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 […]
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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)!
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 […]
Enhance Your Colleagues’ Creativity through Selfless Listening
This workshop will teach participants a disciplined form of listening that is designed to help a colleague elaborate and clarify ideas that may still be fuzzy in her mind. The effort of explaining an idea and answering questions posed by the listener will push the client to figure out what she wants to say. Unlike the more […]
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 […]
I Want YOU! To Impact Public Policy
The Scientists and Engineers Impacting Public Policy panel was an overwhelming success – over 30 students attended! While scientists and engineers are routinely praised for contributions to the research community, it is also important to recognize their valuable contributions to public policy and service. The ability to involve, engage, and serve the public can have […]
Election results for 2015-2016 GWIS executive board
Thanks to all GWIS members who voted, and special appreciation to all the candidates who ran. The results are: Executive co-chair: Organization administrator – Lilian Jeznach Executive co-chair: University liaison – Rachel Koh Communications committee chair – Dina Navon Finance committee co-chairs – Amy Strauss and Katie Booras Mentoring committee co-chairs – Laura Parker and Aditi Naik […]
GWIS Members – Please Share Your Story!
Please consider contributing to the spring 2015 special edition of the GWIS Quarterly Magazine. We want to learn from your experiences! Use the Google Form (see link below) to submit anonymously by answering one or more of the prompts, and potentially see your submission in GQM. Thank you! -the GQM team Share your story!
GQM Spring 2015 – Special Edition, Call for Abstracts (or Stories)
I’m excited to announce a very special issue of the GWIS Quarterly Magazine, to be published in Spring 2015. We want to highlight YOUR stories! We’ve provided you with several prompts to help get the creative forces flowing, and we’re inviting you to *anonymously* share your experiences in the field, in the workplace, or in […]
Nominations for 2015-2016 executive board now open!
Nominations for the 2015-2016 term are now open until November 40th. Nominate yourself or another UMass graduate student enthusiastic about advancing women in STEM and leading a great organization HERE. 2015-2016 GWIS executive board election timeline: Nominations: November 10th-30th Elections: December 1-5 Shadow period for elected leaders to shadow current leaders: Jan – April Term […]
