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<p class=MsoNormal>-------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Message brought to you by the: MIT Graduate Student
Council<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Send your ideas to: changemit@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Visit us at: gsc.mit.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Submission deadline: Sunday @ 5 PM to
gsc-secretary@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Highlights:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 1.
MIT Career Fair Volunteers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 2.
Advising Survey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 3.
MIT Cricket Tournament<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> 4.
GSC Athletic/Performance-Activities Grant Deadline<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>What: MIT Career Fair Volunteers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Where:
http://career-fair.mit.edu/students/volunteer.php<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The MIT Career Fair 2009 is looking for volunteers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Volunteer at the Career Fair<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Interested in becoming involved with the MIT Career Fair <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>and getting to know the representatives of your favorite <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>companies on a more personal level? Then volunteer for the
Career Fair!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Incentives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Opportunity to closely interact with company representatives<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Gain experience to help run the MIT Career Fair next year<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Free food (breakfast and lunch) during MIT Career Fair<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Volunteer appreciation gifts such as a laptop messenger
bag, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>a mini leather portfolio notepad, and official Career Fair <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>folders and pens.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Volunteers can sign up for any and as many volunteering <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>positions as they would like.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please sign up as a Career Fair Volunteer here:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>http://career-fair.mit.edu/students/volunteer.php<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>What: Advising Survey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>When: NOW<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Where:
https://websurvey2.mit.edu/grad/advising/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Contact: gsc-arc@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>We need your input! We need to understand the current status
of <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>advising at MIT in order to further improve its quality.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>https://websurvey2.mit.edu/grad/advising/<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sponsored by the GSC & the Office of the Dean for
Graduate Education<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>What: First Ever Intra-MIT Cricket
Tournament<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>When: 21st-28th August (on weekends)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Where: AstroTurf under Floodlights!!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Contact: MIT Cricket Club
(mit.edu/mitcc);cricket@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Highlights:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Totally free<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Balanced teams lending to competitive games<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Music to fuel your passion and stoke your adrenalin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Winners and big performers get a chance to represent MIT in
inter-collegiate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>tournaments<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Are you a beginner?.This is the time to start playing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sign up link -<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dEo2MUV5ZXQ4NDk2aDFmQV9sV25hQnc6MA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Limited seats. Sign up asap..!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-Practice Sessions Available<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>What: GSC
Athletic/Performance-Activities Grant Deadline<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>When: August 20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Where:
http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/funding/funding-activities<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Contact: gsc-grant@mit.edu <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The purpose of the Athletic/Performance-Activities Grant is
to support<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>graduate students who pursue a non-research/non-academic
activity at<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>competitive levels. The grant is designed to support MIT
graduate<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>students who take part in competitions/concerts/events
throughout the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>year, both nationally and internationally.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The grant can cover fees and expenses such as registration,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>accommodation, travel (air, car rental, gas, tolls, parking,
public<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>transportation) and equipment shipment if needed. For
competitions, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>concerts, or events happening between September 1 and
November 30 2009,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>fill out the application found at the above link and email
supporting <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>documents to gsc-grant@mit.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
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