Hi Education Students,
The Education Student Council (EdSC) is excited to welcome you back to campus 🎉! Hope everyone had a crazy fun and/or productive summer! We have a ton of events and initiatives planned for the year that we hope can keep that momentum going 🌊. See what we have planned below!
🎉 WELCOME WEEK SCHEDULE (Sept 2-4 during lunch 12:30-1:20) 🎉 Come visit these fun events outside the council room and room 326 during your lunch period. Wednesday Sept 2:
* Room 326 - 🍕Meet the council w/ free pizza 🍕 Thursday Sept 3:
* Room 326 – 🎲 Games and Refreshments 🎲 Friday Sept 4:
* Room 308 (Outside the council room) – 🧁Council Bake Sale 🧁 * Room 326 – 👉⏱️Minute to win it 👉⏱️ Attending and participating in our events can earn you cohort points for your cohort! There will be many opportunities to earn cohort points to stay competitive among the other cohorts.
👕MERCH AND ORANGE SHIRT DAY SALE (Sept 2-4 during lunch 12:30-1:20) 👕 Check the merch table Wednesday and/or stop by our council office during the lunch breaks of welcome week to buy:
* Faculty of Education Merchandise * Orange Shirt Day Shirts (Please note that we will also be selling Orange shirts on September 28 and 29 as well) Merch can be purchased via cash or e-transfer (edsc@umanitoba.camailto:edsc@umanitoba.ca)
🔒 LOCKER SALE (Sept 3-4 + Sept 14-16 during lunch 12:30-1:20)🔒 Check out our locker vendor during welcome week and the first few days after your week of practicum to purchase lockers for school year!
* $15 per semester / $25 per year (Limited Quantity!!) * Bring your own lock 🔒 🔒 Lockers can be purchased via cash or e-transfer (edsc@umanitoba.camailto:edsc@umanitoba.ca)
❗ ELECTION (Mid-September – more details coming soon) ❗ The Education Student Council is looking to have you on our team! There are a couple of open positions. If you’re looking to get involved come join our team! We will hold an informational session mid-September and start the election period soon after. Please see the available positions below:
* Vice-Stick Internal * 2nd Community Service Facilitator * Culture and Diversity Representative * Early Years Stream Representative (only early years students can apply) * Middle Years Stream Representative (only middle years students can apply) * Senior Years Stream Representative (only senior years students can apply) Hope you have an interest in joining our team! More news about the election soon.
🧠 LUNCH AND LEARN PDs (During lunch 12:30-1:20) 🧠 Come out to our curated professional development workshops during lunch to hear skilled educators talk about a variety of topics related to education, teaching, and learning! Look forward to more news about this soon. PDs are starting the week after practicum!
🌐 BE CONNECTED ALL THE TIME! 🌐 After our experience as first years, we’ve noticed fast that the UofM education program has a unique and vibrant community! Don’t miss out on event reminders such as our famous social events, raffles initiatives, PDs and any other events happening open to both new or returning education student. Here’s how you can stay connected or contact us if you have any questions:
* Please follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/um_edsc/ and turn post notifications on * Contact us through our email: EDSC@umanitoba.camailto:EDSC@umanitoba.ca or my email * Visit our council room * We will also send you an email about your whatsapp cohort/stream chats very soon!
We all hope you all have a great year ahead! We’re excited to see you in the education building this week and meet all of you throughout the year 🙂
Best,
Education Student Council (EdSC) - Hannah, Kelsey, Rushal, Mackenzie, Amanda, Brody, Danielle, Jo, Joanne, Emma, Natalya, Logan, Daniel, Sydney, Liam, Nour, Eve, Quinn, Madi, Savannah!
[The UM brand | University of Manitoba] Michael Lacsado (he/him) EdSC Senior Stick Faculty of Education Email: Lacsadom@myumanitoba.ca
