GSS Weekly Newsletter
Dear Graduate Students,
There’s a lot coming up here at the GSS and with our partners over the next couple of weeks, so I’ll just jump right in!
GSS AGM:
– The GSS is holding its Annual General Meeting on March 20th, 2014. Open to all members of the Society, the AGM provides students with the opportunity to receive reports of Council with respect to activities of the preceding year, receive financial statements of the Society, and ask any question regarding the future directions of the Society. The meeting will start at 5:30 pm and will be held in the GSS Ballroom (6371 Crescent Road).
GSS Opportunities:
– GSS Booking Coordinator position Deadline Extended! To improve our booking services for students the GSS is looking to hire booking coordinators. If you are interested in helping other students setting up their events in the Thea Koerner House, this would be a great opportunity for you. Learn more about the position here.
– Serve as an adjudicator for the Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) 2014. Contribute to undergraduate scholarly inquiry and research by judging poster and oral presentations on Saturday, March 22nd, 2014. Read more about this great opportunity here and apply by 5pm, March 13th.
GSS Social & Recreational:
– Reminder! Salsa Night THIS FRIDAY! Whether you’ve never stepped foot on a dance floor in your life, or are fluent in the language of dance, this event has something for you! We’ll give you a free hour long professional salsa lesson, a chance to strut your stuff salsa style, and then we’ll let the evening’s inspiration, good vibes (and cheap drinks!) suggest the rest of the moves! Join the Facebook group and make sure to buy your tickets They’re available immediately online and in person at the GSS Office at just $5 for everyone, Grad and non-Grad.
– St. Patrick’s Day comes early to the GSS! On March 14th we’re planning the best night ever including music, beer tasting, cheap drinks and fun prizes! so Save the Date, and Line up something Clover Green! Did we mention drinks will be cheap?! If you have the luck of the Irish, they may even be free! Contact specialevents@gss.ubc.ca for more details!
GSS Sponsored Events:
– Looking for an opportunity to reflect on the Sochi Olympic? Interested in Japan or Asia? The UBC Asia Pacific Policy Studies Student Association and Asian Studies present “Japan Kenkyukai: Looking back at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and Towards 2020 — A Cultural and Economic Perspective.” The event (and dinner), supported by the GSS, will be held at the Asian Centre Auditorium (607 – 1871 West Mall UBC Campus) on Friday, March 14th 4-6:30pm. An RSVP is mandatory to help with planning. Main speakers will be Dr. Julian Dierkes (MAAPPS), Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh (Asian Studies)
– Save the date! The GSS and others are sponsoring Out of the Box 2014: The Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program’s Annual Graduate Conference, at the Liu Institute for Global Issues on Friday, March 21st, 2014! Register now and check out their website for more information!
– The GSS is proud to sponsor the UBC Anthropology Research Open House at UBC’s Anthropology Sociology Building on March 21st at 4pm. The evening will feature graduate and undergraduate student research presentations in any field of anthropology, a guest lecture and beer garden. You are warmly invited! A few presentation spots remain! Contact Heather Robertson if interested.
And finally, a Happy International Women’s Day to you (March 8th)! After Cate Blanchett and Lupita Nyong’o’s moving Oscar acceptance speeches this past weekend, it feels like a good time to also remember Marie Curie, and women in the sciences, yes? And on cue, March 10th is “I am a Feminist!” day, and you can participate (whatever your gender) if you are a ”person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes!” Commune on Facebook and wear the t-shirt/button on Monday! Viva!
Because who said rainy days have to be dull?
Ngwatilo