[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 8/18/2014

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Dear GW at MIT Members,

happy Monday! I hope you and a fun week end and that you are enjoying this summer. Find all the information about this week events below!

If you have any events or announcements to share with the GW at MIT membership, please email us at gwamit-sec at mit.edu<mailto:gwamit-sec at mit.edu>.

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GW at MIT:
1. Submit your questions to Dear Kate!

MIT:
2. Join the Association for Women in Engineering for Free!
3. GSC and GECD present the Academic Careers Series: Finding a Good Post-Doc (August 22nd, 1-2:30pm)
4. [MIT Spouses&Partners] Learning Fair (August 27th)
5. Fall Reception for New Women at MIT (September 29th, 4:30-6pm)

Outside MIT
6, [MASS AWIS]  Science Club for Girls Career Panel (August 26th, 6-8pm)
7. Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program (Application Deadline: September 1st)
8. [HGWISE] Centered Leadership Workshop (September  11th, 5:30-7:30 pm)
9. [MASS AWIS] 10th year anniversary of MASS AWIS! (September 20th, 11:30am-4pm)

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********** GW at MIT **********

1. Submit your questions at Dear Kate!
Link: http://tinyurl.com/ah49j5b

Dear Kate, he GWAMIT Mentoring advice blog, is looking for more questions to answer! Each month, the GWAMIT mentors answers questions anonymously posed by students. Previous questions and answers can be found at http://gwamit.blogspot.com<http://gwamit.blogspot.com/>.
Please submit your questions for next month's edition! They can be submitted at http://tinyurl.com/ah49j5b

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2. Join the Association for Women in Engineering for Free!

MIT has become an institutional partner of the Association for Women in Science, AWIS.  AWIS does a lot of excellent work in gender equity, and is especially helpful in providing advice and information to students, postdocs and young faculty.  For more information, see https://awis.site-ym.com/?InstitutePartners#MIT and  http://awis.site-ym.com/?WhatWeDo.

3. GSC and GECD present the Academic Careers Series: Finding a Good Post-Doc
When: Friday, August 22nd, 1-2:30 p.m.
Where: MIT campus, room 10-250
RSVP: http://bit.ly/1pDHxXG
Info: gsc-arc at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-arc at mit.edu>

Planning your career after graduation? Want to learn more about academia and industrial post-doc positions? Come and hear how successful professionals have done it. Both faculty and post-doc panelists who led to successful careers will outline important strategies in developing a career in research. They will share their experiences and advice with you to help you understand the process of finding a good post-doc position.

Panelists include:
- Hazel Sive, Professor of MIT Biology Department.  MIT Associate Dean of School of Science (2007-2013)
- Leia Stirling, Assistant Professor in MIT Aeroastro Department. Prior to her faculty position she worked in Boston Children's Hospital as a postdoc and Harvard University as senior staff engineer
-Anke Bill, Post-doc in Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research

Open to the MIT community. If you are interested, please sign up here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rs_T0ywYxIkYNSAF8WArqkxb_qjBicwyrGGFZIE8CAA/viewform>
For more information, contact GSC ARC:gsc-arc at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-arc at mit.edu>

4. [MIT Spouses&Partners] Learning Fair
When: Wednesday, August 27th

MIT spouses&partners is organizing a "Learning Fair" to connect you with different organizations that offer their courses at MIT and in the local community. It's an open-house style event where you can obtain information brochures about their different classes, and organization representatives will be there to answer all of your questions.

5. Fall Reception for New Women at MIT
When: Monday, September 29th 4:30-6pm
Where: Bush Room (10-105)

This fall the MIT Women's League will once again host its annual reception to welcome new women in the MIT community.  Our wish is to extend our invitation to all women in faculty, administrative, academic, research, and support staff positions who have come to MIT since October 2013, as well as to the wives or significant others of new faculty, administrative, academic, research, and support staff members who have come to MIT since that time.

On this occasion, these newcomers are introduced to helpful MIT offices and services as well as to the Women's League, to ease their transitions into our community, helping to make them smooth and informative.  As administrative officers you have the most current information about new arrivals in your workplace.  Your assistance in identifying these newly arrived women in the past has contributed enormously to the success of this outreach.

Please forward the names and addresses (home addresses if possible) and MIT affiliation (spouse, employee, etc.) of the women new to your department to the League office via email to esdeb at mit.edu<mailto:esdeb at mit.edu> or via fax to 253-5433.  Also, please tell us if there are no new women in your area this year, as that information is helpful too.

To keep to our schedule, we will need to receive your list of new women by September 2nd.  Please contact Sis de Bordenave in the League office at 253-3656 if you have any questions.

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6. [MASS AWIS]  Science Club for Girls Career Panel
When: Tuesday, August 26th, 6-8pm
Where: Broad Institute, Monadnock Conference Room (2nd floor), 7 Cambridge Center

Since its founding in 1994, Science Club for Girls (SCFG) has strived to provide the very best in girls-specific programming in science and engineering. AWIS and SCFG are looking to continue this legacy by connecting teenage girls to students and professionals in science for an informal, roundtable-style career panel. We hope this August event will foster excitement to seek education and careers in STEM fields.

Interested in volunteering as a panelist for this August event? RSVP at: http://massawis.org/SCFGpanel2014

7. Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: September 1st
Apply at: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/policyfellows/index.htm

The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is designed to engage early career individuals in the analytical processes that inform U.S. science and technology policy.  Fellows obtain the essential skills and knowledge needed to work in science and technology policy at the federal, state, or local levels.  Fellows spend 12 weeks at the National Academies in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation. Each year, applicants from around the world become part of a National Academies committee, board, or unit.  Each fellow is assigned to a senior staff member who acts as his or her mentor. The mentor provides guidance and ensures that the fellow's time is focused on substantive projects and activities within the fellow's assigned unit.  An immersive experience, the program is designed to broaden fellows'appreciation of employment opportunities outside academia and leave them with both a firm grasp of the important and dynamic role of science and technology in decision-making and a better understanding of the role that they can play in strengthening the science and technology enterprise for the betterment of mankind.

The online application is available at: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/policyfellows/index.htm

8. [HGWISE] Centered Leadership Workshop
When: Thursday, September  11th, 5:30-7:30 pm
Where: Dudley House Grad Student Lounge
RSVP appreciated but not required: http://bit.ly/1rWrDay

In partnership with HGWISE, McKinsey is eager to introduce you to Centered Leadership, a program designed to build skills in five key capabilities that are predictors of leaders’ satisfaction with their performance and life overall. We would like to introduce you to some of these capabilities and invite you on the leadership journey with us. Dinner will be provided.

9. [MASS AWIS] 10th year anniversary of MASS AWIS!
When: Saturday, September 20th, 11:30am-4pm
Where: Boston Marriott, Cambridge Hotel, Kendall Square
Info: www.massawis.org/10thAnniversaryCelebration<http://www.massawis.org/10thAnniversaryCelebration>

Program includes:
• Keynote Speaker Dr. Ellen Daniell, author of the book, “Every Other Thursday: Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists”
• Video introduction from Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator from MA
• “Excellence in Mentoring Award” presentation to Sarah Cardozo-Duncan, Career Strategist

Take advantage of the regular registration today:
Regular (until Sept 1st): MASSAWIS members ($75), Non-members ($100)
Late (after Sept 1st): MASSAWIS members ($100), Non-members ($150)

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