[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of 5/19/12

Mon May 19 09:20:22 EDT 2014

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Dear GWAMIT Members,

Happy Monday!

We have extended the deadline to apply for the GWAMIT Orientation Welcome Lunch and the Fall Leadership Conference until June 1st! If you are curious and you would like to know more email us at gwamit-exec at mit.edu<mailto:gwamit-exec at mit.edu>!

Please, find more information about the upcoming events below.

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

The GWAMIT Board
Send your ideas to: gwamit-exec at mit.edu<mailto:gwamit-exec at mit.edu>
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GWAMIT:
1. Apply to plan the GWAMIT Orientation Welcome Lunch or the Fall Leadership Conference (Deadline June 1st)

Outside MIT:
2. Scientista: a Celebration of Women in Science (April-September)
3. Volunteer Opportunity: Big Sisters
4. Fellowship Opportunity: L’Oréal’s For Women in Science program (May 19th)
5. [GWIS] Travel Grant applications (Deadline May 20th)
6. [HGWISE] Info Course on Teaching-Focused Careers in Higher Education (May 21st, 10m-1:30pm)
7. DESERT LIFE: Field Studies of Art+Nature in the Southwest (August 9th-16th)

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1. Apply to plan the GWAMIT Orientation Welcome Lunch or the Fall Leadership Conference
Application Deadline: Sunday, June 1st
Apply: http://bit.ly/RZX7jl
More Info: gwamit-exec at mit.edu<mailto:gwamit-exec at mit.edu>

Did you enjoy the Spring Empowerment Conference? Interested in getting more involved with GWAMIT? We are currently accepting applications for:
- 2 Co-Chairs of OWWL (Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch), held in August 2014
- 2 Co-Chairs of the Leadership Conference, held in October 2014

The application is available here http://bit.ly/RZX7jl

Please contact the GWAMIT Executive Board at gwamit-exec at mit.edu<mailto:gwamit-exec at mit.edu> if you have questions. We also encourage you to read more about previous leaders and events on our website: http://gwamit.org<http://gwamit.org/>

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2. Scientista: a Celebration of Women in Science
When: ongoing April-September
Where: http://bit.ly/1igJJ3k

To celebrate the accomplishments of women in science and to inspire other women to follow in their footstep, the Scientista Foundation has partnered with Mettler Toledo and LabX Media to conduct a series of six interviews with influential North American scientists to highlight their achievements and contributions, and to ask them what advice they have for the next generation of scientific pioneers. The interviews are hosted by "I F★cking Love Science" founder Elise Andrew, and will air the second week of every month from April through September.

3. Volunteer Opportunity: Big Sisters
More info:  http://www.bigsister.org/<http://www.bigsister.org/>

Big Sister is looking for awesome women mentors for our Little Sisters. Mentors must be at least 20 years old and able to make our minimum one-year commitment, which entails meeting with their Little Sisters once/week 3-4 hours each for the first three months and at least twice a month after that.  (Once matches reach a year together, they can decide how frequently they see each other.)  A Big Sister's role is to be an adult friend (not a tutor, baby-sitter, parent figure, etc) to her Little Sister and to decide on many different fun activities to do with her.  Visits are 1 to 1.

In order for a Big Sister to become ready to be matched, she must clink this link to apply: http://www.bigsister.org/.  Here is what the enrollment process looks like: once she has a pre-screening with recruitment and they think she might be a good fit, she is scheduled for an interview. Additionally, she must provide four references, and we run a background check on her.  Then, she attends volunteer training.  If all her materials come back looking good and she feels able to make that commitment, then she is ready to be matched!

4. [GWIS] Travel Grant applications
Application Deadline: Tuesday, May 20th

Travel grants of $300-500 will be awarded to academic scientists (undergraduate, graduate student, or postdoc at an institution in New England) for travel to a scientific conference where the awardee will be giving a presentation (oral or poster), between May 15, 2014 and May 30, 2015. Researchers in all fields of experimental and theoretical science (including the social sciences), mathematics, and engineering are eligible.

Please submit the following (as PDF, MS Word, or text format documents ONLY) by May 20, 2014, to the GWIS Alpha Omega email address sdegwisboston at gmail.com<mailto:sdegwisboston at gmail.com>: Name, mailing address, and email address; Name of the advisor who will submit the letter of recommendation; A description of the applicant's research geared toward a lay scientific audience (no more than 1 page); A copy of the abstract that has been or will be submitted for the conference, including the conference name, dates, and location; A brief statement describing how the conference will contribute to the applicant's professional development; A brief statement of financial need. In addition, the applicant’s faculty advisor should submit a letter of recommendation directly to sdegwisboston at gmail.com<mailto:sdegwisboston at gmail.com> with the name of the applicant stated at the beginning of the letter.

The award will be announced in June.

The applicant must be a member of GWIS at the time of application. The application for membership is available at http://www.gwis.org/.

5. [HGWISE]  Info Course: Teaching Focused Careers in Higher Education: Course + Lunch
When: Wednesday, May 21st, 10am–1:30pm
Where: Location TBA (Longwood Campus)

Do you enjoy teaching and mentoring? Have you ever thought about pursuing a teaching focused career, but aren’t sure about your options? For this info course, we have invited a number of scientists who have chosen to pursue teaching focused careers in higher education. They are employed at a diverse group of institutions in the greater Boston area including community colleges, small liberal arts colleges, small state universities, R1 universities, and online learning institutions. During the panel discussion the panelists will talk about their career paths and the benefits and challenges of their positions. They will also describe the recommendations and requirements for other people who wish to pursue similar careers and take questions from the audience. After the panel, registered students will join the panelists for lunch to discuss their unique careers in more detail.

Panel, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Lunch with panelists, 12:15-1:30pm, location TBA.

The panel discussion is open to everyone, you do not need to register to attend this portion of the course. Students must register to attend the lunch.

For questions contact Emily Gleason (emily_gleason at hms.harvard.edu<mailto:emily_gleason at hms.harvard.edu>) or Jennifer Long (jennifer_long at hms.harvard.edu<mailto:jennifer_long at hms.harvard.edu>).

6. [GWIS] National Conference: Building Bridges: Practicing Science in the Modern Era
When: June 26th-29th
Where: University of Minnesota, Southeast
Minneapolis
Registration: http://bit.ly/1ny44Vm
Info: gwised at mac.com<mailto:gwised at mac.com>

The Xi Chapter is hosting the Annual Conference. the Keynote speaker will be Dr. Jorge Cham, the cartoonist of Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD), a popular newspaper and web comic strip  and he will speak on the science gap.

The conference will be exploring various areas of 'soft skills' that are needed to become a great scientist, such as communication to the public and exploring new ways to teach biology, science in a political arena.

7. DESERT LIFE: Field Studies of Art+Nature in the Southwest
When: August 9th-16th
Deadline: July 21st
Info and registration: http://www.artbiocollaborative.com/desert-life

Discover the unique beauty of the desert in this one-of-a-kind artistic journey through white sand dunes, black lava rock, underground caverns, and mountain and landscapes of West Texas and New Mexico.

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