Next Event:
Breakfast Get-together and Discussion
- Wednesday February 10th
- 9:00-9:30
(or as long as you would like to stay)
- Location: Biology Grad Student Lounge in Wilson Hall on Wash U.'s Danforth Campus
- Bagel breakfast will be provided.
- RSVP to kelsi.singer (at) gmail.com so we can get some idea of how much food to buy (but feel free to come at the last minute even if you don’t rsvp).
- Find directions here.
We are also planning a get-together evening with wine and cheese to celebrate Professor Barbara Schaal's appointment to PCAST (the President's Council on Science and Technology). This event will happen next spring so check back for details!
Past Events:
We held our 4th annual Women in Science Day on Nov. 4th, 2009. It was a very succesful day with over 100 St. Louis City High Schools girls able to participate in a variety of fun science activities and a "Getting Ahead" college prep panel. View a pdf with pictures from the day here .
AWIS Planning Meetings:
Join us at our next meeting! Our meetings are generally held on the first Sunday of each month. Sign into our yahoogroup to get the details (hit the red link at right)! We invite your input.
Or contact our current President, Kelsi, for more information.
AWIS Opportunities:
AWIS-STL Constitution and ByLaws
Be a Mentor or Find One! - Join MentorNet
Websites of Interest to Women in Science
Mission
The mission of the Saint Louis Regional Chapter of the Association for Women in Science is to promote a positive environment for women in the larger scientific community through education, advocacy, and outreach. We work to increase the available mentoring and networking resources for women at all stages of their scientific careers by sponsoring workshops and by holding social gatherings for AWIS members. We also work to improve the perception of women within the scientific community by increasing recognition for the accomplishments of female scientists. Available as word file for download here.
AWIS, and AWIS events, is open to all women and men of the St. Louis scientific community concerned with promoting a positive environment for women in the larger scientific community, at all levels of scientific training, in all manners of scientific pursuit.
New! Help AWIS St. Louis while you shop!
Schnucks and other regional grocieries stores will make a donation on your behalf (free to you) with the escrip program.
We have joined the escrip program, which coordinates with local groceries stores such as Schnucks and Safeway to make a donation on your behalf when you shop there. Pick up a community card at the Schnucks service counter and register it online. Select AWIS (group number 500023536) as the group you would like to support. Show your card when you checkout at Schnucks and a small percentage of what you spend at these stores will be donated to AWIS to help support our programs. You can also register other cards such as macy's cards and credit cards (and relatives/friends grocery cards in other states). Please see this page for more information. We would love to have your help, so thanks in advance.
Women in Science Day
VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!
We will be hosting the next Women in Science Day during the first week of November, 2010. This is an annual event where approximately 150 students from underprivileged St. Louis City high schools come to Washington University (both the Danforth and Medical Campuses) for a day of science activities and information. See our Past Events page for more information about this activity. Find out how you can get involved by reading this document about the activities offered! Please contact our president below if you would like to get on a volunteer list.
Membership
NEW MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!
If you are interested in joining AWIS please go to National AWIS and register now! To get involved in St. Louis area events and planning, contact our co-president, Genevieve Croft (croft(at)wustl.edu). We look forward to meeting you.
INFORMATION on our chapter meetings, messages from national and other issues of interest to the science community are available by subscribing to our email list. Members and non-members are welcome to join our mailing list by heading to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/awis-stlouis/ to sign up. General info on AWIS available in this fact sheet!
With specific questions or concerns, feel free to contact members of the AWIS-STL Regional
steering committee:
- Kelsi Singer, Co-President and Treasurer, ksinger(at)levee.wustl.edu
- Genevieve, Co-President, croft(at)wustl.edu
- Kate Waselkov, Secretary, kewaselk(at)wustl.edu
- Briana Gross, Webmaster, brianagross(at)wustl.edu
