[GWAMIT] Announcements

Mon Nov 22 10:38:56 EST 2010

Dear GWAMIT Members,

Enjoy the week and have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

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. GWAMIT is Recruiting New Leaders!

2. GWAMIT Leadership Conference Slides are Now Available on Website

3. Join the GWAMIT Spring 2011 Empowerment Conference Planning Committee!

MIT:

4. [Mon 11/29] Session on writing and publishing academic work (E51-191, 2 pm)

5. Deadline to Submit Proposals for the Gender, Sexuality and Urban Spaces Conference: December 2

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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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********GWAMIT********

1. 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

2. Resources are Available on the GWAMIT Leadership Conference Website

https://sites.google.com/site/thegwamitleadershipconference/

PowerPoint slides for all of the Leadership Conference Events are now available under the Resources tab.  Check back soon for videos from the conference! 

3. Join the GWAMIT Spring Women's Week Planning Committee!

Contact: jeanyang at mit.edu

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. Session on writing and publishing academic work

When: Monday, November 29, 2 pm

Where: E51-191

Contact: David Duran, dvduran at mit.edu

You are invited to an upcoming event specially designed to help graduate students in writing and publishing academic work. This event provides a rare opportunity for graduate students to discuss academic writing and publication with a scholar who has extensive experience in both “doing” and “teaching” in these areas:

William Storey, last year’s winner of the Edelstin “best book” Prize of the Society for the History of Technology and author of Writing History: A Guide for Students, will conduct a brownbag lunch on academic writing from noon to 2 PM on Monday, November 29, in the STS Reading Room, E51-191.  Prof. Storey requested the opportunity to meet with MIT and Harvard graduate students for this workshop in connection with his appearance the next day as part of our joint “subway series.”

All HASTS students are invited, as well as other graduate students at Harvard or elsewhere at MIT who might be interested please spread the word.

(students from outside the HASTS program should notify David Duran in STS Headquarters if you plan to come: dvduran at mit.edu) ,however, you are welcome to attend even if you do not RSVP in advance.

5. Deadline to Submit Proposals for the Gender, Sexuality and Urban Spaces Conference: December 2

Website: http://web.mit.edu/gcws/Grad_conference_2011/index_Intro_2011.html

The Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies is launching it's fourth conference, developed by and for students doing graduate work in the field of Women's and Gender Studies.

The 2011 conference is an event organized by graduate students for graduate students and community members working in the field of Women's and Gender Studies. It is a 2-day event (March 11&12, 2011) where students and faculty will gather to present and discuss cutting-edge student work, workshop ideas, and network to share skills and resources and build cross-institutional colleague community.

Panels and presentation submissions are encouraged! We are now accepting proposals -- click here for information on the submission guidelines and selection process. Proposal deadline: December 2, 2010.

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