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GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS<br><br>
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Wednesday.April 28.2004<br><br>
<b>GSC Meetings<br>
</b>Activities Committee: Kickoff<br><br>
<b>Opportunities to Get Involved<br>
</b>1) Join Funding Board<br>
2) Help Incoming International Students<br>
3) Become a Mentor for First Year Grad. Students<br><br>
<b>Special Announcements<br>
</b>1) MIT Corporation Student Member Elections<br>
2) Muddy Charles Pub Survey<br>
3) MIT Police Survey<br><br>
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G S C M E E T I N G S<br>
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<i><u>Activities Committee: Kickoff</u></i> | April 30th 5:00pm
50-220<br><br>
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O P P O R T U N I T I E S T O G E T I N V O L V E
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1. <i><u>Join Funding Board<br><br>
</u></i>Call for nominations for the graduate student at large
representative to <br>
the GSC Funding Board:<br><br>
The GSC Funding Board is a six member panel that is responsible for
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allocating a $100k annual budget to support graduate student groups in a
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variety of ways. One member of Funding Board is a graduate student
at <br>
large representative, who is appointed by the Council. The graduate
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student that fills this position does NOT have to be a GSC
representative.<br><br>
Duties of the at large rep to the Funding Board:<br>
1) The at large rep must be able to make the Funding Board
meetings, which <br>
meets a minimum of eight times annually.<br>
2) As with the other members of the Funding Board, the at large rep
must <br>
be fair, and be able to judge student group requests on their
merit.<br>
3) Duties related to the acquisition of capital equipment that the
GSC will make available to student groups.<br><br>
Nominations for this position are now open, and can be sent to <br>
gsc-treasurer@mit.edu<br><br>
2. <i><u>Help Incoming International Students<br><br>
</u></i>GSC's Academic Research and Careers committee is looking for 1-2
direcotor(s)<br>
for the award winning Airport Shuttle program. The director(s) of the
program<br>
will achieve the following skills:<br><br>
-- program planning and execution<br>
-- organization & management<br>
-- group leadership<br>
-- working with various departments/offices/ISO<br><br>
If interested, or want to learn more about the program, please
contact<br>
gsc-arc@mit.edu<br><br>
3. <i><u>Become a Mentor for First Year Grad. Students<br>
</u></i>Want to help new incoming international graduate students
transition at MIT?<br>
GSC's Academic Research and Careers committee is looking for a
chair-person for<br>
the International Graduate Student Mentorship program. This is a great
way to<br>
have a good, long lasting impact and recognition among the incoming
graduate<br>
students. If you are interested or need more information, please
contact<br>
gsc-arc@mit.edu<br><br>
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S P E C I A L A N N O U N C E M E N T S<br><br>
1.<i> <u>MIT Corporation Student Member Elections<br><br>
</u></i>Cast your vote now at
<a href="http://alum.mit.edu/about/elections/corpballot/" eudora="autourl">http://alum.mit.edu/about/elections/corpballot/</a>
to<br>
elect an '02, '03, or '04 graduate to a five-year term on the MIT<br>
Corporation, the Institute's board of trustees. Only graduates who<br>
received a degree in 2002 or 2003 and those expected to graduate in June 2004 <br>
are eligible to vote in this election. It takes only a few minutes to review<br>
the candidate profiles and cast your vote. Polls close on April 30. Vote<br>
today!<br><br>
2.<i> <u>Muddy Charles Pub Survey<br><br>
</u></i>The Muddy Charles Pub Board of Governors is currently running a survey at<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/muddy/survey/" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/muddy/survey/</a> to explore possible improvements and get a better understanding<br>
of the MIT community's views on the Muddy Charles Pub. Every survey respondent that includes<br>
their email address will be entered into a drawing for $100 in Amazon.com vouchers. The winner<br>
will be notified by email after the drawing has taken place on May 12th, and please remember that<br>
only one entry is allowed per person.<br><br>
3. <i><u>MIT Police Survey<br><br>
</u></i>The MIT Police Department recently received a grant from the Graduate<br>
Students Office to develop better ways to serve graduate students, and<br>
they have prepared a survey (available on our Safety and Community<br>
Programs Page) to guide them in their efforts. Please take a moment to<br>
download and fill out this survey - it may be sent back to them via<br>
interdepartmental mail to the Community Policing Unit, W31-215.<br><br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/studentlife/safety/MITPoliceSurvey.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/studentlife/safety/MITPoliceSurvey.pdf</a><br><br>
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Graduate Student Council<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology <br>
142 Memorial Drive, Room 50-220 <br>
Cambridge, MA 02139 <br>
Phone: 617.253.2195<br>
Fax: 617.258.9274 <br><br>
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