Campus Week Events
July 22-27, 2024
Golden Gate University Campus Week events take place throughout the year. They are fun opportunities to meet other GGU students, alumni, and faculty. Please check back regularly for more details on Spring, Summer, and Fall events. Please note that a reservation is required to attend.
You can register here for any campus week event listed below.
Date | Event | Start Time | End Time | Location | Description |
Monday, July 22 |
Coffee & Tea Social | 10:00am | 12:00pm | Hub | Live Tea & Coffee show for students, staff, and faculty to stop by for refreshments and pastries. |
Afternoon Massage | 2:00pm | 5:00pm | 4212 | Take 10 minutes to relax and unwind while having a chair massage! Confirm your appointment by sending an email to: melissamcnair@ggu.edu | |
LinkedIn Headshot Session | 3:00pm | 5:00pm | 4202 & 4204 | Put your best foot forward with a professional headshot! First come, first serve. | |
Tuesday, July 23 |
Intentional and Impactful Career Pivots | 11:30am | 12:30pm | 4217 | This session will be an interactive and thought provoking conversation, helping you approach your professional journey in a way that makes it fulfilling, sustainable, and impactful. The speaker is a GGU alumnus, a current executive leadership and career coach with texperience working with companies such as GitHub, Meta, Airbnb, and GoPro. |
Expressions by Poetry (Part 1 Poetry Writing Workshop) | 12:00pm | 2:00pm | Bookstore Cafe | Calling all aspiring poets! Come and learn to create beautiful poetry taught by Toyia Wortham. During workshop one you will learn about lines, stanzas, and rhymes. During workshop two, you will have an opportunity to present your work! | |
SFVA Healthcare | 1:00pm | 5:00pm | 4209 | Sign up for VA Healthcare and get your VA ID card. | |
“Let’s Move Forward” | 1:00pm | 2:00pm | 3201 | The MBA Club will be hosting a general topics Quiz Show. Prizes will be provided for the winners | |
Start your Career at Spott, Lucey & Wall, CPA | 2:00pm | 4:00pm | 3214 | Accounting & Tax Club invites Qi Wang, the tax manager, to talk about Spott, Lucey, & Wall, CPA, and her career. Join us to gain insights into Spott, Lucey, & Wall, CPA, and create professional connections. | |
Taco Tuesday | 2:00pm | 7:00pm | Plaza Courtyard | Join us for tasty tacos and make new friends. | |
Machine Psychology | 3:00pm | 5:00pm | 3203 | Over long periods of history, humans have delegated the grunt work to others- such as work animals, less fortunate humans and finally machines. Throughout that history, all the thinking or brainwork was the preserve of humans. However, with the rapid advancements in AI (Artificial Intelligence) and LLM (Large Language Models), humans can now delegate the thinking too. Traditional Psychology studies the human mind and its functions. In 2024, a new discipline of Psychology is emerging – called Machine Psychology which deals with thinking process of AI and its functions.
While this field is still very new, there is a great opportunity for students of Psychology to get in on the ground floor and start learning this science and play a role in creation of AI to expose how AI thinks and helping AI to think in a constructive way. Just as humans can have psychological conditions that can enhance or inhibit their behavior is society, we have seen that so can AI. And someone needs to start making sense of all that. This talk will give a brief overview of this exciting emerging field and stimulate your thinking on how you can leverage your Psychology education in new ways. Presenters: Gopal Krishnan DBA and Shalini Gopalkrishnan DBA |
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Snack ‘n Chat | 3:00pm | 5:00pm | 4th Floor Lobby | Grab a snack and Chat w/Diller Center Team | |
Meet and Greet w/ Andrew Tong – ASQ | 4:00pm | 6:00pm | 3208 | The ASQ GGU Club is excited to host a meet and greet event with Mr. Andrew Tonng who is currently the Section Chair of ASQ and Senior Quality Engineering manager at Amazon. | |
Wednesday, July 24 |
Lunch & Learn Personal Finance: Your Money on Your Mind | 11:00am | 12:30pm | 3201 | Dive into the essentials of managing your finances with confidence and clarity. The session emphasizes a holistic approach, integrating your values, goals, and emotional wellbeing into your financial plan. Learn best practices for budgeting, saving, investing, and debt management, all tailored to help you achieve a balanced and fulfilling financial life. Join us to transform your relationship with money and pave the way to a secure and prosperous future. (Lunch provided)
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Expressions by Poetry (Part 2, Poetry Presentations) | 12:00pm | 2:00pm | Bookstore Cafe | Present your poems! Come back and share your creative work with members of our campus community! | |
SFVA Healthcare | 1:00pm | 5:00pm | 4209 | Sign up for VA Healthcare and get your VA ID card. | |
GGU Startup Club Inauguration | 2:00pm | 3:00pm | 2202 | Join us for the inaugural event of the Startup Club at Golden Gate University! We are thrilled to welcome Alan Du, Partner at PayPal Ventures and a prominent venture capital investor, as our guest speaker. Alan will share his insights on the current startup ecosystem in Silicon Valley. Enjoy great food and take advantage of the opportunity to network and learn from industry experts. Be a part of this exciting launch and help us make the event a success. | |
Cookies, Cupcakes, and Connecting | 3:00pm | 5:00pm | 4211 | Sweet treats for Vets! Stop by and connect with fellow veteran students and Diller Center Staff. | |
Innovating in the AI and compassion space: A founder’s perspective | 3:00pm | 4:00pm | 3214 | Hosted by the Techno-Humanis Club and the Yoga Club, this event will explore Deepa’s journey and the intersection of AI and mental health. Learn how technology can drive compassionate solutions in healthcare. | |
Project Management Club – Interactive Case Study Analysis with Sri Srinivasa, Program Management Leader – Tesla | 6:30pm | 8:30pm | 3214 | Multi-disciplinary, and interactive Harvard case study analysis with Harvard method by a Harvard trained professional leader, Sri Srinivasa, Program Management Leader – Tesla. For the first time, PM club will host an interactive case study analysis with interested students. Get ready and read your case study ahead of time and discuss during the event! The chosen HBR case study highlights MBA, Project Management, Business analysis, and IT management areas, and more. | |
Thursday, July 25 |
From Surviving to Thriving: Recipes for Life | 1:00pm | 2:00pm | 3201 | Speaker: Nate Hinerman, PhD, LMFT
Humans are arguably the most profoundly social species on the planet. As we evolved in the Serengeti, exile was a death sentence. Causes have effects. And, if we don’t get the supplies that we need, bit by bit, it’s like we’re living on a thin soup – you can survive, you can make it, but there’s a hollowness, an emptiness, inside. This talk will explore new “recipes” for updating our sense of being-in-the-world, even amidst the “soup” of difficult experiences. This talk will help participants learn ways to reframe negative experience and unhook from the unhelpful, and instead exchange these clouds for blue sky with more skillful means. |
SFVA Healthcare | 1:00pm | 5:00pm | 4209 | Sign up for VA Healthcare and get your VA ID card. | |
Navigating Your Job Search with Handshake | 1:00pm | 2:00pm | 3203 | Discover how to leverage Handshake, the leading career platform for college students, to enhance your job search. This event is a collaboration between the Career Center and the Women in Tech Club. | |
Afternoon Massage | 2:00pm | 5:00pm | 4212 | Take 10 minutes to relax and unwind while having a chair massage! Confrim your appointment by sending an email to: melissamcnair@ggu.edu | |
LinkedIn Profile REVIEW Session | 3:00pm | 4:00pm | 3214 | Get a LinkedIn profile review while enjoying delicious cupcakes! | |
Snack ‘n Chat | 3:00pm | 5:00pm | 4th Floor Lobby | Grab a snack and Chat w/Diller Center Team | |
Data Insights: Navigating Careers in Start up vs Big Tech | 5:00pm | 7:00pm | 4217 | Join ITM Club for an engaging panel discussion featuring two data professionals sharing their experiences from startups to big tech. Hear from a Data Engineer at a startup and a Data Analyst Manager at Walmart as they delve into the nuances of working in these contrasting environments. From landing their roles straight out of college to navigating the unique work cultures, our panelists will offer valuable insights and practical advice for aspiring data enthusiasts. Whether you’re curious about job application strategies, workplace dynamics, or career growth opportunities, this session will illuminate the paths to success in the ever-evolving data analytics and engineering field. | |
Friday, July 26 |
Yoga at Salesforce Park | 12:30pm | 1:30pm | Salesforce Park | The Salesforce Park organizes Yoga events every Friday at 12;30pm and the GGU Yoga Club will be joining them to unwind our minds and body. Please join the GGU Yoga Club in particpating in Yoga at the Salesforce Park |
Gardens of Golden Gate Park Tour | 1:00pm | 5:00pm | Golden Gate Park | Join us for a delightful afternoon visiting the iconic Conservatory of Flowers and the serene Japanese Tea Garden. Discover diverse botanical wonders, immerse yourself in cultural beauty, and enjoy a relaxing day out with friends and colleagues. | |
Beat the Heat with Ascend: Boba & Networking | 5:00pm | 6:30pm | 3rd Floor Lobby | Beat the heat with Ascend! Join us for boba and networking. Come take this opportunity to grow your professional network, engage in meaningful connections, and sip on some refreshing boba! | |
Saturday, July 27 |
Breakfast Grazing Table | 8:30am | 11:00am | 4th Floor Lobby | Grab a bagel or donut and some coffee or juice on your way to class. |
Alcatraz | 1:45pm | Alcatraz | Tour or Alcatraz Prison with Ferry Ride (limited to 25 participants) — EVENT IS FULL, NO MORE REGISTRATIONS |