Future events
SWCKōrero: The Underestimated Power of Doing Stuff for Free (Tuesday 14 May)
We are delighted to have Sze-En Watts (Manager, Social Impact Studio) as our next guest. Social impact, student leadership, and creativity are on daily rotation at the Social Impact Studio, where Sze-En has enjoyed the last 11 years helping to connect the University with the wider Ōtepoti Dunedin community.
Sze-En's volunteer history started with chasing cane toads and small mammals in outback Australia to living in a remote mountain village in China as a Panda Habitat Conservation Officer. She completed a Masters in Tourism at the University of Otago, focusing on volunteer tourism. After a brief stint in the youth travel industry, Sze-En jumped at the chance to establish the University Volunteer Centre, now called the Social Impact Studio and doing great things for the University and our community.
Working across students, staff, community organisations, funders, and local government, join us to hear how Sze-En brings people and resources together to realise the power of people doing stuff for free and the positive impact it has on the community, the environment and our individual and collective wellbeing!
- When: 12:15–12:45pm, Tuesday 14 May
- In person: Room AVC1 in the Information Services Building, Dunedin campus. If you are planning to attend in person, please RSVP to staffwomenscaucus@otago.ac.nz so that we can ensure we have sufficient space. You are welcome to bring your lunch.
- Zoom: email staffwomenscaucus@otago.ac.nz for the Zoom meeting details.
Lunchtime Casual Catch-Up (Wednesday 22 May)
The Staff Women’s Caucus committee warmly invite you to join us for an informal BYO lunch on Wednesday 22 May at 12:30pm in the Atrium of the Commerce Building. We will meet near the Te Mātiti café (handy for a coffee and/or if you wish to purchase your lunch).
This is an opportunity to meet the committee informally, meet and catch up with other women staff from around the Dunedin campus. We also welcome your thoughts and ideas about Staff Women’s Caucus current and future events and direction.
Please feel free to bring a colleague or friend along. The Commerce Division staff room will be available for kitchen facilities too. No RSVP needed.
- When: 12:30pm, Wednesday 22 May
- Where: Commerce Building Atrium (near Te Mātiti café)
- What: Catch-up over lunch (BYO)
Ideas for future events
We welcome your ideas for future events/speakers. Please send your suggestions to: staffwomenscaucus@otago.ac.nz
Payment
Please don't send cash via the internal mail.
Internet banking:
- Bank
- Westpac
- Branch
- Dunedin North
- Account number
- 03 0883 0189838 00
- Particulars
- Your name
- Reference
- Event name (e.g., “SWC AGM” or “SWC Theatre”)
Please also send Karin (karin.warnaar@otago.ac.nz) a confirmation message so that she can match up the details.
Past events
24 April - Medieval women: surprisingly human
Women in medieval literature might be assumed to be figures of silence, obedience, good breeding and manners. The women in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poetry, however, show a great deal more complexity and humanity than is popularly ascribed to medieval women including characteristics of: anger, humour, intelligence, slyness, rashness, prudence and physical strength, among other things.
Professor Simone Marshall (Head, School of Arts) examined a selection of Chaucer’s women to show the wide range of humanity exhibited in their personalities, and why Chaucer appears to show such an interest in women.
11 April - Celebrating Women in Tertiary Education
In conjunction with the Tertiary Education Union ( TEU ) we welcomed the TEU ’s Te Pou Whirinaki / National Women’s Officer, Bronwyn Larkins, to Ōtepoti Dunedin. Bronwyn introduced herself and shared aspects of the TEU Women’s Officer role, a few short-term goals, and updates on the Pay Equity campaign.
Bronwyn was supported by President Tāngata Māori of the TEU : Hūhana Wātene, and the Vice-President of the TEU ’s National Women’s Committee: Siân Halcrow (University of Otago) and Jodi Hawe (Otago Polytechnic|Te Pūkenga).
8 March - International Women's Day (IWD)
We again partnered with Graduate Women Otago to celebrate IWD with breakfast at Ombrellos Cafe and Bar and excellent guest speaker Trish Oakley, a member of University Council and an executive at Forsyth Barr.
Find out more about events we've organised for our members in previous years