<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div>Begin forwarded message:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></font><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Shirley Chen <<a href="mailto:schenxy@mit.edu" class="">schenxy@mit.edu</a>><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">STEMxx Chat</b><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">September 8, 2020 at 2:56:27 PM EDT<br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">gradadmins <<a href="mailto:gradadmins@mit.edu" class="">gradadmins@mit.edu</a>><br class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="" class="">I am a second year PhD student in the department of chemistry. Recently, I have been involved in an organization called STEMxx chat, which I am trying to start a chapter at MIT. Below is a short description of what the organization is about. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;"><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class="">STEMxx Chats is helping trainees, especially women in STEM, succeed in their career paths and in life.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class="">At MIT, our predominant benefit will be to undergrads and graduate students. We will address key gaps in facilitating their career development with particular emphasis on professional development tricks and soft skills that they’re not getting in any systematic way. We hope to offer mentorship, support and guidance while<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>addressing key gaps in facilitating their career development.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class="">We hope to create a group culture that is uniquely focused on the person, has a high positive tone, emphasizes positive impact, and seeks to do this in a sustained way and have personal friendships form as opposed to one-and-done activities. We hope that creating a culturally and academically diverse group at MIT will allow you to share similar experiences while benefitting from the resources and events of the greater STEMxx Chats community. Below is the interest form for those wanting to join. We will host monthly meetings in addition to the broader STEMxx Chats events (eg. panels on career decisions, key speakers from top women in STEM, etc). We also have Twitter and Instagram (@stemxx_chats) for those who want to learn about the latest events.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;"><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class="">Feel free to reach out to the organizers (Shirley Chen,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:schenxy@mit.edu" style="text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="" class="">schenxy@mit.edu</span></a></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class="">and Mariana Avila,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:avilam@mit.edu" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">avilam@mit.edu</a>) if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you in the fall.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><font color="#000000" class=""><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class="">Website:</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class=""><a href="https://aliceestanton.wixsite.com/aliceestanton/stemxxchats" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://aliceestanton.wixsite.com/aliceestanton/stemxxchats</a></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class="">Interest form:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxDhfUz57xILhrgSkIGwUYufkRhrzyxfbRC81wA6pMQByyQA/viewform?usp=pp_url" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxDhfUz57xILhrgSkIGwUYufkRhrzyxfbRC81wA6pMQByyQA/viewform?usp=pp_url" style="text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxDhfUz57xILhrgSkIGwUYufkRhrzyxfbRC81wA6pMQByyQA/viewform?usp=pp_url</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="font-family: Times, serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><font color="#000000" class=""><span style="" class="">Sincerely,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></font></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><span style="" class=""><font color="#000000" class="">Shirley Chen</font></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>