Happy New SLUM Year!
10 09 2008Happy new semester, everyone!
On Monday, SLUM held its first official meeting of the term. If you are interested in getting involved in McGill Linguistics this year, please come to our next meeting Wednesday, Sept 14, 4:15-5:15 in the Linguistics Lounge (room 212 on the 2nd floor of the Linguistics building; 1085 Dr. Penfield – the Northeast corner of Peel & Dr. Penfield). Everyone is welcome; don’t feel shy! We love new people!
Here’s a taste of what we have planned for this semester:
PIZZA PARTY!
Thursday, September 25th, 4pm
Linguistics Lounge
Our first event of this year will be a FREE pizza (and beverages) party (the first of many)! Don’t worry if you don’t know anyone else in the department; this is a perfect opportunity to meet new friends! Come and enjoy lots of delicious FREE food and *drink*, play games and meet your fellow SLUMers! It’s gonna be a blast!
FROSH INFO SESSION :
Tuesday, October 8th, 11:30 to 2:30
Linguistics Lounge
Are you a Freshman interested in majoring or minoring in Linguistics, or do you want to learn more about the subject? Come join a bunch of other Ling-kids for a totally relaxed, informal session where you can ask questions about linguistics, McGill, or life in general!
As always, this is just the beginning! A quick preview of this term ’s activities (with many more details to come):
- SLUM pub nights | starting at Gerts, 10-Oct, 7–10pm
- SLUMber party & movie night in the linguistics lounge | 7-Nov
- Midterm study sessions with SLUM tutors | TBA
- Library info sessions to show you how to use McGill’s resources for Linguistics research | TBA
- Monthly opinion meetings for all Ling students to give their feedback to SLUM
- Candygrams following final exams | Dec ‘08 & Apr ‘09
- FUTURE Week, or “What can one with a linguistics degree?” | early Mar ‘09
- McGill’s Canadian Conference for Linguistics Undergraduates (McCCLU) | late Mar ‘09
- Linguistics guest lecturers from other universities, followed by reception | TBA
- SLUMwear (t-shirts, sweatshirts, and more!) | Apr ‘09
- Our famous Thompson House end-of-year party | Apr ‘09
If you have any questions or want to get involved with SLUM, shoot us an email at slum(at)mail.mcgill.ca! Also join our Facebook group, slʌm!
