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