<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 Elections</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 2. BU-MIT Party</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Feb 26, 8-11pm, Tequila Rain</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 3. Spring Serve</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>March 7, 9am-2:30pm</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 4. MIT MC^2 Multicultural Conference</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 5. Trip to Foxwoods Casino</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Feb 28, 12pm-10pm</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 6. MIT Libraries VC Lunch Invitation</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 8. Graduate Community Fellow Position Available</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Apply by March 13th</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 7. MIT Friends of the Boston Symphony Orchestra</div><div><br></div><div>details:</div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*GSC Elections 2009-2010* </div><div><br></div><div>Officer Elections:</div><div>Elections for new officers for the 2009-2010 term will be held </div><div>at the April General Council Meeting on April 1st, 2009 at 5:30pm </div><div>in 50-220. Nominations will open at the March General Council Meeting </div><div>on March 4th, 2009. </div><div>The officer positions available are: </div><div>President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.</div><div><br></div><div>Executive Committee Chairs Elections:</div><div>The ExComm elections will be held at their respective committee </div><div>meetings on the following dates.</div><div>Activities: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tuesday March 31, 6pm</div><div>Academics Research & Careers: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tuesday March 17, 5:30pm</div><div>Graduate Student News: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Monday March 2, 5pm</div><div>Housing & Community Affairs: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Wednesday March 11, 6pm</div><div>Orientation: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tuesday March 31, 5pm</div><div><br></div><div>For more information go to: </div><div><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/prog-init/officer-elections">http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/prog-init/officer-elections</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you have any questions about the GSC Officer elections process, </div><div>contact the GSC Vice-President at gsc-vice-president[at]mit[dot]edu</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>*The first ever BU-MIT party*</div><div><br></div><div>Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009</div><div>Time: 8:00pm-11:00pm</div><div>Location: Tequila Rain, 3 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA</div><div>A great chance to meet fellow students from right across the river. </div><div>This is one of the most exciting social mixers in the area for students. Hundreds of students from both Boston University and MIT had </div><div>already expressed interest in attending. </div><div><br></div><div>Admission: $3 </div><div>OVER 21 ONLY, Please bring ID </div><div>CAPACITY LIMITED, FIRST COME FIRST SERVE </div><div><br></div><div>Transportation: </div><div>(1) Take the T to Kenmore T-Station, walk down Brookline Avenue </div><div>and turn on Lansdowne Street </div><div>(2) Take the MIT SafeRide (Boston East) from Student Centre, get off </div><div>28 Fenway, go on Charlesgate and then Ipswich Street then Lansdowne </div><div>(it is a 5 minute walk) </div><div><br></div><div>Contact Alex Hamilton Chan for more information (<a href="mailto:bu@mit.edu">bu@mit.edu</a>)</div><div>Web site: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=62301008828&ref=mf">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=62301008828&ref=mf</a></div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*SpringServe: A Community Service Event*</div><div><br></div><div>SUMMARY: </div><div>What: SpringServe 2009</div><div>When: Saturday, March 7, 9-2:30P</div><div>Where: 50-220 (Walker Memorial)</div><div>Note: RSVP Required - <a href="https://gsc.mit.edu/springserve">https://gsc.mit.edu/springserve</a></div><div>Summary: Come volunteer with graduate students and graduate alumni </div><div>in a day of service throughout Boston/Cambridge area.</div><div><br></div><div>DETAILS:</div><div>SpringServe 2009</div><div>Time: Saturday, March 7, 9-2:30P</div><div>Location: Meet at 50-220 (Walker Memorial)</div><div> </div><div>SpringServe is a cross campus community service event that will be </div><div>held on March 7th. The event brings together all graduate students </div><div>and graduate alumni in a day of service throughout the</div><div>Boston/Cambridge area.</div><div><br></div><div>Volunteers will be provided with breakfast, lunch, a T-shirt, and </div><div>will have the chance to listen to an inspirational keynote speaker. </div><div>SIGN-UP TODAY!</div><div><br></div><div>Registration Required: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/springserve">http://gsc.mit.edu/springserve</a></div><div>Contact: GSC Task Force on Community Engagement </div><div>(<a href="mailto:gsc-atf@mit.edu">gsc-atf@mit.edu</a>) with any questions.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*Creating Change at MIT: MC^2*</div><div><br></div><div>MIT's Multicultural Conference 2009</div><div>WHEN: Saturday, March 7th, 2009 | 9:30AM-6PM </div><div>(or sign up for a half day!)</div><div>WHERE: Cambridge Hyatt</div><div>HOW MUCH: Free for all MIT Students! breakfast and lunch provided</div><div>Please register by 3/1 at: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/mcsquared/">http://web.mit.edu/mcsquared/</a></div><div><br></div><div>MIT's Multicultural Conference is a one day retreat that focuses on </div><div>bringing students together across race, ethnicity, gender, religion, </div><div>nationality, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and other </div><div>aspects of cultural identity. The conference offers a provocative </div><div>day of workshops, speakers, community-building, action, and reflection </div><div>centered around issues of culture, identity, and social justice at </div><div>MIT and beyond.</div><div><br></div><div>For more information, or to register, please visit </div><div><a href="http://web.mit.edu/mcsquared/">http://web.mit.edu/mcsquared/</a> or email <a href="mailto:mcsquared@mit.edu">mcsquared@mit.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Please Register online by March 1st!</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*Trip to Foxwoods Casino!*</div><div><br></div><div>Saturday, February 28th - bus leaves MIT at noon and returns at 10:00PM</div><div><br></div><div>Ticket includes:</div><div>- coach bus transportation to Foxwoods Resort and Casino</div><div>- buffet dinner (or $10 meal voucher)</div><div>- $10 in Keno tickets</div><div>- entry to win a cruise</div><div><br></div><div>Tickets cost $15 for MIT graduate students and $18 for guests </div><div>(max 1 guest/student).</div><div><br></div><div>Tickets (and more info) available NOW at <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/foxwoods">http://gsc.mit.edu/foxwoods</a></div><div><br></div><div>Must be 21+ to attend this event. Bring age ID to enter casino.</div><div>Questions? Email <a href="mailto:gsc-ac@mit.edu">gsc-ac@mit.edu</a>.</div><div>Sponsored by the MIT GSC and MIT Club of Boston.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*MIT Libraries*</div><div><br></div><div>The MIT Corporation Visiting Committee for the Libraries will be </div><div>meeting at MIT on March 9 and 10, 2009. The Committee is charged </div><div>with reviewing the entire spectrum of library activities and reporting </div><div>its findings to the MIT Corporation.</div><div><br></div><div>The Committee is especially interested in meeting with the Libraries’</div><div>user community – students, faculty, and research staff – in order to</div><div>obtain their assessment of library services, facilities, collections,</div><div>and digital resources.</div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of Ann Wolpert, Director of Libraries, I am pleased to invite</div><div>you, as an interested library user, to join the Visiting Committee for</div><div>lunch on Monday March 9th. The meeting is for students only and is</div><div>designed to be an informal discussion among participants.</div><div><br></div><div>The lunch meeting is scheduled as follows:</div><div>Monday, March 9th</div><div>12:00 noon - 1:00pm</div><div>Faculty Club Dining Room 2</div><div><br></div><div>Please mark your calendar and RSVP by March 2nd to Rebecca Bisbee</div><div><a href="mailto:bisbee@mit.edu">bisbee@mit.edu</a>, 253-6014.</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*Graduate Community Fellow Position Available* </div><div><br></div><div>The Office of the Dean of Graduate Education has provided a Graduate Community Fellow to the REFS program through Mediation@MIT. </div><div><br></div><div>The graduate community fellow would be a 'thinking partner' for programming for REFS; other projects could include: working on the </div><div>content for a REFS website that provides REFS with resources and </div><div>shared information, (putting together content, not putting it on the </div><div>website, we can take care of that); putting together a program on </div><div>faculty/grad student bullying; REFS programming; REFS best practices. </div><div><br></div><div>The application and website that describes the program is here: </div><div><a href="http://web.mit.edu/odge/community/gcfellows.html">http://web.mit.edu/odge/community/gcfellows.html</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Any questions, please call or email Ruthy Kohorn Rosenberg - </div><div><a href="mailto:ruthyk@mit.edu">ruthyk@mit.edu</a>, 216-258-8423. </div><div>The deadline for applications is Friday, March 13, 2009 </div><div><br></div><div>The work would include the following:</div><div>Plan, implement and evaluate programs and events that support REFS</div><div>Assist in the creation of marketing strategies and materials that </div><div>increase the visibility of REFS programs</div><div>Assist in creating marketing strategies and materials to promote the </div><div>creation of REFS programs in additional departments, labs and centers</div><div>Assist in designing and implementing approaches to assess and </div><div>document the success of REFS programs</div><div>Assist in designing and implementing approaches to support REFS</div><div>Partner with other Fellows on mutually beneficial projects</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div><div>*MIT Friends of the BSO*</div><div><br></div><div>Welcome to a new semester, and a new year of nights with MIT Friends</div><div>of the BSO (Boston Symphony Orchestra). In addition to its regular</div><div>offerings, the BSO offers a series of concerts free to students</div><div>through the College Card program (<a href="http://www.bso.org/collegecard">www.bso.org/collegecard</a>), and for</div><div>MIT students, the college card itself is free too! Check the website</div><div>out to get more information.</div><div><br></div><div>Where do we come in? We are a group of MIT graduate students</div><div>(originally math and physics, but now expanding to the graduate</div><div>community at large) who like to come together to eat and discuss</div><div>classical music and related events around Boston (with food!). If you</div><div>are interested in joining us, email me at <a href="mailto:kartikv@mit.edu">kartikv@mit.edu</a> to be added</div><div>to out mailing list and receive information about events through the</div><div>semester.</div><div><br></div><div>Open to: MIT-only</div><div>For more information, contact: Kartik Venkatram</div><div>5088780435 or <a href="mailto:kartikv@gmail.com">kartikv@gmail.com</a></div><div>Mailing List: <a href="mailto:friendsofbso@mit.edu">friendsofbso@mit.edu</a></div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div>
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