SEPTEMBER 2017: NEWSLETTER

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.

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IN THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF SOGS UPDATE:

ORIENTATION WEEK IS UPON US!

• • Gear up for Orientation Week at SOGS (Sep 12-15) and Graduate Wellness Week (Oct 2-6)

GET INVOLVED

• SOGS ELECTIONS

  • Elections will be held for the following three Executive positions at this month’s Council meeting on September 28:

    – VP Student Services (1-year term starting October 1)
    – VP Advocacy (1-year term starting October 1)
    – VP Finance (By-election, term ending April 30, 2018)

    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 Tuesday, September 19th.

• 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

EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• EVENTS:
  • Special ORIENTATION Board Game Night: @ The Grad Club, September 13, 7PM
  • Terry Fox Run September 17, UWO Concrete Beach 9:30am – 3pm
  • International Students Donation Drive, PICK UP DAY Monday, September 18, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm (please bring your student card.)
  • Grad Skills Microteach Workshop, Wednesday, September 27, 4:30 – 6:00pm

• NOTES FROM SOGS FINANCE & ACCOUNTING: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

  • 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.

• SOGS TRIVIA & CONTESTS
  • SOGS trivia contest winners and a new trivia question for September.

• CAMPUS & COMMUNITY EVENTS
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Training at Western.
  • The National Student Paper Competition
  • Notice of SHIFT Rapid Transit Master Plan and Richmond Street Municipal Underground Utility Realignment Study Completion
  • Columbia Sportswear is offering SOGS members employee store pricing from September 15 – October 8, 2017.

 

Email advocacy@sogs.ca for more information or to submit newsletter content.