SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update, please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.OSC/
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email advocacy@sogs.ca for more information.

In this month’s Update: 

Research & workshops

• Weekly Thesis Writing @ Weldon Library [July 5, 11, 22, 26]

In the headlines

• City council approves bus rapid transit

Get involved

• Upcoming election for SOGS Ombudsperson [nominations due July 12]
• Western International is recruiting Welcome Team Volunteers

Grad Life at Western

• Board Game Night [July 20]
• Graduate Peer Support Weekly Drop-In (every Wednesday)
• Pride Outside Potluck Picnic [July 23]
• Graduate student fall orientation [Sept 13-16]
  • International Graduate Student Meet & Greet [Sept 13]
  • Welcome to YOUR Grad Club! [Sept 14]
  • Amazing Race: SOGS edition [Sept 15]

At the Grad Club

Monthly giveaways: Photo contest & trivia

 

Continue reading “July 2016: Newsletter”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update, please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email advocacy@sogs.ca for more information.

In this month’s Update: 

Scholarships & bursaries

• Competition open for Canadians: Commonwealth Scholarship Plan (CSFP) – United Kingdom and New Zealand (June 17)

Research & workshops

• Weekly Thesis Writing @ The Grad Club (June 1, 7, 15, 20, 29)

In the headlines

• Petition on PSSSP Broken Promise
• Western announces changes to Homecoming for October 2016

Get involved

• Upcoming election for SOGS Council Speaker (June 13)
• Win $100 Grad Club certificate with the SOGS Cover Photo Contest (July 1)

Grad Life at Western

• SOGS Councillors, past and present: How can we make Council more engaging?
• Board Game Night (June 16)
• Graduate Peer Support Weekly Drop-In (every Wednesday)
• SOGS is Going to Wonderland (June 25)
• Save the Date and Show Your Pride (July 23)
• Fall Orientation – Invitation to Participate and Get Involved

At the Grad Club

Monthly giveaways: Photo contest & trivia

Continue reading “June 2016: Newsletter”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update, please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information.

In this month’s Update: 

Scholarships & bursaries

• Summer 2016 SOGS Bursaries (May 31)
• Canadian Derivitives Exchange Scholars Program

Research & workshops

• Upcoming Thesis Writing Sessions at the Chu Centre (TBA)

In the headlines

• Congratulations to our incoming executive members
• Notice of public participation meeting and public open house for the London Plan
• HEQCO releases report on employment of Ontario PhD Graduates

Get involved

• Win $100 Grad Club certificate with the SOGS Cover Photo Contest (July 15)
• SOGS Fall Orientation (Sept 14-16)

Grad Life at Western

• SOGS is proud to announce our 2016-2016 GSTA Award winners
• First monthly Board Game Night of the summer
• Breathe and Relax with Dr Ajit Pyati (May 17)
• Graduate Peer Support Weekly Drop-In
• International Graduate Student Issues Committee is going to Wonderland (June 18)

At the Grad Club

Monthly giveaways: Photo contest & trivia

Continue reading “May 2016: Newsletter”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have an International Student Identification Card (ISIC)? If not, our office is now equipped to distribute ISICs upon request, and the printing process only takes a few minutes. To request your free ISIC, bring your lovely self and your student card to UCC 260 during regular office hours.

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information.

In this month’s Update: 

Scholarships & bursaries

• Childcare & travel subsidies due (April 29)
• Canadian Derivitives Exchange Scholars Program

Research & workshops

• Weekly Thesis Writing Time at The Chu Centre (April 6, 11, 20, 29)
• FIMS Research Day: Virality and The Digital Shadow (April 14)

In the headlines

• SOGS Council Summary
• Federal budget commentary

Get involved

• Nominations open for several SOGS Executive positions
• Help recognize great TAs by joining the GSTA Committee
• CFS StudentSaver solicitation summer job

Grad Life at Western

• Western Goes Global: Cultural Showcase (April 6)
• Income Tax Information Session for International Students (April 7)
• SOGS members invited to Columbia Sportswear Employee Store (March 21 – April 24)
• Board Game Night (April 20)
• Calling all creative writers
• Coming this summer — Graduate Peer Support Weekly Drop-In (May 4)

At the Grad Club

Monthly giveaways: Photo contest & trivia

Continue reading “April 2016: Newslettter”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have an International Student Identification Card (ISIC)? If not, our office is now equipped to distribute ISICs upon request, and the printing process only takes a few minutes. To request your free ISIC, bring your lovely self and your student card to UCC 260 during regular office hours.

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information.

In this month’s Update: 

Scholarships & bursaries

• From your Society

Research & workshops

• Western Research Forum [THIS Friday, March 4]
• Sexual Violence Forum: Engaging Men at Western [March 11]
• Practicing Transgender-Inclusive Health Care: A panel discussion [March 17]
• 2016 Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Conference [June 21-24]

In the headlines

• Ontario budget commits to free tuition for low-income families
• SOGS President Tamara Hinan acclaimed for a second term

Get involved

• Talent search
• Calling all students who wish to be a part of the Graduate Student TA Awards Committee
• SOGS Orientation Committee Call for Members

Grad Life at Western

• Grad students, are you satisfied with your program?
• We want to know how YOU feel about London’s Rapid Transit plan
• The Grad Club Presents… The Liquid Education Series [March 9, 16, & 30]
• Pedometer challenge [March 9]
• Weekly Thesis Writing Pilot Project [March 11, 14, 25, & 31]
• Dueling Pianos 4 Epilepsy [March 12; early bird tickets until March 7]
• Hot yoga event [March 13]
• Board Game Night [March 16]
• Post-St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast [March 18]
• Women’s Empowerment Dinner [March 24]
• London Knights Playoff Event [tentative dates include March 25, 31, & April 1]
• International graduate students are cordially invited to an End of Year Party [March 28]

At the Grad Club

Monthly giveaways: Trivia & NEW photo contest

 

Continue reading “March 2016: Newsletter”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following options:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information.

In this month’s Update: 

• Travel and ChildCare Subsidies [due April 29]
• OSOTF & OOP Bursaries Closed for the Term
• Upcoming Referendum and Senate/Board Elections [February 8 & 9]
• SOGS Annual General Meeting [February 11]
• Clara Hughes: Free Event and SOGS Contest Winners [February 9]
• Immigration Seminar with Elizabeth Long [February 19]
• Thesis Writers’ Program
• Now accepting submissions for the 2016 Robert Macmillan Graduate Research in Education Symposium [due February 19]
• Graduate Orientation Focus Groups [TBD; first notice]
• Call for Submissions – Visual Research Exhibition: Energizing Communities Visually [due March 1]
• Free movie Night: Warm Bodies [February 12]
• Board Game Night [February 17]
• VIP Oscars Party [February 20]
• International Students Bowling Night [March 1; tickets available as of February 8]
• At the Grad Club
• February Trivia

 

Continue reading “February 2016”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relfevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following options:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information!

In this month’s Update: 

• Upcoming SOGS opt-in/opt-out and bursary deadlines (January 29)
• Deadline for nominations to the University Senate and Board of Governors (January 21)
• Appeals Review Commission – Call for members
• Grad Club Committee – Call for members
• ISIC distribution (January 27 & 28)
• Community Conversation on Poverty (January 26)
• Graduate student mentorship and presentation opportunity (February 25)
• Welcome Back / New Year Party (January 28)
• Board Game Night (January 20)
• At the Grad Club
• January trivia Continue reading “January 2016”

SOGS Update, the official monthly electronic newsletter from SOGS, keeps you up to date on issues and events affecting graduate students at The University of Western Ontario. If you are looking for previous issues of SOGS Update please contact the office.

For updates on events, issues and discussion relfevant to graduate students and Western between editions of the newsletter, consider the following options:

• SOGS Facebook – main: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS
• SOGS Facebook – social group: https://www.facebook.com/Western.SOGS.Socials
• SOGS Facebook – international students:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/Western.SOGS.IGSIC/
• SOGS Twitter: https://twitter.com/westernsogs
• SOGS Forum, a joinable OWL site (contact external@sogs.ca if unsure how to join sites on OWL)

Do you have a news item or announcement you would like to have included in the next SOGS Update? Email external@sogs.ca for more information!

In this month’s Update: 

• Winter bus pass distribution
• SOGS office holiday hours
• Call for papers — 2016 Western Research Forum: Advances at a Crossroads [Jan 8 | Mar 4]
• Western ranked #1 in sexual assault prevention
• Public Information Centre (PIC) for the Rapid Transit Master Plan
• Canadian Obesity Network at Western
• SOGS monthly queer discussion group [Dec 7]
• Ugly Sweater Party [Dec 10]
• Board Game Night [Dec 16]
• At the Grad Club
• December trivia
  Continue reading “December 2015”