<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>************************** GSC ANNOUNCEMENTS *************************</div><div> more extensive announcements online: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu">http://gsc.mit.edu</a></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>headlines (details below):</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 1. GSC Grad Rat Committee</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Apply Now!</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2. Off Campus Roommate Get-Togethers</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Aug 11, 18, 25</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3. International Development Design Finale</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Aug 6, 4-6pm, Media Lab</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 4. Join '08 Orientation as a Volunteer!</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sign up now!</div><div><br></div><div>details:</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*GSC GRAD RAT COMMITTEE - Looking for new members*</div><div><br></div><div>Looking for new committee members and new grad rat chair for the year</div><div>2008-2009.</div><div>Please email <a href="mailto:gsc-ring-balfour@mit.edu">gsc-ring-balfour@mit.edu</a> if interested.</div><div>Last day to apply is August 15th</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*2008 Roommate Get-Togethers*</div><div> </div><div>We again will be holding roommate get-togethers during the month of August. They are to assist members of the MIT community in locating off campus housing. All members of the MIT Community are welcome!</div><div>Location:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Off Campus Housing Service</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>E19-429</div><div>Hours:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5:00PM to 6:30PM</div><div>Dates:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Monday, August 11, 2008</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Monday, August 18, 2008</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Monday, August 25, 2008</div><div>If you have a space in your apartment or are looking for a shared or roommate situation, feel free to join us.</div><div>Refreshments will be served!</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>*International Development (IDDS) Presentations and Reception*</div><div><br></div><div>Join us on Weds, August 6, from 4-6pm for the final presentations, poster session and reception that constitute the finale of the International Development Design Summit (IDDS) at MIT! <<a href="http://iddsummit.org/">http://iddsummit.org/</a>></div><div> </div><div>Meet IDDS participants from 20 countries, and learn about their work and their communities -- as well as Public Service Center funding resources that may enable you to work with them in-country, if you're an MIT graduate or undergraduate student. </div><div> </div><div>You can also meet representatives from the The MIT International Development Network <<a href="http://web.mit.edu/idn/getinvolved.html">http://web.mit.edu/idn/getinvolved.html</a>> and the MIT International Development Initiative <<a href="http://web.mit.edu/idi/ ">http://web.mit.edu/idi/ </a>></div><div> </div><div>We'll be serving some tasty hors d'oeuvres (both veggie and carne) towards the larger goal of helping connect people from throughout MIT and our greater-Cambridge international development community with one another and with our visiting IDDS participants.</div><div> </div><div>* What: Finale Celebration of IDDS 2008 at MIT</div><div>* Where: MIT Media Lab (Bldg E15 lower-level)</div><div>* When: Wed 8/6/2008 4-6pm</div><div>* How Much: Free</div><div>* Who: Open to Public</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*Join the '08 Orientation as a Volunteer!*</div><div><br></div><div>Want to greet 1632 fresh faces?</div><div>Want to magnify your happiness by 1632 times??</div><div>Volunteer for fun events that you have or have never experienced before!!</div><div><br></div><div>Visit <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu">http://gsc.mit.edu</a> and sign up now !!!</div><div>________________________________________________________________________</div>
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