GWISE News & Events

October 2013 Meeting

We will kick off the semester with our first event on Tuesday, October 22 at 11:30 am in the Dunn Conference room (on the 2nd floor of McCain). We will briefly introduce the group, discuss how you can get involved, and then enjoy a talk by Dr. John Nicholson of the Department of Communications. Dr. Nicholson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. Please bring your lunch - we'll provide dessert - and enjoy meeting other women in science and engineering at MSU.

• DATE: Tuesday, October 22nd
• Time: 11:00 am
• Location: McCain Hall, Dunn Conference room (2nd floor)
• Flyer [pdf]
• Presentation [pdf]
  
  

March 2013 Meeting

Dr. Sandra Eksioglu will be speaking to our organization on Friday, March 1st at 12:00 pm in the Elton King Room in McCain Hall. Dr. Eksioglu is an Associate Professor in the Industrial & Systems Engineering department. The title of Dr. Eksioglu talk is "How to Successfully Transition From Being a Graduate Student to an Assistant Professor". She will be sharing her experiences and giving tips about making smooth transition to life after graduate school.

• DATE: Friday, March 1 ^st
• Time: 12:00 pm
• Location: McCain Hall Room 150 – Elton King Room
• Flyer [pdf]

November 2012 Meeting

Dr. Karen McNeal is the November speaker for GWISE. She will speak to our organization on Thursday, November 15^th at 11:30 pm. Dr. McNeal is an Associate Professor in the Geology department. The title of her talk is "Proposal Writing Basics: How to Get started to Integrating Transdisciplinary Approaches". The focus of the talk will be at discussing how to write grant proposals and the importance of collaborating across research areas.

• DATE: Thursday, November 15^th
• Time:11:30 am
• Location: McCain Hall, Elton King room

 

October 2012 Social Networking Event

Graduate Women in Science and Engineering would like to invite you to our October Social Networking Event. We will be hosting our second social networking Tuesday, October 23rd from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Ptolemy's Taproom. This will be a time for us to catch up and meet other graduate women from other programs. For those of you not familiar with Starkville, Ptolemy's Taproom is located at 700 University Drive in the Cotton District.

• DATE: Thursday, October 23^rd
• Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
• Location: Ptolemy's Taproom

October 2012 Meeting

Dr. John Nicholson will be speaking to our organization on Thursday, October 11^th at 4:30 pm in the Elton King Room in McCain Hall. Dr. Nicholson is an Assisstant Professor in the Communications department. The title of Dr. Nicholson's talk is "Connections Between "The Big Bang Theory" and Reality: Implications for Women in STEM Careers and Majors". He will focus on the connections between communication and STEM majors and career selection, communication and the STEM culture as a dysfunctional symbiosis, and innoculation and resistance: Being a (Successful) Women in a Man's World.

• DATE: Thursday, October 11^th
• Time: 4:30 pm
• Location: McCain Hall, Elton King room
• Flyer [pdf]

September 2012 Meeting

Our first official meeting the semester will occur Tuesday, September 4^th at 3 pm in the Elton King Room of McCain Hall. We are delighted to have Dr. Ed Swan joining us Tuesday. Dr. Swan is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department. He is also an adjunct professor in the Psychology Department at MSU. He will speak about the psychology of grad school, how to fail and succeed in grad school, hurdles to to obtaining a Ph.D., and advisors' expectations.

• DATE: Tuesday, September 4^th
• Time: 3 pm
• Location: McCain Hall, Elton King room
• Flyer [pdf]
• Presentation [pdf]

2012 Welcome Back Social Networking Event

Graduate Women in Science and Engineering would like to welcome you back to school and welcome you to MSU if you're new this fall. We will be kicking off our second year as an organization with a social networking event on Thursday, August 30^th at 5:30 pm at Halfway House. There will be discounted drinks and appetizers. This will be a time for us to catch up, as well as welcome new members to our organization. For those of you not familiar with Starkville, Halfway House is located at 409 University Drive.

• DATE: Thursday, August 30^th
• Time: 5:30 pm
• Location: Halfway House

March 2012 Meeting

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Lori Bruce will be joining us in March to speak about the “imposter syndrome” and being a female in a leadership position.  More details will be available later, but go ahead and mark your calendar because you will really enjoy interacting with Dr. Bruce.

• DATE: March 8, 2012 (Thursday)
• Time: 4 pm
• Location: TBA

February 2012 Meeting

For our February meeting, we will be joined by Mr. Landon Summers from MSU Career Services.  We’ll be discussing finding and transitioning to a career in industry.

• DATE: Monday February 20th
• Time: 4pm (until about 5)
• Location: McCain Hall, Elton King room

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January 2012 Meeting

We'll be spending some time with our faculty advisor, Dr. Keisha Walters. If you haven't had the opportunity to meet Dr. Walters yet, you won't want to miss it. Supporting women in STEM fields is a particular passion of hers, and she has previously led a professional development course for female students within her department.

If you'd like to vote on the time for the February meeting you can do so here. We'll be discussing finding and transitioning to a career in industry.

• DATE: Monday, January 30th
• Time: 3:45 – 4:45
• Location: Student Union 225