Committee
Graduate Women in STEM Present: Graduate School Panel
How to apply? What is graduate school like? How do you find mentors, or funding, and more! October 15th 5:00– 6:00 PM EST Sign up here! https://forms.gle/4iH8x5WijDFPfJiz8
Mentoring Committee Recap of Fall 2019
Last semester, the mentoring committee organized and partook in several different events on and off campus. Here are some highlights and photos! If you are interested in similar events, have ideas for new events, or would like a leadership role in GWIS, come join one of our mentoring committee meetings or apply to one of […]
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 […]
The GQM Team is Back in Action!
After a hiatus, the GWIS Quarterly Magazine (GQM) team is excited to bring you our newest issue, Academy(TM)!
Donate to GWIS Through UMass Giving!
Great news, folks – you can now designate donations for Graduate Women in STEM through UMass Giving!
GWIS Practice Cross-Cultural Communication
In a new workshop designed and implemented by GWIS, students learned how to better communicate between across different cultural divides. Our facilitator, Dr. Amer Ahmed, led the group through some activities/exercises as well as some more lecture-style teaching about intercultural communication and competency, with a mix of theoretical models and relatable examples. There was some […]
UMass Grad Students Dive into Improv
Last Thursday at our Improve Your Communication with Improv! Workshop, six UMass graduate students from different areas of STEM came together to loosen up and practice some exercise that will help them become more effective communicators. We played games such as “Who Am I?” (pictured below) and “Presentation Karaoke”, and students were asked to explain […]
Networking Across Cultures: Professional Skills for Cross-Cultural Communication
Interested in international academic or industry collaborations? Come learn and practice professional skills for cross-cultural interaction! RSVP today by clicking here!
Teaching in All Types of Classrooms
We had a great time holding the Teaching in All Types of Classrooms Situation Room, and we hope you were there to participate! This event started with a brief introduction to teaching pedagogy and what are some of the most common mistakes made while teaching by the panel of experts. The panel for this situation […]
