GSA listserv, Oct. 22nd, 2007
Events:
10/23 SPIE/Photonics Club Into Meeting
10/26 GSA Community Service: Fairy Tail Trails
10/24 GSA Financial Seminar – Building Credit
10/28 Curling Club Session
11/1 GSA Department Representative Kickoff
11/8 GSA Advocacy Committee Kickoff
11/10 Grad Student Professional Development
11/13 Applied Research Day
10/24 GSA Financial Seminar – Buying Your First Home
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SPIE/Photonics Club Intro Meeting
Date: October 23th
Time: 12-1 pm
Location: Cook 2058
Join SPIE/Photonics Club for an introductory meeting with pizza and soda! SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of "photonics". You can find more details in the website http://spie.org/ SPIE is one of the principal society for engineers and scientists whose research are related to photonics. SPIE works with the NU photonic club, which is supported by a TGS Community building Grant. Please RSVP to pao-lin@northwestern.edu.
GSA Community Service: 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 Tuesday, Oct. 23rd.
GSA Financial Seminar – Building Credit
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 24th
Times: 5 pm
Locations: Ford ITW rm. (1st floor) (map)
Learn how to build your credit. The seminar and pizza will be provided by US Bank.
Curling Club Session(s)
Date: Sunday, Oct. 28th
Time: 2-4 pm
Location: see http://groups.northwestern.edu/nucurling/
Anticipated NU curling sessions for the fall quarter: Sundays from 2-4pm on Oct 28th, Nov 4th, Nov 11th, Nov 18th, Dec 9th, and Dec 16th. Beginners welcome. For more details on a week-by-week basis, visit our website http://groups.northwestern.edu/nucurling/ or email nucurling@gmail.com.
Call for GSA Department Representatives & Kickoff Meeting
Date: Thursday, Nov. 1st
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: University Hall 112 ( map)
Contrary to popular belief, the GSA does not know everything that occurs in the halls of NU, and everything in the halls of NU does not know what occurs in the GSA. Help us improve our communication and be better able to serve you by being a department representative. We would like to have one person from every department! Please RSVP to Northwestern.gsa@gmail.com so that we can get a sense of how much food to order.
GSA Advocacy Committee Kickoff Meeting
Date: Thursday, Nov. 8th
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: University Hall 121 (map)
Are you interested in student rights? Cheaper health care? Or anything else that affects student life here? Come and find out how you can do more than just yell into the void. Please RSVP to Northwestern.gsa@gmail.com so that we can get a sense of how much food to order. Other topics: Humanities students' issues, Childcare/Families, Transportation, Housing
Grad Student Professional Development
Date: November 10th
Location: Norris, Northwestern Room
Want to learn about the academic and non-academic job search , funding, or teaching? Come learn about all these topics at NU Directions. Learn more at http://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/research/nudirections/conferences/.
Applied Research Day
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 13th
Time: 2-6:30 pm
Location: Technological Institute, Evanston Campus
Applied Research Day is a poster forum that focuses on the importance of translational research. This is a unique opportunity to learn to present to a non-technical audience and to consider the broader context of taking research beyond the lab bench. Additionally, over $1000 is available in cash prizes to be awarded to outstanding poster presenters, as is the opportunity to meet with a venture capitalist .
Research that has already been publicly disclosed is appropriate, as is new research. There is still time to submit abstracts. Registration is open at http://ard.innuvation.org/ ; if you have any questions, please e-mail Marc Lim at appliedresearchday@gmail.com.
GSA Financial Seminar – Buying Your First Home
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 24th and Wednesday, Nov. 14th
Times: 5 pm
Locations: TBA
Learn the ropes of buying your first home. The seminar and pizza will be provided by US Bank.
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GSA Officer Meetings
Officer 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
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Northwestern University
Graduate Student Association
www.NUGSA.com
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