<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Dear Graduate Women,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Enjoy the Week!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The GWAMIT Board<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">To join our list serv: </span><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 80, 170); "><a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/gwamit">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/gwamit</a></span></u><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Send your ideas to: </span><a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 80, 170); ">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Send your announcements to: </span><a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 80, 170); ">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-width: 1pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; "><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; "><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">**Events are also listed on our calendar: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events.html**">http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/events.html**</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">IN BRIEF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">========<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Notices:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">1. <span>Register TODAY for MIT’s Multicultural Conference </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">MIT Events:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">2. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Celebrating Women's Day: Women in Healthcare<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p>3. Film Screening: “Sisters of 77: The Spirit of Women”</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">4. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The Women and Entrepreneurship Series -<b> </b>Lunch with Lydia Villa-Komaroff</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">5. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The Op-Ed Project @ MIT<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Other Events</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">6. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">85 Broads Kick-Off Event: </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The Growing Trend in Female Entrepreneurship (Registration deadline<b> TODAY</b>)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">7. </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology) 'Project Leadership' Series</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">=====================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">=====================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">1. Register for MIT’s Multicultural Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">*** Register TODAY, March 1 at </span></b><a href="http://web.mit.edu/mcsquared/"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">http://web.mit.edu/mcsquared/</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 80, 170); "> </span><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">***<span><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">When: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">March 6, 9 am – 6 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Where: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">MIT’s Endicott House<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Cost: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Free!</span><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 80, 170); "><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">MIT's Multicultural Conference is a one-day retreat that focuses on bringing students together across race, ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, and other aspects of cultural identity. The conference offers a provocative day of workshops, speakers, community building, action, and reflection centered around issues of culture, identity, and social justice at MIT and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">This retreat is open to ALL students, no matter your experience or comfort level. If you're interested, we want you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Questions? </span><a href="mailto:mcsquared@mit.edu"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 80, 170); ">mcsquared@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">2. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Celebrating Women's Day: Women in Healthcare (AMITA)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">When:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> Monday March 1, 6:30 – 9 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Where:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> Bush Room (off of Lobby 10 at MIT)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">RSVP:</span></b><a href="http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/amita/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000477&webPageId=P008&eventId=27744"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">http://alumweb.mit.edu/groups/amita/BrowseWeb.do?webSiteId=SI000477&webPageId=P008&eventId=27744</span></a><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 19, 198); "><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Registration 6:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Seminar 7:00 - 8:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Networking 8:00 - 9:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">A light dinner will be served<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Professor Bevin Engelward will give a talk entitled: "The DNA Damage-Cancer Connection"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Prof. Bevin Engelward graduated from Yale University in 1988 and from Harvard School of Public Health in 1996. She began her faculty position at MIT in 1997. Her laboratory has produced novel technologies for studying DNA damage and repair, and these tools are being applied to environmental health problems both in the US and abroad. Prof. Engelward is currently an Associate Professor in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Questions?<span> </span>Contact Julie Schwedock at </span><a href="mailto:schwedoc@alum.mit.edu"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(30, 19, 198); ">schwedoc@alum.mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">3. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Film Screening: “Sisters of 77: The Spirit of Women”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">When: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Monday, March 1, 6 pm</span></span></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Where: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Bldg 6-120, wheel chair accessibility available through the Infinite Corridor in building 8 or through the ramp at Building 14</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Cost: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Free, dinner included</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The MIT Program in Women’s and Gender Studies celebrates Women’s History Month with a kick-off film screening…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">SISTERS OF '77 (The Spirit of Women) tells the story of a historical event that revolutionized the women's movement.
On a historic weekend in November of l977, twenty thousand women and men left their jobs and homes in cities and small towns around the country to end discrimination against women and promote their equal rights. For four days at the first National Women’s Conference in Houston, Texas, they caucused, argued and finally hammered out a Plan of Action.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Archival footage breathes life into heated debates over issues like the equal rights amendment, reproductive freedom, lesbian rights, sexual preference and minority rights. Former First Ladies Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, and activists including Coretta Scott King, Bella Abzug and Barbara Jordan provided inspiration. Current interviews with Gloria Steinem, Ellie Smeal, Ann Richards, Carmen Delgado Votaw, Liz Carpenter, and Betty Friedan bring a deeper understanding to its history and to its legacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Running Time: 55 minutes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Q&A with MIT Philosophy Professor & WGS Director S. Haslanger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Cosponsored by MIT Linguistics & Philosophy and MIT History<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">4.</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> </span><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The Women and Entrepreneurship Series, brought to you by SWIM and the MIT E-Center</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Second Event:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> Lunch with Lydia Villa-Komaroff, PhD ’75 – Chief Scientific Officer Cytonome/ST, LLC (lunch will be provided)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">When:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> Tuesday, March 2, 11:45am-1pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Where:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> E51-063</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Please RSVP at:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> </span><a href="http://bit.ly/bjZ61U"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 80, 170); ">http://bit.ly/bjZ61U</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Topic:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> Managing Growth – putting in the systems and the leadership to allow the company to develop and scale. Creative use of external contract resources and internal staff are needed in all growing businesses but are often especially required for bio-related organizations.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Speaker Bio:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> Lydia Villa-Komaroff, PhD ’75 – Chief Scientific Officer Cytonome/ST, LLC. Lydia is currently serving on the National Academies of Science and National Academy of Engineering Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">About the Founders Lunch Series:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">MIT and the surrounding area is one of the most successful ecosystems for entrepreneurship in the world, but women are consistently underrepresented. This interactive lunch series will allow the MIT graduate women’s community to hear first hand from female entrepreneurs about the process and experience of starting, funding, and growing a business.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">For more information about the series: </span><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/files/women_and_entrepreneurship_spring_2010.pdf"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit/files/women_and_entrepreneurship_spring_2010.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Questions? Contact </span><a href="mailto:veenaj@mit.edu"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 80, 170); ">veenaj@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">5. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The Op-Ed Project @ MIT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">When:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> Friday March 5, 11:30am - 6:30 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Where:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> On-campus, further information will be provided upon RSVP<b><span><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Cost: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Free, includes food and wine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">RSVP:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> E-mail </span><a href="mailto:nnaemeka@mit.edu"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(38, 80, 170); ">nnaemeka@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> with subject: “Op-Ed Project.”<span> </span>Include your name, programme, and a brief snippet about why you want to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">This popular seminar -- given to political leaders, writers, CEOs, academics and everyone in between -- will be hosted at MIT by founder Catherine Orenstein and is open to female grad students in any programme. The aim of the workshop is to teach you how to present forceful arguments, how to defend or advocate an idea, draw attention to a cause, change minds, and get things done, whatever the path you choose post-MIT (starting a company, leading a non-profit, becoming a writer, working in govt, running a household, and so on...).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Catherine Orenstein began her journalism career in earnest in Haiti, where she lived and traveled in the 1990s, reporting extensively on the country during a time of political + social upheaval. Her opinion pieces have appeared in the <i>Washington Post</i> and the <i>New York Times</i> and she has spoken on a number of newsshows about women, sexuality, folklore + myth, and morality. A graduate of Harvard College and Columbia University, she has been the recipient of several awards + fellowships, including the Prize for Promise given to young women aged 21-35 who will “become world leaders in their respective fields.” Her Op-Ed project has drawn critical praise and recently won a prize from Echoing Green, for social entrepreneurship.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p>The seminar has 20 spots and will have a waitlist/lottery in case of cancellations or excess demand. We are also planning a second seminar depending on interest.</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">6. 85 Broads Kick-Off Event: </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The Growing Trend in Female Entrepreneurship - Women Defining Success on Their Own Terms<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">When:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> March 4, 6:30 – 8 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Where:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> HULT International Business School, Education St., Cambridge, MA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Cost:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> $10 for Annual 85 Broads Members (members who have activated their Annual Membership at the Trailblazer, Visionary, Investor, or Power Circle level); $25 for non-members<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Register:</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "> <b>Today</b>, March 1 at <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/579303713">http://www.eventbrite.com/event/579303713</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">The Boston Chapter of 85 Broads (</span><a href="http://www.85broads.com/"><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">http://www.85broads.com</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">)<b><span style="color: rgb(134, 18, 10); "> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">invites you to our inaugural chapter kickoff event: The Growing Trend in Female Entrepreneurship - Women Defining Success on Their Own Terms, featuring keynote speaker Janet Hanson, Founder of 85 Broads.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Janet Hanson is the CEO and Founder of 85 Broads Unlimited, LLC, an exclusive global women’s network with over 20,000 members who live, work, and study in 82 countries around the world. She is the author of “More Than 85 Broads” She spent 14 years with Goldman Sachs (at 85 Broad Street in NYC) and is the former CEO of Milestone Capital, a $2 billion asset management company which she founded in 1995.<span> </span>Hanson is a member of The Christopher and Dana Reeves Foundation board, the Hidden Brain Drain Task Force, the International Women’s Health Coalition, and an Associate Fellow of Pierson College at Yale University. She has received a number of awards and honors, including an honorary degree from Middlebury College in 2007 Hanson received her BA from Wheaton College, and an MBA in finance from Columbia Business School.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres served throughout the evening. We look forward to seeing you in a few weeks!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">7. </span></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">WEST (Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology) 'Project Leadership' Series<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Project and alliance managers' leadership skills are increasingly valuable in the science and technology industries, both within larger organizations, and starting new ventures. In this two part WEST series, you will expand your leadership, influencing and motivational skills. Sign up for either event, or register for both and receive a discount.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">"PROJECT MANAGEMENT 101" WORKSHOP</span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">When: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Thursday, March 4, 5:30pm-8:30pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">Where: </span></b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">One Main Street, Cambridge<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">PRE-REGISTRATION: $85 Members; $110 Non-Members In this interactive, participatory workshop, you will learn the techniques and tools successful program managers have used to align and organize their teams, track projects, and provide senior management visibility to project progress.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; ">REGISTRATION AND MORE INFO: <a href="http://www.WESTorg.org">www.WESTorg.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p></body></html>