2015-2016 GWIS executive board election timeline: Nominations: November 9th-27th Elections (voting online): November 30th – December 4th Shadow period […]
Help Wanted!
GWIS just keeps growing as new members of the existing UMass community and incoming graduate students learn about us from their more senior colleagues or from our orientation recruitment push. Sadly, GWIS also keeps shrinking as our members graduate and move on to the next stage in their careers, wherever that may take them. And […]
Become a Virtual STEM Mentor for Girls Inc Eureka Girls!
Dear CNS Post-docs and Graduate Students, Want to inspire the next generation of STEM professionals? Had a blast teaching workshops for the Girls Inc Eureka! program? Want to strengthen the presence of women in the STEM pipeline? Become a Virtual STEM Mentor for Girls Inc Eureka Girls! The Virtual STEM Mentoring project has been developed […]
Congratulations to the elected 2014-2015 GWIS officers and committee chairs!
Here are the results of December’s election: Administrative Executive Chair: Jess McIver Liaison Executive Chair: Katrina Rieger Outreach Committee Co-chairs: Amy Ryan and Arianne Bazilio Mentoring Committee Chair: Lily Jeznach Finance Committee Chair: Wystan Carswell Congratulations all, and we look forward to seeing what this talented and diverse team can do! Stay tuned for mini-bios. […]
