GWE x SWE Mentorship Program
The GWE x SWE Mentorship Program is looking for mentors for Spring 2024. Are you interested in mentoring undergraduate SWE students? If so, please sign up here by February 12th, 2024.

Nominate yourself or others for GWE social committee chair (by Feb 5)!
Are you interested in being part of a great community of women engineers, gaining leadership experience, and getting to plan fun events like coffee tastings, valentine’s day card making, and more? If so, please consider nominating yourself or others for social committee chair! The social committee has the freedom to plan a wide variety of events (within reason) — if you’ve got fun ideas for events, you can make them happen with GWE!

The position will be for the remainder of the 2023-2024 academic year (ie, this spring semester). Find more details about the responsibilities of the social chair here, and the nomination form here.

The nomination deadline is February 5th.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund (application due Feb 15)
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) has identified your organization as an important student group on your campus, and are, therefore, pleased to formally invite all qualifying members to apply to become an HSF Scholar.

As HSF Scholars, students have access to Scholar Support Services, as well as the possibility of receiving an HSF Scholarship.

• Every year, HSF selects 10,000 outstanding students as HSF Scholars from a broad and talented pool of applicants
• HSF Scholars have access to a full range of invaluable Scholar Support Services, including career services, mentorship, leadership development, knowledge building, and wellness training
• Career services include access to select internship and job opportunities with HSF corporate partners
• HSF Scholars are eligible to apply for all Scholar Conferences including, the STEM Summit, Finance Conference, Media & Entertainment Summit, Entrepreneurship Summit, and Healthcare Summit
• Exclusive access to the HSF Insider which shares invaluable information and career opportunities
• Finally, and importantly, HSF awards more than $30 million in Scholarships annually and, depending upon available funds, HSF Scholars may also be eligible to receive a scholarship, which range from $500-$5,000 and are awarded directly to students

Deadline: February 15, 2024, 5:00 PM PT Apply here: https://www.hsf.net/sign-up/

Big Sister STEM mentorship sign-ups
We are a fully virtual mentorship program focused on providing positive and supportive female role models in STEM. We pair undergrad/grad/post-grad women in STEM (Big Sisters) with young girls interested in STEM (Little Sisters). Our goal is to help our Little Sisters see themselves in our community of Big Sisters.

Big Sisters develop a curriculum based on their Little Sister's interests and questions to encourage their curiosity and nurture their interests in STEM. We also host periodic meetings with the whole group to do a project or listen to a guest speaker together.

Anyone interested can apply at tinyurl.com/BSSapply-BigSis. Our website is under construction, but you can check out our Instagram and Facebook pages @bigsisterstem to see some past event topics.”

Geneq and GWP Spring Grad Women Welcome Event
Gender Equity Center. Geneq and the Graduate Women's Project are hosting a welcome event for Graduate women on Feb 7th, from 4-6pm, at 202 Cesar Chavez. We will be eating some treats, having coffee, a free give away, and making valentines! Please rsvp using the link on the flyer!

RISE! Women Leader Award Nominations (nominations due March 31)
Nominate a woman* leader today by going to RISE! 2024 Nominations Form (https://tinyurl.com/RISE24)

Deadline: March 31st, 2024 at 11:59pm

The RISE Leader Awards are about highlighting the exceptional endeavors and efforts of women* leaders as they continue to support and empower our community of Berkeley women through their participation and representation. Please take the time to nominate a woman* leader (community member, staff/faculty/visiting scholar/postdoctoral appointee and/or student) who has demonstrated strong leadership, care and love for the community, as well as, inspired and empowered other women.

Please use one form per submission, and self nominations are welcome.

*We welcome all who experience life through the lens of woman in body, spirit, identity - past, present, future, and fluid.

Mentor Bay Area community college students through POWER (Jan 31)
POWER - Bay Area is a mentoring program and workshop series for East Bay community college students organized by UC Berkeley graduate students and postdocs.

POWER supports undergraduates from marginalized genders interested in the physical sciences, and we welcome participation from anyone who feels they would benefit. POWER’s mission is to provide each student with mentors to help them navigate their goals, to expose them to relatable role models, to empower each student to seek additional resources as their goals and needs change, and to ultimately help each student develop a sense of belonging in science.

We are currently looking for graduate student, postdoc, and research scientist mentors for the upcoming academic year. Mentors are expected to:

• Meet with their mentees 3x per semester.
• Complete a self-guided training (reading material, video content + a short questionnaire) -Attend our kick-off event and in-person events (on campus).
• Resources and support will be provided for mentors who participate in our program.

Please fill out this form by Wednesday, January 31st, if you are interested! If you are a continuing mentor from last semester, you do not need to fill out the form again, but please email us to confirm your continued participation in the program. If you have any questions, please contact Emma Turtelboom (eturtelboom@berkeley.edu) or Samra Husremović (samra_husremovic@berkeley.edu). Further information about the program is available at https://powerbayarea.berkeley.edu/.