[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 7/2/2012

Wed Jul 4 03:42:33 EDT 2012

Dear GWAMIT Members,

Over the summer, the Digest will be released every other week.  For more
frequent updates on events of interest to GWAMIT members, check out our
calendar at http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest.

Enjoy the week,

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

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*MIT:*
1. [GSC] Dissertation Boot Camp (July 16-25, 9am-5:30pm; Register by July
10 at 12pm)
2. [GSC] Apply to be a GSC Creative Media Manager Fellow (Applications due
July 31)
3. Join the 2012 Path of Professorship Planning Team! (Meetings from
June-October; Event from October 26-27)
4. [MIT Museum] New holography exhibition open now!
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*Outside MIT:*
5. Science Club for Girls Summer Science Week (Tues. Jul. 17-Fri. Jul. 20,
8:30am-5:30pm daily)
6. Opportunities with the Scientista Foundation

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

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*1. [GSC] Dissertation Boot Camp (July 16-25, 9am-5:30pm; Register by July
10 at 12pm)*
*When:* July 16-25, 9am-5:30pm; Register by July 10 at 12pm
*Where:* Pritchett, Walker Memorial
*Information: *http://gsc.mit.edu/programs-initiatives/dbc/
*Contact and registration:* Pavitra Krishnaswamy <pavitrak at mit.edu>

Come to a quiet and focused environment for writing theses, with coffee and
breakfast provided!  Registration fee is $20, and participants should
supply their own laptop computers for the sessions.
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*2. [GSC] Apply to be a GSC Creative Media Manager Fellow (Applications due
July 31)*
*When:* Applications due July 31
*More information:*
http://odge.mit.edu/community/gcf/currentprojects/#GSCComm
*Contact:* gsc-secretary at mit.edu
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Do you love taking, collecting, and editing/processing photos and videos?
 Would you like to attend all sorts of events for graduate students at MIT?
 Do you have experience or interest in leveraging media content in
designing creative marketing and publicity campaigns?

Apply for the *PAID* graduate community fellow position of Creative Media
Manager to obtain exclusive access to graduate events, interface with The
Tech for graduate life coverage, design creative and unique campaigns, and
more!

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*3. Join the 2012 Path of Professorship Planning Team! (**Meetings from
June-October; Event from October 26-27)*
*When:* Meetings from June-October; Event from October 26-27
*Contact:* smmorey at mit.edu

Have you ever wanted to ask your favorite female professor how she does it
all?  The grants, the lab meetings, the kids, the institute service - and
still manages to look good doing it?

If so - now is your chance!  Be a part of the 2012
Path of Professorship Planning Team!  As a member you will get guaranteed
acceptance to this year's Path of Professorship Workshop, as well as the
opportunity to suggest and network with your favorite female faculty
members.   Path of Professorship is MIT''s bootcamp for the
secrets of success of female faculty members - a day and a
half of sessions, lectures, meals, contacts and information on how to
succeed along the road to academia.  See
http://odge.mit.edu/development/pop/ for more info.

Commitments include one or two meetings over the summer and a few meetings
in September and October, as well as help during the October 26th -
27th Path of Professorship.

Please respond to me at smmorey at mit.edu if you are interested!

*4. [MIT Museum] New holography exhibition open now!*
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On June 29, the MIT Museum opened a new exhibit entitled *The Jeweled Net:
Views of Contemporary
Holography<http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=WQXrWQAKAAEAAAClAAY-Xw>
.*  This exhibit surveys state-of-the-art display holography, and showcases
the artistic and technical merit of over 20 works of holographic art. This
exhibition opened along with the 9th International Symposium on Display
Holography<http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=WQXrWQAKAAEAAAHwAAY-Xw>
being
held with the MIT Media Lab. The exhibition images include a beautiful,
larger-than-life sized portrait of Her Majesty the Queen!

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*5. Science Club for Girls Summer Science Week (Tues. Jul. 17-Fri. Jul. 20,
8:30am-5:30pm daily)*
*When:* July 17-July 20, 8:30am-5:30pm daily
*Where:* Lasell College, 1844 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton
*Volunteer:*
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5tcs9rih0y5ot7u/a01ojh27nnpla/greeting

Eager to give back this summer? Want to help teach STEM curricula to girls?
 Volunteer with Science Club for Girls because *Summer Science Week 2012 is
ON!*

We are looking for volunteers to participate as Science Teachers, Field
Trip Chaperones or BOTH for our Summer Science Week. Volunteer for one,
two, three or all four days with us. We have positions in the morning
8:30am - 12:30pm as a Science Teacher and/or 12:30pm-5:30pm as a Field Trip
Chaperone to exciting locations all around eastern Massachusetts.
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*6. Opportunities with the Scientista Foundation*
*Contact:* Julia & Christina at contact at scientistafoundation.com
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The Scientista Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to
bridging the gaps between established professionals and female students
interested in pursuing careers in the sciences. Recognizing that direct
communication between women at these different stages in their careers is
difficult, we seek to serve as a comprehensive online resource to women in
college and graduate school. By offering mentorship, advice, resources, and
opportunities, we hope to help young women across the country realize their
career goals. Scientista aims to build the largest network of campus women
in science. Scientista serves to connect existing communities of women in
science at campuses across the nation, giving such important organizations
more visibility and resources, and building a strong, cohesive network of
women in science that can act as one voice. Since it's founding, the
Scientista Foundation has gained *16* campus organizations from across
*11* campuses
in *three *US regions.  Opportunities include:

*Website Make-over:*
We are looking for someone who is fluent in html/css/java script who can
help create a more polished look for our website. The project involves
front-end development of the homepage design and regional/campus pages,
building a standardized article layout, and adding some javascript elements
to make our page look more tech savvy and sleek. This position is ideal for
someone looking for a short-term, fun project that will help brand the
future of women in STEM!

Time commitment: Very flexible, and depends on what we decide to
change/add, but an estimate of ~10 hrs over the course of a month or so.
(Open to any gender/background/age!)

*Long term:*
We are seeking a webmanager/CTO to join the Scientista team! CTO will work
closely with the co-founders to build a fresh, innovative website that will
use the web and media in new ways to empower student women in STEM.

Roles include:

   - Moving our website over to a different CMS/ adding a login feature, etc
   - Working closely with the co-founders on product development/ creative
   directions
   - Building features and tools that will facilitate online
   interactions/networking and easily connect our scientistas to online
   resources.
   - CTO will also work with the editorial team to publish articles and the
   graphic design team to keep our website looking sleek and visually
   appealing.

We're looking for someone who is creative, motivated and entrepreneurial in
spirit, who is passionate about female empowerment in the science. We're
also looking for someone who is a good "fit" with our core team :) (can be
male or female!). If you're interested, send us an email and we'll give you
more information!
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