Information to Anchor Your Simmons Experience

Welcome to The Anchor. This bi-weekly communication will provide you with relevant information to anchor your Simmons experience.

In This Edition

• This Week at Simmons
• Grant and Scholarship Opportunities

• Founders Day Essay Contest
• Upcoming Work Smart Workshop Webinars

Health & Wellness

Stop By Unstuck Hours!

Each Wellness Ambassador has recurring weekly unstuck hours to make ourselves available for our Simmons Community. Each ambassador has a theme or dedicated purpose for their office hours so attend as you see fit. 

Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW)

Each year, millions of Americans face the reality of living with a mental health condition. However, mental illness affects everyone directly or indirectly through family, friends or coworkers. That is why each year, during the first week of October, NAMI and participants across the country raise awareness of mental illness, fight discrimination and provide support through Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW).

The topics include: What I Wish I’d Known About…

• Monday Oct. 3: Stigma
• Tuesday Oct. 4: Medication [National Day of Prayer for Mental Illness Recovery and Understanding]
• Wednesday Oct. 5: Therapy
• Thursday Oct. 6: Disclosing [National Depression Screening Day]
• Friday Oct. 7: Caregiving

Think Before You Pink® – 2022 Campaign

Rampant, unregulated capitalism both causes breast cancer and encourages profiteering from the disease.

The practices and tactics of bloated pink ribbon capitalism are designed to encourage unlimited profiteering, not the structural change solutions that will end the breast cancer crisis. Think Before You Pink’s 20-year legacy of calling out pinkwashing provides an invaluable inlet into identifying and disrupting deceptive marketing tactics and profit-driven campaigns that are implemented performatively only, in the name of social justice causes, but have one true motive: profit.

Student Experience

Upcoming Events

Spooky Pumpkin Painting

Hosted by the Social Work Liaison

Oct, 3, 2022, 6pm | Evans Hall Lounge, Residence Campus

Community Resource Room Series

Hosted by the REEF Center

Oct, 4, 2022, 1pm | Special Functions Room, Main College Building

Tennis v. Mount Holyoke

Hosted by Athletics

Oct, 5, 2022, 3:30pm | Daly Field | Directions

Field Hockey v. Saint Joseph's of Maine

Hosted by Athletics

Oct, 5, 2022, 5pm | Daly Field | Directions

Kahoot and Snacks

Hosted by the History Liaison

Oct, 7, 2022, 7pm | Quadside, Smith Hall, Residence Campus

Fall Bingo

Hosted by CAB

Oct, 11, 2022, 7pm | Via Zoom

Academic Spotlight

Founder's Day Essay Contest

Every October, we mark the birthday of Simmons' founder, John Simmons, with an essay contest and celebration. Undergraduate students are invited to participate in an essay contest as part of the celebration of John Simmons' birthday – our Founder's Day.

The winner will be invited to read their essay at the Founder's Day celebration on Wednesday, October 26 and will be awarded a $1000 prize.

The deadline for the essay contest is Wednesday, October 12. Find out more on the Founder’s Day Essay Contest webpage.

Career and Leadership Corner

The Forensic Sciences Foundation (FSF) Student Travel Grant

The Forensic Sciences Foundation (FSF) is pleased to offer Student Travel Grants to assist with travel expenses in attending the 2023 American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Annual Scientific Conference in Orlando, FL. The FSF Board of Trustees has allocated $12,000, not to exceed $1,500 per student, including complimentary conference registration. This is a wonderful opportunity, and members are encouraged to promote it.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2022

NACA Alan Davis Scholarship

This scholarship is an annual award for one outstanding undergraduate. The Alan Davis Scholarship recipient possesses an inspired spirit and creative spark. This individual is innovative and forward thinking in regards to the events and opportunities available to the student body. The awarded scholar embodies the core qualities of both NACA and Riddle & Bloom: creativity, originality, pride for his/her school and unparalleled ambition and vision.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2022

NACA Scholarship for Student Leaders in the Northeast Region

One means by which the NACA Foundation demonstrates its commitment to the development of professionals in the field of campus activities is through providing scholarships to undergraduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership abilities and made significant contributions to their campus communities.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2022

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Community Action Grants (CAG)

The following criteria apply to the selection of Community Action Grants:

• The proposed activity must promote education and equity for women and girls.
• Relevance of the proposed project to the mission of AAUW and direct, positive impact on education and equity for women and girls.
• Additional Criteria

APPLICATION DEADLINE: DEC. 1, 2022

Making a Difference

AAUW WORK SMART IN BOSTON

The City of Boston's mission is to promote gender equity by empowering women and removing systemic barriers to their advancement. They are offering a FREE salary negotiation workshops for women who live or work in Boston.

Women's Advancement takes an approach to closing the gender pay gaps that addresses both policy and culture. One of the key parts is to empower women to advocate for themselves in the job market. To do so, we teamed up with the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to offer free salary negotiation workshops. In addition to the ongoing in-person workshops, the free course is now available online.

Upcoming Work Smart Workshop Webinars

• Tuesday, October 4, 2022 | 12:00 pm EST | Register
• Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | 12:00 pm EST | Register
• Tuesday, November 8, 2022 | 12:00 pm EST | Register

Stay safe, and be well.

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