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Events

Social & Networking Events

  • annual holiday party

  • annual end of semester social (spring)

  • family-friendly seasonal outings (pumpkin patch, apple picking, winter wonderland, etc.)

  • virtual networking lunch

  • in-person networking lunches

  • business card swap

  • finals week de-stress event: cuddle adoptable puppies

Seminars & Workshops

  • introduction to grant funding & proposal writing

  • grant writing

  • CV/personal statement writing workshop

  • NCFDD networking seminar

Talks, Panels, & Discussions

  • Careers in Research, Policy, and Teaching

  • Careers in Industry and Government

  • What's Next? Life After Undergrad in the Sciences

  • Frankenstein Must Die: A Critical History of the Mad Scientist*

Professional Development

  • Annual GWIS-STL Conference: Diverse Voices in STEM

  • Annual Professional Development Conference & Workshop

  • Business Card Swap

Coffee & Conversation

Informal monthly meeting to discuss relevant career topics:

  • work-life balance in STEM

  • early career negotiations

  • mentoring

  • graduate-to-postdoc transition

  • careers outside academia

  • family and science

Documentary Showings

  • No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender-Free?

  • Women in Science: Why So Few?

  • Can We Talk? Difficult Conversations with Underrepresented People of Color: Sense of Belonging and Obstacles to STEM Fields

  • Jane Goodall: The Hope

  • Picture a Scientist

External Event Hosts/Co-hosts

  • Center for Neurodynamics

  • ACS-STL Women Chemists Committee

  • STL Graduate Women in STEM (WiSTEM)

  • Women C.A.N. (Computers and Networking)

  • Saint Louis University (SLU)

  • University of Missouri - St. Louis (UMSL)

  • American Physician Scientists Association

  • Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville (SIUE)

  • The Philosophers' Forum

We are always announcing new events hosted by GWIS-STL or relevant associations.

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