Mini speed-dating - icebreaker while people get here

Question ideas (but feel free to stray away)

• Name, department, year?
• Favorite food?
• Do you drink caffeinated drinks? What’s your fave?
• What’s your favorite cheese?
• What hobbies do you have?
• Do you have any pets?
• Toilet paper roll - up or down?
• Do you believe in ghosts?
• Are muffin tops superior to muffin bottoms?
• If you were an animal, what would you be?
• What’s the best utensil?

GWE General Body Meeting

September 14th, 2022

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Invited Speakers

Ice Cream Social

Fancy Dinners

Volunteering

Craft Nights

Conferences

Events and mentorship with SWE

Programs and events

• Buddies Program - One-on-one mentorship program between 1st year grad students and GWE members
• Meet n greet was 9/8
• Mentor/mentee pairs sent out this week

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• Grad School 101 - a great way to learn things about graduate school that aren’t covered in orientation.
• First seminar happened on Monday 9/12 - “Welcome to Berkeley”
• In October - “Managing advisor relationships” (date and location TBD)

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• Social events - ice cream socials, picnics, happy hours, crafts, and more!
• Ice cream social - 8/26
• Upcoming park hang end of September (stay tuned)
• LAGSES/BGESS/SACNAS/GWE welcome back bbq - October 7th

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• Speaker Series - A forum for women scientists and engineers to share their experiences (food included!)
• Held in the Spring, look out for info next semester

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• outreach/volunteer opportunities, networking events, mentorship opportunities, and more :)

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Committee intros

Social - Scarlet

New Students - Kalie

Career and Professional Dev - Emily

Personal Dev - Jaewon

Outreach - Anna

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GWE Annual Survey

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A chance to

• Suggest events
• Provide feedback
• Share any and all comments you have

(i.e. ways we can better support you/your community, improvements to communication or accessibility, etc)