Here’s a little recap of Miriam’s awesome experience on the immersion trip and how she has been using her alumnae network for her internship search! At the beginning of March, a group of 12 CWIB members travelled to NYC for an Immersion trip. During this trip, we participated in three site visits in three different […]
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CWiB! CWiB won the Best Supporting Actor at the Student Organization Recognition Banquet last Thursday! This award went to the group that strives to provide advocacy or bring awareness to important issues. Each semester, CWiB is growing its member and alumnae presences, diversifying our partnerships, inventing new and exciting events, and we couldn’t do any of our […]
Twelve students traveled to New York City last month as a part of CWiB’s Spring Immersion Trip. Liz Mullin, Class of 2017 has shared some of her reflections below. As a freshman, I am still on the road to figuring out not only the ropes of college, but which classes and interests along the […]
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“Ban Bossy”
Almost a year after Sheryl Sandberg visited Colgate, she is out with a new slogan: “Ban Bossy”. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO and Anna Maria Chávez, Girl Scouts of the USA’s CEO have teamed up to ban the word “bossy”. In their article in the Wall Street Journal, they explore the negative connotations and stereotypes stemming […]
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Changing Women’s Portrayal in Images
This past weekend, the New York Times published an article featuring one of LeanIn.org’s newest ventures. Sheryl Sandberg’s LeanIn.org and Getty Images are teaming up to transform the portrayal of women in stock photos. Specifically, Getty will be offering a special collection of stock photography “that it says represent women and families in more powerful […]
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TEDWomen 2013
Last week, TEDWomen: Invented Here, took place in San Francisco. TED is a global set of conferences that covers every topic imaginable under the slogan “ideas worth spreading”. While the event streamed live through TEDx last week in specific locations, there are plenty of interesting talks and articles available online! From Diane Nyad (the woman […]
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Colgate Women of Real Estate
Currently working or interesting in the real estate industry? Alumnae and friends are cordially invited to join Colgate Women in Real Estate at an inaugural cocktail reception! The event will be held in NYC at the Park Avenue Tavern (99 Park Avenue, New York, NY) from 6:30-8:30 pm. You can find more information here. Be […]
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“Toys for Future Engineers”
As CWiB members, we’re eager to learn about the business world; this world also includes engineering firms, hospitals, start-ups, and anything that comes to mind! As the holiday season is upon us, do you have any shopping to do for younger sisters or cousins? GoldieBlox, founded by a Stanford alumna, aims to: “get girls building”. […]
Back in 2001, Emily Nussbaum wrote a piece in the New York Times interviewing twenty-one young women who were beginning their careers at the prestigious law firm Debevoise & Plimpton in New York. The original article includes excerpts from interviews; women are confident in believing “you can have it all”, yet they are also painfully aware of […]
Below is another reflection piece by Ms. Lindsey Skerker ’14 covering CWiB’s Senior Immersion Trip to NYC during September 25-29th. I was fortunate enough to be part of CWIB’s Senior Immersion trip to New York City a few weekends ago, and one of the highlights was getting to visit Google. We met up with Deb LoCastro […]
Colgate Women in Business 