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Outreach Opportunity UC Davis April 24 11-2pm

This is your opportunity to reach out to girls ages 10-13 in a structured setting. Please contact Maria Ly to volunteer or for more information.

NCC Annual Awards Banquet April 28 6-9pm

svAWIS is proud to announce Angela Galvez from American River College as our 2010 scholarship award recipient. Come celebrate with us! Details & Registration

Time Management Workshop May 2010

WISE Networking Coffee Break May 2010

Industry Resume Writing Workshop June 2010

 

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PAST EVENTS

2010

NCC Winter Workshop

The Northern California Chapters of the Association for Women in Science presents:
Develop your Skills in “Speaking with Confidence”!
Saturday March 6 2010, 9am-4pm

Networking Social

WISE – Women in Science and Engineering – are hosting a “Meet and Greet” on Wednesday, February 24, from 5:30 – 7:00 P.M. at Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E Street.

"(S)He Said What?: Gender Differences in Communication" - lunchtime talk - Friday January 22, 2010 3-4:30pm -- with Professor Kimberly Elsbach GSM ---UC Davis Gallagher Hall light refreshments will be provided!

2009

  • "Surviving the Academic Interview: A Personal Experience" Prof. La Saponara Tuesday October 27,2009 3:30-5pm --- UC Davis 1003 Kemper Hall ---refreshments will be served ( joint event UCD WISE )

  • "Managing Your Finances: Practical Guidelines for Professional Women" Wednesday November 18, 2009 6-8pm UC Davis 130 PhysGeo Building with Rashida Lilani CFP,CMFC refreshments will be served

  • Movie Night: Just for fun event! Thursday December 3, 2009 7-10pm come enjoy Pizza and liquid nitrogen ice cream as we watch a movie with some "sheen of science to it!" --- UC Davis 55 Roessler Hall ---

  • WISE Open House with Chancellor Katehi
    Monday, September 21, 2009 3:00-5:00pm
    WRRC (Women’s Resources & Research Center), North Hall Lobby
    "Come meet WISE women from across the departments and greet our new Chancellor. She holds joint faculty appointments in electrical and computer engineering, as well as, women and gender studies. WISE supports women's success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and
    Math. "

  • "Improving Work-Life Satisfaction for Women in Science" Workshop Sunday, June 7th, 6-8 PM
    University of California Davis, Roessler 55

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  • Tour of Novozymes, Inc.

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    Thursday March 12, 2009 4-5pm

  • "Navigating Faculty Relationships for Women in Science and Engineering " svAWIS has organized a panel discussion of invited Professors from science and engineering, in conjunction with WISE on campus to be held on Thursday, April 9th from 6-8pm in the Garrison room on the 2nd floor of the MU on the UCD campus.

  • Northern California Chapters Annual Awards Banquet April 29 from 6-9pm in Burlingame

2008

  • Kick-off meeting October 2008
  • Career Evolution Panel Meeting December 2008

2007

  • What women need to know to compete with men. - Invited speaker: Nancy Clark, CEO, Womensmedia.com, International House Community Room located at 10 College Park at Russell Blvd. May 15, 2007at 6pm
  • End of the Year Meeting and Mixer- at this meeting we elected new board members and planed activities for next year AND award our 2007-08 scholarships.June 19, 2007at 6pm
  • 2007 Sacramento Regional Science and Engineering Fair, March 24, 2007
  • 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting, February 15-19 San Francisco
  • AWIS RECEPTION:AWIS NETWORKING BREAKFAST AND SYMPOSIUM, 7:30am-12:30pm, Monday February 19, 2007, Imperial Ballroom B, San Francisco Hilton
  • Explorit Science Center 2801 2nd Street (2nd & Pena Dr.) Davis
  • Alternative Careers in the Sciences - Pam Marrone, Linda M. Hall, and Sunny Bishop spoke about their experiences in the work world. Tuesday, April 17, 2007.
  • Lab Management Seminar - Dr. John Galland, Office of Research, Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

    2006

  • Lecture on Issues in Teaching Evolution - Dr. Maureen Stanton, Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis, Tuesday November 14th, 2006
  • Sacramento Regional Science and Engineering Fair, April 8 & 9th, 2005
  • 10th Anniversary Reception at the Discovery Museum History Center, October 17th, 2004.  Guest Speakers: Dr. Jill Sideman, Past President, National AWIS; Mary Wiberg, Executive Director of the California Women's Commission; Gyöngy Laky,professor in the Department of Environmental Design at UC Davis and artist.
  • Fall Welcome and Open Forum, September 6, 2004.
  • Independence Day Celebration, July 4, 2004.  Raffle and information booth at Central Park in Davis! See list of Raffle winners and Sponsors!
  • "Empowering Yourself"-Zondra Evans, CEO Empowering Women May, 2004.
  •  "Woman and Money" - Suzy Sparacio, Financial Advisor, Waddell & Reed, Inc.
  • "The Language of Success: Word Choices that Convey Confidence and Power" - Donna Lagarias, UC Davis
  • "Life Transition" - Claudia Maupin, Private Counselor
  • "Family/Career Balance" - Sally Harvey, ASAP, UC Davis
  • "Academia vs. Industry: Career Choices" - Katie Dehesh from UC Davis and Monsanto, Kristin Summerfelt from Large Scale Biology and Stephanie Tatem Murphy from UC Davis
  • "Graduate School Survival Guide" - open discussion
  • "Life/Career Balance" - Janice Morand, Internship and Career Center, UC Davis
  • "After Graduation: What's Next? - Qualities that matter to interviewers" - Janice Brown, Direction of Human Resources at Large Scale Biology
  • "Stress Breakers" - Janice Morand, Janet Lee Tien, and Lisa Gough
  • "Outreach and Mentoring Programs"
  • "Keys to Success in Graduate School" - Marian Bilheimer, PROF program; Teresa Dillinger, Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Career Services/Professional Development; and ChiChi Gong, School of Medicine, UCDavis
 

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