GWE Biweekly Newsletter
April 10th, 2023
GWEekly Abstract (more details below)
GWE Updates
- Volunteer for the City of Berkeley Earth Day Cleanup with GWE on Saturday April 22nd
- Interview Prep Session with Sandia National Lab on Friday, April 28th at 11:30AM in 1165 Etcheverry Hall
- “Lead Me Home” Documentary Film & Pizza on Wednesday, April 12th 4-5 PM in Latimer 403 🍕🎥 (** Please note the change in time!)
Jobs / Funding / Fellowship / Conference Opportunities
- NextProf Nexus Applications Open (Applications due: May 1, 2023)
Community Updates
- Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD) Graduate Student Mixer 4/20
- PLEASE VOTE! GA Fee Referendum in the 2023 ASUC Election - April 10-12
- UAW Berkeley/LBL Trainings: Knowing and Enforcing your Rights
Announcement Details:
GWE Updates
Volunteer for the City of Berkeley Earth Day Cleanup with GWE on Saturday April 22nd
Volunteer with GWE for the City of Berkeley Earth Day Cleanup on Saturday, April 22nd! We’ll meet at the Shorebird Park Nature Center at 160 University Ave from 9:00 am - 11:00 am and clean up along the waterfront and aquatic park.
Please RSVP here if you plan to come so that we can coordinate with the event organizers!
Volunteer with GWE for the City of Berkeley Earth Day Cleanup on Saturday, April 22nd! We’ll meet at the Shorebird Park Nature Center at 160 University Ave from 9:00 am - 11:00 am and clean up along the waterfront and aquatic park.
Please RSVP here if you plan to come so that we can coordinate with the event organizers!
Interview Prep Session with Sandia National Lab on Friday, April 28th
GWE is organizing an interview preparation workshop on April 28th, in collaboration with its sponsor, Sandia National Laboratories. Staff from Livermore, California (at Sandia National Laboratories), will be leading this workshop. Come on April 28th in 1165 Etcheverry Hall at 11:30AM and get ready for interviews. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP in advance. Link to add to your google calendar.
GWE is organizing an interview preparation workshop on April 28th, in collaboration with its sponsor, Sandia National Laboratories. Staff from Livermore, California (at Sandia National Laboratories), will be leading this workshop. Come on April 28th in 1165 Etcheverry Hall at 11:30AM and get ready for interviews. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP in advance. Link to add to your google calendar.
“Lead Me Home” Documentary Film & Pizza on Wednesday, April 12th 4-5 PM in Latimer 403 🍕🎥
Join us on Wednesday, April 12th 4-5 PM in Latimer 403 to watch the Netflix documentary film “Lead Me Home” and have a discussion together over pizza.🍕🎥
Join us on Wednesday, April 12th 4-5 PM in Latimer 403 to watch the Netflix documentary film “Lead Me Home” and have a discussion together over pizza.🍕🎥
Jobs / Funding / Fellowship / Conference Opportunities
NextProf Nexus Applications Open (Applications due: May 1, 2023)
On August 28-31, 2023, Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and University of California, Berkeley will co-host the 2023 NextProf Nexus future faculty workshop on Georgia Tech’s campus.
This program aims to diversify the engineering professoriate by bringing together 60+ senior-level Ph.D. students, postdocs, and early career scientists and researchers from across the country for an intensive 3-day workshop about becoming a faculty member.
The 2023 NextProf Nexus future faculty workshop is designed to encourage people in traditionally underrepresented U.S. demographic groups to seek academic careers. It is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents of any ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ability, veteran status, socio-economic status, first generation to college status, nation of origin, and/or religion.
Applications due by May 1
To apply
On August 28-31, 2023, Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and University of California, Berkeley will co-host the 2023 NextProf Nexus future faculty workshop on Georgia Tech’s campus.
This program aims to diversify the engineering professoriate by bringing together 60+ senior-level Ph.D. students, postdocs, and early career scientists and researchers from across the country for an intensive 3-day workshop about becoming a faculty member.
The 2023 NextProf Nexus future faculty workshop is designed to encourage people in traditionally underrepresented U.S. demographic groups to seek academic careers. It is open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents of any ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ability, veteran status, socio-economic status, first generation to college status, nation of origin, and/or religion.
Applications due by May 1
To apply
Community Updates
Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD) Graduate Student Mixer 4/20
When?: Thursday 4/20 @ 4pm
Where?: Bank of America Forum at the Haas School of Business
Who?: Asian & Pacific Islander Graduate Students (this event is for all Berkeley Graduate & Professional Students)
RSVP: here
The Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD) office serves the diverse and changing needs of Asian American, Pacific Islander, South Asian, Southwest Asian and North African (AA/PI/SSWANA) communities.
Questions? Contact Khoa Dao or Marissa Maliwanag
When?: Thursday 4/20 @ 4pm
Where?: Bank of America Forum at the Haas School of Business
Who?: Asian & Pacific Islander Graduate Students (this event is for all Berkeley Graduate & Professional Students)
RSVP: here
The Asian Pacific American Student Development (APASD) office serves the diverse and changing needs of Asian American, Pacific Islander, South Asian, Southwest Asian and North African (AA/PI/SSWANA) communities.
Questions? Contact Khoa Dao or Marissa Maliwanag
PLEASE VOTE! GA Fee Referendum in the 2023 ASUC Election - April 10-12
Voting on graduate student fees is happening April 10th to April 12th through the ASUC Elections. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to vote and there are a two fee propositions which directly affect all graduate and professional students:
Voting on graduate student fees is happening April 10th to April 12th through the ASUC Elections. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to vote and there are a two fee propositions which directly affect all graduate and professional students:
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Class Pass: pays for our ACTransit Bus Pass and Campus Shuttles.
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GA Fee: replaces the ASUC Fee to send the fee directly to the GA to fund graduate registered student organizations and GA activities while returning more to financial aid.
UAW Berkeley/LBL Trainings: Knowing and Enforcing your Rights
Join your coworkers for a series of trainings this spring on what is in the new contracts, and how we can enforce these new rights through organizing, collective action, and our union grievance process. The Contract Enforcement Trainings are held regularly so that every worker knows their rights, practices identifying violations, and learns how we hold the University accountable together. RSVP here
After more than two years of organizing, Student Researchers have now joined UAW 2865 to make one big union of student workers at UC! All student researchers should now sign up as dues paying members of UAW 2865: https://uaw2865.org/join/
Join your coworkers for a series of trainings this spring on what is in the new contracts, and how we can enforce these new rights through organizing, collective action, and our union grievance process. The Contract Enforcement Trainings are held regularly so that every worker knows their rights, practices identifying violations, and learns how we hold the University accountable together. RSVP here
After more than two years of organizing, Student Researchers have now joined UAW 2865 to make one big union of student workers at UC! All student researchers should now sign up as dues paying members of UAW 2865: https://uaw2865.org/join/
