Today was a flurry of action and I think I only logged a total of 60 minutes or so in the lab. As soon as I arrived at work I helped to judge science fair projects at the Wellington Regional competition. As I was only available in the morning, I spoke with year 7 students and I was very impressed with the quality of all the entries I saw. I excused myself from the science fair just before noon to head off and prepare for a PGSA BBQ. We had beautiful weather today, a perfect setting for a BBQ lunch. Once the last sausage was served and the final veggie burger was eaten we had fed well over 100 postgraduate students. After cleaning up I met with a few members of the PGSA to discuss plans for our upcoming 3MT competition, before returning to my office. I only had a couple minutes at my desk because this afternoon our school hosted a "Dangling Bonds" session which offered non-chemists and non-physicists (from within and outside of the University) the opportunity to learn about the specialities and capabilities of the labs at Victoria, in the hopes of sparking collaborations.
Overall it was a thrilling day with numerous opportunities to meet new people. Although I was kept from my work, in a way it was nice to have all these events on one day instead of each event carving up time throughout my week.
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