[GWAMIT] Announcements (11/15/11)

Tue Nov 15 15:52:52 EST 2011

Dear GWAMIT Members,

Like what you saw at the Leadership Conference?  Get involved in GWAMIT's
Empowerment Conference Planning Committee, Collaborative Events Team, or
GWAMIT's Executive Board (more info below).

Have a great week, and a Happy Thanksgiving!

The GWAMIT Board
Send your ideas to:  <mailto:gwamit-exec at mit.edu> gwamit-exec at mit.edu
Send your announcements to:  <mailto:gwamit-sec at mit.edu> gwamit-sec at mit.edu
Visit us:  <http://gwamit.org/> http://gwamit.org

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IN BRIEF
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GWAMIT: 
1. Empowerment Conference Planning Committee Mtg (TODAY!, 4-5pm, contact
mvartak at mit.edu, luyao at mit.edu to get involved in future meetings) 
2. Collaborative Events Planning Team Mtg (Tomorrow, Nov 16, 6-7pm)

3. Join GWAMIT Executive Board (getinvolved.gwamit.org) 

4. "Miss Representation" Screening (Mon. Nov 21, 7-9p)

MIT:

5. AMITA Entrepreneurship in Clean Tech (TODAY!, Nov 15, 6:30-9p)

Outside MIT:

6. [Harvard] The Transition from Science to Policy: A discussion with Former
AAAS Fellow David Hewitt (Fri, Nov 18, 5-6p)

7. Women Mentors Needed for More Active Girls in Computing (MAGIC) Program

8. Opportunity for woman computer scientist/technical partner for startup
team in entrepreneurship

To see more events beyond this week's digest visit
<http://bit.ly/gwamitevents> http://bit.ly/gwamitevents and
<http://bit.ly/gwamitcollaborators> http://bit.ly/gwamitcollaborators

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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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********GWAMIT********

1. Empowerment Conference Planning Committee Mtg (TODAY!, 4-5pm) 
When: TODAY! 4-5pm

Where: Stata Cafe, 1st floor dining area (map
<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32> )

Contact: mvartak at mit.edu, luyao at mit.edu to get involved in future meetings

The GWAMIT Empowerment Conference is on for Spring 2012~!  Join the planning
committee at any level to help plan the conference - lead an event, chair
logistics or advertising, or help run an ongoing event.  Bring your ideas
and contact the Chairs (mvartak at mit.edu, luyao at mit.edu) to get involved -
even if you can't make today's meeting.

2. Collaborative Events Planning Team Mtg (Tomorrow, Nov 16, 6-7pm)

When: November 16, 2011
Where: Stata Cafe, 1st floor dining area (map
<http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=32> )

Contact: eflorine at mit.edu

The GWAMIT Collaborative Events Team is having its first meeting to
brainstorm one-time events with outside speakers or in collaboration with
existing groups.  Past events have included joint events with
undergraduates, Harvard grad women, and more!  Come to share your ideas and
learn more about the many ways to get involved! 

3. Join the GWAMIT Executive Board (getinvolved.gwamit.org)
What: Applications to open soon
Where: getinvolved.gwamit.org
When: Application deadline January 14, 2012

Want to help shape the future of GWAMIT?  Or help the organization's
membership, funding, publicity, or advocacy operations?

Then get involved in the GWAMIT Executive Board!  Positions range from
running meetings and planning events to collecting data on our members,
fundraising, and branding.  

Look for more information in digests to come!  Applications will be due
January 14th!

For now, interested applicants are asked to provide their contact
information to receive applications at: getinvolved.gwamit.org

We hope you will consider joining us!

4. "Miss Representation" Screening (Mon. Nov 21, 7-9p)

When: Monday, November 21, Screening starts at 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm

Where: 26-100

GWAMIT and WGS are very excited to announce that MIT will host a screening
of the documentary Miss Representation! This is a film that that explores
how the media's misrepresentation of women has led to the
under-representation of women in positions of power and influence. 

The film premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and has been
showing at sold-out screenings around the country. There will be a screening
and short moderated discussion afterwards about the film. People from within
and outside the MIT community are invited to attend. Free and open to the
public. 

For more information please visit http://missrepresentation.org/
<http://missrepresentation.org/>  or contact lindy_l at mit.edu

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

5. [AMITA] Entrepreneurship in Clean Tech (Tues, Nov 15, 6:30-9p)
When: Tues, Nov 15, 6:30-7p Reception; 7-9p Event
Where:E51-315
Fee: AMITA members & MIT10: $15; MIT non-member alumni : $18; Students: $10
RSVP:
<http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/amita/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000477&webPage
Id=P008&eventId=42364>
http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/amita/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000477&webPageI
d=P008&eventId=42364

Please join us Tuesday evening, November 15th, for an exciting panel
discussion on Entrepreneurship in Clean Tech.  Come hear successful women
entrepreneurs and venture capitalists talk about their experiences in the
clean tech startup space. The discussion will touch upon industry-specific
issues such as funding, market research, technology development, and
regulatory constraints.  

Panelists include: Marcie Black '94, MNG '95, PhD'03 - CTO & Co-founder at
BandGap Engineering; Vanessa Green MNG '08, MBA '11 - CEO at OnChipPower;
Jiong Ma PhD - Partner at Braemar Energy; Mina Hsiang '03, MNG '05, MBA -
Senior Associate at General Catalyst Partners (Moderator)

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

6. [Harvard] The Transition from Science to Policy: A discussion with Former
AAAS Fellow David Hewitt (Fri, Nov 18, 5-6p)

When: Fri, Nov 18, 5 - 6 pm
Where: Northwest Labs 453

If you're interested in trying out a career in science policy, the AAAS
offers hundreds of 1-2 year, well-paid fellowships for new PhD Students to
work in a variety of government agencies and offices as science policy
advisors. Join us for a happy hour discussion with OEB PhD graduate, and
former AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow David Hewitt, who will talk
about his journey from science PhD to non-profit science and education
outreach, science policy, and
consulting. A true renaissance man, David does all this while still
conducting science research and teaching at University of Pennsylvania. This
event is being hosted by the Harvard Graduate Science Policy Group.

7. Women Mentors Needed for More Active Girls in Computing (MAGIC) Program

You may have heard that a group of senior women engineers kicked off an
organization called MAGIC (More Active Girls in  Computing) at the 2007
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Since then, MAGIC has
offered 1-1 mentoring to middle and high school girls in four different
schools, with an objective of exposing these girls to various Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) areas and careers.

MAGIC mentors have included women with successful STEM careers from Google,
IBM, JASnet, McKinsey, NASA, Oracle, Rutgers University, Santa Clara
University, Stanford University, and University of Massachusetts, We will be
entering our fourth year of mentoring in the fall of 2011.

More about MAGIC can be found at  <http://www.getmagic.org/>
http://www.getmagic.org
Mentoring:  <http://getmagic.org/mentor.html>
http://getmagic.org/mentor.html
Application form:  <http://getmagic.org/apply.html>
http://getmagic.org/apply.html

Contact: Borislava I. Simidchieva  <mailto:bis at cs.umass.edu>
bis at cs.umass.edu

8. Opportunity for woman computer scientist/technical partner for startup
team in entrepreneurship 

Are you interested in Entrepreneurship? 

What About helping People, particularly Women? 

We are a multicultural team from the MIT Community and SLOAN School of
Management looking for a technical partner to join us in developing our
sensational idea into a startup. 

If you are interested in learning more about our project, or know anyone
that would be, please send them this e-mail or contact us, we would love to
explain all the details about it over lunch (on us, of course) and talk
about this partnership opportunity.

If you want to be part of a battle to make a real change in the world while
having fun in an entrepreneurial start-up team, contact us now, we need you!

Please e-mail : florencia.resnik at gmail.com

Eligibility would ideally comprise:

1. Being a Woman - (We're a team of Ladies :) 

2. Pursuing a BS or MS, or + in Computer Science or related field.

3. Extreme Interest in Entrepreneurship -

3. Own capability to code idea into a beta product (Online Platform).

4. Capability to lead a tech team and strong communication skills

Thanks in advance and hope to hear from you soon.

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