Biweekly Newsletter
November 16, 2020
Digest
Internal Updates
- Non-traditional Student Working Group Meeting - TODAY
- BIG Ideas Book Club - 11/18
- Yoga and Meditation Morning - 11/20
- GWP Website for 150W is live (and looks sooooo awesome). Send in your Zine content!
- Career Panel - 12/2
- GWE Trivia and General Body Meeting - 12/10
- Did you attend our Adulting 101: Mastering the Basics of Personal Finance Event?
Fellowships and Professional Development
- Popping the Science Bubble Looking for Speakers - Apply by 11/20
- LEED Center Certification
Community Events
- Be an Interviewer to help hire the new College of Chemistry Chief Diversity Officer
- Student Workers at Cal Info Session
- First Generation Low-Income (FGLI) Grads social events Cont.!
- Empowering Women of Color Conference - 11/20
Happy Turk-GWE Day!!
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Internal Updates
Non-traditional Student Working Group Meeting
TODAY, November 16 from 12-1pm
GWE is hosting an event focused on non-traditional graduate students (students parents, students older than their cohort, students with work experience, veterans, etc.).
Join us in an interactive panel to discuss the challenges you face as a non-traditional graduate student and work directly to help UC Berkeley better support you. We will be hosting the following panelists:
See attached flyer.
All attendees can be reimbursed up to $15 for snacks or coffee. Be sure to save your itemized receipt that has the purchaser’s name printed - reimbursement form will be sent at and after the meeting. Furthermore, all attendees will have a chance to win gift cards totaling to $200.
Zoom link // Meeting ID: 973 5182 9236 // Passcode: 451198
TODAY, November 16 from 12-1pm
GWE is hosting an event focused on non-traditional graduate students (students parents, students older than their cohort, students with work experience, veterans, etc.).
Join us in an interactive panel to discuss the challenges you face as a non-traditional graduate student and work directly to help UC Berkeley better support you. We will be hosting the following panelists:
- Amy Honigman, Graduate Wellness Specialist
- Bobby Stahl, Anthropology Ph.D. Student and Graduate Student Parent Advocate
- Tomie Lenear, Program Coordinator, Student Parent Center
- Larissa Charnsangavej, Director of Graduate Student Life
- Ron Williams, Director of CE3 Independent Student Programs
See attached flyer.
All attendees can be reimbursed up to $15 for snacks or coffee. Be sure to save your itemized receipt that has the purchaser’s name printed - reimbursement form will be sent at and after the meeting. Furthermore, all attendees will have a chance to win gift cards totaling to $200.
Zoom link // Meeting ID: 973 5182 9236 // Passcode: 451198
BIG Ideas Book Club
Wednesday, November 18 at 6pm
The Big IDEA Book and Media Club in collaboration with LAGSES is going strong! Shout out to Nicole Farias, Kalie Knecht, and Nico Castrillon for being an amazing organizing team! This Wednesday, we are meeting to finish our discussion of Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton. ✊
What should we read and watch next? Fill out this form.
We have designated GWE funding to assist members in accessing this material. Contact Nicole Farias (nfarias@berkeley.edu) if you’d like to join but can’t find a copy of the material.
Wednesday, November 18 at 6pm
The Big IDEA Book and Media Club in collaboration with LAGSES is going strong! Shout out to Nicole Farias, Kalie Knecht, and Nico Castrillon for being an amazing organizing team! This Wednesday, we are meeting to finish our discussion of Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton. ✊
What should we read and watch next? Fill out this form.
We have designated GWE funding to assist members in accessing this material. Contact Nicole Farias (nfarias@berkeley.edu) if you’d like to join but can’t find a copy of the material.
Yoga and Meditation Morning
Friday, November 20 at 8:30am
To celebrate Graduate Student Appreciation Week, GWE is hosting a free yoga & meditation event Friday Nov 20th at 8:30am with Toni Mar. Come join us on zoom to destress and start your day! This will be a beginning level yoga class with some guided meditation. You'll walk away feeling lighter with the tools to handle it all! All attendees will have a chance to win gift cards totaling to $200, courtesy of the UCB Graduate Assembly.
Please RSVP and add to your Calendar.
See attached flyer.
Friday, November 20 at 8:30am
To celebrate Graduate Student Appreciation Week, GWE is hosting a free yoga & meditation event Friday Nov 20th at 8:30am with Toni Mar. Come join us on zoom to destress and start your day! This will be a beginning level yoga class with some guided meditation. You'll walk away feeling lighter with the tools to handle it all! All attendees will have a chance to win gift cards totaling to $200, courtesy of the UCB Graduate Assembly.
Please RSVP and add to your Calendar.
See attached flyer.
GWP Website for 150W is LIVE
For many reasons, 2020 is one for the history books. This year, Berkeley celebrates 150 Years of Women (150W) being admitted to the university. At the beginning of this year, Graduate Womxn’s* Project (GWP) proposed a zine to highlight and document the amazing work of Berkeley’s graduate womxn.
However, the COVID pandemic and the uprising for Black justice has reoriented the mission and vision of the zine. Today, we reimagine the zine as an opportunity for Berkeley graduate womxn to share their voice, inspire others, and celebrate each other's accomplishments.
The zine will be a living project, and we welcome all graduate womxn to participate by sharing music, poems, short stories, photography, dance performances, visual media - anything you’d like to share! We aim to produce a hardcopy and a digital platform to allow for all types of creative expressions. As we push this historic project forward, we are looking for volunteers to collaborate and partner with diverse graduate womxn. See the attached flyer and check out our fabulous website where you can submit your Zine content!
Subscribe to the GWP listserv, follow us on Instagram and Facebook.
For many reasons, 2020 is one for the history books. This year, Berkeley celebrates 150 Years of Women (150W) being admitted to the university. At the beginning of this year, Graduate Womxn’s* Project (GWP) proposed a zine to highlight and document the amazing work of Berkeley’s graduate womxn.
However, the COVID pandemic and the uprising for Black justice has reoriented the mission and vision of the zine. Today, we reimagine the zine as an opportunity for Berkeley graduate womxn to share their voice, inspire others, and celebrate each other's accomplishments.
The zine will be a living project, and we welcome all graduate womxn to participate by sharing music, poems, short stories, photography, dance performances, visual media - anything you’d like to share! We aim to produce a hardcopy and a digital platform to allow for all types of creative expressions. As we push this historic project forward, we are looking for volunteers to collaborate and partner with diverse graduate womxn. See the attached flyer and check out our fabulous website where you can submit your Zine content!
Subscribe to the GWP listserv, follow us on Instagram and Facebook.
Career Panel
Wednesday, December 2 at 6pm
Join us for our annual career panel! Ask successful women from academia, industry, government and non-traditional career paths about what it is like to be in their professions, what challenges they faced, and how they have overcome those challenges. This year, we have:
Wednesday, December 2 at 6pm
Join us for our annual career panel! Ask successful women from academia, industry, government and non-traditional career paths about what it is like to be in their professions, what challenges they faced, and how they have overcome those challenges. This year, we have:
- Hannah Stuart, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering UC Berkeley
- Dorota Shortell, CEO of Simplexity Product Development
- Qing Ji, Deputy Program Head, Fusion and Ion Beam Technology at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- Arlene Blum, Research Associate in Chemistry at UC Berkeley and executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute
GWE Trivia and General Body Meeting
Thursday, December 10 at 5:30pm
Join us for our general body meeting at 5:30p to talk about upcoming events in 2021 and then have some fun Trivia at 6pm! :)
We will reimburse up to $20 for food to celebrate the end of the semester and relax before finals week. Just save your itemized receipt and proof of purchase with your name and we will have you fill out the reimbursement form at the event.
Zoom link // Add to your Calendar
Thursday, December 10 at 5:30pm
Join us for our general body meeting at 5:30p to talk about upcoming events in 2021 and then have some fun Trivia at 6pm! :)
We will reimburse up to $20 for food to celebrate the end of the semester and relax before finals week. Just save your itemized receipt and proof of purchase with your name and we will have you fill out the reimbursement form at the event.
Zoom link // Add to your Calendar
Did you attend our Adulting 101: Mastering the Basics of Personal Finance Event?
See the Financial Wellness Section of our Resources page on our website for many of the resources shared at the Adulting 101: Mastering the Basics of Personal Finance Workshop last week! Also check out the company founded by our speaker, Sarah Sprague Gerber - Momentum Financial Planning, LLC. If you attended, please submit feedback on the workshop as well as your receipts for reimbursement on this form. Thanks!
See the Financial Wellness Section of our Resources page on our website for many of the resources shared at the Adulting 101: Mastering the Basics of Personal Finance Workshop last week! Also check out the company founded by our speaker, Sarah Sprague Gerber - Momentum Financial Planning, LLC. If you attended, please submit feedback on the workshop as well as your receipts for reimbursement on this form. Thanks!
Fellowships and Professional Development
Popping the Science Bubble Looking for Speakers
Application Due November 20, 2020
Popping the Science Bubble is recruiting graduate and post-doc presenters for our last 2020 seminar in December and for the upcoming year (2021)! PtSB is a monthly scientific seminar series typically held at the Berkeley Public Library, though currently virtual due to COVID. This seminar series is aimed specifically at the general public -- people who have little or no exposure to science and scientists. We aim to disseminate information, demystify commonly misunderstood topics, and to create direct communication between scientists and the broader public. This is a great opportunity to practice public speaking and communicating science to a non-scientific audience.
Each presenter is asked to prepare 15 minutes of material, with two presenters per seminar. We encourage presenters to talk about their own research, but we have also had presentations that give basic overviews of a topic or describe interesting new findings and perspectives in a field.
For the foreseeable future, seminars will be presented via live-streamed virtual talks hosted by the Berkeley Public Library. You do not need to be in the Berkeley area to present.
If you would be interested in presenting, please fill out the Popping the Science Bubble speaker form. Sign-ups will remain open but we ask that you respond by November 20. If you have recommendations for speakers or know other who would be interested, please email poppingthesciencebubble@berkeley.edu and feel free to contact us with any questions.
Application Due November 20, 2020
Popping the Science Bubble is recruiting graduate and post-doc presenters for our last 2020 seminar in December and for the upcoming year (2021)! PtSB is a monthly scientific seminar series typically held at the Berkeley Public Library, though currently virtual due to COVID. This seminar series is aimed specifically at the general public -- people who have little or no exposure to science and scientists. We aim to disseminate information, demystify commonly misunderstood topics, and to create direct communication between scientists and the broader public. This is a great opportunity to practice public speaking and communicating science to a non-scientific audience.
Each presenter is asked to prepare 15 minutes of material, with two presenters per seminar. We encourage presenters to talk about their own research, but we have also had presentations that give basic overviews of a topic or describe interesting new findings and perspectives in a field.
For the foreseeable future, seminars will be presented via live-streamed virtual talks hosted by the Berkeley Public Library. You do not need to be in the Berkeley area to present.
If you would be interested in presenting, please fill out the Popping the Science Bubble speaker form. Sign-ups will remain open but we ask that you respond by November 20. If you have recommendations for speakers or know other who would be interested, please email poppingthesciencebubble@berkeley.edu and feel free to contact us with any questions.
LEED Center Certification
The LEED Professional Designation has helped past participants attain internships, jobs and advanced their careers in multiple fields and now is a great time to add this credential. LEED is simply a sustainability scorecard for green buildings. Buildings can become LEED Certified as can people! The best way to break into the sustainability space is to attain the LEED Green Associate. It also shows employers and clients you have certified knowledge in the field. Since the LEED GA exam doesn’t have a stellar pass rate, the value of the extra letters behind your name will carry even more weight. This course is instructed by a USGBC Faculty member and is the most effective way to pass. The USGBC charges a $100 (reduced for students) fee for the actual exam which can now be taken online from home. Save money by reserving your spot today and make a positive difference in your career!
Cost: $200 - Students can use the coupon code ‘green’ for $50 off (Discounted course price $150)
Save your seat by registering here for our live or self-paced options -
Please contact the instructor Lorne directly with any questions at info@leadinggreen.com, and for those new to LEED, here is a short introduction.
The LEED Professional Designation has helped past participants attain internships, jobs and advanced their careers in multiple fields and now is a great time to add this credential. LEED is simply a sustainability scorecard for green buildings. Buildings can become LEED Certified as can people! The best way to break into the sustainability space is to attain the LEED Green Associate. It also shows employers and clients you have certified knowledge in the field. Since the LEED GA exam doesn’t have a stellar pass rate, the value of the extra letters behind your name will carry even more weight. This course is instructed by a USGBC Faculty member and is the most effective way to pass. The USGBC charges a $100 (reduced for students) fee for the actual exam which can now be taken online from home. Save money by reserving your spot today and make a positive difference in your career!
Cost: $200 - Students can use the coupon code ‘green’ for $50 off (Discounted course price $150)
Save your seat by registering here for our live or self-paced options -
Please contact the instructor Lorne directly with any questions at info@leadinggreen.com, and for those new to LEED, here is a short introduction.
Community Events
Be an Interviewer to help hire the new College of Chemistry Chief Diversity Officer
We are seeking a few graduate students from Chemistry and Chemical Engineering to interview final candidates for the College of Chemistry Chief Diversity Officer position. Interviews will be 30-minutes with a panel of 5-6 graduate students interviewing the final candidates and there will also be a ~30 minute public presentation by the candidate open to the public. Interviews will take place on:
Wednesday, November 18
We are seeking a few graduate students from Chemistry and Chemical Engineering to interview final candidates for the College of Chemistry Chief Diversity Officer position. Interviews will be 30-minutes with a panel of 5-6 graduate students interviewing the final candidates and there will also be a ~30 minute public presentation by the candidate open to the public. Interviews will take place on:
Wednesday, November 18
- 1-1:45 PM (public presentation)
- 2:30 - 3PM (grad student roundtable interview)
- 1-1:45 PM (public presentation)
- 2:30 - 3PM (grad student roundtable interview)
Student Workers at Cal Info Session
Thursday, November 19 at 3pm
CALLING STUDENT WORKERS @ CAL. The UCB labor center is looking to capture the experiences of being a student worker by looking into a day in the life of student workers (through audio, film, and written accounts) on our campus in hopes to gather enough info to create/provide supportive programs for young workers. See attached flyer.
Zoom Meeting ID: 994 7516 3028 // Passcode: 917744
Thursday, November 19 at 3pm
CALLING STUDENT WORKERS @ CAL. The UCB labor center is looking to capture the experiences of being a student worker by looking into a day in the life of student workers (through audio, film, and written accounts) on our campus in hopes to gather enough info to create/provide supportive programs for young workers. See attached flyer.
Zoom Meeting ID: 994 7516 3028 // Passcode: 917744
First Generation Low-Income (FGLI) Grads social events Cont.!
We want to formally invite you to the First Generation Low-Income (FGLI) Grads social events. We will be meeting with fellow peers for biweekly socials on Mondays to connect with and support each other as we start to wrap up this semester. See attached flyer.
Save the dates:
We want to formally invite you to the First Generation Low-Income (FGLI) Grads social events. We will be meeting with fellow peers for biweekly socials on Mondays to connect with and support each other as we start to wrap up this semester. See attached flyer.
Save the dates:
- Monday, Nov 9th @ 7-8 PM PST
- Monday, Nov 23rd @ 7-8 PM PST
- Monday, Dec 7th @ 7-8 PM PST
Empowering Women of Color Conference: Culture, Strength, & Leadership Among Indigenous Womxn
Friday, November 20 at 3pm
This event will bring indigenous womxn leaders together in an intergenerational conversation on how they channel strength and healing in their organizing work. We will hold space to listen in on how these womxn tap into their culture to cultivate their communities. Our gathering will focus on connecting with the wisdom and skills these womxn hold in their experiences. Denisa will draw from her experiences addressing food access and COVID recovery in the Navajo nation, and Ataya will share her work in the Indigenous community at Berkeley and beyond. Sharing their stories ensures continuity of their knowledge, enabling us to draw from their experiences when crafting our own narratives. We find respite in learning their various forms of resistance. Please join us!
Register here and see attached flyer.
Fill out this form if you would like to be involved in planning the conference!
Friday, November 20 at 3pm
This event will bring indigenous womxn leaders together in an intergenerational conversation on how they channel strength and healing in their organizing work. We will hold space to listen in on how these womxn tap into their culture to cultivate their communities. Our gathering will focus on connecting with the wisdom and skills these womxn hold in their experiences. Denisa will draw from her experiences addressing food access and COVID recovery in the Navajo nation, and Ataya will share her work in the Indigenous community at Berkeley and beyond. Sharing their stories ensures continuity of their knowledge, enabling us to draw from their experiences when crafting our own narratives. We find respite in learning their various forms of resistance. Please join us!
Register here and see attached flyer.
Fill out this form if you would like to be involved in planning the conference!
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