<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 Travel Grant Application</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Deadline EXTENDED to Oct 10</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2. MIT 100K: Elevator Pitch Workshops</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Oct 6-9, Stata</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3. Recruiting MIT Students with Disabilities</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> 4. IDEAS09 Generator Dinner</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Oct 8, 7:30pm, Morss Hall</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 5. Coping Skills Training for Graduate Students</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tuesdays 3:30-5pm, MIT Medical</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 6. Path of Professorshop Workshops</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Oct 17-18 @ MIT Faculty Club</div><div>details:</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*GSC Travel Grant Application* </div><div><br></div><div>GSC Travel Grant is designed to support the conference-related travel</div><div>expenses of MIT graduate students in all Schools throughout the </div><div>Institute. Specifically, this fund is allocated to conference travel</div><div>expenses that are not currently funded by the student's advisor or </div><div>other MIT-related funding. The fund provides grant money for most</div><div>conference-related expenses including lodging.</div><div><br></div><div>The deadline has been extended to October 10th.</div><div>Questions? email <a href="mailto:gsc-travelgrant@mit.edu">gsc-travelgrant@mit.edu</a></div><div>For more information, go to </div><div><a href="http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/funding/travelfund/index.shtml">http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/funding/travelfund/index.shtml</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*MIT 100K: Elevator Pitch Workshops*</div><div><br></div><div>Learn from the sales master, Jeff Hoffman, on developing your pitch. </div><div>(Oct 7, 6pm, 32-141)</div><div> </div><div>Practice your pitch with award-winning communication professors </div><div>(Oct 6-7:30 pm 32-124) or (Oct 9-7:30pm 32-141)</div><div> </div><div>Mit100k.org</div><div>________________________________________________________________________</div><div>*Companies Recruiting MIT Students with Disabilities*</div><div><br></div><div>Merrill Lynch, PepsiCo, Goldman Sachs and Google are recruiting </div><div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduate, graduate and</div><div>doctoral students with disabilities for a broad range of 2009 summer </div><div>internships and full time positions. Hosted by New York-based not for </div><div>profit Lime Connect (Lime) for their corporate partners, the events </div><div>will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at The Hyatt Regency Boston </div><div>(One Avenue de Lafayette - at the Red Line Downtown Crossing stop, and </div><div>one block from the Red and Green Lines Park Street stop) </div><div>from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. (Registration begins at 5:30 pm.)</div><div>For more detail, and to register/RSVP, see</div><div>www.limeconnect.com/upcoming-events.html.</div><div><br></div><div>Lime's recruitment event for students with disabilities </div><div>is co-hosted by MIT Careers Office.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*IDEAS09 Generator Dinner* </div><div><br></div><div>This Wednesday the MIT Public Service Center, Edgerton Center and the International Development Initiative kick off the 2008-2009 IDEAS Competition with the Fall Generator Dinner.</div><div><br></div><div> What: IDEAS09 Generator Dinner</div><div> When: October 8, 7:30pm</div><div> Where: Morss Hall - Walker Memorial (Bldg 50)</div><div> RSVP: <a href="mailto:ideas-rsvp@mit.edu">ideas-rsvp@mit.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>The Generator Dinner is a relaxed, informal opportunity to learn about the IDEAS Competition, meet fellow students and potential collaborators, share your skills and project ideas, and find or create a team to enter the 2008-2009 competition.</div><div><br></div><div>The IDEAS Competition invites project proposals that address community development challenges at home and abroad in 8 categories: Health & Medical; Energy; the Environment; Communication & Education; Water, Sanitation, and Disaster Relief; Finance & Entrepreneurship; a "Wild Card" category (student driven interest); and the Muhammad Yunus Challenge to Alleviate Poverty.</div><div><br></div><div>Food of a Southwestern flavor and drinks will be served.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*Cope (Creating Opportunities for Personal Effectiveness)</div><div>for Graduate Students*</div><div><br></div><div>This is an 8-week co-ed group for graduate students focused on learning</div><div>and practicing skills that increase effective management of life issues.</div><div>A variety of strategies will be presented, discussed and practiced.</div><div><br></div><div>The format is lecture and discussion with practice assignments</div><div>that will be reviewed weekly.</div><div><br></div><div>The goals of the group:</div><div>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Increasing awareness of thoughts, feelings and behaviors</div><div>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Learning to tolerate and manage emotions effectively</div><div>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Improving self-acceptance/self-respect</div><div>*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Replacing ineffective, maladaptive, or non-skilled</div><div>behaviors with skillful responses</div><div><br></div><div>Meeting time: Tuesdays 3:30-5</div><div><br></div><div>Contact:</div><div>Lisa Bosley, RN NP <a href="mailto:bosl@med.mit.edu">bosl@med.mit.edu</a></div><div> - or -</div><div>Marcia Yousik, CNS <a href="mailto:yous@med.mit.edu">yous@med.mit.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>MIT Medical - Mental Health Service 617.253.2916</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*Path of Professorship Workshop @ MIT*</div><div><br></div><div>October 17-18, 2008 at MIT Faculty Club</div><div><br></div><div>This workshop is for graduate and postdoctoral women at MIT who are </div><div>considering a tenure-track position in the fields of science, </div><div>engineering, and technology. The 1.3-day workshop focuses on skills, </div><div>strategies and "insider information" necessary to obtain a tenure-</div><div>track position, to succeed in one, and advance to other positions of </div><div>leadership. This is also an opportunity to network and meet peers.</div><div><br></div><div>FREE TO MIT COMMUNITY</div><div><br></div><div>Questions?</div><div>Visit <a href="http://web.mit.edu/odge/advising/pop/html">http://web.mit.edu/odge/advising/pop/html</a></div><div>Or Contact <a href="mailto:Pathofprofessorship@gmail.com">Pathofprofessorship@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>
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