GW Biotech Club

Check out GW Biotech Club at EngageGW today in District H3 - Room 207!!!

Last few days left to apply for a position on our E-Board! Deadline is March 22nd at 11:59 PM

GWBiotech is looking for FOUR bright and reliable students to join our E-Board.

Positions:
Co-Chair of Programming: As a Co-Chair of Programming, you will work with our E-board to organize events, work on events logistics, venue planning and support the rest of the E-board members.

Director of Marketing and Social Media: As a director, you will design flyers, newsletters, manage all social media accounts, and OrgSync.

Director of Internal Affairs: report meeting minutes to the entire E-Board, properly respond to GWU Biotech Club emails in a timely manner or to forward them to the appropriate E-Board member, record attendance of members; and to support the Director of Marketing and other E-board members

Treasurer: Treasurer is in charge if all monetary responsibilities. This includes fundraising, budgeting, and monitoring the organization's account.

APPLY HERE: https://docs.google.com/a/gwmail.gwu.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQCOES_NLijK71RmYOBfGMOatk7WrlACpK2mr6iRkETITD2Q/viewform?c=0&w=1

APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY MARCH 22ND AT 11:59PM

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to us at: [email protected]

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GWBiotech is on the lookout for TWO new E-board members!

Freshman Representative:
We're looking for an outgoing and reliable freshman student to join our E-board. As a Freshman Rep, you will be the link between our E-board members and the Freshman class of 2020 by helping in marketing our club's events and activities during the school year.

Apply by clicking on the following link:
https://goo.gl/forms/uYCsDQ3SzbYKYMlm1

Co-Chair of Programming:
As a Chair of Programming, you will organize events, event logistics, venue planning and network with professionals.

Apply by clicking on the following link:
https://goo.gl/forms/N70kZJUf9jPgQ6is2

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to us at: [email protected]

Our biggest event of the year hosted GMO experts from MONSANTO, SYNGENTA, USDA and AAAS. These speakers presented the facts on the science behind GMOs, the research put into developing them, and the regulatory laws put in place to protect the public, followed by a Q&A session for the audience. THANK YOU to everyone who attended the event! And a special thank you to our co-sponsors: The Triple Helix and GW Women in Stem.

Our speaker series and interactive discussion about the regulatory environment and commercialization in Biotech and Big Pharma, highlighting speakers from OPIANT PHARMACEUTICALS, FDA and NINDS/NIH.

THANK YOU so much for everyone who made it tonight! :D The event was a huge success, and we hope you all enjoyed the panel! We'll be sending out the slides and contact information of the speakers soon to those who gave us their email address. And if you didn't, and would like to get a copy of those, or even be on our email listserv, please message us on facebook or email us on:
[email protected]

Hope to see you again in our future events!

Come to our event tomorrow at 7:00 PM! You sure don't want to miss all the cool hands-on experiments we'll be conducting!
Sign up here ---> http://goo.gl/forms/Mnc0R1HvX6

Today is the last day to express interest in joining our E-board for next semester! Send us an email before 11:59 PM tonight!
--->> [email protected]

We have few E-board spots empty for next semester! Send us an email if you're interested before Wednesday at 11:59 PM!