<html><head><base href="x-msg://111/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Christina G Henry <<a href="mailto:cghenry@MIT.EDU">cghenry@MIT.EDU</a>></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>FW: This week's Global Education & Career Development Events - please spread the word!</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Dear Academic Administrators,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Below you will find the last week of IAP events/workshops GECD will put on. </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Christina<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d"><br></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><div style="border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Amanda C Peters [mailto:acpeters@MIT.EDU]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 28, 2013 11:28 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:xcareers@mit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">xcareers@mit.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This week's Global Education & Career Development Events - please spread the word!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0); ">Global Education & Career Development is offering the following events for the final week of IAP.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0); ">Please encourage students, alumni and other MIT community members to attend. Registration is requested but not required through CareerBridge.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>MIT in China – Finding Opportunities to Go Abroad to China<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Monday, January 28<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">2-3 p.m., 4-145<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Hear about opportunities in China from representatives of several MIT offices, including Global Education, MISTI, UROP, and FL&L. We will discuss the MIT-China program, the Chinese Government Scholarship, IROP Summer Research Exchanges, and funding opportunities for summer and IAP Chinese language study abroad programs.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>Get Involved! How to find Meaningful Volunteer & Service Work<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Tuesday, January 29<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">7-8 p.m., 4-145<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Service to others is at the heart of a career in healthcare and human services. Volunteering can also help you to learn about your interests, values, and skills while figuring out your career path or applying to graduate or professional school. In this session, you will learn how to find and get involved in volunteer opportunities that interest you and that are manageable with your schedule at MIT and beyond.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>How to Get to Know Faculty & Ask for a Letter of Recommendation<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>(please note: this event is almost full. We suggest students register on CareerBridge)<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Wednesday, January 30<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">3-4 p.m., 4-237<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Learn how to successfully build connections with faculty, and discover the best ways to approach faculty for strong letters of recommendation for graduate school applications and jobs.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>What are the Benefits? What you need to know about benefits before you begin that new job</b><o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Laura Doyle, Senior Manager of Compensation & Benefits, and Amy McNair, Campus Relationship Manager at Philips NA<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Thursday, January 31<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">1-2pm, 4-231<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">What is a 401k and does a match matter? What should you be looking for in healthcare costs, and what about life insurance, short term disability and dental for those pesky teeth? Can you negotiate vacation or other benefits?<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">When receiving a job offer, everyone thinks about the salary and maybe the signing bonus but, what about all the other aspects of an offer? What benefits and other considerations should you be investigating, and what questions do you have about all the small print? Laura Doyle, Senior Manager of Compensation & Benefits, and Amy McNair, Campus Relationship Manager, both from Philips North America, will answer your questions.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>A Gap Year in Dermatology<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Thursday, January 31<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">6-7pm, 4-159<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">In recent years, pre-medical students have trended toward taking a "gap year" between college and medical school. These future physicians represent a highly qualified and motivated, but often underutilized workforce. At Kuchnir Dermatology, a new program is redefining the gap year by offering future physicians the opportunity to join the practice for a fourteen-month commitment as a Patient Care Coordinator.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Dr. Louis Kuchnir (MIT '87 alum) and his Patient Care Coordinator, Lauren, will answer questions and share experiences in an open dialogue about day to day life in a busy dermatology clinic. There will also be the opportunity to learn more about the gap year program.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>For more information and to register visit CareerBridge at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/</a>, click on the "Events" tab, and select "Info Session" from the "Category" drop-down menu.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>The Joy of Clinical Medicine<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Thursday, January 31<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">7-8pm, 4-159<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Back when doctors were among the wealthiest Americans, they could have retired early, but instead they tended to work until their own health failed. Lately, clinical medicine is cast as an unrewarding profession. Observers point to how "jackpot justice" is causing a malpractice crisis while cost-savings programs developed by managed care bureaucracies are blamed for destabilizing the doctor-patient relationship.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Louis Kuchnir, MD, PhD and MIT '87 alum will try to inspire those of you interested in becoming clinicians by explaining how the rewards of medical practice are so enormous that they outweigh the indignities that dominate the headlines. In the end, modern doctors are still blessed with the same rewards as our predecessors, while technology expands our potential even beyond their dreams.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>For more information and to register visit CareerBridge at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/</a>, click on the "Events" tab, and select "Info Session" from the "Category" drop-down menu.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><o:p> </o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b>Do You Have What It Takes to Win a Distinguished Fellowship?<o:p></o:p></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Friday, February 1<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">1-2 p.m., 4-145<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">This session will introduce participants to distinguished fellowships’ application processes, including Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, and others. Recent winners will be in attendance, as well as former national selection panelists. Here you will learn what is involved, and how to be successful in one of these competitions.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Mistral; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Amanda C. Peters<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(44, 132, 67); "> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Career Services</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><br><b>MIT Global Education & Career Development (GECD)</b><br>617-253-4733<br><a href="mailto:acpeters@mit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">acpeters@mit.edu</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>*<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/acpeters" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">www.linkedin.com/in/acpeters</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(54, 95, 145); "><img border="0" width="214" height="90" id="Picture_x0020_1" alt="Description: GECD_departmentSmall_CS_lr" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDFD4A.6B4B8110"></span><b><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', sans-serif; color: rgb(227, 108, 10); "> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); ">Christina G. Henry<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: black; ">Career Development Specialist<br>Global Education & Career Development (GECD)<br>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>77 Massachusetts Ave, 12-170<br>Cambridge, MA 02139<br><u><a href="mailto:cghenry@mit.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">cghenry@mit.edu</span></a></u><br>617- 253-4733 <br><a href="http://gecd.mit.edu/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://gecd.mit.edu/</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "> <br></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cambridge-MA/MIT-Career-Development/104740232918061" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); text-decoration: none; "><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="_x0000_i1027" alt="cid:image001.png@01CB5024.8C42BDA0" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image002.png@01CDFD4C.58B1EDD0"></span></a><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); "> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/MITCareerOnline" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none; "><img border="0" width="24" height="24" id="Picture_x0020_2" alt="cid:image002.png@01CB5024.8C42BDA0" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image003.png@01CDFD4C.58B1EDD0"></span></a><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>