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*Event overview:*

*GW at MIT:     *
     1. GW at MIT First Friday: Boba + Museum of Fine Arts! (July 6)
     2. GW at MIT Running Group: Saturday Run & Coffee! (July 7)
     3. GW at MIT Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch (OWWL): volunteers needed!
     4. BCG Women Breakfast (July 19)

*SOCIAL CHANGE:*

     5.  Understanding and Transforming Systems of Privilege (July 11)

*CHILD CARE:*

     6. Choosing Quality Child Care (July 11)

*CULTURAL:*

     7. Cerebral Cinema: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (July 10)

*PROFESSIONAL/CAREER/SKILLS:*

     8. LaTeX/BibTeX & Citation Management Tools (July 11)
     9. The Intersection of Leadership and Innovation (July 15-21, online)
   10. McKinsey: Global Opportunities for advanced professional degree
candidates

*Did you know ... ?*

   - *Barbie* just got a new career in STEM! MIT professor Cynthia Breazeal
   helped to design it. Check it out here
   <https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robotics-engineer-barbie-stem_us_5b34eed1e4b0b745f17bdda2>
   .

   - Enjoying the good weather? You can get *discounted tickets *for many
   activities in MITAC
   <https://mitac.universitytickets.com/w/sitepages/Home.aspx>.

*Storied Women of MIT:*

*Ellen Swallow Richards*
(1842 - 1911)

(click here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrJGMjsUClE> to see video
about her)

*GW at MIT event details*

*1. GW at MIT First Friday: Boba + Museum of Fine Arts!*

*When: *Friday, July 6 at 6.00 pm
*Where:* Meet at 84 Mass Ave (near Stratton Student Center)
*RSVP: *here  <http://signup.mit.edu/1164952903>

Cool off the summer heat with some bubble tea and fine art with GW at MIT!

We’ll grab some Boba and tour the highlights of the museum, including works
of van Gogh, Rembrandt and Monet. Registration required!

*Boba courtesy of GW at MIT!* MFA admission free for MIT students.
*2. GW at MIT Running Group: Saturday Run & Coffee!*

*When: *Every Saturday Morning, 9:30 AM
*Where:* Meet at Student Center (Alchemist Statue), MassAve
*Website:* link <https://www.facebook.com/events/377294756094945/>

Join GWAMIT for a lovely Saturday morning run along the Charles! We will
run approximately 3 miles and will make sure to run in groups or pairs to
accommodate all levels. Meet at the Alchemist Statue on Mass Ave (outside
the student center) for a quick stretch, please don’t be more than 5
minutes late! We will have a coffee in Flour after we finish.

Coffee courtesy of GWAMIT your first 3 times and get a free GWAMIT workout
tank in your 5th time!
*3.  GW at MIT Orientation Women's Welcome Lunch (OWWL): volunteers needed!*

The GWAMIT events chairs are looking for volunteers to help plan OWWL,
GWAMIT’s Orientation Women’s Welcome Lunch during the first week of
classes, September 7th.

Anybody interested can please fill out this short survey
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScENLug1i0M00b1zo9s5_6qKLhUYdlZ572fVBVOCgJm3odWUA/viewform?usp=sf_link>
.

*4.  BCG Women Breakfast *

*When: *July 19, 9-10.30AM
*Where: *MIT Campus, room 4-149
*RSVP:* here <https://talent.bcg.com/>

Join us for a breakfast with BCG women to learn more about BCG and our
Women at BCG network. This breakfast is open to women-identified and nonbinary
PhDs, JDs, MDs, medical residents, and post-docs from Harvard and MIT.
*Social change event details*

*5.  Understanding and Transforming Systems of Privilege       (for MIT
staff & faculty)*

*When: *July 11, 11.45AM - 1PM
*Where: *MIT Campus, 56-114
*RSVP:* here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJXvlDWEe7Doipn60v2S0tuZ2px7yhE7yJYc3cSuLmXlOzuw/viewform>

How can MIT staff advance positive social change?

Community activists *Stefani Harvey *and *Fran Smith* will guide us through
a workshop to confront and transform systems of privilege at MIT and in our
daily lives. Join us!

Open to all MIT staff and faculty. Refreshments will be served. RSVP via
this Registration Form to help us order enough food.

Facilitator biographies:

*Stefani Harvey* is a community activist and educator who specializes in
social justice and equity in education, particularly in addressing
disparities for youth of color. As Roxbury native, Stefani has been a
leader and a firm believer in the advocacy of positive growth and
development in youth for over 15 years. Holding positions such as, Teacher,
Program Director, Dean of Students, Director of Family and Community
Engagement, and Safe and Welcoming Schools Specialist, Stefani has been
able to connect with audiences through motivational speaking, youth
conferences, and her relentless work and support with LGBTQ self-identified
youth. Stefani holds a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education, a Masters
Degree in Urban Education and Leadership, a K-6 Principal License, and is
currently pursuing a Doctorate of Education.

*Fran Smith *is a community organizer, a nonprofit manager and a
facilitative leader for racial justice. She began her work as a pro school
desegregation student organizer in the 70’s in Boston. Since that time she
has worked in the nonprofit and public sector. During the 80’s she lead
community based youth development projects using media, popular culture,
and peer leadership development to help youth identify and navigate racism
and gain skills that enabled them to achieve their aspirations. In the 90’s
Fran worked on local and national education reform projects promoting
equity, excellence and parent involvement in urban school districts. For
the last decade she has worked as a resource development specialist and
coordinated two city wide educational initiatives. Fran was awarded a
Community Fellowship from Tufts University where she obtained her Master of
Public Policy. Currently she is an organizer with Community Change, Inc.
started 50 years ago to address “the White problem”. She is committed to
helping white people decolonize their hearts and minds from white supremacy.

Sponsored by the Working Group for Support Staff (WGSS) subcommittee on
Civility and Respect (C&R).

Interested in learning more about C&R activities? Contact c-r at mit.edu.
*Child Care event details*

*6. Choosing Quality Child Care (July 11)*

*When: *July 11, 12-1.30PM
*Where: *MIT Campus, NE49, 5th floow (Alps Conference Room)

Presented by Kathy Kasabula, B.A.; Child Care Operations Administrator, MIT
Work-Life Center.

This introductory discussion is specially designed for expectant parents
and those new to parenting or child care. The session addresses your
different infant and toddler child care options, what child care costs, how
to find and evaluate your child care choices, planning your parental leave,
and the transition to parenting.

Infants are welcome if alternative child care is unavailable.
*Cultural event details*

*7. Cerebral Cinema: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (July 10)*

*When: *July 10, 6.30-10PM
*Where: *MIT Museum

Join us for the second part in our Cerebral Cinema series, where you'll
hear from researchers and then compare real science to depictions on the
big screen.

On July 10: Relationships can be messy, difficult... and traumatic? Hear
from Dr. Asaf Marco, a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Li-Huei Tsai’s
group at MIT, about his research on removing traumatic memories.

This event is presented in conjunction with *The Beautiful Brain: The
Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. *
*Career/Skills event details*

*8. LaTeX/BibTeX & Citation Management Tools *

*When: *July 11, 2-3PM
*Where: *MIT Campus, 14N-132
*RSVP:* here <http://libcal.mit.edu/event/4267914>

Are you using LaTeX to create your documents? Are you looking for more
guidance on integrating Zotero or Mendeley into your workflow? Do you keep
running into issues with your citations or your .bib files? If you have a
working knowledge of LaTeX and are looking to optimize how you manage
citations and integrate your favorite citation management tools like
Zotero, Mendeley or JabRef, this is the workshop for you! We'll also cover
how to integrate with Overleaf.

*Note*: This is not an introduction to LaTeX or BibTeX; a working knowledge
of LaTeX is assumed. Bring your laptop with your LaTeX setup to follow
along.
*9. The Intersection of Leadership and Innovation *

*When: *Sunday, July 15 (More dates through July 21 here
<http://calendar.mit.edu/event/the_intersection_of_leadership_innovation#.Wy7hNKczo2w>
)
*Where: *online
*Website:* link
<https://cahoot.mit.edu/?utm_source=mitpe&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=ili&utm_content=mitcalen>

Effective leadership can help companies innovate more effectively. Learn
how to be a leader who inspires innovation and creativity in your team with
the new eight-week online course, The Intersection of Leadership &
Innovation, led by MIT's David Niño.

*WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:*

   - Understand how leadership enables innovation by building strategies,
   structures and cultures that support creativity.

   - Recognize the links between creativity (a new or useful idea) and
   innovation (the execution and adoption of creative ideas).

   - Reframe the importance of identifying and defining problems to spur
   creativity and enable innovation.

   - Increase self-awareness of your personal leadership style and its
   effects on group creativity and innovation that delivers results.

   - Strengthen leadership skills to create sustainable, innovative teams
   and culture.

   - Increase effectiveness in building and leading high-performing teams.

   - Articulate visions that inspire others to unleash motivations central
   to successful innovation.

*10.  McKinsey: Global Opportunities for Advanced Professional Degree
Candidates *

*When: *General advanced degree application deadline, July 15.

More than 40% of our consultants have advanced degrees in fields outside of
business, including senior partner and head of the Mid-Atlantic office,
Katy George, head of the Midwest office, Virginia Simmons, head of global
recruiting, Brian Rolfes, and the list goes on.  McKinsey pioneered hiring
PhDs, postdocs, MDs, JDs and non-MBA master’s degree recipients because
students like you possess keen problem-solving skills and expertise that
our clients value. We hope you will consider starting your journey with us
so you can be at your best at McKinsey.

*Our full-time application deadline for global associate roles (the best
fit for most advanced degree candidates) is July 15. *

In anticipation, we’d love to get to know you better and give you the
chance to meet us through a series of seven webexes. Join one or more to
explore our offices and practices. Learn how your skills can help you be at
your best at McKinsey, where you’ll do the most challenging, meaningful
work with the best teams. See the webex options, starting with our Southern
Office on June 26.  RSVP here
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RY19APD_WebexRSVP>.

* Interested in entrepreneurship, analytics and design? *

For those of you with a background in data science, data engineering,
design or similar areas, stay tuned for more on these roles, which have an
application deadline of *October 7*.

*Unsure which office/practice might be best for you? *

Leave us a note here <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/APDInterest> regarding
your interests and we’ll help you explore your options within McKinsey.

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