<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></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'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Sara Freed Sussman <<a href="mailto:sarafs@mit.edu">sarafs@mit.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[MIT Educational Studies Proram] Paid Summer Mentoring Opportunity: Junction 2015</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">March 4, 2015 at 11:19:36 AM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;margin-left:30px"><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><span style="line-height:20.7000007629395px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:normal;white-space:normal"><b>What are you doing from August 10-21?</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:normal;white-space:normal"><b> </b></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;line-height:normal;white-space:normal"><b>Do you love to mentor high-school students? Have exciting academic interests you can't contain? <a href="https://esp.mit.edu/teach/Junction/index.html">Apply to be a Junction Mentor!</a></b></div></span></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;margin-left:30px"><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><span style="line-height:20.7000007629395px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><font face="Arial"><b>There are five days left to apply!</b></font></div></span></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;margin-left:30px"><div style="margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Handpick seven talented students to mentor based on independent study proposals they will design throughout the summer and will execute during the two weeks of Junction on the MIT campus (<span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">August 10-21</span></span>).</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><span style="line-height:20.7000007629395px">Be on a close-knit team of six diverse mentors. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Guide your students as they... </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 72pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">write their first novel.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 108pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">design a robot that plays soccer.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 108pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">invent the next Facebook. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 108pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">produce and record their first album.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 108pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: normal; background-color: transparent;">investigate the mysteries of pure mathematics.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size: inherit; margin-left: 30px;"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 108pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size: inherit; margin-left: 30px;"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-bottom:5px"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, Junction mentors will also</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">create and</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> teach</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> one-shot and 2-3 day college-level seminars on a variety of topics for the two weeks of Junction. Mentors will</span></span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"> also get to know each other and bond as a close team: activities for mentors will include dinners, outings and a weekend retreat in early May. Mentors will receive a $1000 stipend for their time, T-shirts and meals throughout Junction!</span></span></div><div><br></div></div><div><b>How to Apply:</b></div><div>Applications are open at the following link: <<a href="https://esp.mit.edu/teach/Junction/index.html" target="_blank">https://esp.mit.edu/teach/Junction/index.html</a>>. <span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>Applications will close at <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">11:59 pm on March 9th</span></span></b>, and we will extend interview invitations by <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">March 15th</span></span>. Job offers will be made by the end of March.</span></div><div><br></div><div>We look forward to reading your applications!</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">If you have questions of any kind you can reach us at </span><a href="mailto:junction@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">junction@mit.edu</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Junction 2015 Directors</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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