Dear Graduate Student,
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Elections for GSC Director of Social and Special Programming
The Graduate Student Council will be holding an election for the Director of Social and Special Programming position on the GSC Executive Board. We are seeking a committed individual looking to make a positive difference for graduate students at CWRU. If you are interested, please use this link (or use the link at the bottom of the page) to submit an application and for more details about the position. Applications are due by October 24th, 2023 11:59 PM EST. Applicants must be present at the upcoming GA meeting (November 1st at 5:30 PM) and will be given an opportunity for a two-minute speech.
Cedar Point HalloWeekend
What: Buy your tickets for Cedar Point HalloWeekends. On HalloWeekends, you can enjoy not-so-scary fall activities, your favorite rides and attractions, live entertainment and more, OR immerse yourself in terrifying mazes, spine-tingling scare zones, and thrilling shows when the sun goes down.
When: Saturday, October 21, 2023.
Who: All graduate students
How: Buy tickets through our campusgroups event, and you will receive digital (not printed) tickets in your email. More details will be sent directly to registered attendees. You can now buy two tickets to bring someone with you. Please contact us at gscinfo@case.edu to request the purchase of more than two tickets (extra tickets depend on availability).
How much: Tickets will be sold for $30. *Tickets for Saturdays on the Cedar Point website are $79.99.
When to buy tickets: Ticket sales go live on Thursday October 12, 8am.
**No Transportation will be provided, and the ticket refund deadline is October 18. **
https://cglink.me/2cS/r2240503
Professional Development (PD) Fund Applications open today! Apply for reimbursement of costs incurred between June 1-November 1 2023!
What have you spent money on towards your professional development goals? Dig out your receipts and tell us about it to find out if you can get reimbursed!
Applications will be accepted for reimbursement requests, starting today, and can reimburse costs that took place between June 1, 2023 and November 1, 2023.
Upon registering for the event in the link below, you will receive an application link in your confirmation message, and it will be located on this page next to the date and time. Read the application for further details about funding eligibility.
The application deadline is November 8, 2023 at 11:55pm.
https://cglink.me/2cS/r2245856
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SALSA Gala & Diwali Celebration
Join SALSA at our First Annual Gala & Diwali Celebration! Celebrate Diwali by enjoying food, drinks, music, and dancing at Lake Affect Studios on November 4th, 2023 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm. Each attendee will get one drink ticket included in their purchase of an event ticket. Formal attire is encouraged, and cultural attire is welcome. (This event is open to all graduate students, including those who aren't South Asian or law students).
https://cglink.me/2cS/r2228630
Weatherheadless Ball
Weatherhead GBSA will be hosting the annual Halloween Costume Ball. The event will take place on Friday, October 27, 7-11pm in the Peter B. Lewis Building. It's a great opportunity to dress up, have a fun night out, and meet students from other schools. The 21+ event will include food, drinks, DJ/dancing, and a costume contest with a sizable prize TBD!
https://community.case.edu/STEX/rsvp_boot?id=2230873
Diversity Week 2023
Diversity Week is a week of events put on by the School of Medicine's Diversity Action Council (DAC 2.0) to celebrate the various identities within our student body. All events are open to everyone interested in participating, but RSVPs are required for most events. The theme for the week is “Belonging.”
Breakfast Club
Join CARE for our final Breakfast Club gathering of October! Twice a month, we host meetups at local cafes where we enjoy pastries and coffee. If you want to connect with grad students who care about diversity, equity, and inclusion, look no further. We hope to see you there!
Reflections
Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Dance presents Reflections, an evening of exciting new and revisited works, featuring Cave Of The Heart by Martha Graham, Into the Wind, a new duet by department chair Karen Potter, as well as the return of Gary Galbraith’s technology-infused In Another Place and Time and Janice Rosario’s Brink. Reflections will be performed on November 10, 11, 16-18 at 7:30pm and November 12th at 2:30pm at Mather Dance Center, 11040 Bellflower Road, on the Case Western Reserve campus in University Circle.
Early Career Research, Visibility, and Publishing Series
Open to all Ph.D. students, postdocs, and everybody else interested in publishing, this series is designed to provide insights into successfully navigating the publication process. Join library experts, campus guest speakers, and several journal editors to learn about the best practices for planning research, finding and managing resources, digital tools for analysis, leveraging your author rights, open science benefits and expectations, and building your scholarly brand. The series consists of one or more hybrid sessions per month. To attend the sessions of interest, registration is required. Sessions will be recorded and shared with attendees. Find all sessions at bit.ly/publishingseriesKSL
Next events:
Digital Scholarship at KSL, Tue, Nov 7, 2023, 1-2pm
Efficient Research: Reference Management and Organizing Sources, Wed, Nov 8, 2023, 4-5pm
Case Med Pride: Paying Back the T with Dr. Lady J
Case Med Pride is holding an event during CWRU SOM's Diversity Week with Dr. Lady J, the first drag queen with a dissertation on drag (and CWRU PhD Alum)! She will be giving the talk in drag and will incorporate drag history throughout the talk. The talk is titled, "Paying Back the T: Holding the LGBTQ+ and Medical Communities Accountable for Unfulfilled Promises." She will be talking about trans belonging and community building, focusing on the ways that agreements made by the LGBTQ+ community and the medical community with the trans community need to be truly fulfilled, some of the ways those efforts are failing, and how folks in those spaces can change this for the better. Join us tomorrow, on Wednesday, October 18, noon-1:30pm, HEC Room TBD. Lunch will be provided! RSVP Required: https://forms.gle/9gJTzkhHpxX88Fe88
CBTA 2023 Professional Development Conference
In collaboration with the CWRU School of Medicine Graduate Education Office, the Lerner Trainee Association, BME Graduate Student Association, and Association of Biomedical and Chemical Engineers (CSU) are hosting a conference focused on providing resources for trainees to develop themselves for their future careers. This multi-day event consists of panels of multidisciplinary experts, hands-on workshops with experts in resumes, CVs and LinkedIn, sessions on topics ranging from scientific writing to mentor/mentee communication, and more. Following the first two days of training, there will be a career networking session and an additional career focused panel on November 10th. This is an opportunity to meet and network with companies that are interested in hiring graduate students and postdocs. All sessions will be held in the Tinkham Veale University Center Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation Grand Ballrooms A, B, C. The Conference will consist of 2 days of training and 1 day of networking: Thursday, October 19th 9-5pm - Professional Development Training Sessions Friday, October 20th 9-4pm - Personal Development Training Sessions Friday, November 10th 11-5pm - Career Networking Sessions This event is open to all trainees interested in furthering professional development, regardless of discipline. Join us for a one-stop shop for everything trainee professional, personal, and career development!
https://community.case.edu/BMEGSA/rsvp_boot?id=2210249
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November GSC General Assembly (GA) meeting
Join the Graduate Student Council at our General Assembly meeting on Wednesday, November 4, 5:30-6:30pm, in Toepfer Room, Adelbert Hall, to discuss what we've been up to! All graduate and professional students are welcome to attend. Free food will be provided.
Please RSVP either in person or virtually so we have enough food and drink for all students coming in person.
https://cglink.me/2cS/r2199471
GSC Professional Development: Art Appreciation for New Professionals
If you’ve spent any time in a professional small-talk setting, you know how often art comes up and how easy it can be to fumble for an intelligent response. Unfortunately, the American education system teaches us very little (if anything) about art history, and often, there are classist and elitist barriers that impede proper education…all this despite the role art plays in our political and social landscape and despite its ability to trip you up in front of your future boss. This workshop, Art Appreciation for New Professionals, is designed for people who have no idea what is happening when they walk into a museum—and people who avoid museums altogether—to teach you how to look at art, subsequently forming your own opinions and understandings that will allow you to hold up your side of the conversation. You’ll learn how to navigate museums, keep up with art-related news, and identify key artists and movements.
https://cglink.me/2cS/r2246089
Tea and Chocolate tasting
The chocolate has arrived for the semester, so the Tea & Chocolate Club is hosting a tea and chocolate tasting. You will have the opportunity to sample a variety of teas and chocolates from around the world (e.g., white, green, oolong, and black teas; and milk and dark chocolates). We hope this will be a great opportunity for you to meet and connect with other graduate students in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere.
What: Tea and chocolate tasting event for CWRU graduate students.
Where: Graduate Research Commons, Kelvin Smith Library, 11055 Euclid Ave, Cleveland
When: Friday, October 27, 3:30-5 pm
Who: All CWRU graduate and professional students
Please sign up for the event on Campus Groups: https://cglink.me/2cS/r2199413
Pumpkin Smash
CARE is excited to announce its second social event of the semester and invites you to join us for a fun pumpkin smash next week! CARE's mission to support diverse graduate students within the Case School of Engineering by fostering intersectionality and personal identity through community-building activities, mentorship, and resource sharing. If you have any inquiries, please feel free to reach out to Cam Conlan at ecc91@case.edu.
https://community.case.edu/CARE/rsvp_boot?id=2241711
Wellness Wednesday: Healthy Sleep
Join UH&CS and OMA for an engaging conversation about the importance of healthy sleep habits and how those habits can have a positive influence on your grades and overall health and well-being. Be sure to sign up for a spot, as space is limited. We will be in OMA, Sears 409. Can't wait to see you there!
https://cglink.me/2cS/r2154996
Domestic Violence Awareness Month Calendar
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the CWRU Flora Stone Mather Center for Women has many education and advocacy-based events planned. Activities will be taking place all month long, so check out the calendar of events featured here, and RSVP on the Mather Center's Campus Groups page for more information on each event!
https://community.case.edu/events_list
Squat Competition
For this semester's mock single-lift event, CWRU Lifts will be hosting a squat competition! Whether you're a seasoned lifter or new to the squat game, this competition welcomes all fitness enthusiasts. Snacks, coffee, goodie bags, and an after-party will be provided! The event will happen on Saturday, November 11, 11am-6pm, at Veale Athletic Center.
https://cglink.me/2cS/r2204161
Voting in Ohio
It is voting season in Ohio, and some significant issues are being addressed. GSC encourages everyone, regardless of political views, to consider voting this season, as your voice matters on these issues.
Here are some important dates to keep in mind if you are interested in participating in the Ohio General Elections this season;
Early In-Person Voting:
Opens: October 11th, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.
Closes: November 5th, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
Absentee Voting By Mail:
Opens: October 11th, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.
Closes: November 6th, 2023 (Postmark Deadline)
Election Day Voting:
Opens: November 7th, 2023 at 6:30 a.m.
Closes: November 7th, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.
A calendar of important dates with more information can be found here: Calendar Link
Information about how absentee voting works can be found here: Absentee Voting
More information about what Ohio issues will be voted on can be found here: Statewide Issues
If you are planning on registering and voting in another state, here is a link to find more information about your state’s election process: https://www.vote.org
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