Interested in mentoring? Want to get involved with a GWIS committee? Come to the first Mentoring Committee meeting of the fall. We’ll be getting organized for the semester and planning our upcoming undergraduate mentoring series! When: This Thursday, 10/8, at noon Where: GWIS HQ (Goessman 252) Pizza will be provided!
Mentoring
Graduate Student, Post-Doc, & Faculty Luncheon
We’re very excited to announce our fall grad student, post-doc, and faculty luncheons! These will take place on Tuesday, Sept 29th and Thursday, Nov 4th from noon to one in the Gunness Student Center at Marcus Hall. These events are a great way to meet faculty and other young professionals in the STEM fields and learn about their experiences as women in […]
Last Week’s Summer Graduate Student/Faculty Luncheon
The GWIS Faculty Luncheon was a phenomenal success! We had an enormous quantity of sandwiches, salads, and cookies from Black Sheep and Panera. For the event, we had almost 45 graduate students and 8 faculty attend. Everyone enjoyed the conversations and learned a lot from talking with faculty and other graduate students. We were so […]
Peer Mentoring Groups Will Kick Off Summer with an Ice Cream Social!
It’s an Ice Cream* Social! Join us for a chance to meet your new peer mentoring group members. We’ll be guiding groups with some icebreaker activities and tips & tricks to keep your group going strong all summer long! Monday, June 8th @ 5-6pm 252 Goessmann *dairy-free options and toppings will be available
Interested in Peer Mentoring?
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/
(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 […]
Undergraduate/Graduate Mentoring Dinner was a resounding success (again)!
Last week’s undergraduate/graduate mentoring dinner went extremely well! We had 30 attendees and received positive feedback about the speed elevator pitch activity, in which students were asked to give their short “elevator pitch” (what you would tell someone about your research if you met them on a long elevator ride) to other students. Students were nervous […]
Graduate Student/Faculty Luncheons, 2/24 and 4/29
What: Graduate Student/Faculty Luncheons, a fantastic way to network or get advice in an informal, relaxed setting. Female faculty members from CNS and CoE are invited to attend so that STEM graduate students can meet with them and discuss topics ranging from research to work/life balance to academic politics and back again. Enjoy a yummy (free) […]
Fall Brings the Return of the Graduate Student/Faculty Luncheon!
The leaves are changing colors, the undergraduates have arrived, and the fall graduate student/faculty luncheons will return! Make sure you RSVP to reserve your spot at the table. Don’t be shy – register for one OR both today! When: October 21st and November 18th, 12-1pm Where: Gunness Student Center, Marcus Hall Why: Enjoy a free lunch […]
