SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at Western University.
Between editions of the newsletter, you’ll find updates on Facebook, Twitter, the IGSIC Facebook page and on our events calendar!
SOGS is trying out a new newsletter format, please let us know what you think. Links are underlined and active in PDF, and a detailed index is below.
IN THE AUGUST ISSUE OF SOGS UPDATE:
International Students Household Items Donation drive
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Drop off your items to the SOGS office until August 31st. The department with the most number of donations will win a night at the Grad Club!
GET INVOLVED
- Call for SOGS committee members & volunteers
- Academic Committee
- Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Award (GSTA) Committee
- International Graduate Students’ Issues Committee (IGSIC)
- Equity Committee
- Finance, Grad Club, and Bursary & Subsidy Committees
- Ad-hoc committee for Ontario-wide research conference
- Graduate Peer Support (GPS) Committee
- Volunteers in Progress (VIP) program
- SOGS Ombudsperson election on August 31
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Interested candidates should send their nomination, as well as an optional 1 page candidate’s statement, to the SOGS Speaker (speaker@sogs.ca) on or before August 22 2017.
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EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
- EVENTS:
- Board Game Night: @ The Grad Club, August 16, 7PM
- Canada’s Wonderland Trip: IGSIC and IESC, August 26, 8AM-8PM
- 2017 Grad Club golf tournament – Maple Ridge Golf Club, August 12 – Still time to register!
- Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream & Tie-Dye at the Grad Club, August 22, 5-7 pm
- 18th annual Graduate Symposium on Music (WUGSOM), August 25th–26th, 2017
- Gear up for Orientation Week at SOGS and Graduate Wellness Week
- TA Day: Graduate Student Conference on Teaching
- TATP – Teaching Assistant Training Program
- NOTES FROM SOGS FINANCE & ACCOUNTING: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
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Summer Child Care, Travel & Professional Placement subsidy applications must be submitted to the SOGS office by the August 31.
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Health & Dental Plan Opt-in and Opt-out deadline is September 30
Opt-In forms can be found in the SOGS office (UCC, Room 260) or online
Opt-Outs must be completed online here.
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- SOGS TRIVIA & CONTESTS
- SOGS August trivia contest
Email advocacy@sogs.ca for more information or to submit newsletter content.