From: Yvette Upton
[mailto:yvette.upton@vpss.gatech.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:31
PM
To: wrc@lists.gatech.edu
Subject: [WRC Newsletter] Women's
Leadership Conference, WRC Fieldtrip
This
Week at the WRC
More than 30
women - an equal mix of undergraduates and graduate students - crowded the
Climbing Wall at the CRC last Friday
for our Women’s Night on the Wall! This week begins registration for the
Women’s Leadership Conference (Nov. 3-4)
and don't forget to sign up now for two WRC fieldtrips!
**Last Day to
Withdraw from Individual Classes is next Friday, October 13.**
Academic workshop schedule below!
WRC EVENTS:
1) Women's Leadership Conference (Nov. 3-4,2006): Early-bird
registration ends October 18 - $10/students, $25/faculty/staff/community
2) Afternoon at Charis Books & More - THIS WEDNESDAY, October 4, 4 p.m. meet at the WRC at 3:45
transportation provided
3) Niki in the Garden - NEXT
Tuesday, October 10, 7 p.m. meet at the WRC transportation provided Cost: $12
4) October Graduate Women's Lunch - NEXT
Thursday, October 12, 12 to 1:30 p.m.
CAMPUS EVENTS:
5) Dean of Students Candidate Open Forum - THIS Thursday, October 5, 2 to 3 p.m.
6) Georgia Tech Women’s Forum - THIS Wednesday, October 4, 11:30 a.m.
7) Georgia Tech Women’s Basketball Team’s “Save
Lids to Save Lives” campaign
8) 5 Browns: A classical piano quintet at the
9)
10) Difference in Communication Styles between Latinos and European
Americans TODAY/Tuesday, October 3, 7 p.m.
11) Paul Rusesabagina of "Hotel Rwanda" Visits GT – THIS Thursday, October 5
12) Georgia Tech Coming Out Week (October 4 – October 11)
13) Women's Recruitment Team - Applications now being accepted
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
14) GT Student Seeking Female Roommate
ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS
15) Listing of numerous workshops to support your academic success!
THIS WEEK AT THE WRC:
1) Women's Leadership Conference - Registration began today!
Registration for the November 3-4 Women's Leadership Conference
began today. Early-bird rates are $10 for students and $25 for
faculty/staff/alumni/community – or sign up to volunteer and receive free
admission. To volunteer email Karishma Jiva at gtg816x@mail.gatech.edu
The 10th Georgia Tech Women's Leadership Conference will be held Friday,
November 3 (5:30 to 8:30 p.m.) and Saturday, November 4 (8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
at the
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Georgia Tech Women’s Leadership
Conference 2006
Perseverance in Action: Celebrating the 10th Women’s Leadership
Conference
Friday, November 3, 2006 : 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Welcome Reception
Alumna Speaker: Amy Flatten,
Director of International Affairs
for American Physical Society
Gail A. DiSabatino Women of Distinction
Awards Ceremony
Saturday, November 4, 2006: 8:30AM to
3:00PM
Breakfast Speaker: Marsha
Anderson Bomar,
Founder and President of Street Smarts
Lunch Speaker: Nadia Bilchik, CNN
Correspondent
and Author of Little Book of Big Networking Ideas
Register Online: http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/wlc
2) Afternoon at Charis Books & More
THIS Wednesday, October
4, 4 p.m. meet at the WRC at 3:45 transportation provided
The South’s oldest independent feminist bookstore and the
Women’s
3) Niki in the Garden
NEXT Tuesday, October 10, 7 p.m.
meet at the WRC transportation provided Cost: $12
The Niki Charitable Art Foundation brings the legacy of the late
artist’s ideal. This is the world’s largest exhibition of
internationally renowned artist Niki de Saint Phalles outdoor sculptures ever
presented. For a limited time this exhibit will be available.
Please join us for an evening in the Atlanta
Botanical Garden as we view sculptures that have been delighting
international audiences for decades.
4) October Graduate Women's Lunch
NEXT Thursday, October 12, 12 to 1:30 p.m.
Free lunch provided by the WRC - please r.s.v.p. to womens.center@gatech.edu
Managing Stress Through Time Management:
The reality of having too much to do in too little time is a major source of
stress that is commonly ignored. Especially for highly achieving people,
the temptation is to continue to try to do more with less and to
overcommit. These traps can cause successful people to burn out. This
workshop provides strategies for successful time management to increase
efficiency and overall well being. Presented by Nelson Binggeli, Ph.D.
CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENTS:
5) Dean of Students Candidate Open Forum
Thursday, October 5, 2 to 3 p.m. 117 Student Services
The search committee for the Assistant Vice President & Dean of Students
has recommended that John Stein be interviewed as a finalist for the position.
The search committee reviewed 145 candidates for the position, since it began
the search last spring. As part of the interview process, an open forum has
been scheduled for any student, faculty, or staff member to attend. It is
scheduled for Thursday, 10/5/06, 2pm - 3pm, in Rm 117,
6) Georgia Tech Women’s Forum
“Meet-n-Eat: Annual Social and
Wednesday, October 4,
2006
11:30 am to 1:30 pm
GT
TOPIC: Join the Georgia Tech Women’s Forum as we celebrate 25 years
of service to the Georgia Tech community. A complimentary lunch of salads
and desserts will be provided as well as a fun exchange of plant cuttings for
your garden. If you have any plant cuttings to share, please bring
them.
ABOUT GTWF: Founded in 1981, the Georgia Tech Women’s Forum (GTWF)
is an organization comprised of employees from all facets of the Georgia Tech
community and remains firm in our mission to provide opportunities for women at
Georgia Tech. We have accomplished this via networking, sharing, learning and
leadership. Program speakers at our monthly meetings provide a variety of
perspectives on issues of interest to today’s professional women.
SCHOLARSHIP FUND: GTWF also holds a professional responsibility to encourage
and support women in their academic endeavors at Georgia Tech. The GTWF
Scholarship Fund awards scholarships ranging from $500 to $1000 annually to
female students based on financial need, academic achievement, and leadership.
MEMBERSHIP: Consider joining our organization and supporting scholarship
opportunities and exciting program speakers throughout the year. A
membership application is attached. Our annual membership fee
is only $10.
7) Georgia Tech Women’s Basketball team
kicks off “Save Lids to Save Lives” campaign
Last week the Georgia Tech Women’s Basketball team started its
fundraising efforts for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The team
is collecting money to fight breast cancer through the Yoplait "Save Lids
to Save Lives" program. Jackets are currently in a friendly competition
with the women's basketball team at NC State to see who can collect more lids
by November 15th. For every pink Yoplait yogurt lid fans bring to the Georgia
Tech home football games, or mail in by Nov. 15, 2006, Yoplait and General
Mills will donate 10 cents to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
You can help by bringing your pink Yoplait yogurt lids to one of the Georgia
Tech home football games or placing them in bids around campus such as the
8) The 5
Browns are coming to the
Wednesday, October 4,
7:30 p.m.
Charming, articulate and close-knit, the talented piano quintet returns to the
Student tickets are only $10 at the
9)
For those who want to learn to use the ceramics molds and slip, or
who would like a refresher, please participate in a ceramics workshop in
the
There is also a pottery workshop currently scheduled for Friday, October 6,
also from 6-7 p.m. Anyone who wants to become more familiar with working
clay on the pottery wheels is welcome to come.
10) Difference in Communication Styles between Latinos and European
Americans: A presentation by William Cruz
Tuesday, October 3, 7 p.m.
Food will be provided.
GE, SHPE and the Office of Diversity Programs presents a high energy
presentation that brings light to differences in nonverbal and verbal
communication styles between Latinos and European Americans.
11) Paul Rusesabagina: Subject of “Hotel Rwanda” Visits GT This
Thursday
Thursday, October 5, 2006
7 to 8 p.m.,
Do not miss this opportunity to meet a true hero! Hotel Manager Paul
Rusesabagina, author of An Ordinary Man, and subject of the excellent film
"Hotel Rwanda", appears at Georgia Tech to tell his story. Book
signing will follow the program.
12) Georgia Tech Coming Out Week (GTCOW)
GTCOW is a week-long program created to build a campus climate where
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (GLBTQ) students, faculty,
staff and their allies are not just tolerated but are accepted and comfortable
with their diverging individuality. The events that are part of GTCOW are
geared toward raising awareness on campus and getting people comfortable with
GLBTQ issues. Some of the events focus on very specific issues from religion to
politics to what it is like from a parent's perspective. Through these events
GTCOW strives to dampen the effects of homophobia and to make the struggle less
enduring for those dealing with GLBTQ issues.
Here is the calendar of GTCOW events going on this week:
The GTCOW Kick-off Fair
Date & Time: Wednesday,
October 4, 11:00 a.m to 2 p.m.
Location: Skiles Walkway
Religious Panel
Date & Time: Thursday, October
5, 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: ISyE, Executive
Classroom
Safe-Space Training
Date & Time: Friday, October
6, Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Sign-up online for details
Big Gay Out (BGO)
Date & Time: Friday, October
6, 9 p.m.
Location: Under the Couch
PFLAG and Alumni Panel
Date & Time: Monday, October 9, 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: Crescent Room,
Political Issues/Awareness
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 10, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Skiles Walkway
Legally Speaking
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 10, 7 to 9 p.m.
Location: ISYE, Executive Classroom
Coming Out Workshop
Wednesday, October 11 (National Coming Out Day), Noon to 1 p.m.
For more information about individual events, GTCOW, or complete list of events
go to
http://www.gtcow.gatech.edu/
13) Women's Recruitment Team - Information
and Application
Special Recruitment Programs is looking for women students to serve on
the Women's Recruitment Team. This will be a group of 65-75 women who will
assist with Women's Receptions, Futures, and Girl's Night Out Programs.
They will work with the 17-member board much like the Connect With Tech hosts
work with their Advisory Board.
As a member of the Women's Recruitment Team, students will have the opportunity
to show exceptional rising high school junior and senior girls all about
Georgia Tech.
Applications due no later than Friday, October 6th at 5pm to Room 287 of the
Requirements:
Applicants must have a 2.2 Cumulative GPA at Georgia Tech
Applicants must be available to attend 3 of the 5 Womens Receptions on November
19th, January 28th, February 25th, March 11th, or April 22nd
FUTURES program, Friday, February 16, 2007, 8am-3:30 pm
Girls Night Out, June 24-25, 2007 **Preference will be given to women who
will be in the
**You can live on or off campus and be on the Womens Recruitment Team**
Contact Mary Beth Justice at 404-894-9499 or
<mary.justice@admission.gatech.edu>
ANNOUNCEMENT:
14) Roommate Needed
We are looking for a responsible and respectful female students to
share our
three bedroom house. House is very clean and cosy, with two very friendly
female students who go to GA Tech and
1/3 utilities. Room is available immediately. Anyone who is interested should
contact me ASAP and on my cell phone: 678.592.9955
ACADEMIC WORKSHOPS:
**Last Day to Withdrew from Individual Classes is next Friday,
October 13.**
15) October/ Mid-term Workshop Calendar
Half-Time Report: Academic Success at Midterm, Thursday October 5, 11 a.m. to
noon
Location:
Midterm grades are now available. Are you succeeding? Come to this workshop for
strategic assistance in deciding whether to keep or drop courses, and
developing a winning strategy for the second half of the semester.
Sponsored by the Office of Success Programs
Play to Your Strengths: Making Your Learning
Style Work for You
Friday October 6, 4-5 p.m.
Location: Student Services (Flag) Building, Room 117
Enhance your academic abilities by playing to your strengths. At this workshop
you will identify what your learning style is, and what the best study
techniques are for your individual style.
Sponsored by the Office of Success Programs
10 Tips for Staying Focused
Tuesday October 10, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Location:
Do you jump from homework to homework, starting multiple projects and test
preparations without ever fully finishing? Finding it hard to concentrate? Do
you have difficulty prioritizing your assignments? Then come to this workshop
for ten tips to help you stay focused and stay on track for your degree.
Sponsored by the Office of Success Programs and ADAPTS
Stress Management, Using Anger Effectively
Thursday October 12, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Library, Neely Room (ground floor entrance)
Participants will learn about anger and hostility, personal triggers for
hostile responses, and the ways in which we can constructively respond to our
anger.
Sponsored by the
Half-Time Report: Academic Success at Midterm
Thursday October 12, 6PM-7PM
Location: Instructional Center, Room 117
Midterm grades are now available. Are you succeeding? Come to this workshop for
strategic assistance in deciding whether to keep or drop courses, and
developing a winning strategy for the second half of the semester.
Sponsored by the Office of Success Programs
Drop-Day Drop-In Advisement
Friday October 13, 10am-3pm
Location: Advising Office,
Need some last minute advice or assistance on drop-day? Feel free to see one of
our general academic advisors for assistance. No appointment necessary!
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