Events

 

WIMS has a committment to giving back to the Charlottesville community. In this light, we partake in many community events including:

 

• Kid*Vention

• Volunteer judges at the Virginia Piedmont Region Science Fair

• Local Albemarle County elementary school outreach

• Habitat for Humanity

• Introducing high school girls to graduate school research and life (Central Virginia Governor's School visit)

• Holiday stocking drives for teens

• Drives to collect toiletries and other necessities for a local women's abuse shelter

• Local science fair awards

• Charlottesville Women's 4-miler participation to raise money for UVA Women's Breast Care Center

• Sponsoring career oriented events (Career Day, guest speakers during the year, and information panels)

• Contributing to GSASC committees investigating issues for graduate students (i.e. Parental leave policy for grad students) 

• Social events and fundraising (cool cups and t-shirts and stickers) to raise money for WIMS activities

 

 

Our upcoming events can be found on our Welcome page. We try our best to keep them as up to date as possible, but if you have any questions feel free to email us at wims-uva@gmail.com

 

If you would like to put in an outreach request for WIMS, please either email us or put in a request in the welcome page. We will try our best to accommadate!