“I want, I don’t want.
How can one live with such a heart?”
― Margaret Atwood, Canadian poet and novelist
(excerpt from The Woman Who Could Not Live With Her Faulty Heart)
Hi!
Hope you are all doing well and enjoying your long weekend. Take some time to enjoy a moment of reprieve, to celebrate in the ways you can and in the ways you want. We're entering the second half of the quarter - how exciting!
Thank you all for attending our general meeting this past week! It was great seeing everyone come out for Meeting 2: Townhall — Climate Change, featuring Amanda Smith. Catch the full recap here (now including the video-recording of the meeting!).
For members of our Mentorship Program, we will be holding a social for you all THIS week on Wednesday, February 17th from 11:10am-12pm! It will be a casual get-together; meet with other Mentorship Groups and join us for some games! Check out the full meeting and event calendar here.
Our next general meeting is Meeting 3: Black-Led Research in COMS. We will be next Wednesday, February 24th from 11:10am-12pm. Additionally, in celebration of Black History Month, COMS Club is leading a fundraising effort to raise money for the Loveland Foundation! More details on how to support below. Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date with the latest information.
Additionally (as always), COMS Club is happy to consider posting your event, survey, or senior project as part of our newsletter. Send us a message at calpolyslocomsclub@gmail.com!
Subscribe to our Google Calendar to never miss a meeting! Link to join club meetings: https://calpoly.zoom.us/j/99668505843
Upcoming Dates!
EVENTS Lambda Pi Eta Winter Book Drive (February 8th to 26th) Cal Poly Center for Service in Action: Change the Status Quo Conference (February 27th from 10:30am-4pm) "The No-State 'Solution': Inter/Nationalisms and the Question of Queer Theory" with Dr Jasbir K. Puar (March 5th at 10am) CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies Vol. 14 (Deadline April 1st) APPLICATIONS 2021 LSAMP Summer Research Scholars Program (Deadline February 16th) Jack Montoya Memorial Scholarship (Deadline March 15th) SAVE THE DATE Spring Registration Dates (Now Available)! - Reach out to CLA Advising for tips! COMS Club Mentorship Social (February 17th from 11:10am-12pm) COMS Club Meeting 3: Black-Led Research in COMS (February 24th from 11:10am-12pm)
Donate to COMS Club's Black History Month Fundraiser this February!
100% of donations will be donated to the Loveland Foundation! Fill out this form to learn how to give back.
Thanks for your continued support of COMS Club! Reach out to us on Instagram @calpolyslocomsclub or our club email at calpolyslocomsclub@gmail.com with any questions or just for a chat :)
And as always, take care, and all of us here at COMS Club wish you a great upcoming week!
Your COMS Club Exec Board,
Shelby, Michelle, Chelsie, Anika, and Sammy
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The Cal Poly SLO COMS Club is the official Communication Studies club for Cal Poly SLO. We celebrate communication studies, supporting mentorship and professional development for the Cal Poly COMS community. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at calpolyslocomsclub@gmail.com.
This newsletter was originally sent to our COMS Weekly Newsletter subscribers on February 15th, 2021. Subscribe here to get your newsletter directly delivered to your email every Monday at noon!
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