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Date/Time View	October 8, 2019

Start Date and Time	Event Details	Event Organizer(s)
Tuesday, October 08, 2019
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Mentorship: Develop Your Personal Board of Directors (Elevating Laurier Leaders) Be part of building a supportive community of women from diverse industries and backgrounds who want to support each other in their leadership journey. Moderator Susan Cranston BA‘88 – CEBS, CEO and Founder, Authentika Consulting Panel Jane W. Klugman, MBA‘96 – ICD.D, President and Broker, Whitney and Company Realty Limited, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada Vanessa Buttinger, BBA'16 – Senior Account Executive, Strategic Accounts, Shopify Plus Dave Whiteside, PhD '15 – Director of Research, Plasticity Labs Elevating Laurier Leaders This event is part of a special women's series hosted by President Deborah MacLatchy. Elevating Laurier Leaders (ELL) is coming to Waterloo after sold-out events in Toronto in spring 2019. The series brings together accomplished Laurier alumnae committed to advancing women’s leadership and to helping them achieve their full potential. ELL is part of building a supportive community of women from diverse industries and backgrounds who want to support each other in their leadership journeys. You can register for this event and other ELL events online. All events take place at THEMUSEUM over breakfast.	Development and Alumni Relations
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Writing and Study Skills Drop-in Support No appointment? No problem! Drop by the Indigenous Student Centre for writing and study skills drop-in support every Tuesday provided by Learning Skills and Development. First come, first served! Sign up for a 30-minute consultation. All students welcome.	Centre for Student Success Office of Indigenous Initiatives Student Affairs Teaching and Learning
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Weekly Soup and Bannock Lunch Join us at the Indigenous Student Centre every Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. for our weekly soup and bannock lunch. Enjoy delicious soups made by our amazing department partners who sign up each term! Want your group to make soup? We would love that! Contact Corri at codaniels@wlu.ca to sign up! (Note: our lunches will not be run during reading week and after classes end each term.)	Office of Indigenous Initiatives
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM	Something Sacred - Reading and Reflecting on the Acts of the Apostles Read and reflect each Tuesday with Luther. We host session weekly over the lunch hour. Stop by any day of the week for different activities: Mondays – contemplative music Tuesdays – Reading and Reflecting on the Book of Acts: A Window into the Early Church Wednesdays – prayers for the world Thursdays – Chilling with Dogs; multifaith teachings Fridays – Settler Work: contemplative arts; Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) For more details, see the Fall 2019 program flyer.	Martin Luther University College
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Coffee Club Join us weekly for Coffee Club! Meet new people and share experiences from your own country while learning more about Canadian culture in a relaxed and informal setting. Coffee, tea and snacks will be served. No need to register! Just drop in at Laurier International to join in. Students who attend 8 sessions will get a designation on their Laurier Experience Record.	Laurier International
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Careers in the Cannabis Industry Come out and learn where jobs are being created and what skills are in short supply as they relate to operations, marketing, sales, regulatory affairs, technology, etc. Panellists include: Phil Niles (BA'05), Executive Vice President, GreenSeal Cannabis Co. Matt Plickert (BSc '14), Regulatory Affairs and Compliance Associate, Auxly Cannabis Group Inc. Tristan Rea (BA '16), Marketing & Communications, Cann Tx Life Sciences Evan Rozakis-Adcock (BBA '16), Co-Founder and CEO, Verda Innovations Inc Registration.	Career Centre
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Midterm Madness Workshop This workshop will help students develop and apply strategies for preparing for and taking multiple choice and other types of objective exams. Registration is required! Register through the student success portal.	Centre for Student Success Student Affairs Teaching and Learning
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	BF190/199 Facilitated Study Group A facilitated study group (FSG) is a time and place for you to get together with other people from your classes and an FSG leader (someone who has previously taken the course) to discuss the course content and gain a deeper understanding of what is being covered in the class lectures and readings. This does not mean that the FSG leaders will teach you the content, but they will help you enhance your understanding of course material, and they can also help students with understanding assignment requirements.	Centre for Student Success Student Affairs Teaching and Learning
7:00 PM	Men's Baseball vs Ontario Nationals U18 Preseason Men's Baseball vs Ontario Nationals U18 at Jack Couch Park, Kitchener

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