Orientation

Winter 2023 ORIENTATION WEEK

The Society of Graduate Students is pleased to present its Winter 2023 Term Graduate Student Orientation Week schedule of events! These events run Monday, January 16th to Sunday, January 22nd, 2023.

ALL SOGS MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE!


MONDAY, JANUARY 16:

MOVIE NIGHT: SCREENING OF STRANGE WORLD | 7PM in North Campus Building, room 114

Help us kick off winter orientation with a FREE on-campus film screening of Disney’s STRANGE WORLD

Attendees get complimentary popcorn, candy and non-alcoholic beverages!


TUESDAY, JANUARY 17:

GRAD CLUB TUESDAY NIGHT TRIVIA |  7pm at the Grad Club

Join your peer trivia hosts for another instalment of the Grad Club’s weekly trivia night! Come alone or bring a group of your peers, lab mates, and/or friends!

General trivia. Prizes for winning teams. Three (3) rounds of trivia. 

 

 


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18:

BOARD GAME NIGHT |  7PM at the Grad Club 

Join the Orientation & Social Committee for another instalment of BOARD GAME NIGHT at the Grad Club!

The Grad Club has over 60 games in its collection!

Snacks & refreshments provided (nachos and beer to share)! Complete the above registration so we know how much food to order.

 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 19:

SHARED EXPERIENCES: MEN’S HEALTH  | 7pm, Middlesex College room 8

Join our Graduate Peer Support Committee for another instalment of Shared Experiences! This month we’re celebrating, discussing, and examining men’s health with Matheus Sanita Lima (GPS committee member) and Ebenezer Martin-Yeboah!

 


SPIRITS TASTING with Maverick Distillery | 6:15pm at the Grad Club

ALL TICKETS ARE FINAL SALE.  Limited to 50 tickets!
 
🎟 $15 per SOGS member (buy tickets via Google Form)
🍹A tasting of Maverick Distillery’s gin, whiskey, vodka, rum, and hard seltzer
🍽 Appetizer plate (one item pairs with each tasting)
🎤 Presented by Maverick Distillery (Oakville, ON) – you will learn about each spirit!
 
*Tasting starts promptly at 6:30PM
 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23:

FRESH AIR FRIDAYS | Middlesex College, room 8

Get out of the lab, classroom, or office and get outside in the fresh air! The GPS committee will take you on a hour-long walk on the Thames River Pathways near WesternU.

📆 Friday, January 20th
🕰 1pm (be back around 2pm)
🏠 Meet us at the SOGS office, room 8
☕️ Bring your own reusable travel mug and grab a tea or hot chocolate for the walk!
🧤Dress appropriately for the weather!
 
Questions or concerns? Please email gps.committee@sogs.ca.
 

CRAFT NIGHT: PAPER FOLDING | 7:30PM at the Grad Club

Feeling stressed from the start of the Winter 2023 term? Don’t worry — we got you!
 
Join the SOGS Orientation and Social Committee for another instalment of CRAFT NIGHT at the Grad Club! Just show up and have fun — we will supply all the materials.
 
🎟 Free event! Spots are limited.
✂️ Craft theme: PAPER FOLDING
📍Grad Club – Middlesex College, room 19
 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21:

ESCAPE ROOM EVENT | 12:20PM at ESCAPOLOGY

SOLD OUT!

Join us for a mysterious and exciting escape room experience at Escapology (Oxford St at Adelaide St). We’ve booked three rooms — Under Pressure, Budapest Express and Haunted Mansion — for a small group of grad students to try out. 

Tickets: $20 per person ($10 + taxes per person have been subsidized by SOGS to make this event more affordable and accessible)

Come alone or bring a grad student peer/colleague/friend. Meet up with the OSC volunteers at Escapology at 12:20PM. Attendees will be given a waiver to complete.


SUNDAY, JANUARY 22:

OUTDOOR SKATING AT VICTORIA PARK | 2PM 

Join us for an afternoon of skating outdoors with your peers at Victoria Park!

 
🎟 FREE! 
⛸ Bring your own skates or rent skates onsite ($7 skate rental; attendees pay for their own skates)
📍Victoria Park (Clarence and Richmond Street; meet up with us near the skating rink)
🕰 2pm
 📆 Sunday, January 22nd
☕️ Post-skating hot chocolates/coffee paid for by SOGS!
 
More info about City of London skating HERE
 
Questions or concerns? osc.committee@sogs.ca

 


Questions about SOGS Orientation Week? Email the SOGS Communications and Promotions Manager (sogs.communications@uwo.ca).

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