Week 36
Winter social for grad students with a chance to win awesome prizes? Sign me up! I will say, this is the type of event where you go with someone you know (which is what I did). For the first week back, everyone was quite perky, and it was a fun event to check out for a bit. Even got an awesome swag bag (yay water bottle and agenda book!)
Date: January 10, 2018
Event/Activity: Winter Welcome Social
Capacity: Student
Found: Facebook/Newsletter
Host: Graduate Student Union
Link: https://www.utgsu.ca/winter-orientation/
Description:
Step out of the cold and into the Hart House Music Room for an evening filled with winter-themed snacks, games and a raffle draw individual prizes worth up to $60. Open to current and incoming University of Toronto graduate students across all three campuses.
Experience:
What I learned:
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Date: January 10, 2018
Event/Activity: Winter Welcome Social
Capacity: Student
Found: Facebook/Newsletter
Host: Graduate Student Union
Link: https://www.utgsu.ca/winter-orientation/
Description:
Step out of the cold and into the Hart House Music Room for an evening filled with winter-themed snacks, games and a raffle draw individual prizes worth up to $60. Open to current and incoming University of Toronto graduate students across all three campuses.
Experience:
- Attended with a friend
- Massive cheese board, apple cider and crackers
- Had games around the room; my friend and I found a couch area and chatted (one of the few couch areas; I guess the intent was to mingle but people clearly knew each other)
- The raffle was held halfway through with some genuinely good prizes
What I learned:
- Fun is important on the first week back
- Prizes are important incentives (I mean, I stuck around just for that)
- Cheese is good, people like cheese :)
- There are some events built for you to attend yourself, where there is intentional networking; there are other events where that would be a bit more awkward. Both are okay, both are fun.
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