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.
- a. We held monthly meetings during which we:
- 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
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