[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 9/17/12

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*The GWAMIT Board
*Send your ideas to: gwamit-exec at mit.edu
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*GWAMIT:*
1. Become a GWAMIT Department Representative!
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*MIT:*
2. [GECD] Staying Competitive in Your Job Search, Featuring Google (Tues.
Sep. 18, 4:30-6pm)
3. MIT European Career Fair Planning Information Session (Tues. Sep. 18,
7pm)
4. Alumni Association Externship Program Information Session (Wed. Sep. 19,
7pm)
5. [MIT Medical] Making Peace with Food and Body Image Fall 2012 (Fridays,
3:30-5pm)
6. MIT Police Rape Aggression Defense Classes (Oct. 19-21, Nov. 2-4, Dec.
7-9; times vary)
7. [ODGE] Graduate Student Life Grants (Deadline Oct. 26)
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*Outside MIT:*
8. [Harvard] Entrepreneurship 101 (Tues. Sep. 18, 6-8pm)
9. [MASS-AWIS] Financial Rules of Thumb Workshop (Wed. Sep. 19, 6-9pm)
10. ePowerhouse 1st Annual Inter-Collegiate Mixer for Entrepreneurship
(Thurs. Sep. 20, 5-9pm)
11. [WEST] Overcoming Immunity to Change (Mon. Sep. 24, 6-9pm)
12. [Boston Charter Day] Stirring the Pot: Women in Early Massachusetts
(Mon. Sep. 24, 6:30pm)

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

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*1. Become a GWAMIT Department Representative!*

*Apply:* Department Rep application
form<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG4zMDF3b1BTV29Vck1TWlJ1cWRFOWc6MQ#gid=0>

*Contact:* gwamit-sec at mit.edu (with any questions)

Interested in getting more involved with GWAMIT? Become a GWAMIT Department
Representative!

As a department rep, you will serve as the liaison between your department
and GWAMIT. This includes updating your department on GWAMIT events and
initiatives and letting us know if any issues related to graduate women in
your program arise. Its a great, *low time commitment* way to get involved
with GWAMIT and we are looking for multiple reps from each department!  If
interested fill out this
form<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG4zMDF3b1BTV29Vck1TWlJ1cWRFOWc6MQ#gid=0>
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keep an eye out for our upcoming General Board meeting in the next couple
of weeks.

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*2. [GECD] Staying Competitive in Your Job Search, Featuring Google (Tues.
Sep. 18, 4:30-6pm)*

*When:* Tuesday, September 18, 4:30-6pm

*Where: *35-225

*Register:* On Careerbridge<https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fmit%2fstudent%2f>


Join Liz Arnold, University Programs Specialist at Google, for tips on how
to stay competitive throughout your job search, starting with the upcoming
Fall Career Fair. Learn what makes some candidates stand out over others,
and how you can deliver an effective message about your qualifications from
the beginning to maximize your potential for an offer. From introducing
yourself to an employer at the Career Fair to accepting an offer down the
road, you will gain a competitive advantage by mastering these job search
basics.

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*3. MIT European Career Fair Planning Information Session (Tues. Sep. 18,
7pm)*

*When:* Tuesday, September 18, 7pm

*Where:* 1-150

*RSVP:* career at euroclub.mit.edu


The European Club at MIT is now putting together a team to organize the
17th European Career Fair at MIT (ECF2013), to be held on the MIT campus on
February 23rd, 2013.

The ECF is an annual event that is organized for the last 16 years by
students, postdocs and employees of MIT, Harvard and other universities in
the Greater Boston area. It is the largest recruiting event in the US that
focuses on opportunities and contacts in Europe. In previous years, our
candidate resume database contained over 5000 resumes and over 120
companies came to the fair.

Being part of the European Career Fair Team is a great way to get to know
people, improve your soft skills, be actively involved in an event that
could jumpstart the next part of your career, and to provide the community
of MIT and other schools with a top-quality recruiting event.


Come join us on September 13th (Thursday), MIT room 1-134, or September
18th (Tuesday), MIT room 1-150, at 7pmfor one of our information sessions
and learn what it is all about and how you can be a part of the organizing
team for European Career Fair 2013. There will be some refreshments served,
so please RSVP by sending an email to career at euroclub.mit.edu if you have
questions or/and plan to attend the information session.

You can also find more information on our website:
http://www.euro-career.com

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*4. Alumni Association Externship Program Information Session (Wed. Sep.
19, 7pm)*

*When:* Wednesday, September 19, 7pm

*Where:* 56-154

*Register:* http://alum.mit.edu


The MIT Alumni Association Externship
Program<http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=11709&eid=186539>
matches
current students with alumni in their workplace for job shadowing and/or
practical experience during IAP. Alumni around the world are looking to
work with you! Come to an information session on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7:00
p.m. in 56-154 to learn more.

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*5. [MIT Medical] Making Peace with Food and Body Image Fall 2012 (Fridays,
3:30-5pm)*

*When:* 10-week group, Fridays 3:30-5pm

*Where:* MIT Medical

*Contact:* Zan at bars at med.mit.edu


Are eating and body image a source of stress? They don’t have to be.****


In this group, we talk about eating concerns and pressures like body
dissatisfaction, “free food” on campus, and stress eating. The group
provides education, support, and practical strategies to manage food and
body stress.****


Led by Zan Barry and Audra Bartz, MIT Medical

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*6. MIT Police Rape Aggression Defense Classes (Oct. 19-21, Nov. 2-4, Dec.
7-9; times vary)*

*When:* October 19-21, November 2-4, December 7-9; Friday 5:30-9pm,
Saturday/Sunday 12-5pm

*Where:* McCormick Dance Studio

*Register:* bit.ly/OTdk2i


This fall, MIT Police and the Residential Life & Dining Office will be
offering "Rape Aggression Defense" classes (RAD) specifically for women who
wish to physically protect themselves against rape and other forms of
violence. The course is taught for free by certified MITPD RAD instructors.



*7. [ODGE] Graduate Student Life Grants (Deadline Oct. 26)*

*When:* Deadline October 26

*Application:* http://odge.mit.edu/community/gslg/

*Contact:* gslg at mit.edu


The Graduate Student Life Grants program is a request-for-proposal process
inviting graduate students, spouses, faculty, or staff to submit creative,
community building ideas for possible funding.

We encourage you to apply for funds - especially in collaboration with
other students or student groups. Proposals may address a specific
constituency such as families; they may cross departments or focus within a
discipline; they may target several residence halls, or a variety of
student groups. Their purpose should be to explore the role and relevance
of community in creating a more balanced and fulfilling graduate experience.

Previous successful grants include Weekly Wednesdays at the Muddy Charles,
Greek Cooking Class, Science Policy Bootcamp, the FamilyNet website and "An
Evening with Tom Chapin."

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The application deadline is midnight on Friday, October 26, 2012.  Proposal
authors will have the opportunity to answer any questions from the
selection panel; funds will be released after December 7, 2012.



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*8. [Harvard] Entrepreneurship 101 (Tues. Sep. 18, 6-8pm)*

*When:* Tuesday, September 18, 6-8pm

*Where:* Harvard Innovation Lab Classroom

*Register: *http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4248258656

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Do you think of yourself as an entrepreneur or innovator?  Do you have
ideas or solutions to problems (or problems worth searching for a solution)
you think would be worth pursuing, but aren’t sure what to do?  Ever wished
you could start your own business or non-profit?


If you want to get grounded in the basics of entrepreneurship, then come
hear the Managing Director and Director of the Harvard Innovation Lab talk
about “5 Key Insights to Know about Entrepreneurship” as well as personal
stories from their life as former entrepreneurs.  Held at the new Harvard
innovation lab <http://i-lab.harvard.edu/> you will also learn about what
resources the I-lab offers to Harvard students to grow ideas and ventures.

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*9. [MASS-AWIS] Financial Rules of Thumb Workshop (Wed. Sep. 19, 6-9pm)*
*When:* Wednesday, September 19, 6-9pm
*Where:* BU College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Room 102, 635
Commonwealth Ave, Boston
*Register:** * www.acteva.com/go/mass-awis

Rick Shaffer’s “Financial Rules of Thumb” Workshop is a 90-minute
information-packed, interactive presentation that covers a wide spectrum of
the financial topics of importance to everyone: saving, investing for
retirement, credit issues, taxes, buying and owning a home, insurance,
saving and paying for college, and much more. Using straightforward,
easy-to-understand language, and a dynamic, humorous format, this Workshop
provides practical information that everyone can use for managing both
personal *and *professional finances. After attending this Workshop,
participants will have a firm grasp of basic financial information – as
well as many little-known but often overlooked financial tools.


*10. ePowerhouse 1st Annual Inter-Collegiate Mixer for Entrepreneurship
(Thurs. Sep. 20, 5-9pm)*
*When:* Thursday, September 20, 5-9pm
*Where:* Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
*RSVP:* http://bit.ly/O9aP0h

Are you a student entrepreneur or an aspiring entrepreneur?  Do you want to
meet Boston's youngest business masterminds and technical gurus all at one
event?

ePowerhouse <http://www.e-phouse.com/> is giving you the opportunity to
network with Boston's most entrepreneurial peers, startup enthusiasts, and
experts on entrepreneurship. We have put together the largest
inter-collegiate mixer for entrepreneurship in the Greater Boston Area
supported by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Office of Small Business
and Entrepreneurship (OSBE).

Objective:  To promote the cross collaboration of entrepreneurship and
innovation across different universities and entrepreneurial organizations
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   - Enhancing schools’ Entrepreneurship Clubs collaboration
   - Facilitating networking across neighboring schools’ students
   - Fostering cross-college startup teams
   - Promoting colleges’ most innovative startups


Hors d'oeuvres, dinner from international cuisines, dessert and drinks.
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*11. [WEST] Overcoming Immunity to Change (Mon. Sep. 24, 6-9pm)*
*When:* Monday, September 24, 6-9pm
*Where:* AstraZeneca, 35 Gatehouse Lane, Waltham, MA
*Register:* http://bit.ly/RYLtCt

Have you ever set yourself a goal that you really wanted and needed to
reach but found yourself unable to make progress? Or perhaps you took a few
positive steps only to slide frustratingly back to square one? Overcoming
Immunity to Change provides a powerful methodology to help individuals and
teams get “unstuck” and finally make lasting progress on goals that matter
to them. It is a process that leads people to a clear understanding of why
they do what they do, and how their underlying patterns of thinking keep
them from progress even when they seem committed to action. Participants
come to the Overcoming Immunity to Change workshop with a particular
personal goal in mind and focus on that goal throughout the workshop. By
the end of the process, they have a clear handle on how they get in their
own way, and practical tools to help them step aside. The process can be
used with individuals and with teams to achieve breakthrough change.

This workshop serves to help you get out of your way and achieve your
goals. The Immunity to Change Coach, Ali Farquhar is the Principal of GTL
Coaching and Consulting. Ali is an Executive Coach who works with
individuals and teams to build leadership capacity and drive growth and
change. Ali has guided many leaders to re-evaluate the outdated stories
they tell themselves about what they must do to be successful, and to
replace those stories with a new narrative that puts them on a whole new
performance curve.

This program includes a three hour long session, as well as a half an hour
of networking and food.
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*12. [Boston Charter Day] Stirring the Pot: Women in Early Massachusetts
(Mon. Sep. 24, 6:30pm)*
*When:* Monday, September 24, 6:30pm
*Where:* The Old State House Museum, 15 State Street, Boston
*RSVP (required):* http://bcd2012monday.eventbrite.com/

This panel discussion, part of Boston Charter Day 2012, will explore the
special role of women in creating and sustaining community in early
Massachusetts.  Women had fingers in many pots in the decades after
Boston’s founding.  Even as they helped to bring food to the table, women
nourished kin and neighbors in other ways: as educators, caregivers, and
models of piety.  In this way, ordinary women were “authors” of community
in their homes, their neighborhoods, and their congregations. Panelists
will consider how individual women navigated the tensions that surrounded
their important and visible place in community life.

*Panelists:*

Professor Charlotte Gordon, Author and Poet, Assistant Professor of
English, Endicott College, Beverly, MA

Professor Cornelia H. (Nina) Dayton, Author, Associate Professor of
History, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

*Moderator**:*

Jonathan L. Fairbanks, Director of the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
and Curator Emeritus, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

About Boston Charter Day: Each year we commemorate the naming of Boston,
Dorchester, and Watertown on September 7, 1630 and hold a series of events
to teach the public about early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Boston Charter Day is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives
support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
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