Want to meet other graduate women in STEM? Already in a peer mentoring group, or want to join a new group? Come kick-off a new semester of GWIS Peer Mentoring. At this speed-dating event, you’ll get to meet and select the best peer mentoring group for you. In a peer mentoring group, you’ll have the […]
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STEM Diversity Workshop
Dr. Connie Chow, a scientist and educator, infuses STEM with play, feminism and inclusion. She founded The-Exploratory (the-exploratory.org) to empower teachers and girls to bring science to life in Ghana. She’s an associate lecturer in the Honors College at UMass Boston and a visiting social entrepreneur at the Center for Women’s Health and Human Rights […]
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 […]
GSDSE Spring 2016 Diversity Seminar Series
We are excited to invite you to the GSDSE Spring 2016 diversity seminar series next Thursday and Friday, February 11th and 12th. We are delighted to have Professor Thomas Epps III as our invited seminar speaker. Professor Epps will give a diversity and a technical talk, where he will share with us his views about […]
The Politics of Job Interviews and Salary Negotiations: Tips on Career Building for Graduate Students
Register now to attend a panel discussion focusing on the politics involved in job interviews and salary negotiations and issues related to intersectional identities.
Graduate/Undergraduate Mentoring Dinner: Selling Yourself as a Scientist!
This is a great opportunity for graduate students to mentor undergraduates about graduate school, interviewing tips, and career advice. We will be workshoping elevator pitches and discussing personal statements. We’re looking for 10-15 enthusiastic graduate students to attend. Dinner from Atkins Farms will be provided. Additionally, if you know any undergraduates who would benefit from […]
AAAS Fellows Panel- Bridging Policy and Careers
This event informed the graduate community about the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, and connected event participants to past fellows that could serve as a resource for future applications. It was applicable to all STEM students as well as students from other disciplines, and clarified questions regarding the application process, life in Washington DC, and […]
Diversity in STEM: Best Practices in Faculty and Graduate Student Recruitment and Retention
At this event, we wanted to get an external perspective of Diversity in STEM fields in academia. We wanted to look at the faculty situation and had a great speaker from UDel who is currently a dean of engineering. Professor Pamela Cook is a applied mathematician and she shared her thoughts about the field overall in […]
The Imposter Syndrome Luncheon hosted by GSCA and GWIS
This was a great event for anyone feeling overwhelmed by grad school. The Impostor Syndrome is a common phenomenon among graduate students, characterized by a feeling of personal inadequacy. It’s certainly something that I’ve struggled with throughout my three years at UMass, and unfortunately, the panelists confirmed that these feelings rarely go away completely, but […]
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 […]
