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<blockquote type="cite" cite>From: "Jennifer Currie"
<jacook@MIT.EDU></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 11:21:55
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Subject: Public Service Center September
Announcements</blockquote>
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<b><br>
<font size="+1">MIT Public Service September Announcements<br>
</font></b>Welcome back to MIT - this year promises to be a good one,
especially as we approach MIT's 150th anniversary! The Public
Service Center has multiple exciting opportunities throughout the year
as well as program application deadlines that we would like to make
you aware of. If you have any questions or would like to
know more about how the PSC can help you with a service initiative
please feel free to stop by the PSC in 4-104, email the appropriate
contact listed below, or email <a href="">psc@mit.edu</a>. Thank
you!<br>
-MIT Public Service Center<br>
<b><br>
<br>
9/13<br>
</b><u>Service Fair<br>
</u>6-7:30pm, Student Center Steps<br>
Don't miss your chance to meet over 30 local nonprofit organizations
and student service groups and find a great service opportunity!
This event is supported by the Office of the Dean for Graduate
Education and the student life fee and is presented by Alpha Phi Omega
and the Public Service Center. <br>
<br>
<b>9/17<br>
</b><u>ReachOut application deadline<br>
</u>Co-sponsored by the MIT Public Service Center and the Student
Financial Services, ReachOut recruits, trains, and matches tutors with
children identified as needing help with reading. Questions?
Visit <a
href=
"http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/volunteering/programs/reachout/index.html"
>http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/volunteering/programs/reachout/index.html</a
> to apply. Questions? Email <a
href="">reachout-staff@mit.edu</a>. <br>
<br>
<b>9/19<br>
</b><u>Service Boot Camp<br>
</u>10am-4:30pm, Stata Center (32), R&D Commons<br>
RSVP by 9/13 (first come, first served). Attend our boot camp
and develop new ideas in to service projects and help strengthen
existing service group goals. Connect with ~90 other
service-minded students! Questions? Email Caroline at <a
href="">cjhuang@mit.edu</a>.<br>
<br>
<b>9/27<br>
</b><u>Student Leaders in Service application deadline - $1,132
Education Award<br>
</u>Complete 300 hours of service between October 2010 and September
2011 and receive an AmeriCorps education award of $1,132.
Education awards can be used to pay tuition or to repay most
student loans. Time spent working in a Community Service
Work-Study job qualifies for this program. Visit <a
href=
"http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/showcase/opportunities/student-leaders-service.html"
><font
color="#0000FF"><u
>http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/showcase/opportunities/student-leaders-ser<span
></span>vice.html</u></font></a> for more information and an
application. Questions? Email Linden at <a href=""><font
color="#0000FF"><u>mcentire@mit.edu</u></font></a><font
color="#0000FF"><u><br>
<br>
</u></font><b>10/1<br>
</b><u>Global Challenge Video Pitch deadline<br>
</u>The MIT Global Challenge (<a
href="http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu</u></font></a>)
seeks stories about the ways MIT students are changing the world
through invention and entrepreneurship - and how the worldwide MIT
community can augment that work through the IDEAS Competition and
Global Challenge. Entries should be original works of less than 2
minutes. The winning entry will be featured at the MIT Alumni
Leadership Conference October 23. More information at: <a
href="http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu/news/view/42"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu/news/view/42</u
></font></a><font color="#0000FF"><u>. <br>
</u></font>The 2011 IDEAS Competition are presented by the MIT Public
Service Center, MIT150, and the MIT Alumni Association.Questions?
Email <a href=""><font
color="#0000FF"><u>lhtorres@mit.edu</u></font></a>. Thank you!<br>
<font color="#0000FF"><u><br>
</u></font><font size="+1"><b>General Announcements<br>
</b></font><br>
<b>IDEAS Competition and Global Challenge<br>
</b><u>Innovators, Entrepreneurs, World Changers:<b> Volunteers</b>
Needed!<br>
</u>Are you interested in helping MIT students and their collaborators
have an impact in under-served communities? Are you interested in
international development and business-led solutions to poverty? Would
you like to be a part of an exciting new opportunity to engage the
world-wide MIT community in innovation and entrepreneurship as public
service? Do you want to hone your skills and gain valuable work
experience? Then the IDEAS Competition and MIT Global Challenge
needs you! Please email <a href=""><font
color="#0000FF"><u>globalchallenge@mit.edu</u></font></a> to learn
about volunteer opportunities in 2010-2011. Learn more about the IDEAS
Competition and Global Challenge here: <a
href="http://ideas.mit.edu"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>http://ideas.mit.edu</u></font></a><font
color="#0000FF"><u></u></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#0000FF"><u><br>
</u></font><b>Global Challenge Video Pitch<br>
</b>The MIT Global Challenge (<a
href="http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu</u></font></a>)
seeks stories about the ways MIT students are changing the world
through invention and entrepreneurship - and how the worldwide MIT
community can augment that work through the IDEAS Competition and
Global Challenge. Entries should be original works of less than 2
minutes. The winning entry will be featured at the MIT Alumni
Leadership Conference October 23. More information at: <a
href="http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu/news/view/42"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>http://beta-globalchallenge.mit.edu/news/view/42</u
></font></a><font color="#0000FF"><u><br>
</u></font>The 2011 IDEAS Competition are presented by the MIT Public
Service Center, MIT150, and the MIT Alumni Association.
Questions? Email <a href=""><font
color="#0000FF"><u>lhtorres@mit.edu</u></font></a>. Thank you!<br>
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***********************************<br>
<font face="Helvetica">Jennifer Currie<br>
Senior Administrative Assistant<br>
MIT Public Service Center<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue<br>
Building 4-104<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
Direct Tel: 617-258-9361<br>
Main Office Tel: 617-253-0742<br>
Fax: 617-258-9357<br>
</font><a href="http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc"><font
face="Helvetica">http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc</font></a></blockquote>
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