<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear GWAMIT Members,</font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Take the GWAMIT 2012 Membership Survey at </font><a href="http://bit.ly/gwamit_survey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gwamit_survey</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> now until May 31 to enter a raffle to win a $50 Amazon.com gift card! Every 10th survey respondent will also win a GWAMIT reusable tote.</span></span></p>
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<span style><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Over the summer, the Digest will be released every other Monday. For more frequent updates on events of interest to GWAMIT members, check out our calendar at </span></span><a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest</a>.</p>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Enjoy the week,<br></font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><br>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style>1. Take the GWAMIT 2012 Membership Survey! (Survey open now until May 31st)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style>2. Join the GWAMIT Publicity Team (Positions open now!)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">MIT:</b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-auto">3. [MIT Museum] Visualizing Science: Through the Lens (Tues. May 22, 5:30-7:30pm)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;text-align:left"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;text-align:-webkit-auto">4. [ODGE] Apply to be a Graduate Community Fellow (Applications due Fri. Jun. 1, 5pm)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:left"><span style><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">5. </span><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Help strengthen advising and career services for Ph.D. students (Volunteer to be interviewed in May)</font></span></span></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Outside MIT:</font></b></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">6</font><font face="arial, sans-serif">. [AWIS] Mentoring Matters - A Celebration of the MASS-AWIS Mentoring Program (Wed. May 23, 6:30-9pm)</font></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">7. Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day (Wed. May 30, 8am-7pm)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">8. Women in Advanced Computing Summit (Tues. Jun. 12)</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">9. Check out the Galahads - VIP Invite (Closes Fri. Jun. 1)</span></div></div><div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">10. Participate in Research on Engineering Ph.D. Education (Sign up now!)</span></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></font><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>To see more events beyond this week's digest visit <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitevents" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gwamitevents</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><br></font></b></p><b style>1. Take the GWAMIT 2012 Membership Survey! (Survey open now until May 31st)</b><div>
<span style><b>When:</b> Now until May 31</span></div><div><span style><b>Where:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamit_survey" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gwamit_survey</a> </span></div>
<div><span style><b>How Long:</b> About 10 minutes</span></div><div><span style><b>Win!</b> Enter the raffle to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card. Every 10th survey respondent receives a GWAMIT tote.</span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style>The GWAMIT Executive Board invites you to take our first ever Membership Survey. Your responses will help us shape GWAMIT initiatives, policies, events and event content for the next year. We would love to know your opinions! </span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style>In taking the survey, you may enter to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card! In addition, every 10th survey respondent will recieve a GWAMIT tote (while supplies last; must be able to pick up or have interdepartmental mailing address). </span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style>Thank you for your time and useful feedback, </span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>The GWAMIT Executive Board</span></p>
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<font><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:normal"><b>2. Join the GWAMIT Publicity Team (Positions open now!)</b></span></span></font></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style><font><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="white-space:normal"><b>For more information: </b>Contact<b> </b></span></span></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dianne Kamfonik (<a href="mailto:diannek@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">diannek@mit.edu</a>) or Lan Li (<a href="mailto:lanli@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">lanli@mit.edu</a>)</font></span></div>
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<div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>GWAMIT is currently recruiting for a Publicity Team. If you are looking for a way to contribute more to GWAMIT in a low-key and flexible way, this is a great opportunity! Post on our blog or social media sites once per week. Available positions include: <br>
</font><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Textual Social Media Chair</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Photo Social Media Chair</font></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Feminist/Activism Blogger</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Resource Highlights Blogger</font></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>STEM News/Professional Development Blogger</font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><br>
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<b style="text-align:-webkit-auto">3. [MIT Museum] Visualizing Science: Through the Lens (Tues. May 22, 5:30-7:30pm)</b></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><b style="text-align:-webkit-auto">When:</b><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"> Tuesday, May 22, 5:30-7:30pm</span></div>
<div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Where: </b>MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge</div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<br></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><p style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">How do images influence the way you think about science? With her camera, her artist’s eye, and input from MIT scientists, photographer Berenice Abbott brought the world of science into a new light. She developed new photographic techniques such as "supersight", used in the photograph above and continually worked to use photography as "a friendly interpreter between science and the layman."<font> </font><br>
</font></p><p style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Join science photographer and MIT research scientist <a href="http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Vx3GEAAKAAEAAALRAAYn-A" target="_blank">Felice Frankel</a>, MIT Art History Professor <a href="http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Vx3GEAAKAAEAAANPAAYn-A" target="_blank">Caroline Jones</a>, and molecular biologist (and 2012 Koch Institute Image Award winner) <a href="http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=Vx3GEAAKAAEAAAQNAAYn-A" target="_blank">Christopher Turner</a> for a lively discussion about the role of modern day photography in the scientific landscape.<br>
<br>Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for viewing the exhibition <em>Berenice Abbott, Science and Photography: An Essential Unity</em>. Discussion will be moderated by exhibition curator Gary Van Zante, and begins at 6:00 p.m.</font></p>
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<b style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></b></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><b style="text-align:-webkit-auto">4. [ODGE] Apply to be a Graduate Community Fellow (Applications due Fri. Jun. 1, 5pm)</b></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><b style="text-align:-webkit-auto">When:</b><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto"> Deadline is June 1, 5pm</span></div><div style="text-align:left">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:-webkit-auto"><b>Where: </b></span><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://odge.mit.edu/community/gcf/">http://odge.mit.edu/community/gcf/</a></font></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><b>Questions:</b> <a href="mailto:konar@mit.edu" target="_blank" style>Heather Konar</a></div><div style="text-align:left"><br></div><div style="text-align:left">Help build the graduate community by serving as a Graduate Community Fellow in the areas of Graduate Orientation or Graduate School Clinics! Graduate Orientation Fellow serves from June 15 to October 15, while Graduate School Clinic Fellow serves July 1 through May 31, 2013. Fellows are paid $600/month for 10 hours of work/week.</div>
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<b style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><br></b></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-align:left"><b style="text-align:-webkit-auto">5. </b><b style="text-align:-webkit-auto"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Help strengthen advising and career services for Ph.D. students (Volunteers to be interviewed in May)<br>
</font></b><b style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When:</b><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Interviews are being scheduled in May<br></span><b style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Where:</b><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> On campus<br>
</span><b style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Contact:</b><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><a href="mailto:STEMcareer@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="text-align:-webkit-auto;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">STEMcareer@mit.edu</a><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">to book a time that fits your schedule</span></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Are you PhD student in engineering at MIT?</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Have you completed your second year?</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Provide your perspective on the role of advisors and mentors</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Interviews last 1 to 1.5 hours</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Gift card of $25 to all participants</span></li></ul></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div></div></div><p align="center" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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<b style>6. [AWIS] Mentoring Matters - A Celebration of the MASS-AWIS Mentoring Program (Wed. May 23, 6:30-9pm)</b></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style><b>When:</b> Wednesday, May 23, 6:30-9pm</span></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style><b>Where:</b> 46-3310</span></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style><b>RSVP: </b><a href="http://www.acteva.com/go/mass-awis" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">http://www.acteva.com/go/mass-awis</font></a></span></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Mentoring is fundamental to both our personal and career development – mentoring matters! This celebration marks the end of the MASS AWIS 2011-2012 Mentoring Program. We also welcome those interested in participating in future mentoring circles, either as a mentor or mentee.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Come hear our distinguished speaker, Dr. Joanne Kamens- Executive Director of Addgene; Dr.Kamens has been actively involved in raising awareness for women in science since 1998. She was the founding president of the Massachusetts AWIS chapter and was instrumental in starting the MASS AWIS Mentoring Circle program.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Agenda:</font></p>
<p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><span style="line-height:18px">6:30-7:00pm: </span><span style="line-height:18px">Registration, Networking, and Light Dinner</span><span style="line-height:18px"></span></font></p>
<p><span style="line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">7:00-8:00pm: Recap of this year’s Mentoring Circles</font></span></p><p><span style="line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">8:00-8:30pm: Presentation by Dr. Joanne Kamens</font></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">8:30-9:00pm: Networking/Conclusion of the evening</font></span></p></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<span style><br></span></div><div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style>7. Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Day (Wed. May 30, 8am-7pm)</b></font></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style>When:</b> Wednesday, May 30, 8am-7pm</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> Harvard Club of Boston, 374 Commonwealth Ave, Boston</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Register:</b></font><span style> </span><span style><a title="Registration for MALSI Day 2012" href="https://quikpayasp.com/massachusetts/commerce_manager/payer.do?orderType=MALSI%20Day%202012" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);list-style-position:initial;padding:0px;border-width:0px;list-style-type:none;outline:none;margin:0px">On-line Registration</a></span></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><strong style>The 5th Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation (MALSI) Day </strong><span style>is the biggest day for life sciences startups and innovation in the </span><span style>Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is a high-energy, hands-on </span><span style>event which brings together scientific leaders and business experts </span><span style>to mingle with innovators, post-docs, professors, entrepreneurs, </span><span style>innovators, and venture capitalists.</span></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div style><strong style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;outline:none"><br>
</strong></div><div style><strong style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;outline:none">The Burden of proof:</strong> As scientific breakthroughs progress from the moment of discovery through development to the market, inventors and developers have to show that the technology works - they have to "Prove It!" Our conference this year will focus on how and when you have to prove your technology and what investors, regulators and payors need to understand the product's viability and efficacy. <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px">Panel sessions will address: what data is required from the academic lab </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px">before the technology can be transferred to a company; what sort of </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px">"Proof of Concept" data is needed prior to pre-clinical work; what is required </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px">in the Clinic; and how new business models are being proved out following </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px">changes in the market.</span></div>
<div style><strong style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:16px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:initial;outline:none"><br></strong></div><div style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:15px">For program details: </span><span style="line-height:14px"><a href="http://www.mattcenter.org/malsi-day-2012/home.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.mattcenter.org/malsi-day-2012/home.html</a></span></font></div>
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</b></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>8. Women in Advanced Computing Summit (Tues. Jun. 12)</b></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> June 12</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton St, Boston</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:13px"><b>Information: </b></font><span style><a href="https://www.usenix.org/conference/wiac12" target="_blank" style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">https://www.usenix.org/conference/wiac12</font></a></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Attendees will spend the day brainstorming ways to support women already in the computing profession, enticing new ones into the workforce, and analyzing success stories.</font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Summit includes:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style>
</p><ul><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Invited speakers: <span style="background-color:white">Leslie Lambert,<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> Juniper; </span>Emily Gladstone Cole,<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> Cisco Systems, Inc; </span>Lisa Martinez<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, IBM; and </span>Sabrina Farmer<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, Google Inc.</span></span></font></li>
<li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Panel: "Strategies for a Successful Career in Computing"</font></li><li><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Workshop to develop concrete intents to change the shape of computing</font></li>
<li><span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.usenix.org/conference/wiac12/tech-schedule/workshop-program" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">https://www.usenix.org/conference/wiac12/tech-schedule/workshop-program</font></a></span></li>
</ul><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Plus, don't miss the opportunity to mingle with colleagues and leading experts in the combined Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs) and at the other evening social events, vendor BoFs, and receptions.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Because WiAC '12 is part of the USENIX Federated Conferences Week you can create your own conference experience. Your daily registration gets you into all the events happening that day: talks, workshops--you name it. Plus, registration packages offer expanded discounts: the more days you attend, the more you save! </font><a href="https://www.usenix.org/conference/fcw12" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.usenix.org/conference/fcw12</a></p>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style>9. Check out the Galahads - VIP Invite (Closes Fri. Jun. 1)</b></font></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style><br></b></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial"><span style>Are you a kickass woman? Check out </span><a href="https://dollcompany.infusionsoft.com/go/galahads/ericadhawan/" target="_blank" style>The Galahads: The Secret Society for Kickass Women</a><span style> </span><span style>with a mission to create successful women entrepreneurs through mastermind, networking, adventure, and gaming. We are offering MIT women entrepreneurs (or aspiring women entrepreneurs) a VIP invitation by signing up </span><a href="https://dollcompany.infusionsoft.com/go/galahads/ericadhawan/" target="_blank" style>here</a><span style> </span><span style>before the June 1 launch and we will make sure you get in. If you are a kickass woman who runs or aspires to run your own business, this is for you!</span></div>
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</b></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style>10. Participate in Research on Engineering Ph.D. Education (Sign up now!)</b></font></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><b>When:</b> Interviews from May - August</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><b>Questions:</b> <a href="mailto:ann.masterman@bc.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">ann.masterman@bc.edu</a></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial;font-size:small"><span style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:13px"><b>Sign up: </b></font><span style="line-height:14px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://bclynch.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_afL7oVsbvM6hse8" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://bclynch.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_afL7oVsbvM6hse8</a></font></span></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>I am conducting a study as part of my dissertation research that compares and contrasts the doctoral experiences and degree progress for women in Engineering with those of women in Education, and I am writing to ask for your participation as a female doctoral student pursuing an Engineering doctoral degree at MIT. I am looking for women doctoral students enrolled full-time in their second, third, fourth, or fifth year or beyond of doctoral study in the School of Engineering at MIT. The nature of your participation in this study would require 3 1-hour individual interviews with me, and a 1-hour focus group with other Engineering women at MIT facilitated by me.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Women who participate in my research study will be compensated <b>$75 in</b> <b>Gift Cards </b>for the interviews <b>and a free lunch or dinner</b> while participating in the focus group. The interviews and focus group are scheduled to take place between May and August 2012 at MIT. With the exception of the first interview which must be in-person, these interviews can be conducted using video-conferencing (e.g. Skype) if you will not be on-campus at MIT during these months.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Because women are underrepresented as doctoral students in male-dominated fields such as Engineering, I am interested in learning more about your unique doctoral student experiences as a woman studying Engineering, as well as the supports and barriers you experience as you continue to pursue your doctoral degree.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><span style="line-height:14px">If you are interested in participating in this important project, please click the link above </span><span style="line-height:14px">to fill out a 6-question participant eligibility form. Once you submit the form, I will be in touch with you shortly to provide you with additional information about your participation in the study.</span> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>- Ann K. Masterman; Ph.D Candidate, Higher Education; Boston College Lynch School of Education</font></p>
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