Hi everyone!
We hope you all enjoyed learning new tips for attending a conference as well as having the opportunity to network with your fellow club members! Thank you to the Women of Isenberg Planning Committee for running the meeting and giving us insight into how all of their hard work will come together this Saturday! More information on how to register and submit your resume for the resume book will be below.
Join us next Monday February 28th, at 7pm in Isenberg 137 (Flavin Auditorium), where Dave Wells, Assistant Director of Career Development, will be teaching us and sharing tips on just how important it is to maintain a healthy work-life balance - and how to actually do it!
We will be live streaming on Zoom for our virtual members to attend:
Zoom Link: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/j/92299580036
Meeting ID: 922 9958 0036
WiB Hygiene Drive - We are teaming up with the Amherst Survival Center to donate hygiene products to help our neighbors in need. If you can donate, we are looking for toilet paper, travel-sized as well as regular-sized toothpaste, body wash, shampoo, and conditioner. Please consider donating and signing up for tabling (earn community service hours and 2 WiB points/hour). Sign up here for tabling and drop off any donations in the box in the Hub!
WiB Boston Networking Trip - If you are interested in going on our Boston trip, as presented this Monday, please sign up here! We will be visiting Epsilon, attending a luncheon at the UMass Boston Club with speakers from GT, EY, and State Street, as well as the Boston Harbor Hotel. More info will be emailed to those interested. As of right now, all spots are filled but please still sign up to be put on the waitlist as we anticipate some people may drop out.
Membership Dues - Dues are $5 for the year, meaning if you paid last semester you do NOT have to pay again, this is only for our new members! Please pay either through the Campus Pulse account (scroll down until you reach the bottom, then click on "Link to Collect Dues") or in cash and sign the excel sheet at the end of our general body meetings.
Why WiB Wednesday - Fill out this form to be featured on the Instagram for "Why WiB Wednesday"! We want to show off our members by sharing what they love most about being a part of WiB!
WoI Conference - This virtual event will take place on Saturday, February 26th, 2022, and will be accessible from any location. Please follow this link to register for the 2022 Virtual Women of Isenberg Conference. There is NO registration fee associated with this virtual event. More details regarding refunds will be available soon. To learn more about our event, check out our website. WoI also has a Resume Book! This Resume Book will be given to our corporate sponsors, so we highly suggest all attendees to upload their resumes here. In past years, attendees have gotten interviews for internships and full-time jobs from these sponsor connections.
Committee Sign-Ups and Reminders:
Fundraising Committee - To sign up for the fundraising committee, click here!
Community Service Committee - Please sign up here for the community service committee!
Marketing Committee - Sign up here for the marketing committee. Our next meeting is this Thursday, February 24th, at 7pm where we will be having a Careers in Marketing Panel!
Be sure to follow our social media accounts for more frequent updates, Instagram specifically (@IsenbergWiB), and check out our website here!
Additional Opportunities
Venture Summit
If you are a startup seeking capital and/or partnerships, submit your plan for the opportunity to present at Venture Summit \ Digital Connect, the premier venue connecting fast-growing, emerging-growth companies with active Venture Capitalists, Corporate Investors, Private Investors, Investment Bankers, and Strategic Partners. The deadline to apply is February 24th. Apply here.
Women Entrepreneurship UMass
Women Entrepreneurship (WE) is a non-profit organization that promotes entrepreneurship among young women and offers entrepreneurship programs at leading academic institutions. WE UMass meets weekly on Wednesdays at 8 PM over Zoom. Our meetings feature entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders in a variety of industries that speak to us about building a personal brand, marketing and fundraising for a business, or sharing their stories. This semester you can look forward to three different panels on Food Tech, BioTech, and Fashion. To learn more, please sign up for their email list here.
iXperience
iXperience is a study abroad program that focuses on teaching skills combined with an internship and doing it in beautiful locations around the world such as Lisbon, Costa Rica, or Cape Town. For two years they haven’t been able to offer travel programs, but they are now back. They have figured out how to give you a safe travel experience and boost your career at the same time. They have had over 2500 students do their programs of which 30% are working at Fortune 500 companies. Explore their website and see everything they offer. They have an early deadline application coming up on the 24th February at 11:59 PST, and some big discounts if you apply by then.