note: you have to click “continue reading” for the full formatting, including RSVP links, to become active September 7th, 5:30PM: Diversity Welcoming Potluck outdoors on the Engineering Quad (RSVP) September 21st, 5:30 PM: Undergrad/Grad Mentoring Dinner September 30th, 4:30 PM: New Member Welcome Meeting in GWIS HQ (Goessman 252- directions). We will head to the networking mixer together afterwards! […]
August Digest
GWIS in August (unless otherwise noted, each event is open to all members) August 2nd, 2:00-4:00pm: GWIS and GRiD DataScience mini series in Python and R, in CS150/151 August 2nd, 4:00-6:00pm: Communications Committee meeting in GWIS HQ (Goessman 252) week of August 8th: Mentoring Committee meeting (reply to gwis@grad.umass.edu for specific time/location) August 16th,12pm: Faculty Mentoring Luncheon (RSVP required) Ongoing: The […]
Get Involved with the GWIS MinuteFund Fundraising Campaign!
The GWIS Finance committee is looking for YOUR help in launching an exciting new crowd-funding campaign through UMass MinuteFund to fundraise for GWIS!
Donate to GWIS Through UMass Giving!
Great news, folks – you can now designate donations for Graduate Women in STEM through UMass Giving!
GWIS Practice Cross-Cultural Communication
In a new workshop designed and implemented by GWIS, students learned how to better communicate between across different cultural divides. Our facilitator, Dr. Amer Ahmed, led the group through some activities/exercises as well as some more lecture-style teaching about intercultural communication and competency, with a mix of theoretical models and relatable examples. There was some […]
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 […]
Networking Across Cultures: Professional Skills for Cross-Cultural Communication
Interested in international academic or industry collaborations? Come learn and practice professional skills for cross-cultural interaction! RSVP today by clicking here!
Two STEM Diversity Talks this Week!
“STEMing the Tide: Female Experts and Peers act as “Social Vaccines” that Inoculate Young Women against Stereotypes and Increase their Participation in STEM Careers” Nilanjana Dasgupta is a social psychologist whose work focuses on the effects of social contexts on implicit stereotypes – particularly on factors which insulate women in STEM fields from harmful stereotypes […]
Teaching in All Types of Classrooms
We had a great time holding the Teaching in All Types of Classrooms Situation Room, and we hope you were there to participate! This event started with a brief introduction to teaching pedagogy and what are some of the most common mistakes made while teaching by the panel of experts. The panel for this situation […]
Teaching in All Types of Classrooms Situation Room with the Women in Transportation Society
You’ve asked and we’ve listened- the teaching assistant situation room is being offered again! Being a teaching assistant is quite common in graduate school, but rarely do you receive some sort of training in how to effectively teach in a discussion, lab, or lecture setting. This can inherently lead to anxiety and difficulties when in […]
