[GWAMIT] Announcements

[GWAMIT]

Dear Graduate Women,



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IN BRIEF

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1. The Women and Entrepreneurship Series: Women’s Networking Reception

2. Seminar: "Violence against Women in Pakistan"

3. MIT Club of Boston: An Evening with Susan Hockfield

4. Getting Ahead in a Down Economy



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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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1. The Women and Entrepreneurship Series: Women’s Networking Reception

When: Tuesday March 16, 7 – 9 pm

Where: R&D Pub, 4th Floor Stata Center

RSVP: http://bit.ly/bjZ61U



Please join fellow classmates and the Boston-area investment community  
for a women’s networking reception. This will be an opportunity for  
you to meet like minded-peers; get feedback on your ideas; network  
with venture capitalists, angel investors, private equity investors,  
and investment and commercial bankers; and connect with role models/ 
mentors.



Open to all MIT Graduate Women.  Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be  
served.



Brought to the MIT Graduate Women’s Community by Sloan Women in  
Management (SWIM) and the MIT Entrepreneurship Center (MIT E-Center)



Questions? Contact veenaj at mit.edu



2. Seminar: "Violence against Women in Pakistan"

When: Tuesday March 16, 7 – 8 pm

Where: Bldg 1-190, wheel chair accessibility available via a handicap  
elevator at an entrance at the corner of bldgs 1 & 5 on Mass Ave



Free and open to the public.  A light dinner will be served.



End Violence at mit, in collaboration with Technology and Culture Forum,  
Women's and Gender Studies, and the Program in Human Rights and  
Justice present…



“Violence against Women in Pakistan,” a talk by Humaira Awais Shahid,  
journalist, activist, and former legislator, Provincial Assembly of  
the Punjab, Pakistan.



Ms. Shahid as a journalist exposed the oppression and discrimination  
facing women and children. She highlighted countless stories of stove  
burnings, child prostitution, rapes, acid attacks etc. She is  
currently a scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at  
Harvard University.



3. MIT Club of Boston: An Evening with Susan Hockfield

When: Friday March 19, 6 – 9 pm

Where: Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research (220 Mass. Ave)

Register: http://bostonclub.mit.edu/hockfield



The MIT Club of Boston is pleased to announce a very special event as  
we host MIT’s President, Susan Hockfield. Please join us on Friday,  
March 19 as we gather for an informal reception followed by brief  
remarks and an interactive conversation with MIT’s 16th President. The  
evening will include a cocktail reception with open bar, remarks and  
discussion with President Hockfield, followed by a dessert reception.



Please register in advance as there is limited capacity and this is  
sure to be a popular event.



Having served MIT since December 2004, President Hockfield has a  
distinct vision of the vital role that science and technology, and MIT  
in particular, play in the world today. Dr. Hockfield has been a vocal  
advocate for the importance of science and research as cornerstones of  
industry and economic growth. She has been a force behind the creation  
of the MIT Energy Initiative, an Institute wide effort to harness  
MIT’s resources around the cross-functional technical and policy  
challenges facing today’s world. During President Hockfield’s tenure,  
MIT  has also continued to collaborate across the lines between life  
sciences and engineering with particular focus on cancer research. Dr.  
Hockfield has also presided over a sustained upgrade of on-campus  
facilities supporting the needs of student life, teaching and research.



As MIT’s first life scientist, and first woman to serve as President,  
she has a unique perspective of MIT’s past and future. We look forward  
to an engaging evening that will be focused on where MIT goes from here.



This event will be hosted by the MIT Club of Boston and the MIT Alumni  
Association at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, 220  
Mass. Ave, Cambridge - an exciting new venue that has its own  
fascinating history. Some of you will remember this location as the  
site of the NECCO Wafer Factory (from 1927 - 2003) - once the world's  
largest candy manufacturing facility. Now the home of Novartis  
Research, it is stop #8 on the "Boston Globe's Red Line Tour of  
Innovation" and the building itself is a testament to the ever- 
changing local economy. Parking is available at meters on the street  
and is free after 6 PM. The closest garage is the University/Star  
Market Garage on Green St.



Details about pricing for Club members, non-members, as well as  
special opportunities to become a member now are available here.



For assistance using SmarTrans (MIT's online registration system)  
contact the SmarTrans Help Desk at smartranshelp at mit.edu or  
617-452-2500.



4. Getting Ahead in a Down Economy

When: Sunday March 21, 6 – 9 pm

Where: 32-123

Register: https://alum.mit.edu/boston-ivy-alliance-graduate-students



The Boston IVY+ Alliance is proud to present a panel of leading local  
industry leaders who will provide an insider’s perspective on the jobs  
outlook in their field and what makes an applicant stand out.  The  
panel will feature top executives in the fields of finance,  
healthcare, and energy. After the panel there will be skill-based  
workshops with high level career advisors on the topics of Basic  
Presentation (resume, etc), Self Assessment, Networking and  
Interviewing.
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