[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 5/20/13

[GWAMIT]

Dear GWAMIT Members,

Join the GWAMIT Mentoring Program Committee! See details below. If you have
any events or announcements to share with the GWAMIT membership, please
email us at gwamit-sec at mit.edu.

All the best on final exams this 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. Join the GWAMIT Mentoring Program Committee (Recruiting now)

*MIT*:
2. Writing Center Workshop (Tuesdays in May, 4-4:50pm)

*Outside MIT:
*3. [HGWISE] Parenting in Academia (Wed. May 29, 1:30-2:30pm)
4. [HGWISE] Coffee hour with Dr. Christine Goddard (Wed. May 29, 4pm)
5. Boston Women Inspire Tech Meetup (Thurs. May 30, 6:30-7:30pm)
6. Wonder Women of Boston Networking Event (Thurs. June 13, 6-8pm)
7. [MASS-AWIS] Resume Round Table Workshop (Wed. June 19, 6:30-9pm)
8. Women in Science and Engineering Computer Science Bootcamp (June 24-25,
Register now)
9. Volunteer with Science Club for Girls (July 9-12, Apply now)

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

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

*1. Join the GWAMIT Mentoring Program Committee (Recruiting now)
Apply by contacting:* Ricarose (ria at mit.edu) or Xuwen (xwzhu at mit.edu)

Interested in helping women graduate students connect to faculty and alumni
mentors? Excited about applying your technical and organizing skills to
creative projects? Come and join us at the Mentoring Program Committee!

What is the Mentoring Program?
- A yearlong program: we match mentors and mentees during the summer, and
groups meet individually every month
- Events during the year:  kick-off dinner, February social, spring
reception, and more informal events during the summer

If you're interested or would like to know more details, please send an
email to Ricarose ria at mit.edu or Xuwen xwzhu at mit.edu as soon as possible.
We are having monthly dinner meetings, and you're welcome to join!
(Committee members get to choose their own mentors!)


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

2. Writing Center Workshop (Tuesdays in May, 4-4:50pm)**
**When:* Tuesday, May 21, 4-4:50pm
*Where:* 12-134
*Register:* http://bit.ly/WritingCenterWorkshop

Writing your proposal? Planning your dissertation? Completing your
dissertation? You don't need to go it alone! This writers' group will help
you manage your time and stress as you write your proposal, plan and
outline your dissertation, and complete it and journal articles. The group
will discuss ways to work more effectively, prioritize, and use resources
available at MIT. Check in on weekly goals, hear others' experiences, and
decompress.

Cookies, tea, and hot water provided; Keurig coffee available for $.50.
Bring your mug and favorite tea if you wish. Sponsored by the MIT Writing
and Communication Center.


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

3. [HGWISE] Parenting in Academia (Wed. May 29, 1:30-2:30pm)**
**When:* Wednesday, May 29, 1:30-2:30pm
*Where:* Dudley Graduate Student Lounge, Harvard University, Cambridge

Come chat over coffee and desserts with our four panelists about having and
raising children while in an academic or research-intensive environment.
Panelists include:

Dr. Ruth Murray-Clay, Lecturer and Astophysicist in Harvard astronomy
department
Dr. Jacob Barandes, Associate Director of Graduate Studies and Lecturer in
Harvard physics department
Dr. Deborah Woods, Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Dr. Jason Beckfield, Professor in Harvard sociology department


*4. [HGWISE] Coffee hour with Dr. Christine Goddard (Wed. May 29, 4pm)
When:* Wednesday, May 29, 4pm
*Where:* 353 Northwest Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge

Join HGWISE for a coffee hour featuring Dr. Christine Goddard. Christine
currently is a Principal at Fish & Richardson, an international law firm.
She graduated from Harvard Chemistry in 1999 and went on to build a career
in intellectual property law, acquiring her law degree in 2010.  You can
find out more about her career path here-
http://www.fr.com/christine-a-goddard/

Come find out more about her career path and hear advice she has for grad
students and post docs who are considering jobs outside of academia. An
RSVP is not required.


*5. Boston Women Inspire Tech Meetup (Thurs. May 30, 6:30-7:30pm)
When:* Thursday, May 30, 6:30-7:30pm
*Where:* 15 Broad Street, #404 Boston
*Register:* http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6443040307/

We are very excited to bring Women Inspire Tech to Boston! Women Inspire
Tech is a solution-based meetup. Our goal is to increase the number of
women leaders in tech.

Join us on Thursday, May 30th at 6:30 at Talener: 15 Broad Street, Suite
404, Boston, MA 02109. Please RSVP, and let me know if I can answer any
questions! Also, please feel free to bring along any female colleagues or
friends in the tech space who are interested in joining us! Contact: Ashley
McNamara, 617-651-8074, Amcnamara at talener.com.


*6. Wonder Women of Boston Networking Event (Thurs. June 13, 6-8pm)
When:* Thursday, June 13, 6-8pm
*Where:* The Living Room, 101 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
*Register:* http://wwbos0613biannual-es2.eventbrite.com/

Wonder Women of Boston is an opportunity for ambitious, accomplished women
of all ages to mix and mingle. Whether you work in the corporate or
non-profit world, are a community leader, entrepreneur, job-seeker,
student, or someone simply looking for inspiration, you're bound to make a
few great new connections. We encourage you to think of three or five
exceptional women you know and send invitations their way. Come find new
friends, catch up with old friends, make new professional connections, and
enter to win a raffle item or two.

A portion of the proceeds from this event benefits Project Have Hope.
Project Have Hope is a Boston-based non-profit organization that seeks to
empower women in the Acholi Quarter of Uganda by providing education to
both the women and their children and assisting the women to establish
business opportunities to promote economic stability and sustainability.


*7. [MASS-AWIS] Resume Round Table Workshop (Wed. June 19, 6:30-9pm)
When:* Wednesday, June 19, 6:30-9pm
*Where:* Monadnock Room, Broad Institute, 7 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
*Register:* http://goo.gl/LbosL

Get ready for the job market – bring your resume or CV and get
resume-writing
tips from professionals involved in hiring decisions in industry, academia,
consulting, tech transfer, and more. Experts will be in attendance to
critique your resume. $10 for AWIS members and Broad affiliates, $25
General Admission.


*8. Women in Science and Engineering Computer Science Bootcamp (June 24-25,
Register now)
When:* Monday, June 24 – Tuesday, June 25
*Where:* Microsoft Research, 1 Cambridge Center, Cambridge
*Register:* http://software-carpentry.org/bootcamps/2013-06-wise.html

Our goal is to help scientists and engineers become more productive by
teaching them basic computing skills like program design, version control,
testing, and task automation. In this two-day boot camp, short tutorials
will alternate with hands-on practical exercises. Participants will be
encouraged both to help one another, and to apply what they have learned to
their own research problems during and between sessions. There will be
online follow up sessions for 6 to 8 weeks extending the material from the
boot camp.

This boot camp is open to female graduate students, post-docs, faculty
members, staff scientists, or their equivalent in science, engineering,
medicine, or a related field in academia, industry, or the public and
non-profit sectors. Participants should have some prior experience with
basic programming.


*9. Volunteer with Science Club for Girls (July 9-12, Apply now)
When:* Tuesday, July 9 – Friday, July 12
*Where:* Lasell College, Newton, MA
*Apply:* http://bit.ly/ScienceClubVolunteer
*Contact:* volunteer at scienceclubforgirls.org

We have a great opportunity for you to give back and volunteer this summer
with Science Club for Girls. This July we will be holding Summer Science
Week at Lasell College from July 9th - July 12th. Summer Science Week is an
opportunity for girls all over the greater Boston area to participate in
free STEM programming.

During the day, they work with volunteers who teach STEM curricula, and
during the afternoon, the girls go on field trips related to what they've
been learning. We are hoping you can volunteers as a Science Teacher in the
morning or a Field Trip Chaperone in the afternoon for Summer Science Week.
You can volunteer for multiple positions on multiple days, or just one
position for one day during the week. If you are interested in volunteering
for Summer Science Week, you can complete the application online. Want to
know more? Email me back at volunteer at scienceclubforgirls.org with "Summer
Science Week" in the subject line.

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