[GWAMIT] Announcements - Applications Open for GWAMIT Mentoring Program (8/1/11)

Mon Aug 1 10:18:49 EDT 2011

Dear GWAMIT Members,

Check out the Empowerment Conference Keynote Lecture video:
http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/odge:1924/videos/13501

Applications are open for GWAMIT mentoring program; details below.

Enjoy the week!

*The GWAMIT Board*
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*GWAMIT: *
1. Applications open for this year's GWAMIT Mentoring Program for Graduate
Women

*MIT:*
2. Academic Career Series II: Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search (Wed.
Aug 3, 3:30-5p)
3. Join the GSC Path of Professorship Planning Team!

*Outside MIT:*
4. [Mass-AWIS] Hands-on Resume Workshop (Thurs, Aug 25, 6-9p)
5. Womensphere Global Summit & Awards (Sept 22-23; New York City)

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

**1. Applications open for this year's GWAMIT Mentoring Program for Graduate
Women
**Applications:* tinyurl.com/menteesurvey11
*Contact:* Shelby at skimmel at mit.edu

*Applications are now open* for women graduate students to be mentored by a
female faculty/alum in the *GWAMIT Mentoring Program*.

Mentorship can be sought in areas ranging from careers to more personal
matters. Grad women mentees are responsible for meeting with their mentor
each month for a minimum of 1 hour and attending a beginning-of-term and
end-of-year dinner. Your commitment to the program would last one semester
at which point you can choose to continue and/or be rematched.

*Graduate mentee applications submitted through*:
tinyurl.com/menteesurvey11<https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHpQR3NzSlh2LTgyb2dsb3lHSUotdlE6MA#gid=0>-
please
*sign up by August 14*. Spots may be limited, so sign up soon!

And, please forward to anyone you think would be interested in
participating.

If you have a recommendation for a faculty/alumni mentor, questions, or
would like more info, e-mail Shelby at skimmel at mit.edu.

-GWAMIT Mentoring Program Planning Committee

*********MIT*********

*2. Academic Career Series II: Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search
(Wed. Aug 3, 3:30-5p)*
*When: *Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 3:30-5:00 pm
*Where:* Rm 32-123
*Contact *GSC ARC: 3-2195, gsc-arc at mit.edu

Considering an academic career? Wondering how to mount a successful job
search in a highly competitive academic job market? Come and hear how others
have done it.

Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search will feature faculty panelists who
successfully landed a position. Speakers will outline an effective search
strategy and discuss important elements of the process - finding
opportunities of interest, preparing a strong application, the role of your
advisors, interviewing, negotiating, and how the increasingly competitive
job market is changing the faculty search process.

Our panelists are:
Jeffrey Gore, Assistant Professor of Physics
Darrell Irvine, Associate Professor of Biological Engineering and Materials
Science
Jeffrey Karp, Assistant Professor in Medicine & HST, Harvard Medical School,
Brigham & Women's Hospital, & Director, Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials
and Stem-Cell-Based Therapeutics, Brigham & Women's Hospital

Sponsored by: Global Education & Career Development, Graduate Student
Council, Postdoctoral Advisory Council

*3. Join the GSC Path of Professorship Planning Team!*
Hello Graduate Women of MIT,

This fall, the Office of Graduate Education will host the 7th annual Path of
Professorship Workshop. The event is designed to provide graduate and
post-doctoral women with information about academic scientific careers and
the application process.

The entire workshop will be held on the MIT campus at the MIT Media Lab and
Faculty Club, and runs from Friday afternoon on October 28nd until 5:15pm
Saturday, Oct 29th.

A tentative agenda of this year's workshop for your reference as well as
pictures from last year's workshop can be found through the following
website:
*http://web.mit.edu/gso/advising/pop.html*

We are looking for graduate women to join our planning team. A commitment
would entail approximately 3 hours per week in September and early October.
Acceptance to the workshop is guaranteed for those women on the planning
team!

This is a great opportunity to  learn about the process to becoming a
professor and meet other graduate women looking to do the same. If you are
interested in joining the team or have any further questions, please email
samok at mit.edu.

Thanks! Sam

***********Outside MIT***********

*4. [Mass-AWIS] Hands-on Resume Workshop (Thurs, Aug 25, 6-9p)
When*: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 6:00 – 9:00 PM
*Where:* MGH Simches Building, Room 3110, 185 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA
02114
*Register*: Space is limited!
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=222038
*Cost: *$10 – AWIS Members & students; $25 – Non-members

~ A light dinner will be served ~
Lauren Celano – founder and CEO at Propel Careers – will give a short
presentation about how to write a good resume. Then we will break up into
small groups and experienced recruiters will review the resume of each
participant.

Please bring copies of your resume/ CV!

This workshop will help make your CV/resume suitable for your next position
or for a change to industry. If you are looking to stay within the academic
track, you also can get help with your academic CV. If you are as yet
undecided about your career path, come and get advice on both options.

Please register as soon as possible as space is limited!
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=222038

This event is open to all but the discounted registration fee is only
available for AWIS members and students. Become an AWIS member at
www.awis.org - be sure to select the Massachusetts Chapter. Parking for this
event is available at the Whole Foods lot as well as paid garages in the
area. MBTA Red Line Charles/MGH Stop and Green Line Gov't Center Stop are
both within walking distance.

*5. Womensphere Global Summit & Awards (Sept 22-23; New York City)
**When:* September 22-23, 2011
*Where: *New York City
*Website: *http://www.womensphereglobalsummit.com/
<http://www.womensphereglobalsummit.com/>
*RSVP:* http://womensphereglobalsummit2011.eventbrite.com/
<http://womensphereglobalsummit2011.eventbrite.com/>

WOMENSPHERE GLOBAL SUMMIT & AWARDS 2011: CREATING THE FUTURE: LEADERSHIP.
INNOVATION. VENTURES. ECONOMY. SUSTAINABILITY.

The Womensphere Global Summit’s agenda will center on the themes of
leadership, innovation, ventures, economic growth, sustainability and social
impact in a fast-changing global environment. (Men who champion and invest
in women and girls are also invited and welcomed to the Summit!)

Speakers at the Womensphere Global Summit are distinguished leaders, CEOs,
and executives of innovative companies, institutions, organizations, new
ventures, and social enterprises, from throughout the world.

Note: GWAMIT is *not* sponsoring this event or helping to offset travel and
registration costs.

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