[GWAMIT] Announcements - Week of June 15, 2015

[GWAMIT]

Dear GW at MIT Members,

There are several upcoming opportunities to get involved with GWAMIT
through the Mentorship Program, Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch, and Fall
Leadership Conference! Check out the descriptions below for more info, and
don't hesitate to ask if you have questions.

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



*======== IN BRIEF========*

*GW at MIT:*
1. Apply to Organize the Fall 2015 Leadership Conference (Now!)
2. Apply to Organize the 2015 Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch (Now!)
3. Join the GWAMIT Mentoring Program 2015-2016 Committee (Now!)
4. Submit your questions to Dear Kate (Now!)

*MIT:*
5. [MITeri] Donate to Nepali Relief Fund (Now!)
6. VPR Get Involved with the Graduate Advisory Committee! (Now!)
7. Join MIT Joules for a field trip to Pellion Technologies (June 25th)
8. Support MIT Team REACH OUT (June 27th)
9. Crowdfund MIT Spouses&Partners Career Connect (Ends June 30th)
10. [GCWS] 2015-2016 Graduate Seminars Announced (August 24th)

*Outside MIT:*
11. Vote for MASS AWIS to win $75,000 (Ends June 16th)
12. Perimeter Institute's "Converge" online (June 22nd - 24th)
13. Her Corner Boston Meeting (June 22nd)



*====================FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS====================*

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

*1. Apply to Organize the 2015 GWAMIT Leadership Conference*
*When*: Recruiting Now
*Application*: link <https://goo.gl/371XYR>
*Contact*: link <gwamit-exec at mit.edu>

GWAMIT is currently recruiting conference co-chairs, event leads, and
committee members for the annual Fall Leadership Conference to be held in
October 2015. This is a great opportunity to be a part of the 2015
organizing team!

There are many different ways you can get involved depending on your
interests and schedule. Please contact the GWAMIT Executive Board at
gwamit-exec at mit.edu if you have questions. We also encourage you to read
more about previous leaders and events on our website
<https://gwamitleadership2014.wordpress.com/people/>.

*2. Apply to Organize the Orientation Women’s Welcome Lunch*
*When: *Recruiting Now
*Application*: link <http://goo.gl/forms/fBU9LHoF8X>
*Contact*: link <gwamit-exec at mit.edu>

GWAMIT is currently recruiting 2 co-chairs for our annual Orientation
Women’s Welcome Lunch <https://sites.google.com/site/gwamitwelcome>to be
held in September 2015.  Join us to meet the new graduate women at MIT.


*3. Join the GWAMIT Mentoring Program 2015-2016 Committee*
*When*: Recruiting Now
*Email*: link <gwamit-mentor at mit.edu>
*Website*: link <https://sites.google.com/site/gwamitweb/mentoring-program>

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

We are currently recruiting for the following positions:

   - Co-chair
   - Matching Chair
   - Mentoring Relations Chair
   - Events Chair
   - Dear Kate Lead

For more information on the GWAMIT Mentoring program, please visit our
website <https://sites.google.com/site/gwamitweb/mentoring-program>.
Contact gwamit-mentor at mit.edu to apply.

*4. Submit your questions to Dear Kate!*
*Submit*: link <http://tinyurl.com/ah49j5b>

The latest Dear Kate post is on the blog (http://gwamit.blogspot.com/).
Please enjoy the questions and answers posted!

Dear Kate, the 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.
Please submit your questions for next month's edition! They can be
submitted at http://tinyurl.com/ah49j5b

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

*5. [MITeri] Donate to Nepali Relief Fund*
*Donate*: link
<http://www.gofundme.com/MITeriNepalEQ?fb_action_ids=10206345938748103&fb_action_types=og.shares&fb_ref=m_d_tyhttp://www.gofundme.com/MITeriNepalEQ?fb_action_ids=10206345938748103&fb_action_types=og.shares&fb_ref=m_d_ty>

On April 25th, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal. The death toll has
risen above 4000, and still many more are injured.

MITeri, a Nepali group on campus, has set up a relief fund for donations,
which will be sent to Help Nepal Network <http://www.helpnepal.net/>, a
non-profit organization involved in  immediate disaster relief on ground.
Any donation amount will be highly appreciated.

*6. Violence Prevention Center - Get Involved with the Graduate Advisory
Committee *
*Email*: link <adam at med.mit.edu>

A graduate advisory committee to assist with VPR (Violence Prevention &
Response <https://medical.mit.edu/community/violence-prevention>) is
kicking off with a series of meetings over the summer (with the option to
follow up throughout the year, giving you the chance to be as involved as
you would like to be).

We are looking for people with a range of experiences with VPR and the
topics we work on, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you are
interested but feel like maybe you aren’t that familiar with our work. We
are looking for MIT grad students who would be willing to share information
about what being a grad student is like, give feedback on ideas, and help
tweak and/or plan various initiatives.

If you are interested, please let Kelley Adams <adam at med.mit.edu> know.


*7. Join MIT Joules for a field trip to Pellion Technologies*
*When*: Thursday June 25, 11:30 AM
*Where*: 625 Mt Auburn St. Cambridge MA (5 min car ride from Harvard Square)
*RSVP*: link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jA92AIqPQfYuN11elWtleOpXvcMUNCU6gkKJ3gPRAjo/viewform>

Pellion Technologies is a high density battery storage company. CEO, Dave
Eaglesham, will present an overview of the company and industry. Mr.
Eaglesham is a clean energy veteran. Prior to Pellion, he held positions at
First Solar, Bell Labs, Applied Materials and LLNL . We will also hear from
two of the company’s leading female scientists/engineers, who happen to
both be Joules members! Pellion was founded by a team of MIT researchers
and is backed by top-tier venture capital, Fortune 500 strategic investors,
and ARPA-E.  Lunch will be served at 12:30. This event is possible due to
the generous support of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
RSVP
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jA92AIqPQfYuN11elWtleOpXvcMUNCU6gkKJ3gPRAjo/viewform>
here.


*8. Support MIT Team REACH OUT *
*When: *Saturday, June 27
*Info*: link
<http://theovernight.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=514>

Suicide has sadly been a recurring topic of conversation at MIT in recent
months. MIT's Team REACH OUT is walking in "Out of the Darkness Overnight
Walk, Boston", an all-night fundraising event for suicide prevention. All
funds raised will support The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Their team members need your support to reach their fundraising goals!
Please take a look at their pages and help them out if you can. In no
particular order, these walkers are:

   - 15588
   <http://theovernight.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=15588>
   - 15578
   <http://theovernight.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=15578>
   - 15815
   <http://theovernight.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=15815>
   - 15587
   <http://theovernight.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=15587>
   - 15577
   <http://theovernight.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=15577>
   - 15598
   <http://theovernight.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=15598>
   - 15917
   <http://theovernight.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donordrive.participant&participantID=15917>

If you'd like to learn more or participate in the team, contact
clarice at mit.edu
* <clarice at mit.edu>*
*9. Crowdfund MIT Spouses&Partners*
*When*: Ends June 30, 11:59 PM
*Info*: link <https://crowdfund.mit.edu/project/688>
*Donate*: link <https://crowdfund.mit.edu/project/688/donate>

The Career Connect program of MIT spouses&partners is now featured on the
Crowdfund MIT website for the month of June!

Crowdfund MIT is a pilot crowdfunding platform similar to Kickstarter. S&P
has been invited to present a project on their website. I’m very proud to
showcase Career Connect, which has benefited over two thousand participants
since its inception in 2012.

See our Crowdfund page <https://crowdfund.mit.edu/project/688> and watch a
short interview video of our members.

Read a newsletter story
<http://mitspousesandpartners.blogspot.com/2015/06/s-featured-on-crowdfund-mit.html>
on S&P’s participation in this one-month crowdfunding campaign.

The best part is, you can make any amount of gift to help us reach a
participation goal of 50 donors and win an additional funding of $2,500
from MIT Annual Fund!  We just need 23 more donors by the end of the month
to secure the full $2,500 in additional funding. Even $1 can make a
difference.

Thank you for being part of the MIT spouses&partners family. You can help
us make Career Connect accessible to more members with richer content. With
your contribution, we can make a greater impact!

*10. [GCWS] 2015-2016 Graduate Seminars*
*Deadline:* August 24, 2015 and January 4, 2016
*Info:* link <http://web.mit.edu/gcws/courses/current-upcoming-courses.html>

We’re glad to announce our course offerings for 2015-2016.  Please share
this information with your students and colleagues!

GCWS graduate seminars are open to students across disciplines at all GCWS
member institutions
<http://web.mit.edu/gcws/about/member-institutions+programs.html>. Masters
and PhD students are eligible to apply as well as advanced undergraduate
students doing work in a discipline related to the course topics. More
information is available below and on our website:
http://web.mit.edu/gcws/courses/current-upcoming-courses.html

Our current course offerings include:

*FALL 2015*

   - Workshop for Dissertation Writers in Women’s and Gender Studies
   - Understanding the Pornographic and the Obscene
   - American Motherhood and Mothering: Theory, Discourse, Practice, and
   Change

*SPRING 2016*

   - Feminist Inquiry
   - The Secret Sex Life of Anthropological Artifacts: Gender and Race in
   the Museum

There is an application process for GCWS courses.  Applications are
accepted until the enrollment deadline and are reviewed by the seminar
instructors immediately following.  Students will be notified of their
final acceptance two to three days after the deadline. Students may apply
after the deadline, pending available space in the class.

2015-2016 Application Deadlines:
Fall application deadline: August 24, 2015**
Spring application deadline: January 4, 2016**
**Rolling admission until course is filled

Please call or email the GCWS at gcws at mit.edu for more information about
application procedures, member institution cross-registration policies, or
credit questions, and visit our web site: http://web.mit.edu/GCWS

*********** Outside MIT ***********
*11. Vote to help MASS AWIS win $75,000*
*When*: Ends Tuesday, June 16, 11:59 PM
*Vote*: link <http://shoeloverscare.com>

The Massachusetts Chapter of Association for Women in Science (MASS AWIS)
have officially been selected as a finalist for DSW Designer Shoe
Warehouse’s Shoe Lovers Care *Leave Your Mark* program.

*Leave Your Mark* is a philanthropic program that allows DSW’s employees
nationwide to nominate nonprofit organizations they feel passionate about
supporting. DSW then selects eight finalists from the many submissions.

The nonprofit that receives the most votes on ShoeLoversCare.com will
receive a $75,000 donation from DSW. Voting is currently open to the public
and ends on June 16 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

*12. Perimeter Institute hosting Convergence conference online*
*When*: Monday, June 22 - Wednesday, June 24
*Where*: link
<http://link.perimeterinstitute.ca/c/306/fd768b36b1ef69fa615c268b26ed0a360d7307b45847918f524d609952fc7f7e>

You're invited to join the Convergence conference online!

Physics is at a watershed moment. The most powerful-ever experiments are
revealing our universe with unprecedented clarity – from the quantum to the
cosmos.

The time is right for Convergence
<http://link.perimeterinstitute.ca/c/306/fd768b36b1ef69fa615c268b26ed0a360d7307b45847918f524d609952fc7f7e>,
a gathering of world-leading researchers at Perimeter Institute to discuss
the field's most exciting frontiers and help chart a course for the future.

>From June 22 to 24, Convergence talks will be webcast live online, and
viewers everywhere are invited to join the conversation through live-chats,
social media, and online discussions.

Convergence lecturers and panel participants include:

   - *Immanuel Bloch*, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
   - *Patrick Brady*, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
   - *Avery Broderick*, Perimeter Institute & University of Waterloo
   - *Freddy Cachazo*, Perimeter Institute
   - *Savas Dimopoulos*, Stanford University
   - *Matthew Fisher*, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
   - *Ruth Gregory*, Durham University
   - *Nergis Mavalvala*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   - *Peter Olver*, University of Minnesota
   - *John Preskill*, California Institute of Technology
   - *Jürgen Renn*, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
   - *Subir Sachdev,* Perimeter Institute & Harvard University
   - *Sara Seager*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   - *Kendrick Smith*, Perimeter Institute
   - *Robert Spekkens*, Perimeter Institute
   - *Maria Spiropulu*, California Institute of Technology
   - *Paul Steinhardt*, Princeton University
   - *Natalia Toro*, Perimeter Institute
   - *Neal Weiner*, New York University

Sign up here
<http://storage.coremotivesmarketing.com/library/348db461-cff4-4d25-81c3-182fa9e07de1/709/webforms/9f4c7d78-ba0b-e511-a03f-005056800012.htm?cm_mid=4728277&cm_crmid=26875497-0f11-e511-8003-005056800012&cm_medium=email>
for email reminders to watch the talks online.

*13. Her Corner Boston Meeting*
*When: *Monday, June 22, 6:00 PM
*Where: *One Boston Place, 26th Floor, Boston, MA 02108
*Info: *link
<http://www.hercorner.org/meetings/details/boston-ma-hc-meeting/167>
*Email: *link <danielle at hercorner.org>

Her Corner
<http://t.senalquatro.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX45vfYwnN2BgWc4fmZBsW64k8w-56dK9nf50yQH402?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hercorner.org%2F&si=4946029180354560&pi=44367b11-6238-437f-9622-5109301d7464>,
a DC organization committed to helping women grow their businesses, is
excited to start a group in Boston! You can learn more about our Groups
program by going online HERE
<http://t.senalquatro.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX45vfYwnN2BgWc4fmZBsW64k8w-56dK9nf50yQH402?t=http%3A%2F%2Fhercorner.org%2Fabout-groups&si=4946029180354560&pi=44367b11-6238-437f-9622-5109301d7464>.


Groups is a wonderful opportunity to meet other women entrepreneurs in
Boston and expand your network, and we hope you or other women in your
network can join us on the 22nd. Our Groups programs are small (capped at
12 women per group), so an application and interview are required, but
first time visitors are invited to visit for free (so long as there is no
industry competition).

If you are interested in attending this meeting, please email our
membership coordinator Danielle at danielle at hercorner.org.

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