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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?

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GWE General Body Meeting

September 14th, 2022

Sign in

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Invited Speakers

Ice Cream Social

Fancy Dinners

Volunteering

Craft Nights

Conferences

Events and mentorship with SWE

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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

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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)