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more extensive announcements online:
<a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/anno" eudora="autourl">
http://gsc.mit.edu/anno<br>
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Headlines (details below):<br><br>
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1. GSC Elections 2006<br>
</b>
Officers Elections on April 5th 2006, 5pm, Room 4-163.<br>
Deadline for new GSC Reps for voting privileges is March 1st 2006,
5pm.<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/elections/elections2006.shtml" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/elections/elections2006.shtml<br><br>
</a><b>
2. GSC Awards<br>
</b>
Nominations are open at:<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/<br><br>
</a><b>
3. Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat - Tickets on Sale<br><br>
4. 7th MIT Sloan Leadership Conference: Leading Today, Shaping
Tomorrow.<br>
</b>
25 February, 2006 at MIT<br>
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Reminder: March GCM is coming up on Wednesday March 1st, 5pm, GSC
Office.<br><br>
Details:<br>
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<b>*GSC Elections 2006*<br><br>
</b>Dear Graduate Students,<br><br>
Elections of the 2006-2007 Executive Committee Chairs of the Graduate
Student Council (GSC) will take place over the month of March 2006, and
the elections of the 2006-2007 Officers of the GSC will take place at the
General Council Meeting (GCM) to be held on April 5th, 2006, starting at
5:00 pm in Room 4-163. All members of the Graduate Student Body as
designated in the GSC Constitution and Bylaws are eligible as candidates
for all positions.<br><br>
Nominations for Officers positions will start at the March GCM, on March
1st 2006, 5pm, and close on March 29th 2006 at 5pm.<br><br>
In order to get voting privileges for the Officers Elections, new GSC
Reps must submit their application by March 1st 2006, 5pm.<br><br>
All questions and comments should be directed to
gsc-vice-president@mit.edu. For more information, please visit the GSC
Elections website at:
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/elections/elections2006.shtml" eudora="autourl">
<u>http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/elections/elections2006.shtml<br>
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</a></u>If you have any questions regarding the duties of the Committee
Chairs and Officers, please see the descriptions as listed on the GSC
website: <br>
<u>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/committees/" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/committees/<br>
</a><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/officers/" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/officers/</a><br><br>
</u>I urge all current Council Representatives to make sure any remaining
open seats in their Department, Dorm, etc... are filled so as to assure
that the needs of their constituencies are properly represented at the
Election. Council Representatives, as the official representatives of the
graduate student community at MIT, have the duty to elect Officers who
will cast personal agendas aside and best represent the interests and
edicts of the Graduate Student Body to the Administration of
MIT.<br><br>
Thank you for your attention to this matter and I hope to see many of you
at the events preceding the election.<br><br>
<i>Sylvain Bruni <br>
</i>Graduate Student Council Vice-President<br>
Election Officer<br><br>
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<b>*GSC Awards*<br>
</b>For more info, please visit:
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/<br><br>
</a>Each year, the Graduate Student Council gives input in the
decision-making process of four Institute Awards, to be presented at the
Institute Awards Convocation in May. The
2006<a href="http://web.mit.edu/awards/"> Awards Convocation </a>will be
held on May 9 at 4:00 p.m. in 10-250 . All are welcome to attend. A
reception will follow the ceremony in Lobby 10. <br><br>
The four GSC Institute Awards are:
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/#GraduateTeachingAward">
Graduate Teaching Awards </a>(for each school)
<li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/#PerkinsAward">
Frank E. Perkins Award </a>for Excellence in Graduate Advising
<li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/#HortonAward">
Edward L. Horton Fellowship Award </a>
<li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/#SizerAward">
Irwin Sizer Award </a>for Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education.
</ul>GSC Award decisions will not be notified before the Awards Ceremony.
Please do not email inquiring about recipients. We encourage all of you
to attend the ceremony with your nominee. <br><br>
Nomination of students and faculty for these awards offer a unique
opportunity to honor these individuals for their invaluable contributions
to graduate students and to thank them for their efforts. A complete
nomination requires a supporting statement not to exceed one page or 500
words. Although there are no hard and fast guidelines, a strong
nomination is likely to include high quality statement clearly describing
relevant accomplishments, any specific task, and/or incidents reflecting
nominee's dedication and genuine interest. The number of nominations,
particularly from different individuals (students and faculty), each
candidate receives also reflects the strength. <br><br>
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<br>
<b>*Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat - Tickets on Sale*<br><br>
</b>Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat<br>
Weds., March 1, 2006<br>
7:30 PM<br>
Banknorth Garden<br><br>
Ticket sales start Wed., Feb. 15th<br>
2 - 6 PM<br>
GSC Office - Walker, 50-220<br><br>
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<br>
<b>*7th MIT Sloan Leadership Conference: Leading Today, Shaping
Tomorrow.*<br><br>
</b>25 February, 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA, USA<br><br>
The Leadership Conference is a day long symposium that brings together
students with industry leaders, academics, and experts in leadership
training. It provides an opportunity for the students and guests to
explore current leadership theory and practice and learn from
high-profile industry leaders. At the event, attendees learn in different
formats ranging from panel discussions, keynote presentations,
skill-building workshops, and roundtable discussions.<br><br>
This year's conference features<br><br>
Mr. Victor Menezes, Retired Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup Inc. and
Former Chairman and CEO of Citibank. Under him, Citibank had $200 billion
in assets and over 90,000 employees.<br><br>
Mr. Jeff Clarke, COO of Computer Associates. Mr. Clarke has 20 years of
strategic, operational and financial experience with leading
high-technology firms. Before joining Computer Associates, Mr. Clarke was
executive vice president, global operations for Hewlett-Packard Company
(HP) and played a key role in the HP-Compaq merger<br><br>
Ms. Shoshana Zuboff, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business
Administration, Harvard Business School. Her book "The Support
Economy" was selected by Strategy+Business as one of the top ten
business books of 2003 and Business Week names it the "number one
idea" in it's special edition on "Twenty Five Ideas for a
Changing World".<br><br>
Dr. Vijay Govindarajan is one of the foremost authorities on strategy in
the country. His professional credits include: Top Ten Business
School Professor in Corporate Executive Education, named by Business
Week, Top 20 North American Superstars for research in strategy and
organization by Management International and Top Five Most
Respected Executive Coach on Strategy, rated by Forbes<br><br>
Dr. David Maister, is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading
authorities on the management of professional service firms. In 2002, he
was named one of the top 40 business thinkers in the world. He is author
of several books.<br><br>
Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and COO of Infosys. He has played a
leading role at Infosys in demonstrating novel concepts like using
innovation in technology for gaining competitive advantage.<br><br>
Workshops by Dale Carnegie, Toastmasters, MIT Leadership Center and
Yasuhiko Kimura, CEO of Vision In Action<br><br>
And lots of other high profile guest speakers.<br><br>
REGISTER TODAY !!!! ONLY $30 FOR STUDENTS<br><br>
More information and registration at<br><br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/slc/conference/slc2006/index.html" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/slc/conference/slc2006/index.html<br>
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