(sent: March 3rd, 2021)
GSA Events
Here’s what’s going on over the next few weeks - mark your calendars!
(PS - please be sure to answer the location and time zone survey questions in the banner at the top of your SIO pages. Your answers help us plan stuff! Also, you can modify your answers at any time. So, if your plans change, please update your answers.)
Virtual Trivia Night 3/4 Sign up here!
Campus-Wide Coffee Chats 3/5 (Ongoing!) Sign up here!
SoDrama | New Works Series. 3/10-3/13 Access here!
SoDrama | Men On Boats 3/13-3/15 Access here!
SoDrama | Everybody 3/16-3/18, 20 Access here!
SoMusic | Student Recital:
Alisa Smith, flute 3/19 Access here!
SoMusic | Chamber Series
Flute Gems 3/29 Access here!
Virtual Escape Room 3/20-3/27 Sign up here!
Virtual Trivia Night 4/8 Sign up here!
Virtual Trivia Night 5/6 Sign up here!
Student Affairs Events Calendar Access here!
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Trivia Night! TOMORROW
Aaron DeLeo is back this semester with more trivia questions via Twitch, so get your teams together. Each member of the winning team will get the choice of: an Amazon item up to $25, coffee or team from local Pittsburgh vendors, or two pints of ice cream from Millie’s Homemade ice cream delivered to your door! (Pgh residents only for that last one)
What: Virtual Trivia Night
When: March 4th, April 8th, and May 6th
Where: Your couch, your desk, your dinner table, wherever - it’s virtual!
Who: CMU graduate students
How much: Free!
Sign Up
Register by 12:00pm ET day of! Sign up a team of up to six people, or sign up to play on a special Rando Calrissian Team headed by a special GSA Exec Member/Grad Student Life Committee Guest! You will receive the Twitch link after registering.
>>>Link to March 4 reservation form here<<<
>>>Link to April 8 reservation form here<<<
>>>Link to May 6 reservation form here<<<
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Cross-Campus Coffee Chats!
This is a campus-wide program that encourages spontaneous 1-1 and small group socializing between graduate students. To participate, just fill out a form with details about yourself and who you’d like to meet and our algorithm will match you.
How it works:
1. Fill out the form here by the end of Friday (03/05), anywhere on earth.
2. By the end of the weekend, we will email you and your match(es) with what you've paired on and suggested meeting times.
3. Hop on a zoom call or meet up outside! If meeting in person, please obey social distancing and wear masks. If you aren't feeling well, please meet over Zoom.
You can use this program in many different ways! For example, use it to socialize with different majors (or within your own), to find connections for your interdisciplinary projects, find an exercise buddy, or seek advice from other students.
This program will run once every three weeks. The form is open for one week and we will send out matches the following week.
Data privacy disclaimer:
We will never share any individual’s form answers. We may publish aggregate information about form responses to help ensure the continuation of this program. You may permit or deny the inclusion of your data in the aggregate info we publish with the questions at the end of the form.
If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or want to help with the program, please reach out to grad-coffee-chats@andrew.cmu.
Happy coffee-chatting,
>>>Link to reservation form here<<<
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School of Drama (SoD) Productions
What: Awesome productions by CMU Drama students
When: 3/10-3/13
Where: Virtual :)Who: All CMU community members
How much: Free! No registration required!
When: 3/13-3/15
Where: Virtual :)
Who: All CMU community members
How much: Free!
Register: >>>>Here!<<<<
When: 3/16-3/18, 3/20
Where: Virtual :)
Who: All CMU community members
How much: Free!
Register: >>>>Here!<<<<
>>>Check out the SoD Box Office Site Here!<<<
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School of Music (SoM) Performances
The School of Music is following university guidelines for a return to both in-person and online teaching for all graduate and undergraduate programs for 2020-2021. The Chamber Series will perform in the 2020-2021 season with socially distanced, livestreamed performances. Student recitals will also be livestreamed!
>>>Check out the SoM Events Calendar Here!<<<
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Escape Room
Virtual Search for the Cure is an immersive virtual escape room game that features a mysterious dilemma that teams must tackle together.
Teams are put into the shoes of a biomedical researcher, confronted with a mysterious ailment infecting the people around them.
Your group will play in teams of 4 to 6 players, with a captain to lead each team. Each team will choose a time convenient for them to virtually gather to complete the episode. At the end of the play period, all the scores will be compiled, and a final scoreboard will be sent to all participants showing where their team placed and announcing the winning team.
What: Escape Room - Virtual Search for the Cure
When: Saturday, March 20th - Saturday, March 27th
Where: Your couch, your desk, your dinner table, wherever - it’s virtual!
Who: CMU graduate students
How Much: Free!
>>>Link to ESCAPE ROOM reservation form here<<<
Sign Up
Participants will be selected at random by lottery, which you can enter NOW until March 18th, at 5:00 PM ET. Winners will be notified by email on Friday, March 19th with instructions.
We will be selecting 10 teams total. You may register as a team or as a free agent to be added to a team!
Team registration:
-Choose a team captain (responsible for coordinating play time, creating Zoom room, and sharing screen)
-Include emails of up to 6 team members
-Only one entry per team - multiples will be deleted
Free agent registration:
-Include your email
-Indicate availability
-Indicate whether you would be willing to be team captain (hosting a Zoom room and sharing your screen - GSA will help coordinate a time!)
-One entry per person
Capacity is limited, but depending on response/feedback we can add more games soon!
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If you have any questions, email (gsa@cmu.edu) or Maggie McGrann at gsa-vpsocial@andrew.cmu.edu.
“See” you there!
Sarah Meyers
GSA Program & Events Coordinator
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