[GWAMIT] Announcements

Mon Apr 19 19:04:24 EDT 2010

Dear Graduate Women,

Enjoy the Week!

The GWAMIT Board

Visit us at: http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit

Send your ideas to: gwamit-exec at mit.edu

Send your announcements to: gwamit-sec at mit.edu

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IN BRIEF

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Notices:

1. Sign up for a LEGS Personal Leadership Evaluation Workshop

2. STeLA Leadership Forum 2010: Call for Applications and Info Session

3. [Wed 4/21] Deadline to register for Spring Career Fair

This Week’s Events:

4. [Wed 4/21] “I’m Hired, Now What?” Presented by Lockheed Martin (6 –  
7 pm, 4-231)

5. [Wed 4/21] Legal Beagles: Science, Technology, and the Law (6:30 –  
9 pm, 10-105)

6. [Thur 4/22] The Who, What & Why behind the 2010 Lemelson-MIT  
Student Prize (12:30 – 2 pm, W20-307)

7. [Thur 4/22] GCWS reception (5:30 – 7:30 pm, The Enormous Rm @ 567  
Mass Ave)

8. [Thur 4/22] Backpack to Briefcase (6:30 – 8:50 pm, Stata Center,  
1st Floor)

9. [Thur 4/22] Women's Leadership Series (6:30 – 8 pm, Coffeehouse,  
3rd Floor Student Center)

Highlighted Upcoming Event:

10. [Mon 4/26 – Fri 4/30] GWAMIT Spring Kick-Off

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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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1. Sign up for a LEGS Personal Leadership Evaluation Workshop

When: Saturday, May 1, 9 am – 3 pm

Where: Location will be e-mailed to participants

Limit: 20 participants

RSVP: Megan Brewster at mmb6 at mit.edu

The LEGS program is now offering a workshop to help you better  
evaluate your personality traits and behavior in individual and group  
settings. The workshop is designed for both experienced and aspiring  
leaders. Participants will complete the DiSC self-assessment tool,  
followed by a series of activities and discussions.

*Materials for the workshop are heavily subsidized* by the Student  
Activities Office (SAO), Residential Life Programs, and the Graduate  
Student Council (GSC).  Lunch will be provided.

Thanks and looking forward to seeing you there!

2. STeLA Leadership Forum 2010: Call for Applications and Info Session

Science, Technology and Leadership in Beijing this Summer!

Apply online: http://web.mit.edu/stela-mit/next/2010/applicationform-us.html

STeLA(Science and Technology Leadership Association) is an  
international student association which aims 1) to empower  
participants with leadership skills for solving global issues and 2)  
to create its original international network of future leaders in  
science and technological fields.

*STeLA Leadership Forum 2010*

Concept: To educate participants about leadership skills for solving  
global issues and to create its original international network of  
future leaders in science and technological fields.

Date: August 15th - August 23rd, 2010

Place: Peking University, Beijing, CHINA

Eligibility: Graduate and Undergraduate students in Japan, USA, China  
and France

Admission: Submit your application online by April 25, 23:59(EST), 2010.

MIT info Session: Wed April 21, 6pm in room 1-132

For more details, please visit us at www.stelaforum.org

3. Deadline to register for Spring Career Fair

MIT SPRING CAREER FAIR

When: Tuesday, May 4, 11 am - 4 pm

Where: Walker Memorial, Morss Hall

View attending employers here: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/event_view.aspx?token=TS9bgRXFVxJmAkzaJBTkMQ%3d%3d

Register on CareerBridge before April 23rd to be included in the  
Employer Resume Book.

4. “I’m Hired, Now What?” Presented by Lockheed Martin

When: Wednesday, April 21, 6 – 7 pm

Where: 4-231

RSVP: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/. Click on Workshops,  
Career Fairs and Events tab.

You're on your way to your first job or internship. Sure, you are  
technically competent, but do you really know all you need to know to  
start a JOB? Do you know how to fill out your W-4, I-9 and 401K forms?  
Do you know how to decipher corporate culture or how you are graded at  
work? Don't miss this essential know-how for your first real job,  
presented by a representative from Lockheed Martin.

5. Legal Beagles: Science, Technology, and the Law

When: Wednesday, April 21, 6:30 – 9 pm

Where: Bush Room, 10-105

Cost: Members $15; Guests: $20; Graduate Women Students $10

RSVP: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=41961&groupID=182

A Light Dinner will be served.

We will take a broad look at the intersection of the law and  
technology. The evening will feature a panel with Natasha Us ‘84 , Kia  
Freeman ‘89, and Julie Goodman ’96 with discussion ranging from patent  
prosecution and litigation to testifying on scientific matters in  
court.  It will include topics such as what is the value in seeking  
patent protection to a company or an inventor?  How do you get a  
patent? How do you extract value from a patent once you have one?  How  
can you apply your technical expertise to providing scientific  
technical support in litigation?  The panelists will help answer these  
questions, as well as provide insight into career paths for scientists  
and engineers in the legal field, including as attorneys and as  
technical experts.

Panelists:

Natasha Us, BS '84 MS ’85, JD, Senior Counsel for Goodwin Procter LLP,

Kia Freeman, BS '89, JD, Associate for Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,  
Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Julie Goodman, BS '96, PhD DABT, Principal Toxicologist/Epidemiologist  
for Gradient

See web page for more info: http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/amita/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000477&webPageId=P008&eventId=28864

6. The Who, What and Why behind the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

When: Thursday, April 22, 12:30 – 2 pm

Where: Mezzanine Lounge, Student Center (W20-307)

Learn about the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize and join this  
year’s Student Prize Winner and Finalists as they discuss what it  
means to be an inventor, the inventive process, and their portfolio of  
inventions.

Lunch will be provided.

Questions?  Contact Ed Canton or Maura Hume at lemelson_awards at mit.edu

7. GCWS reception

When: Thursday, April 22, 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Where: The Enormous Room at 567 Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square

RSVP: By Tuesday, April 20th, to Andi Sutton at arsutton at mit.edu

You are cordially invited to a cocktail hour for feminist  
intellectuals -- graduate students from all GCWS member schools.

Meet fellow graduate students from all participating GCWS institutions  
engaged in gender and sexuality studies, hear about our student  
programming and 2010-2011 courses, and participate in a discussion  
about possible themes for next year's graduate student conference.

This event is free and refreshments are provided.

For more information about the GCWS and the event, visit http://web.mit.edu/gcws

Directions:

The Enormous Room is located at 567 Massachusetts Avenue in Central  
Square.  To get there by T, take the Red Line to Central Square and  
walk two blocks along Mass Ave (towards the river).  The Enormous Room  
will be on the left, next to Central Kitchen.  There is an elephant  
printed on the door.

8. Backpack to Briefcase

When: Thursday, April 22, 6:30 – 8:50 pm

Where: Stata Center, 1st Floor

RSVP: http://alum.mit.edu/students/GraduatingStudents/Backpack_to_Briefcase

Free Dinner!

Contact:  Katie Maloney, kcasey at mit.edu, 617-452-3372

Practical advice from alumni and industry professionals on:

-Real Estate (renting and buying),

-Finances (goal setting, investing, debts, insurance, taxes and estate  
planning),

-Work/Life Balance and Dress for Success

For graduating students and their families but all students are  
welcome to register and attend

Sponsored by the MIT Alumni Association

9. Women's Leadership Series: Lodovica Illari, EAPS

When: Thursday, April 22, 6:30 – 8 pm

Where: Coffeehouse, 3rd Floor Student Center

RSVP: by Wednesday, April 21 to ecy at mit.edu

Lodovica Illari, Senior Lecturer, Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary  
Sciences

A dessert reception will follow.

The series is co-sponsored by the following organizations:

Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming

Network of SLOAN Undergraduate Women

MIT Panhellenic Association

Society of Women Engineering

Black Women’s Alliance

African Student’s Association

Minority Business Association

10. Graduate Women at MIT (GWAMIT) Spring Kick-Off

Graduate Women at MIT, a new institute-wide women's group, is holding  
a series of lectures and workshops for our kick-off week.  Join us for  
any or all of our events!

[Mon - 4/26]

Keynote, "The Evolution of Bias" (5:30-6:30, 46-3002, location subject  
to change)

Freada Kapor Klein, an expert on workplace diversity relations, will  
describe implicit and explicit gender-related bias in academic  
environments.  Reception to follow.

[Tues - 4/27]

Workshop, "Negotiating Difficult Situations"* (1:30-3, 66-168)

Toni Robinson, MIT Ombudsperson, will lead exercises demonstrating how  
to handle situations including negotiating credit, dealing with  
harassment, and negotiating attention from supervisors.  Dessert  
provided.  (RSVP requested.)

[Wed - 4/28]

Panel, "Collaboration in Invention" (6:30-8, 56-154)

Women in research and industry discuss the role of collaboration in  
their inventions.  Reception to follow.

[Thurs - 4/29]

Panel, "Life Choices: Work and Everything Else" (6:30-8, 4-237)

Women in research and industry discuss the choices they have made  
regarding work/life division, marriage, and children.  Heavy hors  
d'oeuvres provided.

[Fri - 4/30]

Graduate Women Mixer* (5-6:30, 6-321)

Come network with fellow graduate women! Sloan's Lakshmi Balachandra  
will lead an introductory exercise on improvisational leadership.   
Drinks and heavy hors d'oeuvres provided.  (RSVP requested.)

* RSVP requested (https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/public/Register.dyn?eventID=43284&groupID=194 
).

There is more information on our website:

http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events/spring2010.html
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