Message from Sarah Kraemer and Pawel Fedurek
Dear BERGers,
Pawel and I would love to 🎄thank you all for coming to the holiday party and making it a memorable one! 🎄I've attached the various screenshots and group photos we managed to gather at the end. One of my screenshots did not save, unfortunately, but I believe we are all represented in at least one of these!
Special thanks Hannah, Craig, and Sabrina for sharing those screen grabs over e-mail or in the chat.
💚❤️💚 The powerpoint is linked here, for nostalgia and/or posterity.
https://youtu.be/LvRBPbaV8XI
[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LvRBPbaV8XI/hqdefault.jpg]<https://youtu.be/LvRBPbaV8XI>
BERG Holiday Party 2020<https://youtu.be/LvRBPbaV8XI>
Sarah Kraemer's amazing BERG PowerPoint - you will need to pause it to play at home for "spot the difference game" etc.
youtu.be
We are on the BERGe of a new year, and at least we have said good-bye to this one with a proper send-off!
Letting 2020 Bygones Be(r)Gone,
(these puns are getting more and more convoluted)
-Sarah and Pawel*
*Official 2020 Holiday Cheermeister*
❄️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxnmaVTlZA ❄️
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.885EEwOGmj95bRIT6TXuLQHgFo&pid=Api]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxnmaVTlZA>
Auld Lang Syne (with lyrics)<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxnmaVTlZA>
Robert Burns - Auld Lang Syne As sung by Dougie MacLean on the album Tribute.
www.youtube.com
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The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020
UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide)
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Dear BERGers,
This is your friendly reminder that Tomorrow at 6pm (UK time) is the annual holiday party!!
The link for the Teams party can be found here:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19%3aac34448fee7942bdabcc065540ad7841…
If you have not already done so, please send in your ice breaker Photo to Sarah Kraemer by 12pm tomorrow!
And participate in the pre-party quiz, found here:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/skraemer42/berg-christmas-quiz-5fuhalhhnv
Come prepared with your own:
âś…Holiday sweater / hat / festive get-up
âś…Libations / snacks
This is the season of giving. If you happen to have a single misgiving,
Dump it to Crumpit!
See you all tomorrow!
Sarah and Pawel
E-mail for Pawel [Lecturer in Psychology at Stirling; meetings coordinator of BERG]: pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk
E-mail for Sarah [PhD Student at Stirling; occasional coordinator of BERG]: s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk
The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.stir…>
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The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020
UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide)
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Possibly of interest to some of you.....
From: caroline.schuppli(a)aim.uzh.ch <caroline.schuppli(a)aim.uzh.ch>
Sent: 12 December 2020 11:24
Subject: Looking for PhD student & technicians
Dear all,
I'm advertising the first positions for my Research Group at the MPI AB:
1. Two technicians who will mainly work with our orangutan behavioral database, but also collect data on zoo orangutans and do outreach work for our SUAQ orangutan project.
2. A PhD candidate for a project on the development of ranging skills and learning in juvenile orangutans at Suaq.
It would be great, if you could help me spread the word and pass this on to suitable students that might be interested.
I hope you are all doing well and are all healthy,
Caroline
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The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020
UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide)
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
If you have a spare 15 minutes over the break to help a former BERGer with her research....
The link to the survey is here<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftilburgss…>, and the survey itself should take less than 15 minutes to complete. Participants are entered into a raffle to win a $100 USD gift card, or cash.
Further details below.
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From: Cassandra Gruetzner <cag00051(a)students.stir.ac.uk>
Sent: 07 December 2020 11:16
To: Hannah Buchanan-Smith <h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk>
Subject: Imagination in Biology survey
Dear Hannah,
I was one of your personal students two years ago and was visiting the BERG meetings quite regularly. I've been doing quite well since I graduated from Stirling, and will finish my MSc in social psychology from Tilburg & HSE this summer.
I do have a bit of question: I'm involved in a small research team with some philosophers of science, and we are investigating how imagination is used in the sciences. We are conducting a small survey, and we are mainly trying to target ecology, evolution and conservation biologists. Admittedly, though, survey-recruitment has been a bit difficult, and I was wondering if you maybe knew of some listservs/newsletters I could contact to disseminate our survey further? I was also wondering if maybe some of the BERG members would be so kind to fill it out?
The link to the survey is here<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftilburgss…>, and the survey itself should take less than 15 minutes to complete. Participants are entered into a raffle to win a $100 USD gift card, or cash.
I hope you are doing well, especially in these times, and hope you're having a nice week!
Kind regards,
Cassandra
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The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020
UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide)
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Dear BERGers,
This Christmas Party may very well be the only good thing to happen to any of us all year. A very low bar has been set (as most bars have been closed??) but we think we can surpass it, if just by the long white hairs on our chinny chin-chin.
Important Information so that you can Prepare YoursELVES:
1. The party is Next Wednesday, Dec 16, at 6pm.
2. You are fully encouraged to wear your very best Christmas jumper, pyjamas set, or holiday hat! No one will know what is happening from the waist down, so onesies with back-flaps are fair game.
* We will try to have a poll set-up during the party so that members can anonymously vote on whose outfit is the best!
* The Winner will be crowned "The Holiday Cheermeister", and then nothing else will happen, but they are welcome to add that title to their e-mail signature.
3. Please participate in our Buzzfeed BERG Christmas Party Poll! The link can be found here:
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/skraemer42/berg-christmas-quiz-5fuhalhhnv
* Poll results will be shared during the party!
* There are no wrong answers, unless your favourite holiday movie of all time is Jingle all the Way, in which case I have so many questions.
* The poll will never close, but if you could have your answers in by midnight on Tuesday, that would be best!
4. We have prepared two ice breaker ideas, and hope that by stating them now, everyone can come prepared!
* The first is to find a photo that represents you-- something you love, something research-related, a fond memory-- and send it to me before the party! I will put them together on a power point so that during introductions we can all see it and learn a bit more about you.
* Send to: s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:s.b.kraemer@stir.ac.uk>
* By midnight on Tuesday
* it could be a photo of you at your field site, with a pet, etc.
* Alternatively, if you'd rather show us an object that has meaning for you and then tell us about it, feel free! For example, I might show-off my beloved dinosaur bone, or my neat running medal. It could be anything!
* This is optional, so no pressure.
* The other was a suggestion from Zsuzsa Lugosi!! Thanks, Zsuzsa!! It's called "Two Truths and a Lie"
* You come prepared with three "facts" about yourself. Two are true, one is a lie.
* Group discussion and consensus will decide the lie.
* If you lied convincingly no one in BERG will trust you ever again. I don't make the rules.
* This is also optional, so during the party you can just state that you are not a deceitful person and perhaps tell us a fun fact about yourself!
* Feel free to prepare for both icebreakers, or just one. We will just go around doing introductions once and the floor will be yours!
5. Bring Your Own Libations!!
* BERG has always been wine-friendly at our after-hours meetings, so feel free to concoct yourself something special to sip on during the party.
* Munchies are also encouraged, but preferably those that don't crunch too loudly into the microphone!
​We will send out a Teams Link and a reminder e-mail out next Week!
Why say Bah-Humbug, when you can instead say, Bah-HumBERG?!
-Sarah and Pawel
E-mail for Pawel [Lecturer in Psychology at Stirling; meetings coordinator of BERG]: pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk
E-mail for Sarah [PhD Student at Stirling; occasional coordinator of BERG]: s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk
The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.stir…>
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The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020
UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide)
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
Dear BERGers,
We are ever so jolly to announce that BERG will be having a Virtual Christmas Party next week!
It will be hosted by myself (Sarah Kraemer) and our incoming BERG meetings co-ordinator, Pawel Fedurek.
SAVE THE DATE / TIME:
Wednesday, Dec 16
6pm - Who knows, 7:30?
on Microsoft Teams.
Look out for another e-mail headed your way this week with additional information!
Ho - Ho - Hope to see you there,
-Sarah and Pawel
E-mail for Pawel [Lecturer in Psychology at Stirling; meetings coordinator of BERG]: pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk
E-mail for Sarah [PhD Student at Stirling; occasional coordinator of BERG]: s.b.kraemer(a)stir.ac.uk
The link to add people to the mailing list or unsubscribe to these e-mails is here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.stir…>
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The University achieved an overall 5 stars in the QS World University Rankings 2020
UK Sports University of the Year 2020 (Times Higher Good University Guide)
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.
