Good luck & Happy Holidays!

No meeting this week, girls!

Good luck on your finals. Remember to breathe, relax, sleep and eat breakfast each morning.

See you all next quarter; have safe & happy holidays while you're gone, and make sure to come back for our first meeting of winter quarter on Tuesday, January 13!

Meeting Minutes 11/10

In case you missed tonight's meeting, Julianne conducted a resume workshop, giving everyone tips and advice on how to spruce up their resume.

When creating a resume, keep the following in mind:

• EDIT, EDIT, EDIT! One spelling error can detract an employee from hiring you
• Include all "impressive" experiences throughout your college career, with the most relevant experiences to the job listed on top
• Try to add an element of creativity without being obnoxious, so that your resume stands out but is not over-crowded
• Don't let your resume exceed one, single-spaced page
• Include details that expand on each experience you had
  
• Create a personal brand for yourself, and allow this brand to expand onto your other professional items, such as business cards/Web sites, etc.

Hope tonight was helpful, ladies! See you all next week.

Meeting Minutes 11/3

Hey girls,

Sorry we had to cancel the meeting tonight; we're really glad that everyone was enthusiastic to do a trash collecting fundraiser in Boyd Hall, but Res Life decided to rain on our parade at the last minute and nixed the idea (boo!).

If anyone has any fund-raising ideas, be sure to shoot your ideas over to exec!

Hope to see you all next week.

Halloween Social!

Instead of having a regular meeting tonight, we all gathered at our President Emily's house for a Halloween social.

Thanks to everyone who came out and brought food!

It looks like "headbands" turned out to be a smash hit game, so we'll make sure to incorporate that into our next social, as well.

Have a happy Halloween, everyone! Stay safe!

Meeting Minutes, Octoboer 20

AWC switched things up tonight, and instead of meeting in Scripps as usual, we all met up at Ping and participated in a Zumba class.

We hope it was as physically exhilarating for all of you as it was for us; remember to maintain your health, even in times of academic strenuousness.

For a list of all of Ping's fitness classes every week, check out their fitness schedule here.

Women Studies Speaker

Hey Ladies!

Thanks for making it out tonight; I know it was an interesting one for all of us! Char Kopchick came in and talked to us about girl-related health issues.

Char's vivid personality is one that we always enjoy, and we hope to get her back next quarter. Some topics we discussed included:

• Safe sexual habits
• What type of tests to get at your yearly doctor's appointments
• How STD's are transmitted
• Proper ways to stay hygienically in tact

Thanks again for coming out, and be sure to think up some questions for the next time Char comes around.

Meeting Minutes Sept 29

In case you missed it, at tonight's meeting we...

• Had a guest speaker, Ms. Abbey Wojno, a COMS graduate student who educated us all about making a great professional statement in a short amount of time
• Abbey first talked to us about how to give a proper handshake (& thus make a great first impression). Remember: use your right hand, less than three pumps, eye contact and firmness!
• We learned how to give an excellent "elevator speech," or short speech about yourself that can be quickly pitched to a potential employer
• Abbey gave us time to practice both of these new skills with fellow AWC members

Don't forget that the career fair is next week, so take the skills that Abbey showed us today and show off your super-professional and super-impressive skills to the professionals!

So... what is AWC anyway?

There are so many different clubs that you have the opportunity to get involved in on the OU campus. So why the Association for Women in Communications?

AWC offers such a multi-dimension platform of opportunities, and that's why we feel it's an outstanding thing to be a part of. This quarter we have a variety of ideas planned, such as internship workshops, resume building workshops, women's health days and even a self-defense class. AWC is great for social networking and tips on internships or jobs, things that we know will be vital tools for your future.

And okay, fine, it may seem lame that there are absolutely no guys... but it actually turns out to be a really nice escape. Especially because you truly do form bonds and friendships with really great girls who may not have otherwise met.

We also try to focus heavily on philanthropy. AWC does one, big philanthropic project each quarter. Fall 2009's philanthropic project has not yet been decided, but we're in the brainstorming process and we'd love any suggestions you may have!

In order to be a member of AWC just come to any of our meeting on Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in Scripps 111. To remain an active member, you need to earn 10 "points" each quarter (attending a meeting counts as a point, as does attending any bake sale/philanthropic event/etc... it's really not that hard to get 10 points in a quarter).

If you have any additional questions please feel free to e-mail us at ohiouawc@gmail.com

We hope to hear from you, and we really hope you consider joining AWC. Trust us, you won't regret it!

Meeting Minutes Sept 15

Hey girls,

In case you missed it or in case you need a recap, this week's meeting consisted of....

• An introduction powerpoint. The execs were super excited to see old members/meet new members!
• A little information about what we do as a group at AWC: philanthropy, socializing, networking, resume building, internship hook-ups
• An ice-breaking/introduction game

It was so awesome to meet all of you. We hope to see you at the next meeting, Tuesday the 22nd at 7 p.m. in Scripps 111!

Starting tomorrow...

The first AWC meeting of the year will be tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Scripps 111. We'll have free snacks and will discuss the upcoming quarter.

If you've never checked out AWC before, now is the time! Returning members, we can't wait to see you again.