[GWAMIT] GWAMIT Newsletter - Week of Sept 12, 2017

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 GWAMIT Newsletter - Week of Sept 12, 2017
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Message From the Board

Dear GW at MIT Members,

Welcome to the new cohort of graduate women at MIT! It was great to see new
faces at the Women's Orientation Lunch and we're looking forward to meeting
many more at our events in fall! Watch out for this newsletter to stay
updated!

With the start of the semester, the* GWAMIT Mentoring Program *has opened
applications for women graduate students to be matched with a mentor
(detailed description below) in the Boston area from a wide array of
disciplines. Apply now!

Make sure to follow us on the links above. As always, stay gutsy.
- The GW at MIT Board
Events In Brief
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*GW at MIT:*
1. GWAMIT Mentoring Program (Sept 15)
2. GSC Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee
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*MIT:*
3. MIT Graduate Women of Excellence 2017
4. Leading Creative Teams (6.928)
5. Talk: Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Industry
6. Disobedience: Documentary Screening (Sept 14)
7. GCWS Feminisms Unbound Seminar Series (Sept 14)
8. Race, Class and #BLM in the Trump Era (Sept 14)
9. Social Action Fair (Sept 14)
10. Fall 2017 Graduate School Leadership Institute (Sept 15)
11. Alumnae Association Events
12. MIT Women's League Events
13. MIT GE|CD Career Events
14. MIT Work-Life Center Fall Seminar Series (Fall '17)
15. Fellowship Opportunity (Fall '17)
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*Outside MIT:*
16. Brown University Fall Young Scholars Conference (Oct 6-7)
Women in History Emmy Noether
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*Emmy Noether *(1982-1935) was a German mathematician who made landmark
contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics. A leading
mathematician of her time, she did pioneering work on the theory of rings,
fields and invariance. The 'Noether Theorem' explains the connection
between symmetry and conservation laws. Read more about her extraordinary
life here
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/science/emmy-noether-the-most-significant-mathematician-youve-never-heard-of.html>
.
GWAMIT Events

*1. GW at MIT Mentoring Program*
*Apply:* Link <https://goo.gl/forms/qC2tF5EUwqEDjSDF2>
*Deadline:* September 15

With the start of the semester, the *GWAMIT Mentoring Program *has opened
applications for women graduate students to be matched with a mentor. In
the program, graduate women are mentored by faculty, alums, or Boston-area
professionals. Mentorship can be sought in areas ranging from careers to
more personal matters.

Graduate women mentees are responsible for meeting with their mentor every
month for a minimum of 1 hour and attending a beginning-of-term and
end-of-year dinner. After one semester, you can choose to be rematched or
leave the program, but we prefer for you to participate for the entire
academic year so that you can build a strong relationship with your mentor.

Mentees will be able to enter preferences for mentors based on mentor
profiles that will be distributed soon. Mentees will be given priority in
selecting mentors in the order you fill out the above survey, so please
don’t wait!

If you are interested in participating as a mentee this school year, please
fill out the survey <https://goo.gl/forms/qC2tF5EUwqEDjSDF2> by *Friday,
September 15th*. If you have a recommendation for a
faculty/alum/professional mentor, questions, or would like more info, visit
our website or e-mail gwamit-mentor at mit.edu.
*2. Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee*
The GSC has recently created a Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee to
explore ways for underrepresented groups at MIT to work together to achieve
common goals. The women's constituency representative works with GW at MIT to
discuss women's issues on the subcommittee. This year's rep is Jane Heyes (
jeheyes at mit.edu), and if you're interested in contacting the committee
chairs and the women's rep with any ideas or concerns, please send an email
to gsc-diversity-women at mit.edu.
MIT Events
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyVZzS5poCI&t=7s%29>

*3. MIT Graduate Women in Excellence 2017*
The MIT Office of the Dean for Graduate Education is pleased to announce
the honorees of the 2017 biennial celebration of *Graduate Women of
Excellence*. The honorees were nominated and selected based on their
leadership and service contributions at the Institute, their dedication to
mentoring, and their drive to make changes to improve the student
experience.

*4. MIT Class 6.928: Leading Creative Teams*
*Course Link: *link <http://gelp.mit.edu/grad>

Are you interested in amplifying your *professional effectiveness*? Our
class will equip you with three of the most valued skills needed in today’s
fast changing technology and engineering environments:
- The ability to work in a team
- Creativity and innovation
- Leadership and personal impact

*6.928J Leading Creative Teams*
Fridays, 9:30am-12:30pm
Prereq: None | 9 Units: G 3-0-6
Instructor: David Nino (dnino at mit.edu)

Enrollment is limited, so register now! More info can be found at this link
<http://gelp.mit.edu/grad>.
*5. Talk: Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Industry*
*When: *September 14, 5:00PM - 7:00PM
*Register:* link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/promoting-diversity-and-inclusion-the-next-steps-for-graduates-and-industry-tickets-37137017820>
You are invited to a presentation by Dr. Sheila Widnall on diversity and
inclusion focusing on the steps to take after graduation.

*Agenda*
5-5:45 Refreshments and Networking
5:45-6:30 Talk
6:30-7 Discussion, Questions, Networking

*Sheila E. Widnall*
Institute Professor and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT

Please register by noon on *Wednesday, Sept 13th* so that we may have a
complete count for the caterer.
*6. MIT List Visual Arts Center: Civil Disobedience*
*When: *September 14, 6:00PM - 7:30PM
*Website:* link
<https://listart.mit.edu/exhibitions/list-projects-civil-disobedience>
*List Projects: Civil Disobedience* is a program of documentaries, news
footage, citizen journalism, artist’s films and videos focusing on moments
of political resistance and public demonstration from the early 20th
century through today.

*Let the Fire Burn (2013) *
Directed by Jason Osder
95 min

*Let the Fire Burn *presents, via television proceedings and news footage,
the events leading up to and surrounding an underreported 1985 stand-off
between the black liberation group MOVE and the Philadelphia Police
Department.

Additional Screenings
*September 21, 6 PM*

All programs are free and open to the general public. RSVP
<https://listart.mit.edu/events-programs/public-program-film-screening-let-fire-burn>
required.
*7. MIT GCWS Feminisms Unbound Seminar Series*
*When: *September 14, 2016, 5:30-7:30 pm
*Where: *E51-095, MIT
*Website:* link
<http://web.mit.edu/gcws/news+events/16-17FeminismsUnbound-blkwomen.html>
The Consortium for Graduate Studies in Gender, Culture, Women, and
Sexuality (GCWS) presents *Feminisms Unbound*, an annual event series
featuring debates that focus on feminist concerns, theories, and practices
in this contemporary moment.  This series is intended to foster
conversations and community among Boston-area feminist intellectuals and
activists to allow the greatest measure of engagement across multiple
disciplinary trajectories.

*Black Women and the Carceral State (Sept 14)*
This roundtable considers the totality of the carceral state, from the
vantage point of black women’s histories, testimonies, experiences and
creative works.  Black women’s fraught relationship to the state has often
existed invisibly within the intersectional axes of marginalization, and
been submerged beneath the specter of race, class, gender, and sexuality.
Three interdisciplinary scholars will gather to ponder all of the
mechanisms of the prison system, from its long historical trajectory to
literary and visual representations. The event promises to be a
far-reaching discourse on the frameworks of restriction and containment
that impact black women and the lives they attempt to control.
*8. Talk: Race, Class and #BlackLivesMatter in the Trump Era *
*When:* September 14, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
*Where:* 4-237

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor will be speaking on “Race, Class and
#BlackLivesMatter in the Trump Era”. She is the author of *From
#BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation*, published by Haymarket Books in
January 2016. The book surveys the historical and contemporary ravages of
racism and persistent structural inequality, including mass incarceration,
housing discrimination, police violence, and unemployment. Taylor is
currently an Assistant Professor in African American Studies at Princeton
University.
*9. MIT Social Action Fair *
*When:* September 14, 7:00 PM
*Where:* Lobby 10
*RSVP:* link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIaSKiYvlHBFjP8j2C-BKq1N-t-1QDpFqBRD9RpSM0IV0CYg/viewform>

The Social Action Fair connects MIT students with* local nonprofits,
government agencies, and social enterprises* from the Cambridge and Boston
areas. Meet with local leaders and learn about local organizations and
initiatives’  mission, impact, and to how you can get involved through
volunteer positions, paid internships, Community Service Work-Study, and
more. Organizations working in such diverse sectors as health, energy and
sustainability, K-12 education and tutoring, community development,
environment, STEM, housing and homelessness, and more will be present.
*10. MIT Fall 2017 Graduate School Leadership Institute*
*Deadline:* September 15, 5:00 PM
MIT GSLI is a first-of-its-kind, peer-led collaboration across all MIT
graduate schools to develop leadership skills, experience, and networks.
Out of the hectic pace of MIT, the program carves out dedicated time and
space for purposeful, authentic reflection and connection across
disciplines. Supported by The MIT Leadership Center, Student Activities
Office, MIT Sloan Student Life Office and ODGE.
*Cape Cod kickoff retreat:* Fri Sept 29 at 7pm - Sun Oct 1 at 3pm
*Monday sessions:* Oct 16, 23, 30, Nov 6, 13, 27 on MIT campus, 8-10pm,
dinner provided.
All MIT graduate students pursuing degrees invited to apply
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEUga0uNo9kk7z8vUFCJ4Nx9x0bFqqCRiFb8q-WEpBxL8dmg/viewform>
.
*11. MIT Alumnae Association Events*
*When:* September 19, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
*Website: *link
<http://amita.alumgroup.mit.edu/s/1314/2015/club-class-main-start.aspx?gid=20&pgid=61>
The Association of MIT Alumnae is dedicated to providing a means for former
women students to maintain contact with each other and MIT. We also support
current women students at MIT with our various on-campus activities, giving
them a chance to interact and form relationships with alumnae.
*12. MIT Women's League Events*
*Website: *link <http://web.mit.edu/womensleague/>
The MIT Women's League is a social and service organization founded in 1913
to foster connections among women at the Institute.

*September 25*
Fall Reception for New MIT Women

* September 27*
Brown Bag Lunch with Boston Lyric Opera Artistic Director
*13. MIT GE|CD Career Events*
*When:* Various dates, Fall 2017
*Website: *link <https://gecd.mit.edu/>
Global Education & Career Development (GECD) guides all students as they
explore and prepare for careers, global opportunities and health
professions. Visit their website above for a detailed listing of events.
*14. MIT Work-Life Center Fall Seminar Series*
*When:* Various dates, Fall 2017
*Where: *Koch Institute
*Event link: *link <http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars>
The MIT Work-Life Center’s popular Seminar Series provides research-based
strategies, tips, and information to help you deal with a diverse array of
work-life issues.

Registration <http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars> is required for all
seminars, briefings, and discussion groups. All programs are free of charge
and open to all members of the MIT community, including students, staff,
faculty, and their partners and families.
*15. MIT List Visual Arts Center: Fellowship Opportunity*
*When:* Now
Apply: eagarner at mit.edu

The List Visual Arts Center, MIT’s contemporary art museum, collects,
commissions, and presents rigorous, provocative, and artist-centric
projects that engage MIT and the global art community. The Center is
pleased to offer a fellowship position to assist with all details in
organizing a two-day symposium.

The working topic for the *2018 Wasserman Forum* will be *Future Genders*
and looking at how gender identity is being addressed by artists today. The
List Center is seeking a candidate that has a demonstrated interest in
gender issues as they are presented through contemporary visual arts.  The
Wasserman Forum Assistant will work in conjunction with the List Center
Staff in conceptualizing the panels for the Forum, and undertake
organizational duties such as and not limited to speaker contracts,
obtaining and editing speaker bios, handling travel needs, assisting in all
aspects of hospitality for Forum participants, preparing press materials,
coordinating volunteers for the Forum, and determining and ordering all
amenities for the event. The Wasserman Forum Assistant will also be
expected to be on hand for the entire duration of the forum planned for
November 2018.

*Job Requirements*
Applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree in art history, women’s and
gender studies, or a related field with a preference of being enrolled in a
graduate degree program. Applicants also must be authorized to work in the
US. To apply, please submit a letter of interest, a resume, and the names
of two professional and/or academic references to Emily A. Garner,
eagarner at mit.edu.
Events Outside MIT

*16. Brown University Fall Young Scholars Conference*
*When:* October 6-7, 2017
*Where*: Brown University, Providence, RI
*Website:* lin
<https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/institutional-diversity/initiatives/young-scholars-conference>
k
<https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/institutional-diversity/initiatives/young-scholars-conference>
Brown University's Office of Institutional Diversity & Inclusion and GWiSE
invite you to apply for our annual *Fall Young Scholars Conference *(YSC).
YSC is a career and networking conference to empower female graduate
students and postdoctoral researchers in STEM as they prepare for the job
market. The YSC showcases the attendees’ own research while providing them
with practical experience in job interviews and presentations for different
career tracks and settings.

The Fall 2017 YSC theme, *'Atoms, Axons, and Asteroids: Big Data in STEM'*
will focus on computation in the biological, cognitive, and physical
sciences. It will take place on Friday, October 6th and Saturday, October
7th at Brown University.

To encourage participation throughout the greater New England area, travel
and accommodations will be reimbursed up to $500. Space is limited and
selection is competitive. To receive full consideration, we encourage you
to submit an application by September 8th. Please fill out the application
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCypboKJ_GNKk7LHO1yqXWYkb4vUImB8B7AOn-devWgZfnjQ/viewform>
here and visit our website for the most up-to-date schedule.

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