Women In Science at Evergreen

Hey everyone!

Gabi from Matter and Motion brought this exciting opportunity to my attention (post copied from the program’s website):

The APS CUWiP 2018 (American Physical Society Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics) will be held Fri. Jan. 12 – Sun. Jan. 14. For Evergreen students, the preferred site is the University of Oregon (Eugene, OR).

Read all about it at the APS CUWiP at UO Conference Website. Registration deadline is Fri. Oct. 13 at 8:59pm (our local time). The application information page has a link to the application form. The application form is straightforward. You should be able to complete most of it with little difficulty.

• Under Coverage of Conference Travel, click Yes to “Have you asked your department Chair to cover…” and “Will your department be able to cover…”
• The Applicant Statement will require some time but it’s between 100 and 200 words. Make sure to keep a copy of your Applicant Statement in your records somewhere.

If you are accepted, there is a $45 registration cost (so you don’t pay until after you are accepted). This will be the only cost to participants (it helps defray lodging, meals, and other conference costs, and Evergreen will pay for your transportation). A registration fee waiver can be applied for if necessary.

If you are interested in this awesome conference, you should definitely apply! Note that the deadline is this Friday – sorry for the late notice, I only heard about this myself last night!

Let me know if you have any questions about this process.

All the best,

Tessa

 

Hey WISE folks!

Here are the minutes for last week’s meeting (thanks to Anchal for taking notes!):

• I. Introductions
  • a. At least 9 people showed up for our first meeting
  • b. Most of them were new faces! Welcome, everyone.
• II. WISE Last Year
  • a. We held monthly meetings during which we:
    • i. discussed books or other readings we’d done by feminist authors or were geared toward women in science;
    • ii. watched TED Talks and discussed them;
    • iii. shared our experiences.
  • b. All meetings are summarized here, on our blog! Scroll down for more.

• III. WISE This Year
  • a. We are officially a student group on campus!
  • b. Fundraising – we are technically a nonprofit so companies get a tax write-off when they donate to us!
  • c. Event plans include:
    • i. Women in Science forum including a panel of Evergreen science faculty;
    • ii. Internship/grad school/job interview workshops with Academic and Career Advising;
    • iii. Bird/plant/mushroom walks around Olympia – no experience necessary!;
    • iv. Kayaking tour in the Sound with Evergreen grad & naturalist Sam Kaviar;
    • v. Coordination with the Astronomy Club and ChaOS (with the possibility of bringing Neil Degrasse Tyson to campus!);
    • vi. WISE study sessions! On campus or off!;
    • vii. Sharing scientific knowledge/projects people are working on to learn about other fields of study;
    • viii. Communicating with national women in science organisations – Association for Women in Science (AWIS), Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), Native American Women in Computing (NAWiC);
    • ix. Scholarships/research funding application workshops;
    • x. Creating a display for the Spring Science Carnival about women and diversity in science;
    • xi. Hanging out together during the January Women’s March

• IV. Delegation
  • a. Facebook/social media – Trinity graciously offered to keep our Facebook page and online presence alive and updated!
  • b. Artists – Anchal and Trinity are interested in helping design banners and buttons for our group! Thanks so much!

• V. Flyering
  • a. Several members took some flyers I printed off and posted them up around the CAB, Lab 2, theComm Building, and the CRC!
  • b. I also gave out a bunch of handbills for people to give to interested people in their programs.
  • c. Lab 1, the library, and (maybe) the dorms could still use some WISE flyers! I have a bunch of colour copies still so if you’ve got some time to put flyers up, let me know and I can get them to you!
  • d. Also email me if you’d like the smaller version of the flyer to hand out to your friends!

I couldn’t have asked for a better first meeting, and I can’t wait to see you all again very soon! Have a stellar week 3, everybody!

Cheers,
Tessa