Association of Northwestern University Women

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ANUW UPCOMING 2023 EVENTS:

ANUW 2023 WINTER SPEAKER PANEL
Finding Your Purpose: Being a Change Agent

A moderated Q&A discussion about career paths and finding your purpose
Date: Wednesday February 22, 2023 
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
Virtual Event RSVP HERE

Please note ANUW will be hosting an in-person networking event at the Women’s Center locations on both Evanston and Chicago campuses on Wednesday March 1, 2023 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT

Buildings Locations:
Women’s Center, 2000 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208
1400, Abbott Hall, 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

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ANUW LEADERSHIP IN ACTION COFFEE CHAT

Join the ANUW Leadership Development Committee for a Virtual Coffee Chat on Leadership in Action on Tuesday, March 7th from 12 – 1 pm CT via Zoom. 

Our conversation will be centered on community building and the Northwestern University Leadership Framework.  We will discuss practical ways of utilizing the Leadership framework in your professional and personal sphere! Topics of conversation include how justice and ethics show up in your leadership style, developing trust with your team, and fostering authentic connection.

Date: March 7, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CT
Please register by March 3 for our Leadership in Action Virtual Event

RSVP HERE

 

PREVIOUS EVENTS OF 2022

 

ANUW FALL BREAKFAST THANK YOU!

We wish to acknowledge and thank everyone for their support in planning, executing, and attending the 2022 ANUW Fall Breakfast.

It was exciting to be back together in person for the first time since the pandemic began.

Many thanks to keynote speaker, Dr. Annelise Riles for sharing her leadership approach and speaking on her vision for the Buffett Institute and Northwestern University.

Thank you to President Rebekah Sigman, Vice President Funmilayo Ojikutu, Programming Committee, Publicity Committee, and Membership Committee for coordinating to host one of the most memorable events of the year. Importantly, thank you to all the board and committee members who volunteered their time. For all folks who supported this event, we appreciate you greatly.

Thank you to the 107 in-person and 30 virtual attendees – Fall Breakfast was great because of you!

Our Fall Breakfast full recap article will be within the next bi-annual ANUW NEWSLETTER!

 

Thursday Jul 21, 2022 at 10:00 AM CT

ANUW Conversations with an Executive

ANUW was honored to have Lorraine Goffe as this year’s “Conversations with an Executive” keynote speaker!

Lorraine Goffe is the Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at Northwestern University and is a human resources leader with more than 20 years of senior-level experience. Lorraine has served as vice president for human resources at Penn State, MIT and Washington University, as well as in leadership positions in healthcare and private industries.

 

Leadership Development Month of Influence!

Month of Influence! In August, the Leadership Development committee posted discussion topics, questions, polls, and activity challenges to engage with our Leadership Teams Channel. At the end of the month we closed with an in-person Celebration of Influence on August 30, 2022^. 

Title: Celebration of Influence

Location: East Law of Norris

Description: We brought our own coffee or beverage and joined the ANUW Leadership Development committee to reflect on our month of influence. We met on the east lawn of Norris from 9 – 10 am. 

We heard from you as you Commented on posts and earned an entry chance during August for those giveaways and ANUW swag!

Stay tuned in throughout the year by joining the Leadership Development Teams Channel.

 

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 12:00 pm CT

ANUW Leadership Development: Using Assertive Communication to Get What You Need

The ANUW Leadership Development Committee’s programming for this year focuses on the Center for Creative Leadership’s “Fundamental 4”: Self-Awareness, Communication, Influence, and Learning Agility.

Our second session centered on communication and was led by executive and leadership coach, Ellen Burton. Assertive communication does not mean being aggressive. Assertive communication does not mean being demanding or rude. Assertive communication means getting one’s needs met while respecting the needs of others.

Following this seminar, participants will be better able to:

• Recognize the differences among assertive, aggressive, passive and passive-aggressive communication
• Communicate respectfully and effectively
• Get their needs met

 

RECAP April 2022: The Association of Northwestern University Women (ANUW) annual Pathways to Success: Coping, Thriving, and Surviving! 

• ANUW is a great source of support! Keep in mind other groups on campus as well as our well-being programs and resources. Those resources include free, confidential counseling for you and your household members through the Employee Assistance Program.

• Our panelists Illustrated how important different dimensions of one’s well-being are to one’s well-being as a whole. Don’t know about the 8 dimensions? Here’s an overview by our colleagues over at Health Promotion and Wellness.

• Managing grief? The importance of mourning losses even when they seem small & grief for beginners 5 things to know about processing loss

• Our panelists spoke earlier about choices and boundaries — here’s a great article on being in academia and setting boundaries from Inside Higher Ed.

• Learn Where You Are features some good online resources & courses on topics like having difficult conversations.

• More resources for growing your professional skills:
  • Development
  • Employee assistance program
    • Life coaching is offered through the EAP — you call the same number. It’s unlimited telephonic and email appointments.

• Thoughts on reducing overload for teams.

• Tools and Food for Thought

·       If you have taken the Manager Foundations Curriculum, then you know that a key manager responsibility is to model and promote well-being for your team, including modeling good work/life boundaries, taking time off etc.

·       Delay Send in Outlook IS ALWAYS AN OPTION!

·       Consider what’s important to your manager and what their concerns may be. It can help to approach them with those considerations in mind and to contextualize what you’re hoping for in terms of how it will benefit your work.

Thank you all for a great conversation! And please don’t hesitate to reach out to wellbeing@northwestern.edu if you’d like to talk more about how the university can support you!

WRAP UP WORDS SHARED IN THE EVENT:

“The act of doing nothing is okay. It’s still a productive time to do nothing”

“You have to Marie Kondo your life”

“Northwestern has some of the best people on staff…having that community has helped me get through a lot”

“There’s two ways to release stress. Sweat or Cry”

“Give myself grace….for me, this is where I want to be”

“How do you build in true fun into your lives? Dress up and go to Target”

“Throw out the things that don’t support you in feeling energized”

“There is nothing to go back to. If nothing else, haven’t we learned to move forward”

“I have survived to this moment…I got to be here”

“I have more to do than one person can do”

“I have permission to do this thing, purely for the sake of enjoying it”

Thank you to all our speakers: Donna Wang Su, Funmilayo (Funmi) Ojikutu, and Kisa Kowal, our chat moderator: Lesley Lundeen, our moderator LaShanta’ Le’Sure, and the ANUW board for their support in hosting this event!

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Monday May 9, 2022 at 4:00 PM CT

Join ANUW and APIDA Staff Affinity Group (ASAG) to discuss New York Times Best Seller,
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner!

From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, a powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. 

All are welcome to join our conversation, even if you have yet to read the book.

Content Warnings: Addiction, alcoholism, abortion, cancer, death of a parent, depiction of grief.

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February 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM CST
ANUW Virtual Winter Speaker Panel: “Career Pivots”

Speakers Panel with Q&A on Zoom

Please join The Association of Northwestern University Women (ANUW) for our annual Virtual Winter Speaker Panel event on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM CST.

In years past we have focused on building your career at Northwestern; however, this year, given the current job market that has allowed many women across the university the opportunity to expand and reinvent their careers, our theme will be “Career Pivots”.

We will be joined by our wonderful panelists who will speak about their career pivots and provide career advice and answer your questions (as time allows).

• Kelsey Creamer, Program Assistant in the Department of Communication Studies
• Pascale Bishop, Director of Career Strategy in the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
• Carrie Wachter, Director of the Center for Awareness, Response and Education (CARE)
• Takelia Walker, Associate Department Administrator in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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January 26, 2022 12:00 PM CST
ANUW Discussions: Brene Brown & “The Gifts of Imperfection”

Please join ANUW for our first ANUW Discussion of the year where we will be discussing themes from the first two episodes of Brene Brown’s six-part Summer Sister Series podcast on The Gifts of Imperfection

For the purpose of this discussion, we will only be discussing topics from the first two episodes, yet if the podcast speaks to you too, please feel free to enjoy the rest at your leisure!

Listen (if time permits, not a requirement for joining us in our discussion) to two episodes of the podcast and join us for our discussion!

Link to Podcast Episode 1  |  Link to Podcast Episode 2