[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 10/15/12

[GWAMIT]

Dear GWAMIT Members,


You're invited to the GWAMIT Membership Appreciation Event this Friday at
the Thirsty Ear Pub from 5-7 PM!  RSVP
here<https://gsc.scripts.mit.edu:444/ssl/em/?pg=1&id=25>to let us know
you're coming and to order a GWAMIT pint glass.


Additionally, don't forget to mark your calendars for
Positivity at MIT<http://positivity.mit.edu/>next Tuesday, October 23,
from 5-7pm!


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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*GWAMIT:*
1. GWAMIT Membership Appreciation Beer and Cheese Tasting (Fri. Oct. 19,
5-7pm)
2. Positivity at MIT: How to not offend people... (Tues. Oct. 23, 5-7pm)
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*MIT:*
3. Join the MIT Women's Initiative (Application Deadline Fri. Oct. 19,
11:59pm)
4. [GSC] Survey on Graduate Families (Deadline Oct. 19)
5. [Lemelson-MIT] Communicating Inventiveness (Mon. Oct. 22, 4pm)
6. WiSDM Symposium 2012 (Tues. Oct. 23, 11:45am-5pm)
7. Workshop on Gender, Technology, and Development (Fri. Oct. 26,
9:30am-5pm)
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*Outside MIT:*
8. [Harvard] Peter Fiske "Put Your PhD to Work" (Thur. Oct. 18, 6-8:30pm)
9. "The How and the Why" (Sep. 27 - Oct. 21)
10. What Makes a Candidate Attractive: Landing Your First Job in Consulting
(Wed. Oct. 24, 12pm)
11. [MASS-AWIS] How to Get Published (Wed. Oct. 24, 6-8pm)
12. VIPink (Thu. Oct. 25, 6-9pm)

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

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*1. **GWAMIT Membership Appreciation Beer and Cheese Tasting (Fri. Oct. 19,
5-7pm)*
*When:* Friday, October 19, 5-7pm
*Where: *Thirsty Ear Pub, Ashdown House
*RSVP:* H <https://gsc.scripts.mit.edu:444/ssl/em/?pg=1&id=25>ere<https://gsc.scripts.mit.edu:444/ssl/em/?pg=1&id=25>

You're invited to the GWAMIT Membership Appreciation event! Come mingle
with fellow GWAMIT members while you enjoy a complimentary beer and cheese
tasting at the Thirsty Ear Pub, Friday 10/19 from 5pm-7pm. Tasting will
begin promptly at 5:15. The event is free, and we will be giving away our
new GWAMIT member pins at the event. When sign up you can also pre-order a
GWAMIT pint glass for $2 to pick up at the event. (Pint glasses are
pre-order only and cannot be purchased at the event.) Cash bar will be
available following the tasting. Space is limited, so arrive early! Thanks
again for all that you do and we hope to see you there!


*2. **Positivity at MIT: How to not offend people... (Tues. Oct. 23, 5-7pm)*
*When: *Tuesday, October 23, 5-7pm
*Where: *26-100
*RSVP: *http://positivity.mit.edu/rsvp
*Details: *http://positivity.mit.edu/

*Positivity at MIT: How to not offend people...*
...And What to Do if You See Other Doing It.

Make MIT (or your workplace) more positive for all genders, sexual
orientations, races, and cultures. Come to our inaugural workshop about
appropriate workplace behavior. There will be food. All members of the
greater MIT/Cambridge community are welcome. Invite your friends!

RSVP here: http://positivity.mit.edu/rsvp
Read more: http://positivity.mit.edu/

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*3. Join the MIT Women's Initiative (Application Deadline Fri. Oct. 19,
11:59pm)*

*When:* Application Deadline, Friday, October 12, 11:59pm

*Apply:* http://mit.edu/wi/presenters/


The MIT Women's Initiative is a group that sends pairs of female engineers,
both graduate and undergraduate (sophomores and older), from MIT to middle
and high schools around the country for a week during IAP.  They give
presentations about opportunities in engineering, conduct hands-on
activities, and encourage high school girls to remain interested in math
and science. Previous presenters have been to Washington, Hawaii, Miami,
Alaska, and San Francisco, to name a few.

For more information and to APPLY, please visit:
http://mit.edu/wi/presenters/

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*4. [GSC] Survey on Graduate Families (Deadline Oct. 19)
Survey:* Here<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEc3LURHNjA2d3BNZ0ZVNmxLMl9IUVE6MQ#gid=0>
*Contact:* gsc-hca at mit.edu


Please help us to address the needs of graduate families by filling out
this short survey, made by the Housing and Community Affairs and Activities
Committees, about the costs and challenges families face.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEc3LURHNjA2d3BNZ0ZVNmxLMl9IUVE6MQ#gid=0

Fill it out before the deadline of Oct. 19 and enter to win free tickets to
the Franklin Zoo, Children's Museum, or New England Aquarium funded by the
GSC Activities Committee.

If you're interested in sharing your thoughts on families issues or want to
be involved in making recommendations to the Institute, please indicate
your interest in the survey, or email the HCA co-chairs at gsc-hca at mit.edu to
join the Family Sub-comittee.


*5. [Lemelson-MIT] Communicating Inventiveness (Mon. Oct. 22, 4pm)
When:* Monday, October 22, 4pm
*Where:* Bush Room (10-105)
*Register:* http://communicatinginventiveness.eventbrite.com/


Participants will learn to communicate information in a way that makes an
impression that is consistent with their own goals.****


For more information and registration, visit:


MIT Calendar: https://events.mit.edu/edit/event_ed.do****

Trust Entrepreneruship Center:
http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/event/communicating-inventiveness



*6. WiSDM Symposium 2012 (Tues. Oct. 23, 11:45am-5pm)*

*When:* Tuesday, October 23, 11:45am-5pm

*Where: *MIT

*Register:*
http://www.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=1119102&lbrd=1&rtypeid=634819


The MIT Women in System Design and Management (WiSDM) are pleased to
announce The WiSDM
Symposium<http://sdm.mit.edu/news/news_articles/wisdm-symposium/wisdm-symposium.html>
 2012<http://sdm.mit.edu/news/news_articles/wisdm-symposium/wisdm-symposium.html>,
which will occur as the afternoon session on day 2, Tuesday October 23rd,
of the annual Systems Thinking Conference.

We have invited female leaders from industry to speak about systems
thinking and the theme for the session is Creating Value in Your
Organization Using Systems Engineering.

We hope you are planning to attend the entire conference this year, as we
have a line-up of tremendous speakers.  If you are unable to attend both
days, please consider attending the WiSDM Symposium, which is the
complementary portion of the conference, that includes lunch at the Faculty
Club and a networking session after the presentations in Tang Lobby.


*7. Workshop on Gender, Technology, and Development (Fri. Oct. 26,
9:30am-5pm)
When:* Friday, October 26, 9:30am-5pm
*Where:* MIT D-Lab, N51, 3rd Floor, 265 Massachusetts Avenue
*RSVP:* By October
22<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFdnZC0zRlJXUlQzbjBINGR4RWVrcnc6MQ>

This daylong, multidisciplinary workshop aims to engage Boston-area
scholars from anthropology, economics, engineering, and other fields who
work on issues relating to gender, international development, and
technology design and transfer.  For more information and to
RSVP<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFdnZC0zRlJXUlQzbjBINGR4RWVrcnc6MQ>
by October
22, 2012: http://web.mit.edu/gendertech


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*8. [Harvard] Peter Fiske "Put Your PhD to Work" (Thur. Oct. 18, 6-8:30pm)*
*When:* Thursday, October 18, 6-8:30pm
*Where:* 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Geological Lecture Hall, University
Museum

Are you asking yourself what is next after you complete your degree? Are
you unsure about your next steps after graduation? Then don’t miss this
engaging presentation from Peter Fiske, scientist, entrepreneur, and author
of “Put Your Science to Work: The Take-Charge Career Guide for
Scientists." Learn about the array of careers beyond academia and how to
market your PhD skills to land a great job! This event is co-sponsored by
the Office of Career Services and the FAS Office for Postdoctoral Affairs.

GSAS students: Please register through Crimson
Careers<http://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fharvard-csm.symplicity.com%2Fstudents%2Findex.php%3Fss%3Dws%26_ksl%3D1%26mode%3Dlist%26s%3Devent&ust=1349815664406000&usg=AFQjCNFjEU2-v7vkimfaTp4V6qYnTJ7GUw>
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Postdoctoral Fellows, please register
here<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Peter_Fiske>
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Refreshments will be provided.
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*9. "The How and the Why" (Sep. 27 - Oct. 21)*
*When:* September 27 - October 21
*Where:* Central Square Theater
*Information:* www.centralsquaretheater.org


On the eve of a national conference Zelda (Underground Railway Theater
Artistic Director, Debra Wise), an acclaimed evolutionary biologist, is
visited by Rachel, an ambitious graduate student. The two women share a
zeal for science, a bold and contrarian approach to the male-dominated
field, and much more. During the course of the visit, the young scholar
challenges the older woman’s “grandmother hypothesis” with a radical theory
of her own that she believes will change the way people regard sex. Emotion
and evolution clash with humor and passion in Sarah Treem’s (HBO’s *In
Treatment*) new play about the competitiveness and sacrifices needed to
succeed as a woman in science.



*10. What Makes a Candidate Attractive: Landing Your First Job in
Consulting (Wed. Oct. 24, 12pm)
When:* Wednesday, October 24, 12pm
*Where:* Free Webinar for Students
(Registration<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=AMCF&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=4df3caac-3d76-42bb-ba48-df0fba9825a4>
)

Consulting is an excellent option for bright, creative students to begin
their careers, offering great opportunities to travel, learn and grow. As a
bright spot in the economy, the consulting industry is actively looking to
hire a very broad and diverse group of individuals from undergraduate, MBA,
PhD, engineering, law, MIS, Accounting/Finance, Liberal Arts and medical
school programs, among others.

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So, what makes a good student a great candidate for the consulting industry?
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Hear from two seasoned consulting leaders - Carl Smith from a large
consulting company, Ernst & Young and Hank Harris, the President of a small
firm, FMI Corp. - talk about what they and other consulting companies look
for when they interview potential new hires. In addition to strong personal
attributes among candidates they are considering, consulting leaders also
look for fit to their particular firm and test candidates' abilities to
show off their competencies and skills in personal and case interviews.

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Join us for a unique perspective that will help you not only prepare for
your job search within the consulting industry, but also the interview
process over the next few months so that you can find the firm that is best
suited for you…and get the job!


Register: Click here to
register.<https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=AMCF&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=4df3caac-3d76-42bb-ba48-df0fba9825a4>

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11. [MASS-AWIS] How to Get Published (Wed. Oct. 24, 6-8pm)
When:* Wednesday, October 24, 6-8pm
*Where:* Center for Life Sciences (CLS) Conference Room 921, 3 Blackfan
Circle, Boston, MA 02115
*RSVP:*  www.acteva.com/go/mass-awis

This discussion provides tips for authors on using proper
manuscript language, how to effectively structure your article, and what
editors and publishers are looking for.



*12. **VIPink (Thu. Oct. 25, 6-9pm)
**When:* Thursday, October 25, 6-9pm
*Where:* Fairmont Copley Plaza
*Tickets:* http://www.stayclassy.org/boston/events/vipink-boston/e19490

Join Bright Pink Boston (www.brightpink.org) for a private cocktail party
fundraiser. The event will offer an open bar, DJ, appetizers, pink
cupcakes, a Pink Candy Buffet, and a raffle of luxury and lifestlye
prizes.  Pre-sale General Admission tickets are available for $45 through
the end of September. Following the pre-sale, General Admission Tickets are
available for $50. All guests must be 21 years of age or older to attend
VIPink and all ticket purchases are non-refundable.  (Proceeds benefit
Bright Pink's breast and ovarian cancer prevention and early detection
programs for young women.)

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