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Women's Caucus

The ESF Women's Caucus is both an affinity group for employees and an unofficial student interest group. The Caucus coordinates informal interdisciplinary networking opportunities, annual career exploration days for middle and high school participants, a spring semester speaker series, and a one-credit formal pipeline seminar.

Upcoming Programs:

  • Embracing Civic Engagement in a World of Science Skeptics
    • Thursday, February 26, 2026 | 11-12 | 5 Illick | More Info Engagement/Skeptics
    •  Sarah C. Reckess, JD, HEC-C; Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University
    • WiSE Professions, In collaboration with EB's Adaptive Peaks Lecture Series
  • Personal Finance
    • Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | 3:30-4:30 pm | 107 Marshall | RSVP $
    • Join accountant John McGraw for Q & A about getting finances in order and planning for the future.   Mr. McGraw has decades of experience in a variety of accounting and auditing roles with Niagara Mohawk and National Grid.  In his retirement, he teaches accounting and personal finance at ESF; serves on the Board of Directors of Landmark Theatre; and regularly visits his daughter and grandchildren in New England.
  • Women in STEM panel discussion
    • Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 3:30-5 | Location TBD | RSVP WiS
    • How did folks come to learn and work at ESF?  Panel discussion followed by informal conversation and social
  • Ready for your [job, internship, Grad School] interview?
    • Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | 3:30-4:30 pm | 107 Marshall | RSVP Interviewing
    • Join Meredith Chase, ESF's Career Services, about a conversation about interviewing in general, making a good impression, and ways to handle inevitable questions like "what is your greatest weakness" as well as the unexpected ones about marital status and balancing the competing demands of family and workplace.
  • DVSA 101: Intersectionality and Bystander Intervention
    • Tuesday, April 7 | | 3:30-4:30 pm | 107 Marshall | RSVP Intervention
    • We interrupt the levity of spring with gentle--and important-- reminders that April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and that some identities have a higher risk of  domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and stalking.  Victims experience harm, and so can witnesses. 
    • Vera House educator Madison Centeno will facilitate this workshop about the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, ability, culture and interpersonal violence, providing participants with practical tools to  Identify. Interpret. Intervene. Choose Action.
  • WiSE Professions:  Balancing Work and Family 
    • Tuesday, April 14 | 3:30-5 | Location TBD | RSVP Balancing
    • More and more, folks are expected to work like they have no family and raise children like they don't need to (or want to) work outside the home.   Meanwhile, grandparents are still working and unable to help as much as in prior generations and community-based childcare and eldercare options remain limited.  What are dual career couples to do--especially those with medical challenges of their own, or medically fragile children or parents for whom they provide care
    • Part of the WiSE Professions Series
  • Inclusive Identity and Belonging in STEM
    • New Date:  Thursday, April 16, 2026 | 3:30-4:30 pm | 24 Marshall   RSVP Belonging 
    • Dr. Dawn Johnson, Professor of Higher Education, Syracuse University
    • Belonging has become an important aspect of students’ college experiences and their success, especially in STEM fields for under-represented groups. This presentation presents research on the ways identity can shape experiences of belonging, particularly for women of color in STEM majors, and considers how these findings can enhance belonging for all students in STEM.
    • Workshop in collaboration with Science Corps, MOSA Intersectional Collective, MANNRS, and the Office of Inclusion Diversity and Equity
  • Girls' Summit
    • Saturday, April 18, 2026 | 8-3 | Gateway Center | Info/Register link coming soon!
    • Kids' Day's big sibling! A annual career exploration day for 5th-10th graders from the community, regardless of their gender or gender identity.
    • A program of Girls' Inc/YWCA of Syracuse and Onondaga County with the support of ESF Women's Caucus, ESF's K-12 Programs, ERIE21, Baltimore Woods, and C/STEP of Syracuse University!
  • Take our Kids to Work Day
    • Thursday, April 23, 2026 | Details
    • Annual career exploration day for  8-11 yr olds that have an adult that works or studies at ESF

Ongoing programs:

  • Coffee Breaks.  Informal discussions around current campus events, challenges and strategies, and recognizing and countering biases.  
    • For dates, times and hybrid link connection, visit: ESF Engage 
  • ESF Family Pre-School Playdates

    • The Graduate Student Association and FamilyResources Group cordially invite children 5 and under and their ESF student or employee to chat and play!  (Older siblings are also welcome, as well as expectant parents, co-parents, grandparents and other guardians!).  We aim to have a rain location for any outdoor programs.  For dates and times, visit: ESF Engage

  • Workshop: Building a Better Fieldwork Future: Preventing Sexual Harassment & Assault in Field Sciences 
    • Offered once or twice annually
    • Sponsors: ESF Women's Caucus, Office of Research Programs, Graduate Student Association and the Choose Action Network

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