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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:

  • Women in STEM Panel Discussion
    • Sunday, March 21, 2027  | Time and location TBD
    • Part of the WiSE Professions Speaker Series
  • Girls' Summit
    • Saturday, April 3, 2027 | 8-3 | Gateway Center | Info/Register link early 2027
    • 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
    • Tuesday, April 27, 2027 | Details
    • Annual career exploration day for  8-11 yr olds that have an adult that works or studies at ESF
  • Balancing Work and Family
    • Date, time TBD

    • More and more, folks are expected to work like they have no family and raise children like they don't need (or want) to work outside the home.   Extended family cannot pitch in as much as in prior generations because they are too far away, still working, or are also in need of care.  Meanwhile, community-based childcare and eldercare options remain limited, especially for those with medical challenges. Those that step out of the workforce to provide care face steep competition for positions when they are ready to return.  What can workplaces learn from those in the thick of these challenges and after they have emerged on the other side?

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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