Author: ecegss

This is an opportunity to get engaged in the discussion of health and wellness in graduate school from a graduate student perspective!

Please come and join us in the upcoming annual general meeting (AGM). We will be discussing previous activities, plans for the future including December exam jam, and electing leadership (short application form here).

The goals of this GECoS Commission include:

• Advocating for graduate student mental health
• Running mental health-related events
• Collaborating with the Faculty on mental health initiatives

When: Thursday, October 24^th at 5 PM RSVP here
Where: GB202
Why: Important conversation, opportunity to get involved + food served

We would like to announce the result of the election for new executives of ECEGSS for the 2019-2020 academic year. The election was conducted on Sept. 26, 2019 with the annual general meeting on GB202. We want to thank all previous executive team members and all students who came and vote!

Election Results:

President: Daniel Rozhko

Treasurer: Sai Anirudh Basamsetty

Special Events Officers:
Marco Merlini
Rahul Gulve
Fangwei Chang

Health and Wellness officers:
Gerard O’Leary
Seeranga Nandhini

Professional Development Officers:
Naif Tarafdar
Atul Manmohan

Communications Officers:
Ehsan Etesami
Shivani Sivashankar

External Liaison:Zoey Zhou

UTGSU Representatives:
Sirine Dhaouadi
Shashank Motepalli

Location: Athletic Center Field House (55 Harbord St)
Description: The second ECEGSS Dodgeball Event of this school year is coming up next Tuesday. You know what they say… best way to end off the year is to chuck balls at your peers! We look forward to seeing you there!
Date: 2018-12-04
Time: 19:00 – 21:00

Event: Coffee Break ft. Dumplings
Location: BA5157
Description: Come join us for our monthly coffee break for the month of November in the Graduate Student Lounge (BA5157) at 1:30 on Nov 30. We will be providing coffee/tea with dumplings as our special guest! Don’t forget to bring your reusable mugs if you have one~
Start Time: 13:30
Date: 2018-11-30
End Time: 14:30

Title: Nutrition Seminar
Location: BA4164
Link out: Click here
Description: We have a special nutrition seminar coming up on Nov. 15th from 3-4pm in BA4164. Its almost the end of the semester, a busy time either writing up journal/conference submissions, finishing course work, or studying for finals. Come join us and U of T’s lead nutritionist to learn simple and effective ways you can optimize your nutrition to be at the top of your mental and physical game during this stressful time of the year.
We will be providing healthy snacks and beverages, as well as a raffle prize for an office yoga kit!!! Come learn, eat and enter for a chance to win this cool prize. We look forward to seeing you there!
Start Time: 15:00
Date: 2018-11-15
End Time: 16:00