- MISC iBall
2. MISC Part Time Students Working Group meeting
3. MI/MMSt Student Lounge Bookings - ACM Brown Bag Lunch: Sketch & InVision
- OCULA Lightning Strikes Student Award (Deadline to apply: Nov 15, 2016)
- HoHoTO Community Outreach
- President’s Memorandum
- MISC iBall
Event date: Saturday December 10, 2016 7:00 PM-10:00 PM
Location: University of Toronto Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks St.
Announcement link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/misc-end-of-termholiday-iball-for-mi-students-and-faculty-tickets-29225543387
The end of the semester is near, which means it’s almost Holiday Season! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Boxing Day, Omisoka, New Years, or Festivus, come celebrate with your MI peers and Faculty!
Join us at the Faculty Club (41 Willcocks St.) on Saturday, December 10th from 7-10 PM for a semi-formal reception and cash bar. Attendance is free for MI students and faculty. You are also welcome to bring a friend or significant other for $10 (limited tickets available). RSVP and purchase tickets online at the eventbrite link above, by Friday, December 9th at 5 PM. Food items include: pizza, various dips and platters, and hors d’oeuvres. After 10 PM, please join us at O’Grady’s Tap and Grill Bar (171 College St.) to continue celebrating!
Please notify us of any dietary restrictions at / direct any questions to ronit.barenboim@mail.utoronto.ca. Best of luck with the remainder of your semester and we look forward to celebrating with you in December!
- MISC Part Time Students Working Group meeting
Event date: Tuesday November 15, 2016 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Location: Claude T. Bissell Building, Room 705A (Student Lounge)
Part-time students are invited to meet their part-time colleagues and discuss their experience at the iSchool so far this year. If you are unable to attend but would like to share any input, suggestions, or questions about being a part-time student at the iSchool, we want to hear from you. Please email Duncan Broom, MISC Webmaster and Chair of the Part-Time Students Working Group, at duncan.broom@mail.utoronto.ca.
MI/MMSt Student Lounge Bookings
Website link: http://misc.ischool.utoronto.ca/studentlounge
The Student Lounge (BL room 705) is available for MI/MMSt students to book for events or club meetings. Please visit the link above for the form and more details on how to book. If you have further questions, please email MISC Secretary, Sari Gutman, at sari.gutman@mail.utoronto.ca.
- ACM Brown Bag Lunch: Sketch & InVision
Event date: Tuesday November 15, 2016 12:10 PM-1:00 PM
Location: Studio 307
Announcement link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/brown-bag-lunch-sketch-invision-tickets-28866522546
Join us for our last Brown Bag Lunch session of 2016! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to create a prototype using Sketch and bring it to life by adding interactivity with InVision. See the Eventbrite page for details on how to prepare for the workshop.
- OCULA Lightning Strikes Student Award (Deadline to apply: Nov 15, 2016)
What? Where?
A 10-minute lightning talk relating to academic librarianship @ OLA Super Conference 2017.
Who?
Present individually or as a group. Presentations can be delivered in English or French.
When?
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Why?
If your proposal is selected for the session, you receive a FREE 1-year membership to OLA and OCULA. All speakers also get to attend the full day of the conference for free! Added bonus: If your talk is the audience’s choice, you win $200.
For more info and to register, please visit: https://goo.gl/h1n4tw
- HoHoTO Community Outreach
HoHoTO is solely focused on bringing the digital community together to create an impact and opportunities to support organizations that directly affect beneficial change in our technology ecosystem. HoHoTO has long been the premier benefit party hosted by and for Toronto’s digital community, from marketing to technology, designers to entrepreneurs. With over $400,000 raised for YWCA Toronto’s Girls’ Centre and the Daily Bread Food Bank since 2008, HoHoTO has been one of Toronto’s most successful digital community events.
Participating in HoHoTO year-round, beginning with this year’s holiday event Dec 1, 2016, are a number of organizations who are helping to drive opportunity, diversity, and innovation in the workplace now and in the future, lead by YWCA Toronto’s Girls’ Centre. HoHoTO will be the hub that connects their efforts to engage more women and minorities in entrepreneurial, digital, and engineering pursuits. We’d be more than happy to have students of UofT students to volunteer for this event. Interested candidates can shoot us an email at volunteers@hohoto.ca. We also have special discounted rates for students to purchase tickets for this event. Tickets can be purchased at: http://hohoto.ca/tickets/
7. President’s Memorandum
Welcome back! Hope everyone’s had a restful and enjoyable Fall Break.
Registration for the annual MISC iBall begins today (woot woot!). The iBall is a great way to unwind and socialize with your peers in the MI program, as well as Faculty and Staff. It’s a month away and I’m already excited! Please consider coming out to this wonderful event organized by our lovely Social Committee Co-Chairs – Ronit and Eden. Tickets are free for MI students, and there are a limited number of guest tickets available as well, so sign up soon! Feel free to also join us at O’Grady’s for the after-party at 10 PM.
Good luck with your classes and commitments for the next month. The end of the semester is almost here!
See you around Bissell,
Chelsea
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Chelsea Misquith
President, 2016-2017
Master of Information Student Council