December 2023 Connect
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
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Posted by: Jennifer Riggs
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GWIS National Fellowship Program |
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Join the 2024-2025 National Fellowship Program!
GWIS National Fellowship Program invites you to serve on the committee for the 2024-2025 fellowship competition. The committee plays a critical role in advancing the fellowship program’s goal to recognize emerging women scholars with great potential and to advance the participation of women in STEM, Life Science, and related Social Science fields. This is a great opportunity to hone leadership skills, expand professional networks, advance the mission of GWIS, and gain practical experience as a grant administrator. If you are interested in participating, please complete the following interest form. Fellowship committee members and reviewers may not be 2024-2025 fellowship applicants.
We are pleased to welcome researchers to apply for the 2024-2025 GWIS National Fellowship Program. Graduate students, postdocs, and early career faculty women conducting hypothesis-driven research anywhere in the world are welcome to apply. Applications are due on Monday, January 8, 2024, at 5:00 pm Eastern Time.
All questions regarding the program should be addressed to the program officers at fellowships@gwis.org. |
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GWIS Honorary Membership Award Nomination |
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We are inviting nominations for outstanding women scientists in the following categories: - The Bette Barnes Promising Young Scientist Award
- The Florence R. Sabin Research Excellence Award
- The Jean E. Simmons Science Education Excellence Award
- Science Communications Award
Deadline: December 22, 2023 by 11:59 PM EST.
Fill out the nomination form online at https://www.gwis.org/page/honorary_membership |
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GWIS Elective Offices Nominations |
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Call for Nominations! The Nominating Committee of Graduate Women in Science invites all members to participate in nominating candidates for elective offices. This may be done individually or collectively through the chapter in which you hold membership. Do not overlook nominating yourself. The Nominating Committee is interested in receiving the names of everyone who is interested in serving in a national office. Each local chapter and each of the three Chapter At-Large delegates receive nomination forms and nominee’s consent forms in the fall. Individual members can obtain such forms by request to the Chair of the Nominating Committee, from their local chapter, or from GWIS.org. The ballot, along with brief biographies of the chosen nominees, will be printed in the May & June issues of GWIS News Media. To meet the GWIS News Media deadlines, the Nominating Committee requests receipt of completed nomination forms by mid-April. Nominees are needed for the following national offices: President-Elect Serves one year and automatically advances to President
Vice-President Serves one year and advances by election to President-Elect
Treasurer Elected for a two-year term
Recording & Corresponding Secretary Elected for a two-year term
Member of the Board of Directors Serves a five-year term and is usually a past officer of national GWIS
At-Large Delegate Serves a three year-term with third year as chair
Member of the Membership Committee Serves a three year-term with third year as chair
Member of the Nominating Committee Serves a three year-term with third year as chair
Nominees must be in good standing (dues paid) and must subscribe to the objectives of the organization. Thank you for helping to create a stronger national organization of GWIS. Please return nominations and acceptance of candidacy forms to the Nominating Committee Chair. |
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GWIS Programming Virtual Film Screening Survey |
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| The GWIS Programming Committee plans to host a Virtual Film Screening for GWIS members in the upcoming months! Please take this quick survey below to share your opinions about which films you'd like to see. |
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GWIS Events Google Calender |
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| We encourage all GWIS Chapters to utilize the new Events Google Calendar! The calendar is accessible to anyone with a GWIS Google account, and can be used to share upcoming events. You can access the calendar by clicking the button below! |
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Is your chapter interested in meeting other GWIS members over Zoom? Rolla Chapter of GWIS has created the “GWIS National Mingle”. It has been a great opportunity to meet other GWIS members and talk about life.
Time: every Wednesday from 12:30-1:30 PM PST
If you are interested in participating, please join the event via Zoom. |
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Volunteer for a GWIS Committee |
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Interested in volunteering? We need your help! We are recruiting committee members.
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Join the GWIS Slack Workspace |
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Join the GWIS Slack workspace, a new space where you can network with other members and discuss events, career questions, and more. |
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| GWIS Members: Advertise your employment position for free in our GWIS Career Center! Contact Jennifer Riggs at jriggs@gwis.org to learn more. |
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Hope you've had a wonderful holiday and are back to doing cool science with new rigor and determination!
It's almost the end of the year! you got this! |
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The last few weeks in submitting nominations for this award!!
The Honorary Membership Award 2024 is currently inviting nominations for outstanding women scientists in the following categories:- The Bette Barnes PRomising Young Scientist Award
- The Florence R. Sabin Research Excellence Award
- The Jean E. Simmons Science Education Excellence Award
- Science Communications Award
Deadline: December 22, 2023, by 11:59 PM EST.
Please fill out the nomination form online at https://www.gwis.org/page/honorary_membership |
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| The Syracuse Chapter held a meet-and-greet event a few weeks ago!! looks like it was a success and its wonderful to see positive smiling faces! |
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The GWIS Madison Chapter started a cool new series highlighting women in STEM at UW Madison. Their first speaker was Dr. Laura Hernandez!
Check out her full bio at https://gwisbeta.org
@llhlactationlab |
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The GWIS LA Chapter is hosted a fun night of festive cheer and inspiration at “Shine Bright: A Holiday Celebration for Women in STEM” 🌟🔬 with free food, peer networking, and a multicultural and insightful discussion on science and engineering!
🌟Dasha Mazura is a dynamic SWE-LA Liaison with a rich background in Chemistry & Technology;
Simran Saxena is a specialist in cellular and wireless networks with a fresh Master’s from USC;
Ami Shah, an innovative CEO of SVAA Labs with a mission to empower through STEAM;
Konnie Urbaniak, postdoctoral fellow combining biochemistry and bioinformatics for breakthrough research;
and David Xiao, is leveraging his experience at Rolls-Royce to pivot to the space industry.
event cohosted by @swe.losangeles @dashewcenterucla! |
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International Chapter
If interested in participating in the International Chapter's WhatsApp group, please send an email to International Chapter with the subject “Whatsapp for International”.
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| | Get Involved with GWIS! Support and be part of a growing network of women scientists. |
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About GWIS Founded in 1921, Graduate Women in Science is an inter-disciplinary society of scientists who collectively seek to advance the participation and recognition of women in science and to foster research through grants, awards and fellowships. We comprise over 30 active chapters of more than 900 women who are "United in Friendship through Science" to support and inspire member professional goals and mutual appreciation of science. Learn more at www.gwis.org. |
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