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Women's Caucus
Speaker Series

Presented by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, The ESF Women's Caucus, with the assistance of other offices and programs at ESF and Syracuse University.

Upcoming events & WiSE Professions Speakers:

  • Know Before You Go: Career Fair Edition
    • Tuesday, February 3 |11-12:20 | 110 Moon
    •  a casual, drop-in student advising session focused on careers and graduate school.Drop in anytime during the session for honest conversations with grad students, practical advice, and food (courtesty of GSA)
    • More info and RSVP for KB4YG 
  • Inclusive Identity and Belonging in STEM
    • Thursday, February 12, 2026 | 3:30-4:30 pm | 24 Marshall
    • Dr. Dawn Johnson, Professor of Higher Education, Syracuse University
    • Workshop in collaboration with Science Corps, MOSA Intersectional Collective, and the Office of Inclusion Diversity and Equity
    • RSVP for Belonging Workshop 
  • Embracing Civic Engagement in a World of Science Skeptics
    • Thursday, February 26, 2026 | 11-12 | 5 Illick
    •  Sarah C. Reckess, JD, HEC-C; Assistant Professor, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University
    • In collaboration with EB's Adaptive Peaks Lecture Series
    • More Info and RSVP Civic Engagement and Science Skeptics
  • Women in STEM panel discussion
    • Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 3:30-5 | Location TBD
    • How did folks come to learn and work at ESF?  Panel discussion followed by informal conversation and social
  • Balancing Work and Family
    • Tuesday, April 14 | 3:30-5 | Location TBD
    • 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
  • Girls' Summit
    • Saturday, April 18, 2026 | 8-3 | Gateway Center
    • Kids' Day's big sibling! A annual career exploration day for 5th-10th graders  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