[GWAMIT] Newsletter, December 20

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GW at MIT Newsletter December 20, 2018
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Message from the GWAMIT Board:

We wish you *Happy Holidays and a wonderful 2**019*!

- The GW at MIT Board
*Event overview:*

*GW at MIT:*

1. Learn more about Title IX
2. NE GWiSE Open Board Meeting! (January 28)
3. NE GWiSE Annual Spring to Action! (April 6)

*Note:* GW at MIT Running Group is cancelled the rest of December.
We will resume during IAP (we will let you know the exact date in our next
newsletters!).

*OTHER EVENTS:*

4. Christmas Eve Israeli Dance Marathon (Dec 24)
5. 2019 Scientista Symposium (Deadline: January 1)
6. Getfit 2019 (January 3)
*Did you know ... ?*

Doing your holiday shopping in Amazon? Shop in AmazonSmile
<https://smile.amazon.com/> and donate 0.5% to MASS AWIS! They will greatly
appreciate your contribution!

The mission of MASS AWIS is to support women in all scientific fields, to
achieve equity and full participation for women in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics (STEM). By breaking down barriers and creating
opportunities, MASS AWIS strives to ensure that women in these fields can
achieve their full potential.
*Storied Women of MIT:*

*Margaret E. Maltby*
(1860 - 1944)

(click here  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSMhidDwdDw>to see video
about her)
*GW at MIT event details*
*1. Learn more about Title IX*

t9tldr.mit.edu

We want to share t9tldr.mit.edu, a resource to help students learn more
about the Department of Education's new proposed Title IX regulations.

At the request of undergraduate and graduate students in the Title IX
Student Advisory Committee, *this website features specific information
about the proposed regulations and offers the MIT community information
about how to engage in the notice and comment period*.

The notice and comment period runs until January 28th!
*2. NE GWiSE Open Board Meeting!*

*When: *Monday, January 28th, 6:30-7:30pm
*Where:* Harvard University (room TBA)
*RSVP:* here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEnmaMKsacOARFf1p-FCqJbFXErfJztzMKNbe5sVPqfN_aNQ/viewform>

Please join us if you're interested in learning more about New England
Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (NE GWiSE) and/or getting
involved! Opportunities for involvement include joining a planning
committee for our upcoming Spring to Action event and shadowing current
board member(s) to find a position of interest to join next year.

Check out our website negwise.wordpress.com for more information.
*3. NE GWiSE Annual Spring to Action!*

*Title:* Roles and Relationships: A Summit on Mentorship in Grad School and
Beyond
*Date:* Saturday, April 6th
*Location:* Harvard University
*RSVP: *Coming soon

Sign up here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyPostBr53ZRX6SI4A7nzUQAqErIH0FURhW4tHKweQ4kh0gw/viewform>to
help us on the planning committees! This is a great opportunity to get some
event planning and leadership experience, get to see how we work as a
group, and make some awesome contacts across New England!

NE GWiSE is having its second annual Spring to Action event! This year it
is called *"Roles and Relationships: A Summit on Mentorship in Grad School
and Beyond"* and will be hosted by Harvard University. The goals are to
help schools identify different types of mentoring-related programs they
can implement, give them tools/resources to start them, help them improve
current programming, and decide how to measure their program's impact.

The day will include an inspiring keynote speaker, an exciting panel of
mentees talking about their experiences, a mixture of workshops, and an
optional mocktail hour for networking and socializing!
*Other event details*
*4. Christmas Eve Israeli Dance Marathon *

*When: *Monday, December 24, 6pm - 4am
*Where:* off campus in Brookline
                 Kehillath Israel
                 384 Harvard Street, Brookline MA

Admission $15 with free pre-registration
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepTDtO6Q5oGJCUEsO3sq_7sCzZgYbjaeB2qD85uYMy7RNmXg/viewform>
(Google account required); $20 at the door
(Children 13-17, seniors, all students with ID -- only $10! Children under
13 -- free)

The annual Israeli Dance Marathon takes place every year on or about
Christmas Eve.
*We start at 6 pm and dance until 6 am!*

Food!! Fun!!
Large wooden dance floor!
All request dancing, all night!

For more information, or to volunteer, please contact us at:
marathon [at] bostonisraelidance [dot] com
*5. Scientista Symposium: Science Without Borders*

The Scientista Symposium is a national conference that helps advance the
careers of young women in STEMM through networking with recruiters at top
companies and organizations in STEMM, a range of professional and technical
skill workshops, and a chance to present research and compete for over
$100,000 in scholarships.

This year’s program features 3 inspirational keynote speakers, 7 career
panels on topics such as science communication, science policy, industry,
and entrepreneurship in STEM, workshops on Python coding, a research poster
session, a pitch competition to a panel of investors, free headshots(!) and
resume review sessions, and a career fair with 50 top organizations like
Google, Genentech, NASA, and more. Our conferences regularly attract over
500 young women from top institutions throughout the country – it’s a
fantastic opportunity to cultivate professional relationships.

Submit your abstract for our poster session here
<http://scisymp19.weebly.com/poster-application.html>. Poster presenters
are welcome to apply for travel funds to attend the event. Deadline is
January 1!

Early Bird Tickets are on sale now at a discounted rate - Register here!
<https://splashthat.com/sites/view/scisymp19.splashthat.com>
(Need help contacting your school to sponsor your travel and registration
fees? Ask us!)

Are you a post-doc, industry professional, or faculty
member/administrator? Sign
up here to judge our poster session
<http://scisymp19.weebly.com/become-a-judge.html> and receive a free
registration to the event.

For more information, check out the Symposium Website
<http://scisymp19.weebly.com/> or email us at
jackie at scientistafoundation.org
*6. Getfit 2019*

The *getfit** challenge* is a *12-week, team-oriented fitness challenge*
open to the entire MIT community. During the challenge teams of five to
eight people can qualify for prize drawings based on the average number of
minutes exercised each week. Prizes are awarded weekly to teams and
individuals selected at random from among those teams meeting the steadily
increasing weekly exercise goals. The Grand Prize winner is selected
randomly from all eligible teams meeting the minimum average exercise
threshold for at least ten out of twelve weeks of the competition.

*Dates:*
Registration is open from January 3 through January 27.
January 20: Last day to create a team or change a team name.
January 27: Last day to join an existing team.

The *Kick Off* will be held on Tuesday, January 8 in Lobby 10 from
12:00-1:00pm.
You do not need to be registered to attend the Kick Off. Come by and learn
more about the challenge!

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