Home About AWIS Join AWIS Upcoming Events Past Events Board Members Annual Award Scientist of the Month Meeting Minutes and Newsletters Contact Useful Links Sponsors	2008 Past Events The Chicago Chapter of the Association for Women in Science is honored to have presented a diverse set of seminars. Please join us and become involved in AWIS-Chicago! AWIS National Spring Career Coaching Tele-seminar Series. Looking for a new job or a career change in this tough economy? AWIS Career Coaching can help. This tele-seminar series will covered the following topics: Networking Now - When Everyone is Looking: How To Be More Effective in the Current "Crowded" Marketplace Effective Communication in a Four Generation Workplace Impression Management for Interviews How to Keep Your Job in a Tough Economic Climate Motherhood and Success in Science Panel Date: May 18, 2009 Time: 11:30am - 2:30pm at Northwestern University-Evanston campus, 4-6:30pm at the University of Chicago campus (Biological Science Learning Center, 924 E. 57th St, Rm 109) Registration: Free Motherhood and Success in Science featured a set of panel discussions about balancing a career in science and motherhood. Panelists included contributors from the book Motherhood: The Elephant in the Laboratory. View the flyers. 3rd Annual AWIS-CAC Innovator Award Dinner May 19th 2009: Capturing Life at the Interface. Dr. Tijana Rajh was honored as the 2009 AWIS Innovator Award winner. Dr. Rajh is a chemist at Argonne National Laboraties. She gave a brief talk at the dinner about her career and experiences as a female scientist. To read the nomination information about Dr. Rajh,submitted by Cristina Negri, click here. *Support for Northwestern University students generously provided by the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University Integrated Graduate Program. Spring Social Networking Event. On April 16, 2009 AWIS-CAC hosted a wine tasting event at Drinks Over Dearborn. The event was attended by approximately 20 female scientists, including the Chicago Chapter board members. Six wines and one liquor were sampled. It was a great opportunity to meet women from various scientific disciplines, several of whom had never been to an AWIS-CAC event before. Please join us for our next social event in summer 2009. Effective Negotiation of Employment Contracts (Part I) Join Kristi Nelson (Chen Nelson Roberts Ltd) and Noelle Brennan (Noelle Brennan & Associates Ltd) for a workshop on effectively negotiating employment contracts. How and when to negotiate as well as common terms of an employment contract will be discussed. View the Bios of the speakers. Follow-up sessions are planned for next year that will address negotiation in academic and industry environments. In addition, on November 13th the AWIS National Coaching team will be hosting a tele-seminar on Negotiation Skills entitled "Interviewing as Part of the Opportunity Creation System". View the flyer Helpful Information provided by our speakers: Handout of speaker topics AWIS regional career development workshop: What Works Workshop, From the Bench to the Boardroom The goal is to provide early to mid-career women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) with the personal and practical tools they need to be successful in their professions. The one-day seminar will offer workshops focused on skill-building and work/personal life integration as well as networking opportunities. Date: Saturday, October 11 Location: Eli Lilly Headquarters, Indianapolis, IN Time: 7:30am - 5:30pm Click here for more information. Fall kick off event Old Town Oil tasting Old Town Oil will provide beer, wine, bread, pesto, cheese, olives and all the oil & vinegar you can taste. They will also give a brief lesson on Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Balsamic Vinegars. Guests are free to sample from the 25-30 oils and vinegars "on tap". The store will also offer a 10% discount on purchases made that night. Date: Tuesday, October 7 Time: 7:00-8:30pm Location: Old Town Oil 1520 North Wells, Chicago Register: $15/person or Bring a Friend for $25. Register online using Acteva by Friday, October 3. View the flyer. Solar Photography Using nothing more than the sun and basic cyanotype materials we will explore the science of early printmaking and the techniques used in this beautiful art form. Cyanotype photography uses the sun to develop images on chemically treated paper. Participants will use tap water, hydrogen peroxide, and sunlight to develop and expose 8x10 photographs. The final activity will be to make four huge cyanotype prints (the size of queen bed sheets), on which participants can expose images with any number of items, including their own bodies. Chemistry is an important part of the artistic process, and participants will be able to discuss chemistry, chemical reactions, and the interplay between chemistry and art with the instructors. Participants will create photographic images that can be brought home and put on display as well as contribute to a large multi-exposed canvas for permanent display in the city. You are welcome to bring items that can lie flat and fit in an 8x10 space to create images of your choosing! This event will be cosponsored and held at Harold Washington college. Interested in helping out? Let us know at awischicago@yahoo.com. We are also looking for ideas of how to help people throughout Chicago learn about AWIS through art created at this event. Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008 (rain or shine) Time: 9am-12noon Location: Harold Washington College, Room 905 (Meet in the lobby) Target audience: Middle school age students and their families RSVP by Sept 11: via email: awischicago@yahoo.com via phone: Mike Davis 312-553-3211 Innovator Award Dinner and AWIS-CAC 30 Year Celebration Schedule of Events: 6:30pm Appetizers and cash bar 7:00pm Presentation by Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D., Innovator Award Winner and Dinner (Choice of Cedar Planked Salmon, Nick's Prime Sirloin, Little Italy Penne or California Chicken Marsala) 8:00pm Dessert buffet Date: Monday, June 23 Time: 6:30 - 9:00pm Location: Prairie Moon 1520 Sherman Ave, Evanston Cost: $15 for members, $30 for nonmembers Registration: Register online using Acteva by June 21 View the flyer Girls in the Game outreach event We would like to have 5-8 AWIS volunteers to assist in meeting and greeting the young girls, ages 9-12, playing a few outdoor games and overall being a positive influence on the girls while sharing your background in science. The main event of the morning will be a speaker from the Stritch School of Medicine, Dr. Elizabeth Kovacs, who is the Director of the Alcohol Research Program. She will be discussing the negative effects of alcohol on the body with the girls and is including some interactive examples which the volunteers will help execute by getting the girls involved. Please arrive by 9:45 am for a short G.I.G. volunteer orientation. This event will be a really fun, positive way of sharing science with some local youth! Date: Saturday, June 7 Time: 9:45am-1pm Location: Lake Shore Park Club Room, 808 N. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago To volunteer, please contact Jen Crawford at jen.crawford34@gmail.com or by phone at 312.714.0932 Learn to Golf Join AWIS for Womens Golf lessons, offered through the Skokie Park District. All skill levels are welcome! Dates: Saturdays, May 3, 10, 17 and 31 (no classes Memorial Day weekend) Location: Weber Park golf course (first class) and Sports Park Driving Range (all other classes), Skokie Time: 10-11am Cost: $100 for nonresidents, $80 for residents Equipment: Putter and 9 iron or wedge Registration: After February 22, you can sign up here if spots are still available. View the flyer. Bring a Friend Wine Tasting event Meet members of AWIS and find out what we and other Chicago organizations are doing! Date: Monday, April 14 Time: 6:30-8:00pm Location: Kafka Wine Company, 3325 N. Halsted, Chicago Cost: $15 for one, $25 for two! Register online using Acteva. $20 per person at the door. View the flyer. View the wines we sampled. Give an AWIS Special Award at the 58th Annual Chicago Public Schools Science Fair! This science fair features the best projects from all over Chicago and is the last stage before students advance to the international INTEL Science and Engineering Fair in May to be held in Atlanta, Georgia. Be a part of this momentous occasion and volunteer as a judge at this year's Science Fair and help AWIS-Chicago choose which young girls show the most promise and deserve an AWIS Special Award. Date: Friday, March 28, 8am-12pm Location: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago If you're interested, please e-mail Joy Ramos (joyramos@gmail.com) by Thursday, Feb. 14 with your name, phone number and field of specialty. Parking, museum admission and lunch will be provided. Diverse Careers in Science panel This panel was organized by AWIS and Thy Nguyen at Northwestern University Career Services, and was part of the Chicago Science Career Forum, a job fair for graduate students in the sciences. The following speakers from the areas of consulting, forensic science, medical writing and scientific affairs were represented: Cynthia Wallner Ph.D, Senior Consultant, Sg2 Karl Reich Ph.D, Chief Scientific Officer, Independent Forensics Jennifer Hepker Ph.D, Account Director, Prescott Medical Communications Group Kara Johnson Ph.D, Scientific Affairs Area Manager, Abbott Laboratories and AWIS board member View the Bios of the panel members. Date: Friday, March 14, 12-1 Location: University of Chicago, Gordon Center for Integrative Science Refer to this link for a detailed schedule of events and view the flyer. Networking and AWIS Program Planning Date: Wednesday, February 20 Location: Illinois Science and Technology Park (4901 Searle Parkway, Skokie, IL 60077) Schedule of Events: 6:30-7:00 pm: AWIS Planning Session Interested in future events? Looking to help bring science to youth across the great Chicago area? Looking to bring high profile speakers to Chicago? Want input on various social and career building events? Join us for our planning session! 7:00-8:15 pm: Networking Seminar What is it, and how can I do it well? Learn the basics and put your new skills to work in a structured format. Heather Sevener, Assist.Dir. Grad. Services, Biological and Physical Sciences, U. Chicago will be our speaker. 8:15-9:00 pm: Reception Stay for a reception and some unstructured networking! Cost: $10 RSVP to awischicago@yahoo.com Outreach meeting Date: Monday, February 11 Location: Prairie Moon, 1502 Sherman Ave, Evanston Time: 7:00pm RSVP to Jen Crawford at JCrawford@kforce.com Refer to the Meeting Minutes page for the minutes of this event. Outreach Planning Meeting AWIS has been given the opportunity to be part of planning a citywide event geared at engaging young people in science by helping them to see the fun and excitement of science in everyday life. If you have ever had an idea for outreach programming, now is the time. Some of these programs have potential to be funded, and collaborations are possible with everyone from the school systems to the Art Institute to the Shedd Aquarium. If you would like more details, please email awischicago@yahoo.com or Heather Behanna at h-behanna@northwestern.edu Date: Thursday, January 10 Location: Iguana Cafe, 517 N. Halsted, Chicago, 7pm Refer to the Meeting Minutes page for the minutes of this event.