Events:
NU Lakeshore Soiree - Oct. 19 (ticket sales end Sept. 27)
Let's Connect the Dots: A Coffee Hour - Sept. 27
Fairy Tail Trails - Oct. 26 (sign ups end Oct. 1)
Graduate School Student Life Survey - Oct. 1
Curling Club Info. Session - Oct. 2
GSA General Meeting - Oct 5
GSA Financial Seminars - Oct. 24, Nov. 14

Resources:
Family Activity Resource - Dancing Meatballs

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NU Lakeshore Soiree

Date: Friday, Oct. 19
Time: 7:45 - 11 pm
Location: State St. and Wabash Ave.

Get ready for NU Lakeshore Soiree 2007!  Hop aboard the Summer of George for a night of socializing, dancing, or just taking in the night lit Chicago skyline.  Tickets are $15, available at Norris Box Office 9/24-27, 10:30 am - 6 pm.  Chicago campus tickets have sold out and there are only 20 tickets remaining at the Evanston campus, so hurry!  For additional details, see http://nucruise.hermyt.com and the attached jpg file.

Let's Connect the Dots: A Coffee Hour

Date: Thursday, Sept. 27th
Time: 5:15 - 7:15 pm
Location: Café MUD, 1936 W. Maple, Evanston

Let's Connect the Dots is a student group aimed at enriching intellectual life while building community amongst graduate students, post-docs, and faculty at Northwestern.  Join them this Thursday for a discussion titled Blood Sports: How far have we come?  For more information, see http://studentassociations.gsad.northwestern.edu/connect.

Fairy Tail Trails

Date: Friday, Oct. 26th
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: Women's Club of Evanston, 1702 Chicago Ave. (right by Whole Foods)

Volunteer to dress up for a local child-friendly "haunted house."  If interested, email Ruth Schlitz ( r-schlitz@northwestern.edu) by Monday, Oct. 1st.

Graduate School Student Life Survey

Date: Monday, Oct. 1st

Please take a moment to complete this survey, as the results do influence future policy decisions.  All responses are anonymous.  Issues, such as the U-Pass and shuttle services will be addressed.

Curling Club Info. Session

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 2nd
Time: 5 pm
Location: Chicago Room (103), Norris Center

Come by and learn more about the graduate student Curling Club.  Both beginners and seasoned curlers are welcome at the Curling Club's free weekly events starting in October.  For more information see http://groups.northwestern.edu/nucurling/.

GSA General Meeting

Date: Friday, Oct. 5th
Time: 5 pm
Location: TBA, see the GSA calendar for the most up to date information

Come learn more about the GSA and its events and initiatives.  Free pizza and drinks will be served!

GSA Financial Seminars

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 24th and Wednesday, Nov. 14th
Times: 5 pm
Locations: TBA, see the GSA calendar for the most up to date information

Learn how to build your credit and learn the ropes of buying your first home.  Seminars and pizza will be provided by US Bank.

Family Activity Resource- Dancing Meatballs

Dancing Meatballs is a free weekly newsletter that highlights one affordable, family friendly event per day.  Designed and maintained by two recent University of Pennsylvania graduate students, this site and newsletter are especially helpful to parents with very limited spare time and are in need of knowing where they can find fun things to do with their family.  For more information and/or to sign up for the free newsletter, go to www.dancingmeatballs.com.

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GSA Officer Meetings

These meetings are open to all graduate students.  We meet Mondays at 9 am at the Norris Starbucks, every other week.  If you plan to attend and/or have a specific issue you would like to discuss, please let us know in advance by emailing Northwestern.GSA@gmail.com .

Get Involved!

Interested in health care, student rights, childcare, funding, the activities fee , or housing?  Have concerns you would like to voice?  Please email Northwestern.GSA@gmail.com and let us know!  We will put you in contact with the GSA officers who are leading these initiatives.  The more input and support we have from you, the more we can accomplish!

Becky Jensen
Communications Officer