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<!--StartFragment--></span></font></p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><p class="Clarissa"><!--StartFragment--></p><p class="Clarissa"><!--StartFragment--></p><p class="Clarissa">Dear GWAMIT Members,</p><p class="Clarissa"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="Clarissa">Enjoy the Week!</p><p class="Clarissa"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The GWAMIT Board<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="Clarissa">Visit us at: <a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">http://gsc.mit.edu/gwamit</span></a></p><p class="Clarissa">Send your ideas to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</span></a></p><p class="Clarissa">Send your announcements to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
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</div><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa">========</p><p class="Clarissa">IN BRIEF</p><p class="Clarissa">========</p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Notices:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">1. Join the GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference Planning Committee</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Events:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="Clarissa">2. [Wed 7/12]<span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">
MAP Summer Mentor Informational Open House </span>(12 1 pm, 10-105) RSVP
required</p><p class="Clarissa">3. [Wed 7/21] <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Academia, Industry, or
Both?</span> (3 5 pm, <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">32-123</span>)</p><p class="Clarissa">4. [Th 9/23 Fri 9/24] <span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica">Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure Women<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="Clarissa">=====================</p><p class="Clarissa">FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS</p><p class="Clarissa">=====================</p><p class="Clarissa"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">1. Join the </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">GWAMIT Fall Leadership Conference Planning
Committee</span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">We are very excited to begin planning for our Fall Leadership Conference!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The goal of this conference will be to
provide graduate women with </span>practical negotiation and leadership skills
through workshops and seminars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We
envision 3-4 events over 2-3 days in early November.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>We would love to hear your ideas or have you join us on the planning
committee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Please e-mail Clarissa
at <a href="mailto:ccl@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt">ccl@mit.edu</span></a> to get involved!</p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">2. MAP Summer Mentor Informational Open
House<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">When:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"> Monday, July 12, 12 1 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Where:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"> </span>Bush Room, 10-105</p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">RSVP:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"> </span><a href="http://doodle.com/i4xe578rwm7r5rhd"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:windowtext">http://doodle.com/i4xe578rwm7r5rhd</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> by Wednesday, July 7th<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Contact: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Allysa Pichι at<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"> </b><a href="mailto:adpiche@mit.edu">adpiche@mit.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa">The Mentor
Advocate Partnership (MAP) program in the Office of Minority Education is holding
a Mentor Informational Open House for all individuals potentially interested in
being (or continuing to be) a mentor for an incoming student. There are
no strings attached! Drinks and desserts will be available and we will be
doing a brief presentation on the program. All interested MIT staff,
faculty, & PhD candidates are more than welcome.</p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">3. Academia, Industry, or Both?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="Clarissa"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">When:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> Wednesday, July 21, 3 5 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">Where:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> Stata Center, 32-123<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa">Academia, Industry, or Both? Are you considering an academic career,
an industry career, or trying to decide between academia and industry? Come and
hear experts who can help you learn more. </p><p class="Clarissa">Panelists include:</p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">- </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">Dr. Dane Boysen, Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Materials Science
and Engineering</span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">- </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">Dr. Lloyd Klickstein, Translational Medicine Head, NIDU, (New
Indication Discovery Unit), Novartis</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Symbol">- </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">Dr. Livia Racz, Division Leader of Advanced Hardware Development at
the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa">Sponsored by:</p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">The MIT Career Development Center, the Postdoc Advisory Council, and
the Graduate Student Council<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">For more information please contact </span><a href="mailto:mcwilson@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:windowtext">mcwilson@mit.edu</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">, </span><a href="mailto:sumeetkr@MIT.EDU"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:windowtext">sumeetkr@MIT.EDU</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">, or </span><a href="mailto:tescu@mit.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri;color:windowtext">tescu@mit.edu</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">.</span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">4. Purdue Conference for Pre-Tenure
Women</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">When:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"> September 23 & 24, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Where:</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica"> Purdue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Register: </span></b><a href="http://www.purdue.edu/wro/pretenure/index.shtml"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
Helvetica;color:windowtext">http://www.purdue.edu/wro/pretenure/index.shtml</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa">Purdue
University is pleased to announce our inaugural Conference for Pre-Tenure
Women. This conference is designed to enhance the success of female
faculty. The Purdue Conference is targeted to appeal to post-doctoral and
pre-tenure women. There will be specific breakout sessions focused on underrepresented
women in STEM, however most of the sessions are designed to appeal to
women from all disciplines. The overall conference goal is to provide
educational opportunities to help women identify strategies to enhance their
success for promotion and tenure.</p><p class="Clarissa">Conference
begins on Thursday, September 23 with a half day session facilitated by Campus
Women Lead. Friday sessions are a combination of plenary and breakout sessions,
focusing on Quality of Life, Practicalities of Work and Identity and Work issues.</p><p class="Clarissa">Featured
speakers will be:</p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">- Mildred
Garcia, president of California State University, Dominguez Hills,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">and author of
"Succeeding in an Academic Career."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">- Lesia
Crumpton-Young, professor of industrial engineering and management systems at
the University of Central Florida. She is the author of the You've Got the
Power workbook series and the recipient of the 2006 Women of Color Educational
Leadership Award and the 1999 Educator of the Year Award from the National
Society of Black Engineers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">- Gertrude
Fraser, vice provost for Faculty Advancement at the University of Virginia, and
Kathleen Wong, assistant professor in the School of Communication at Western
Michigan University. They will lead a workshop on Mobilizing Women's Inclusive
Leadership Skills. Their work is a part of the Association of American Colleges
and Universities Campus Women Lead program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">- Former Purdue
trustee Susan Butler will lead a workshop based on her first book,
"Becoming the CEO of You."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Clarissa">A $150
registration fee is required to attend the conference. However, attendees may
apply for fellowships that will cover the cost of the conference fee and a
one-night stay at Purdue's Union Club Hotel.</p><p class="Clarissa">Fellowships will
be awarded to 20 applicants. The application deadline is Aug. 1.</p><p class="Clarissa">Registration for
the event is open, and fellowship applications are available online.</p><p class="Clarissa"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica">Please contact </span><a href="mailto:pretenure@purdue.edu"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
color:windowtext">pretenure@purdue.edu</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:
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