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Calendar of Activities for 2010-11
| September 9th | Icebreakers & Ice Cream | Warren Towers Cinema Room & GSU |
| September 21st | Coffee and conversation with Dean Kenneth Elmore | Photonics 9th floor - West End Lounge |
| September 24th | Steering Committee Meeting | PHO 912 |
| October 7th | "House" episode viewing and discussion with Beverly Brown | Women's Resource Center |
| October 15th | WISE 1st Annual Alumni Event | PHO 906 |
| November 16th | Wellness event with Peer Mentor Kate Pancarician and Student Health Liason Sarah Merriman;Yoga and stress relief with Kristen Woods | Warren Towers Cinema Room |
| January 25th | Information session on Summer Research Opportunities and Lab Tour with Chemistry Professor Linda Doerrer | SCI 512 |
Calendar of Activities for 2009-10
September 4th |
Icebreakers - Getting to Know Your Floormates |
Warren Towers Cinema Room |
September 8th |
Study Skills & Time Management Melissa Straz, ERC |
Warren Towers Cinema Room |
September 22nd |
BU Campus Scavenger Hunt – Getting to know your campus Molly Ford Dacus, RA |
Common room – then various locations around campus |
October 6th |
Discussion with GWISE students Allison Squires (BME), Paola Malerba (Math), and Shirley Sanchez (Neuroscience) |
Warren Towers Cinema Room |
October 20th |
Social Activity - Manhunt Meredith Bartlett, Peer Mentor |
BU Beach area |
October 23rd |
Steering Committee Meeting |
Photonics 912 |
November 3rd |
Video & Discussion – “Do schools kill creativity” by Ken Robinson (from www.ted.com) Linda Nguyen, Peer Mentor |
Common Room |
November 17th |
STEM Pictionary – Team Building and Critical Thinking Najmia Amirina, Peer Mentor |
Common Room |
December 1st |
Video & Discussion – Psychology-based film called “Sybil”; discussion on multiple personality disorder and brain functionality Madison McEvoy, Peer Mentor |
Common Room |
December 11th |
Faculty Lunch with Linda Doerrer (Chemistry), Anna Swan (ENG), Elise Morgan (ENG), and Kim McCall (Biology) |
Melville Lounge, Warren Towers Dining Room |
January 19th |
Research Experience for Undergraduate/UROP Information Session with UROP Director Professor Tom Gilmore and ECE Professor Mike Ruane |
Life Science and Engineering Building, Room 103 |
January 21st |
Girl Scout Outreach Event (see description below) “The Amazing Scribblebots” |
110 Cummington, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Lab |
February 8th |
Benefits of Joining National Organizations with Euridice Oware |
Common Room |
March 21st |
Discussion with Beverly Brown, the first lady of BU. Focus was on an excerpt from Atul Gawande’s work |
GSU classroom |
April 1st |
Medical School Discussion with BU students Rachel Borlack and Kristine Xue Manada Kanneganti, Peer Leader |
Common Room |
April 12th |
Egg Drop Competition Linda Nguyen, Peer Mentor |
Photonics Atrium, 8th and 9th floors |
