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<br></span></div><div style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>========<br>IN BRIEF<br>======== </b><br><br><b><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="il">GWAMIT</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>:</b><br>
1. Open Position: Planning Chairs for the GSC Orientation's Women's Welcome Lunch<br>
<br><b>MIT Events:</b><br>
<span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-size: small; border-collapse: separate;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; border-collapse: separate;"><font face="arial, sans-serif">2. [AMITA] Annual Meeting with Guest Speaker Leslie Pack Kaelbling (Sat. June 5, 11:30a-2p)<br>
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</b></font></font></b><font><font face="arial, sans-serif">3. Invitation
to participate in study of the role of advising, mentors, and networks
in career development of engineering Ph.D. Students ($25 gift card)</font></font></font></font><br>
<br></div><div style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Outside MIT:</b><br>4. [Mass-AWIS] Mentoring Circles End of Year Celebration (Wed. May 25, 7-9:30p)<br></div><div style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<br><b>********<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="il">GWAMIT</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>********</b><br><br><b>1. Open Position: Planning Chairs for the GSC Orientation's Women's Welcome Lunch<br>
</b><b>Contact: </b><a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span class="il">gwamit</span>-exec@mit.edu</a><br><br>Help welcome graduate women to MIT! Become an orientation planning
chair and organize the GSC Orientation's Women's Welcome lunch. The
Women's Welcome is an opportunity for new students to meet each other
while learning about campus resources. (Photos from last year <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/gwamit.web/GraduateOrientationWomenSWelcomeLunch" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br>
<br>Orientation planning chair responsibilities include:<br><ul><li>Work with the <span class="il">GWAMIT</span> Executive Board to develop a budget for the event.<br></li><li>Interface with multiple campus offices (including the ODGE and Ombuds) to negotiate an appropriate time.</li>
<li>Interface with caterers to arrange food for 200 guests.<br></li><li>Prepare orientation materials. (We prepared a <a href="http://mit.edu/gwamit/files/MIT_quickguide_2010.pdf" target="_blank">quick welcome guide</a> for last year.)</li>
<li>Recruit a team of volunteers to help.</li><li>Lead volunteers day-of to arrange food, tables, and materials, welcome attendees, and present the campus resources.<br></li></ul>We are recruiting 2-3 planning chairs. If interested, please contact <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank"><span class="il">gwamit</span>-exec@mit.edu</a> with a brief summary of experience.<br>
<br><b>********MIT Events********<br><br><b>
</b><span style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-size: small; border-collapse: separate;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; border-collapse: separate;"><font face="arial, sans-serif">2. [AMITA] Annual Meeting with Guest Speaker Leslie Pack Kaelbling (Sat. June 5, 11:30a-2p)</font></span></span></span></span></b><br>
<b>When:</b> Sunday, June 5, 11:30am - 2:00pm<br><b>Where:</b> MIT, Bush Room<br><b>Register: </b><a href="https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=54607&groupID=182">https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=54607&groupID=182</a><br>
<b>Cost</b>: $5 for AMITA members, $7 for guests, FREE if you are not having brunch.<br><br>
"Making Robots That Are Smart and Adaptable: Toward Lt. Commander Data" Dr Kaelblibng is the ESR Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science<br><br>LIght brunch, followed by AMITA business, then Dr. Kaelbling's seminar. And of course ending with networking/informal discussions. If you are attending a reunion brunch, feel free to arrive late.<br>
<br>Register at <a href="https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=54607&groupID=182">https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=54607&groupID=182</a><br><br><br><br><font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><b>********MIT Opportunities********</b><font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
<b><br><font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font><font face="arial, sans-serif">3.
Invitation to participate in study of the role of advising, mentors,
and networks in career development of engineering Ph.D. Students ($25
gift card)</font></font></font></font><br></b></font></font></b></font></font><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dear MIT Engineering Graduate Student: </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We invite you to participate in a research study on the career development and socialization of engineering Ph.D. students. <b>In particular, we would like to speak with Ph.D. students who are at least in their third year of doctoral study at MIT.</b>
Participation entails a brief survey and a one-on-one interview that
will take approximately 1 to 1.5 hours and will explore your experiences
and perceptions as a doctoral student, with specific emphasis on your
career development and the ways in which social networks with a variety
of individuals have contributed to your career development. The
project’s findings will inform the development and strengthening of
career services for graduate students and contribute to the literature
on career development in doctoral education.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">As a token of our appreciation, you will be provided with a $25 gift card for your participation. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If
you would like to be interviewed, the information you share will be
kept confidential and your name and other personally identifying
information will not be associated with your comments or perceptions.
Also, please be assured that participation in this study is completely
voluntary and your decision to participate or not participate will have
no effect on your relationship with MIT. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">If you would like to participate in this research study, please send an email to <a href="mailto:STEMcareer@mit.edu" target="_blank">STEMcareer@mit.edu</a> to schedule an appointment in May or June</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This study has been reviewed by MIT COUHES and has received support from MIT’s Office of the Dean of Graduate Education. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thank you for your consideration,</span></p><p><i>Carrie Sampson Moore, Deborah Liverman, and Katalin Szelenyi</i></p>
<p>Researchers from MIT and UMass Boston</p><font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div>
<b>**********Outside MIT**********</b><b></b>
<br><br><b>6. [Mass-AWIS] Mentoring Circles End of Year Celebration (Wed. May 25, 7-9:30p</b><b><div class="gmail_quote" style="display:inline ! important"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><b><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><div style="display:inline ! important">
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When: </font></span></span></span></b></span></b><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><font face="arial, sans-serif">W</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><font face="arial, sans-serif">ednesday, May 25, 2011 from 7:00 to 9:30pm</font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
<b><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><b><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Where: </font></span></span></span></b></span></b><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Microsoft NERD, Horace Mann room 1st Floor; 1 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA</font></span></span></span></span><b><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><b><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
Cost:</font></span></span></span></b></span></b><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></span></span></span><span style="border-collapse:collapse"><span style="font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small;border-collapse:separate"><font face="arial, sans-serif">**FREE EVENT for all AWIS Members**; $10 for non‐members</font></span></span></span></span><br>
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</font></span></span></span></b></span></b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Speakers: Katherine Turner, PhD and Current Mentoring Circle Members<br><br>Learn
more about the Mass‐AWIS Mentoring Circle program first hand from
current mentors and mentees. Program success stories will be celebrated
and challenges will be noted as we strive to make this program better
each year. In addition, we will hear from Dr. Katherine Turner about the
importance of mentoring to her career.<br>
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