[AWIS Chicago Listserve] Mark your calendars for AWIS-Chicago 2016 Events

[AWIS Chicago Communications]

Dear AWIS Chicago supporter,

Thanks for a great year and here's to a new and exciting 2016! With
everyone's feedback from our annual survey, we're aiming to provide a wide
variety of events ranging from outreach and networking to career
development. Stay tuned for more details on each of the events, mark your
calendars! We look forward to seeing you all at an event soon!

*Questions or comments can be sent to **awischicago at gmail.com*
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*Spring Speaker Series*

AWIS Chicago is excited to be hosting two women leaders who will be
discussing issues STEM women face in the workplace and providing coaching
on career development and work-life balance to the AWIS Community. Mark
your calendars!

Joanne Kamens – Thursday, 2/25 from 6-8 PM, Location: TBD
"Academia, Pharma, Biotech, Nonprofit with a side of Life  - Career
transitions in Science"

Dana Samardzich – Thursday, 5/12 from 6-8 PM, Location: TBD
“Reclaim your time and reconnect with yourself”

$15 each, 25 for both - members

$20 each, 35 for both - non-members

Speed Networking with Association for Women in Chemistry, NUSpeed
networking (AWC, AWIS, SWE, graduate students at UIC/UChicago)
Date: Monday, March 7
Time: 6-8 PM
Location: Lurie Atrium
Cost: $12 for everyone online at Eventbrite, $15 at door


*AWIS Chicago Annual Innovator and Motivator Awards*

The AWIS Chicago executive board is looking for nominations for our AWIS
Chicago annual innovator and motivator awards. The annual AWIS Chicago "
Innovator Award" exemplifies AWIS Chicago's commitment to recognizing women
in the Chicagoland area who have provided innovative research contributions
in science and engineering. To highlight the invaluable support that a
great mentor provides, AWIS Chicago will also be accepting nominations for
the recipient of our "Motivator Award". Superb mentors from any or the
broad branches of STEM (science, technology, engineering or mathematics)
are eligible for this award. Awardees will be able to share their work with
the community and honored at our annual awards dinner. Stay tuned for
nomination forms; we'd love for you to nominate a mentor or
scientist/engineer that has inspired you!


*National Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Health and
Medical Sciences: A Roadmap for Inclusion*
AWIS Chicago is partnering with AWIS National on the next National Summit
for Entrepreneurship! The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) is
pleased to host a national dialogue on gender at the nexus of innovation
and entrepreneurship with emphasis on the health and medical sciences
sector. Building on the momentum generated from two previous Summits, the
AWIS National Summit will center on how we, as a society, can fuel
innovative solutions to global challenges facing all our citizens.
We will focus on how to develop inclusive, fiscally-responsive systems to
drive research excellence and feed long-term economic growth with experts
from industry, academia, and government. Elsevier, a world-leading provider
of information solutions, is the sponsoring partner for our upcoming
National Summit in Chicago.
Date and Time: March 31, 2016; Activities from 1 PM - 7 PM
Gleacher Center, The University of Chicago
450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611
Visit http://www.innovation-summit.org/
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more details


*Help AWIS Chicago give special awards at the CPS Science Fair*

AWIS Chicago is looking for judges for the 2016 PS Science Fair. Be on the
lookout for more details on how to serve as a judge for this event and help
to inspire 5 promising young student scientists remain on the STEM career
pathway! The Science Fair judging will take place on March 18, 2016. We
will be sending out a call for judges in February. More details on the CPS
Science Fair can be found at: http://cpsscifair.org/
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*GEMS-Girls Empowered by Math and Science*

Looking to inspire middle school girls and instill in them the love of
science while networking with women in STEM and healthcare-related fields?
If so, GEMS event is for you! We are looking for women volunteers to run
25-min hands-on workshops at Niles West High School in Skokie, IL. Keep an
eye out for more information on this event happening in April! For further
information about the event or to volunteer please contact Marina Pazin at
marinapazin at gmail.com.


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