[GWAMIT] Announcements
GWAMIT
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Mon Nov 8 09:48:14 EST 2010
Dear GWAMIT Members,
Please join us this week for the GWAMIT Leadership Conference, including Keynote Address TODAY at 4pm at Microsoft Research, 1 Mem Dr (more details below).
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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GWAMIT:
1. This Week: The 2010 GWAMIT Leadership Conference!
[TODAY 11/8] Keynote – “Innovation Leadership” w/ President Hockfield, CTO Xerox Dr. Vandebroek (3:45-6pm, Microsoft 1 Mem Dr)
[Tue 11/9] Negotiation Seminar – “How to Get What You Want!” (5-6:30 pm, 56-114)
[Wed 11/10] Assertive Communication Workshop (10:30 am-12 pm, 68-181) - RSVP Required: http://bit.ly/dtfDE0 (waitlist available)
[Wed 11/10] Dress for Success Workshop (3-4:30 pm, Star Room, 32D-463)
[Wed 11/10] Personal Leadership Evaluation Workshop (5:30-8 pm, 6-104) - RSVP Required: http://bit.ly/dtfDE0 (waitlist available)
2. GWAMIT is Recruiting New Leaders!
3. Join the GWAMIT Spring 2011 Empowerment Conference Planning Committee!
MIT:
4. Join a sexual assault awareness focus group!
5. Nominate a Friend for the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize!
6. Submit your resume for the 15th European Career Fair!
7. Ivy Plus Engineering Virtual Job Fair This Week
8. [Tue 11/9] Film: 48 HOURS -- Exploring the Myths and Facts of Sexual Exploitation (5:30-7pm, 32D-461)
9. [Wed 11/10] Women in Mathematics seminar (5:30 pm, 2-135)
Outside MIT:
10. [Wed 11/10] 90th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Film Screening (6-9:30 pm, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston)
11. [Thur 11/11] The Role of Academics in Drug Discovery: Filling the Gap (6pm, Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge)
Highlighted Upcoming Events:
12. [Mon 11/15] Women in Start-Ups (6:30pm, E51-325)
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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. This Week: The 2010 GWAMIT Leadership Conference!
When: Monday, November 8 – Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Where: Various
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/thegwamitleadershipconference/
RSVP: http://bit.ly/dtfDE0
GWAMIT Leadership Conference Schedule:
TODAY!
Keynote – “Innovation Leadership”
When: Monday, November 8, 4-6 pm (Seating open at 3:45 pm)
Where: Microsoft NERD, 1 Memorial Drive (Next to E60)
Speaker: Dr. Sophie Vandebroek, CTO of Xerox and President of the Xerox Innovation Group, with opening remarks by MIT President, Dr. Susan Hockfield.
Dr. Vandebroek will reveal her personal recipe for successful innovation, discuss specific issues women innovators face in the technology industry and offer suggestions on how to overcome them. Networking reception with refreshments and hors d’oeuvres from 5-6 pm.
Negotiation Seminar – “How to Get What You Want!”
When: Tuesday, November 9, 5-6:30 pm
Where: 56-114
Speaker: Dr. Deborah Kolb, author of "Her Place at the Table," and expert on gender issues in negotiation and leadership.
Learn the importance of negotiating and advocating for yourself. Learn how to ask for the mentors, support, resources, assignments, and promotions you want and deserve! Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served before the event.
Assertive Communication Workshop
When: Wednesday, November 10, 10:30 am-12 pm
Where: 68-181
Speaker: Prof. Roberta Pittore, M.B.A.
RSVP Required: http://bit.ly/dtfDE0
Learn how to speak up and express your point of view in a way that gets heard! In this workshop, you will practice advocating for yourself and your work, and thus become more visible and able to seize opportunities. This interactive workshop will help you differentiate between passive and assertive communication, and give you techniques for dealing with aggressive people. Breakfast will be served before the event.
Dress for Success Workshop
When: Wednesday, November 10, 3-4:30 pm
Where: Star Room, 32D-463 (4th floor of the Dreyfoos Wing of the Stata Center
Speaker: Sheri Falk, designer, female entrepreneur, and owner of the BASIQUES store on Newbury St.
Are you looking to update your student wardrobe for your future career? Do you want to learn how to project a professional, yet fashionable, image that will be taken seriously? Sheri Falk will teach you how to look and feel confident. This workshop will show you how to maximize the combinations of a few great pieces, how to fit and flatter your frame, and how to transition from day to night. Participants will receive a 10% discount on a future purchase from the BASIQUES store.
Personal Leadership Evaluation Workshop
When: Wednesday, November 10, 6-8 pm (Dinner served at 5:30 pm)
Where: 6-104
Speakers: The MIT Leadership Evolution for Graduate Students (LEGS) Program
RSVP Required: http://bit.ly/dtfDE0
This workshop will 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 interpretation and discussion. Dinner served before the event.
Events Sponsored by: GWAMIT, GSC, ODGE GSLG, Microsoft, WGA3, the School of Engineering, and the School of Science.
2. GWAMIT is Recruiting New Leaders!
GWAMIT Open Positions:
Executive Board:
• Co-Chair (2 positions - 1 Fall, 1 Spring) - manage daily operations, attend Exec Meetings
• Publicity Chair - manage public relations, collaborations across MIT, attend Exec Mtgs
• Treasurer - keep financial records, attend Exec Mtgs
Planning Committees:
• Spring '11 Women's Empowerment Conference
• Co-Chair (2 positions) - manage programming and event leads, maintain contacts
• Funding chair - meet with potential sponsors
• Logistics chair - reserve space, catering
• Publicity chair - design and organize ads, posters, emails
• Mentoring Program Co-Chair (Fall '10) - co-lead Planning Committee (matching mentoring groups, 2 events)
• Fall '11 Leadership Conference
• Co-Chair (2 positions) - manage event leads, maintain contacts
• Event leads - design and coordinate a leadership event or leverage existing templates
• Funding chair - meet with potential sponsors
• Logistics chair - reserve space, catering
• Publicity chair - design and organize ads, posters, emails
• Monthly Collaborative Events Leads (Feb, Mar/Apr)
• 2 positions - help run a 1-time event in collaboration with existing MIT offices and services
Interested? Contact gwamit-exec at mit.edu
3. Join the GWAMIT Spring Women's Week Planning Committee!
Do any of the following describe you?
* You were impressed with our Spring 2010 Kick-Off and want to see more of these events.
* You want to get more involved with GWAMIT.
* You want more leadership experience to further your personal/professional development.
* You want to work with strong, motivated, and passionate women.
* You have an idea for a talk/panel/workshop.
If so, you should join our Spring 2011 Empowerment Conference Planning Committee. Help us bring innovative, provocative, and informative events to campus!
To see what we did last spring, take a look here:
Event page: http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events/spring2010.html
Blog post: http://gwamit.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-kick-off-2010-in-review.html
Last year we bootstrapped ourselves from having no initial budget/collaborators, so this year can only be even more amazing. Come be a part of it!
There are varying levels of commitment from helping out with specific tasks to leading an event. No previous event planning/GWAMIT experience required. We especially encourage students in their early years of grad school to get involved.
E-mail jeanyang at mit.edu for more details or to sign-up.
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4. Join a focus group, brainstorm programming with the Violence Prevention & Response Program in Community Wellness, including Sexual Assault Awareness Week!
Contact: adam at med.mit.edu
Attention graduate women - your input is needed!
Are you living in a single graduate residences? Are you passionate about developing programming that addresses issues of violence, including sexual violence, dating/domestic violence, and harassment or stalking?
If so, we would love to get your input in order to get a sense of what issues exist for this population, and what types of programming might be most effective.
Have you heard about VPR’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week/Month Activities for the spring? Would you like to help shape programming or provide input to the existing planning committee?
If so, it would be great to have input on ideas for events, things that have and have not worked in the past, etc. Options include both informal input and formally joining the planning group.
Contact: Kelley Adams, adam at med.mit.edu, Grant Coordinator/Health Educator for Violence Prevention & Response in Community Wellness
5. Nominate a Friend for the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize!
Contact: lemelson_awards at mit.edu
Do you ever catch up with someone only to leave the conversation thinking, “Wow! The project they are working on sounds amazing. More people need to know about this!”
If this is the case, the Lemelson-MIT Program wants to know about them!
The $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize is awarded to a graduating senior or graduate student for their inventive work. If one of your friends or someone you know has invented something awesome, then send us their name! We’ll reach out and encourage them to apply.
Email your suggestions to lemelson_awards at mit.edu today!
6. Submit your resume for the 15th European Career Fair
Deadline: Friday, December 3, 2010
Website: http://www.euro-career.com
Career Fair Day: January 22, 2011
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Looking for a full-time job or an internship, thinking of studying or pursuing a professional career in Europe?
Then the European Career Fair (ECF) at MIT is a great place to start your search. Discover the many opportunities that international companies, academic institutions and non-profit organizations from Europe have to offer.
Submit your resume online at www.euro-career.com. Registration is free!
The deadline for resume submission is Friday December 3, 2010.
ECF 2011: What to expect?
. January 22, 2011 - Career Fair Day with exhibits and presentations by representatives from industry, academia and research.
. January 23 - 24, 2011 - Interviews for selected candidates. ECF-affiliated seminars on career development, opportunities and other activities.
ECF 2011: Why should you attend?
. It's big! The ECF is the largest career fair of its kind in the US with more than 130 companies and over 4000 participants.
. Variety! ECF aims to represent the full breadth of the European job market, whether you are looking for a job in industry or in the non-profit sector.
. Diversity! ECF welcomes candidates from all backgrounds and all levels of experience.
. Interviews! Our searchable database allows employers to view your resume, and schedule interviews with selected candidates.
. Networking! You will have the opportunity to connect with many employers and other candidates on the day of the Fair.
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Submit your resume today!
For more information visit our website at http://www.euro-career.com
Visit us also on Facebook http://goo.gl/azp2 and LinkedIn http://goo.gl/rFn2
7. Ivy Plus Engineering Virtual Job Fair This Week
When: November 8-19th
Where: Registration Required at http://www.ivyplusjobfair.com
Who: the Ivy Plus Engineering Job Fair is a consortium of the following universities- Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, MIT, NYU, Penn, Princeton, UChicago and UIllinois.
What: A live interactive online job fair where students can be in direct contact with company reps using live video and chat.
Students: Open to Computer Science and Engineering students from participating universities (undergrads, masters and PhDs).
Companies: Twitter, Oracle, OPower, MathWorks, QuinStreet, Brightroll, Metron, Nuance, and many others.
Registration Required: http://www.ivyplusjobfair.com
8. Film: 48 HOURS -- Exploring the Myths and Facts of Sexual Exploitation
When: Tuesday, November 9th 5:30-7pm
Where: 32D-461
RSVP: weinmann at mit.edu
MIT Program in Women's and Gender Studies, The Technology and Culture Forum, and End the Violence (a T&C program) invite you to attend...
48 HOURS*: Exploring the Myths and Facts of Sexual Exploitation
*The amount of time it takes a young runaway to be approached by a pimp
Presented by Nikki Valila, Program Director of the A.C.T. Group Home at Germaine Lawrence, Arlington, MA.
Nikki Valila is the Program Director of the A.C.T. Group Home at Germaine Lawrence, Arlington, MA. The A.C.T. (Acknowledge, Commit, Transform) Group Home is an 8 bed program that exclusively serves girls who have been, or at risk for being commercially sexually exploited. Nikki has spent the past 7 years working with adolescent girls in a variety of settings. She has taught at a residential treatment program for girls who had struggled with substance abuse and sexual offending. She has also worked as a Victim Witness Advocate for the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in the Child Abuse Unit as the lead advocate on teen exploitation cases. Since leaving the DA's office, Nikki has coordinated the Children and Teen Program at HarborCOV, a non-profit domestic violence agency in Chelsea, MA. Nikki facilitated healthy relationship groups for young girls as well as running workshops for youth on teen dating violence. She continues to facilitate trainings at youth summits, individual programs and schools on the topic of sexual exploitation.
Dinner provided
Please RSVP to weinmann at mit.edu
See also: http://web.mit.edu/tac/upcoming/index.html#ack
9. Women in Mathematics seminar
When: Wednesday, November 10th 5:30pm
Where: 2-135
Speaker: Ragni Piene (University of Oslo)
Title: Some Counting Problems and Their Generating Functions
Pizza following the talk.
For an abstract, please visit: http://math.mit.edu/wim/events/seminars.html
This is a series of generally accessible talks (starting from advanced undergraduates) by female research visitors to MIT's Mathematics Department.
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10. 90th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage Film Screening
When: Wednesday, November 10th 6-9:30 pm
Where: Institute of Contemporary Art Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater* 100 Northern Ave, Boston, MA
As you may know, 2010 marks the 90th Anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any Sate on account of sex. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."
Katja von Garnier’s Iron Jawed Angels tells the remarkable and little-known story of a group of passionate and dynamic young women, led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns,
who put their lives on the line to fight for American women’s right to vote.
The event is free and we hope to fill the theater!
Schedule:
6 pm Reception including complimentary light refreshments and a cash bar
6:40 pm Attorney General Martha Coakley Welcome
7pm Movie Screening
9 pm -9:30 pm Movie discussion led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton's great-great granddaughter, Coline Jenkins.
It promises to be an inspirational evening!
Iron Jawed Angels 11/10/10: http://www.mass.gov/Cago/docs/Community/iron_jawed_eagles_invite.pdf
How to Register: Please email your name, address, organization (if applicable), phone number, and number attending to: wscc at state.ma.us.
Deadline: Please register by Wednesday, November 3, 2010
11. The Role of Academics in Drug Discovery: Filling the Gap
When: Thursday, November 11th 6 pm
Where: Microsoft New England Research & Development Center 1 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MA
Register: http://shownovember2010.eventbrite.com
Science Shaping Our World (SHOW) – The Role of Academics in Drug Discovery:Filling the Gap
Speaker: Marcie Glicksman, Ph.D. - Co-Director of the Leads Discovery at the Laboratory for Drug Discovery in Neurodegeneration (LDDN), Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center Neurology Department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
• Dr. Glicksman has been in the field of drug discovery for close to 20 years, the most recent six years in academics at the Laboratory for Drug Discovery in Neurodegeneration (LDDN). Before joining the LDDN, she was at the start-up company, Descartes therapeutics and before this she was at the company Cubist leading a group in the development of antibiotics with a structure-based drug design approach (learn more about the speaker at our LinkedIn SHOW group page)
Register at: http://shownovember2010.eventbrite.com
Science Shaping Our World (SHOW) is an ongoing seminar and networking series that highlights areas of life science research possessing significant application potential. Our mission is to bring together researchers, clinicians, entrepreneurs, investors, technology and business professionals, in a setting where they can gain exposure and insight into the life science advancements changing our world. Further, we seek to promote active inter and cross-disciplinary networking toward fostering the creation of opportunities in Life Science.
November’s SHOW will focus on the role of academics in drug discovery. Particularly, we will be discussing how the relationship between academia and industry is evolving relative to bridging the gap between the research bench and commercialization. Further, we will focus on the Laboratory for Drug Discovery in Neurodegeneration (LDDN) which was established in 2001 as a model for how academia can apply its research findings to drug discovery especially in diseases and approaches that are not commonly found in the pharmaceutical industry.
The LDDN has developed a strategy which complements the efforts in industry and has an established track record of progressing projects along the drug discovery pathway, from assay development and high-throughput screening through medicinal chemistry on lead compounds and testing candidate drugs in animal models of disease. The unique aspects of establishing academic drug discovery will be discussed with specific case studies highlighting specific projects.
Please join us for an evening of science, technology, and networking.
Event sign-in begins at 6:00 PM at the Microsoft New England Research & Development Center. Event pre-registration is free and required for event admittance. Presentation and discussion will follow from 6:30 – 7:30 PM. Following the presentation, you are invited to join us for networking and further discussion with the speakers. Light food and refreshments will be provided.
SHOW is brought to you by Munevar & Associates, Inc., with space provided by Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
12. Women in Start-Ups
When: Monday, November 15th 6:30 pm
Where: E51-325
Pre-Register: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=48861&groupID=182
How do great ideas become successful businesses? AMITA organizes an enlightening discussion panel about one key piece of an entrepreneur's work - raising funding. Come hear how MIT women alumnae have raised money to establish profitable companies as well as what alumnae investors look for in prospective ventures to fund.
Refreshments will be provided by Zigo (founded by MIT alumni!).
Refreshments sponsored by Goodwin Procter
The following speakers, all successful MIT alumnae, will share their insights on venture financing:
-Jean Hammond, SM XV ‘86 is an active angel investor focusing on early stage high tech start-ups. She was a founder of the Boston branch of Golden Seeds and a member of Launchpad and Hub Angels. Ms. Hammond serves on the board of The Technology Capital Network. She plays or played an active board level role with a number of investments including: Crimson Hexagon, Hire Reach, Home Portfolio, iTeam, and ZipCar. She is currently a part-time Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
-Laura Ring, SM XVM, ’91, SM XV, ’91, Bio Coming Soon!
-Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Bio coming Soon!
-Dr. Marcie Black, SB VI-1 ’95, ME VI ’95. Ph.D. VID ’03 is the co-founder & chief technology officer of Bandgap Engineering, a MA start-up that pioneered the development of highly tunable methods for nano-structuring silicon and is applying these technologies to high efficiency photovoltaic systems and high capacity Li-ion batteries. Before joining Bandgap, Marcie worked in the applied electromagnetics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She has published over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and three book sections, and has two issued patents and numerous patent applications pending.
$5 Extra for everyone at the door, so pre-register ($5 students, $10 MIT10, $15 AMITA and MIT COB members, $20 guests)
https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=48861&groupID=182
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