Faculty Fireside Chat (Tuesday, March 15th)
Maybe you have thought about organizing during your PhD, but you worry about how faculty might react to unionization efforts. If so, this Q&A is a perfect opportunity to hear directly from faculty! Join a conversation about unionization and graduate student advocacy with STEM professors Rosemary Braun (Molecular Bioscience) and Luis Amaral (Chemical and Biological…
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NUGW Info Sessions
If you’re not a member of NUGW yet, these info sessions are for you! Come hear from current members and officers about how we’re striving for a better, organized university, and how to join the effort. There will be two online sessions this month-RSVP at the links by the dates: Tuesday, Feb. 8, 5-6 pm…
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Organizing 101 Returns!
New to NUGW and want to learn how to start getting active? Longtime member in need of a vision recharge? This is not only a “training”, but an opportunity to think about the university as you want it to be and get in touch with the power you already have to make it that way!…
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Welcome-Back Happy Hour & Picnic!
Are you new to Northwestern and want to learn about NUGW before joining? Want to meet your colleagues, and current members? Come have a picnic with us! We will meet at the Arrington Lagoon, by the Evanston lakefront, from 5 to 7 PM on Friday, September 24. Food and drink will be provided, but BYOB.…
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Meet the new Co-Chairs – Thurs. 06/10 @ 5pm
Now that the elections have taken place, the officers are starting to plan for the upcoming year. The incoming Organizing Committee Co-Chairs, Julie Ming Liang and Rose Werth, want their hopes and plans to be shaped with accountability, and with the input of all of you! Julie and Rose will be hosting a virtual “Meet…
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Organizing 101 – Sat. 04/17 @ 11 am and Sat. 05/22 @ 1 pm
This is not only a “training”, but an opportunity to think about the university as you want it to be and get in touch with the power you already have to make it that way! Through a series of activities, mini-teaches, and discussions, we will address topics such as: the values we seek to implement in our…
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Spring 2021 General Membership Meeting – Wed. 04/14 @ 5pm
General membership meetings are where we gather to provide updates on all of our organizing efforts and to discuss next steps together. It’s a great time to ask questions, give us feedback, or just come for the bops and be in solidarity with your fellow grad workers. You can RSVP here. We will be discussing a proposal to introduce…
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