[GWAMIT] GWAMIT Newsletter - Week of April 24, 2017

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 GWAMIT Newsletter - Week of April 24, 2017
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April 24, 2017
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*IN BRIEF*

*GW at MIT:*
1. GWAMIT Student/Alumni Focus Group (Apr. 24)

*MIT:*
2. You’re Invited: Women in STEM Week (Apr.24 - 28)
3. Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2017 (Apr.)
4. Developing Your Emotional Intelligence: Improving Personal and
Professional Relationships (Apr. 25)
5. [MITWGS] Two free screenings of film NAIJA BETA (Apr. 25/27)
6. Life Skills Workshop (Apr. 26)
7. Michael Lee: “The Conservative Canon Before and After Trump” (Apr. 27)
8. [LBGTQ at MIT] Trans/GQ Employee Lunch (Apr. 28)
9. Stepping up and Standing Out: How Leaders in Technology are Chosen (Apr.
28)
10. What Every International Student Should Know About U.S. Employment
(May. 2)
11. Hacking VR Speaker Series: Jessica Brillhart, “VR in Science” (May. 2)
12. [MITWGS] My Sister's Keeper Film Series (Apr. 28/May. 12)

*Outside MIT:*
13. D. E. Shaw Exploration Fellowship 2017 (May. 19)
14. New England Future Faculty Workshop at Northeastern University (May. 23)
Dear GW at MIT Members,

GWAMIT is joining with MIT Alumni Association from 12-2 this Monday in a
brown bag discussion about how to serve the needs of graduate students and
graduate alumni. Desserts and beverages will be provided.

The coming week is the last week of the Sexual Assault Awareness month this
year, and it's also the Women in STEM week at MIT. We hope you find some of
the events interesting and helpful to you!

The GWAMIT Board
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*FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS*
************ GW at MIT ************

*1. GWAMIT Student/Alumni Focus Group*
*When:* Monday, April 24th, 12:00PM – 2:00PM
*Where:* MIT Building W20-306
*Link:* link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMVyhVVfDwp8I6ZWiF790UIGFZ0u27VOh1Nb8ZdLWgKHX9qQ/viewform?c=0&w=1>
Did you know that graduate alumni make up 53% of the current MIT alumni
body? What can MIT do to better serve the needs of graduate students and
graduate alumni, and in particular, graduate women?
On Monday, April 24, join the MIT Alumni Association and the Graduate
Alumni Council for a focus group to share your thoughts on how best to
support graduate communities, both on campus and after graduation. Bring
your lunch – snacks and beverages will be provided!
************** MIT **************

*2. You’re Invited: Women in STEM Week*
*When:* April 24 - 28
*Where: *various
*Info*: link <http://www.facebook.com/mitwistem>
Get excited because next week is Women in STEM Week! WiSTEM Week is a
series of events put on by WAE, WiEECS, and SWE dedicated to celebrating
women in STEM. We really want more of the female engineering community at
MIT to get to know each other across departments and class years. Also,
there will food at EVERY event! Events are open to everyone.
Check out what we have going on!
Vist www.facebook.com/mitwistem  for more details or contact
wistem-week at mit.edu with questions!

*3. Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2017 Info*: link
<http://whiteelephant.scripts.mit.edu/saam/>
*4. **Developing Your Emotional Intelligence: Improving Personal and
Professional Relationships*
*When:* Tuesday, April 25, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
*Where:* MIT Building 46-3189
*Register:* link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developing-your-emotional-intelligence-improving-personal-and-professional-relationships-registration-31289770546>
Presenter – Wendy Wollner, M.S., M.B.A.; Founder and CEO, Balancing Life’s
Issues
Dinner will be available beginning at 5:00 p.m. and the seminar
presentation will run from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is one of the many kinds of intelligence we use
every day. One difference is that we can actually improve our EQ, which
research has shown can enhance our careers and relationships. Learn how
identifying, understanding, and actively using our own and others’ emotions
can help make or break interactions with others, professionally and
personally. This seminar provides skills, tools, and interactive exercises
to give you a sense of why self-awareness and awareness of others have huge
value in all areas of your life.
*5. [MITWGS] Two free screenings of film NAIJA BETA*
*When: *April 25th/ April 27th
Directed and produced by Arthur Musah, BS '04, MNG '05
Director Q&A to follow screenings
Tuesday, April 25th-  7pm to 8:30pm in 26-100 (students from film will also
be present: Philip Abel and Tobi Lanre-Amos. Details HERE.)
Thursday, April 27th- 3:30pm to 5pm in 3-270  (pre-registration REQUIRED)
Dreaming of shaking up education in Nigeria, a team of Nigerian and
Nigerian-American MIT students heads home one summer to teach technology to
high-schoolers through a competitive robotics camp in Lagos.
As they seek to contribute to a new and better Nigeria, their ideals are
tested by reality.
*6. Life Skills Workshop*
*When:* Wednesday, April 26th, 8:00PM - 9:00PM
*Where: *Bush Room | MIT Building 10-105
*RSVP*: link <https://goo.gl/forms/p8Kxp6A9rrSw34r42>
You're invited to the Life Skills Workshops during Women in STEM Week
(WiSTEM)!! This is a rare chance to sit down in a small and intimate
setting with professional mentors to learn valuable life skills and eat
good food :)
Menu options: Sushi and Thai food from Thelonius Monkfish
Dress code: Casual
We have female experts in:
career changes
being a female leader in the workplace
promotion and salary negotiation
personal finance
childcare and work/family balance
and more!
You don't want to miss out on this rare chance to get a boost in your
career!!
*7. Michael Lee: “The Conservative Canon Before and After Trump”*
*When: *Thursday, April 27, 5:00PM
*Where: *MIT Building 56-114
Michael J. Lee charts the vital role of canonical post–World War II
(1945–1964) books in generating, guiding, and sustaining conservatism as a
political force in the United States. Dedicated conservatives have argued
for decades that the conservative movement was a product of print, rather
than a march, a protest, or a pivotal moment of persecution. The Road to
Serfdom, Ideas Have Consequences, Witness, The Conservative Mind, God and
Man at Yale, The Conscience of a Conservative, and other mid-century texts
became influential not only among conservative office-holders,
office-seekers, and well-heeled donors but also at dinner tables, school
board meetings, and neighborhood reading groups. Taking an expansive
approach, he shows the wide influence of the conservative canon on
traditionalist, libertarian, and other types of conservatives. By exploring
the varied uses to which each founding text has been put from the Cold War
to the culture wars, he aims to highlight the struggle over what it means
to think and speak conservatively in America.
Lee teaches and researches political communication and rhetoric at the
College of Charleston. His book, Creating Conservatism, won five national
book awards in his field.  He is also the co-founder of With Purpose, a
non-profit organization that raises money and awareness to fight childhood
cancer.
*8. [LBGTQ at MIT] Trans/GQ Employee Lunch *
*When:*  Friday, April 28th, 12:00PM - 1PM
*Where: *Please RSVP for the location
*RSVP*: contact Abigail Francis afran at mit.edu
LBGTQ at MIT is hosting another lunch date for trans/gender-queer/genderNC
faculty and staff.  So if you are an MIT staff or faculty member and also
identify as trans, gender-queer, gender-nonconforming, I’d love you to join
a small group out for lunch (4/28 at noon).
*9. Stepping up and Standing Out: How Leaders in Technology are Chosen*
*When: *Friday, April 28th, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
*Where:* MIT Building 2-190
*RSVP:* link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stepping-up-and-standing-out-how-leaders-in-technology-are-chosen-tickets-33469662662>
Gain practical insights from John Strackhouse, one of the nation’s top high
technology executive recruiters at Caldwell Partners, and Brent Tworetzky,
the Executive VP Product at the XO Group. In this workshop, sponsored by
the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program, Strackhouse and Tworetzky will
deliver valuable advice on preparing for future job interviews and for
navigating your professional careers.
*10. What Every International Student Should Know About U.S. Employment*
*When: *Tuesday, May 2, 3:30PM - 5:00PM
*Where:* MIT Building 34-101
*Register:* link <https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>
With speaker and author Dan Beaudry
Sponsored by GECD and ODGE
Registration Preferred, on CareerBridge:
https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student
Interested in hearing how H-1B sponsorship happens from the inside?  Dan
Beaudry, former head of campus recruiting at Monster.com, shares the potent
job search system used by many international students to find U.S.
employment. H-1B's are won in ways you likely don't expect.  What you'll
discover in this presentation may surprise you:
·         Learn how to secure H-1B sponsorship at companies that have a
policy against sponsoring H-1B visas.
·         Learn why 80 percent of open jobs are never advertised - and how
to find them before anyone else.
·         Learn why human resources is often an obstacle instead of a
conduit to finding a U.S. job-and how to bypass it.
·         Learn why submitting résumés online is not an effective use of
your time-and how you can better invest that time.
Dan’s programs at MIT have been very popular in years past.  Find more
information about him, and The International Student’s Guide to Finding a
Job in th United States at www.powerties.net.
*11. Hacking VR Speaker Series: Jessica Brillhart, “VR in Science”*
*When:* Tuesday, May 2, 12:00PM - 1:30PM
*Where: *MIT Building E15-318
*Info*: link <http://cmsw.mit.edu/events/>
Google has been at the forefront of exploring new ways to shoot 360, VR
stories. As the medium develops, how can VR be used to raise awareness
about science-related project? How can it be used to tell stories about our
bodies, our health? VR in developments sometimes mean collaborations with
doctors, neuroscientists, data scientists. How can scientific knowledge
inform creation and creation inform science?
*12. [MITWGS] My Sister's Keeper Film Series*
*When:* April 28 / May 12
*Where:* MIT Building 3-270
Friday April 28th: The Revival: Women and the Word, directed by Sekiya
Dorsett, chronicles the US tour of a group of black lesbian poets and
musicians.
Friday May 12th: A Place of Rage, directed by Pratibha Parmar, is an
exuberant celebration of black women featuring interviews with Angela
Davis, June Jordan and Alice Walker.
************** Outside MIT **************

*13. D. E. Shaw Exploration Fellowship 2017*
*Deadline: *May 19
*Info:* link <https://deshawexplorationfellowship.com/>
*Apply*: careers at deshaw.com <http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/>
We’re excited to announce D. E. Shaw Exploration Fellowship 2017, a unique
educational opportunity taking place at our New York City headquarters from
July 19 to 20. Given that women are underrepresented in the global
alternative investment industry, we specifically designed a program in an
effort to bring together talented and intellectually curious women enrolled
in Ph.D. programs. These women will receive an introduction to our firm,
insights into our rigorous approach to finance, and several professional
and social networking opportunities. By engaging with a cross section of
people at the firm, from recent Ph.D. graduates to senior leaders, these
women will learn about the challenging problems on which we work, as well
as the transition from academia to finance. Participants will receive a
$2,000 stipend, accommodations, and travel to and from New York City.
*14. New England Future Faculty Workshop at Northeastern University*
*Deadline:* May 26
*Register:* link
<http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/recruitment/future-faculty-workshop/>
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