General Meeting
Join us at 3117B Etcheverry Hall on September 4th, 11am-12:30pm for our first general meeting of the year! Meet new people and hear about leadership opportunities and upcoming events. Lunch will be provided – please RSVP here by Monday, September 2nd so we can make sure we have enough food!

P&G Welcome Back Cookout
GWE will be co-hosting a Welcome Back Cookout with BGESS and LAGSES, sponsored by P&G. Come join us on September 12th, 6-7:30pm at the Hearst Memorial Mining Lawn! RSVP here so we can get an accurate count for food. Hope to see you there!

Join a Committee!
If you are interested in getting involved and gaining valuable leadership experience, becoming a committee member is a great way to do that! Committee members work with committee heads to come up with, plan, and run events and programs. Time commitments are flexible and can be discussed with the committee head!

If you are interested in learning more, please fill out the committee interest form!

GWE Board Second Round Election
We are running a second round of elections for committee head positions not filled in the first round – vote in the election here! The election will close 11:45pm on September 1st, 2024 at 11:45pm.

Applications Open for the 2025 BSSw Fellowship Program
The Better Scientific Software (BSSw) Fellowship program fosters and promotes practices, processes and tools to improve developer productivity and software sustainability of scientific codes. Each 2025 BSSw Fellow will receive up to $25,000 for an activity that promotes better scientific software through a publicly available artifact. Activities can include organizing a workshop, preparing a tutorial, or creating content to engage the scientific software community, including broadening participation or promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We encourage applicants at all career stages, ranging from students through early-career, mid-career, and senior professionals, especially those from underrepresented groups, including people who are Black or African American, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, women, persons with disabilities, and first generation scholars.

Application Deadline
Applications for the 2025 Fellowships will be accepted through Monday, September 30th, 2024. This is a firm deadline that will not be extended.

Q&A Webinar
Those interested in applying are encouraged to participate in an informational fellowship webinar and Q&A session scheduled for Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, 2:00-3:00 PM EDT. Webinar details will be sent to the BSSw mailing list.

Requirements

• Willingness to lead and advocate for practices, processes and tools to improve developer productivity and software sustainability for scientific codes.
• Applicants must be affiliated with a U.S.-based institution that is able to receive Federal funding. Typically such institutions include U.S. government labs, U.S. universities, and U.S.-based corporations.

More info
See the new blog post by Elsa Gonsiorowski, coordinator of the BSSw Fellowship Program.

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans provides merit-based funding for New Americans, immigrants and children of immigrants, who are poised to make significant contributions to US culture, society and academia.

On September 16 there will be a panel with the four current Soros Fellows at UC Berkeley. Here is a link to the pre-registration form for that event.

When: Monday, September 16th, 4:00–5:00 pm
Where: 3401 Dwinelle Hall
Note: We have planned this as an in-person session to facilitate interaction with the panelists, so please come if possible. The hybrid option is for students who might not be on campus on 9/16.

On September 25th, please join Communications Director Nikka Landau from The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans in an online information session to learn more about the graduate school fellowship.

Please use this URL to join
Passcode: 889114

The application for the 2025 Fellowship is due on October 31st at 2 pm ET. More information available here.

EYH 2025 Planning Committee Recruitment
TLDR: Want to help plan the 2025 EYH conference? Fill out this interest form!!

Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) wants you! EYH plans and implements a daylong conference, which serves to introduce middle school girls, and non-binary and gender non-conforming youth to career opportunities in mathematics, science, engineering, computer science, and technology. Between 5th and 8th grade, the percentage of girls interested in STEM falls from 50% to 20%. EYH strives to provide these students with role models already involved in STEM careers.

We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic graduate students or post-docs to join our planning committee! We particularly value women and non-binary volunteers, and those that come from a variety of life experiences and backgrounds, though all are welcome to volunteer. We have multiple committees to be involved in: finance, logistics, finance, recruitment/materials, workshops, and registration. The PC meets once a month and workload can vary. Every member of the planning committee is equally important to a smooth, successful conference, which will be held in April 2025 (exact date TBA).

We will be hosting a planning committee recruitment meeting on Friday, September 11th from 12-1pm in Latimer 425.

Feel free to contact me (atrzcinski@berkeley.edu) with any questions or concerns and we hope to see you at our welcome meeting!