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<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><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Over the summer, the Digest will be released every other week. For more frequent updates on events of interest to GWAMIT members, check out our calendar at </span><a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest</a>.</span></p>
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<br><b>========<br>IN BRIEF<br>========<br></b></font><b><br></b></font></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-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1. [GSC] Dissertation Boot Camp (July 16-25, 9am-5:30pm; Register by July 10 at 12pm)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2. [GSC] Apply to be a GSC Creative Media Manager Fellow (Applications due July 31)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:left"><span style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="text-align:-webkit-auto">3. Join the 2012 Path of Professorship Planning Team! (</font><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Meetings from June-October; Event from October 26-27)</span></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:left"><span style="text-align:-webkit-auto">4. [MIT Museum] New holography exhibition open now!</span></div>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Outside MIT:</font></b></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">5. Science Club for Girls Summer Science Week (Tues. Jul. 17-Fri. Jul. 20, 8:30am-5:30pm daily)</span></div>
</div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">6. Opportunities with the Scientista Foundation</span></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></font><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;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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<b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1. [GSC] Dissertation Boot Camp (July 16-25, 9am-5:30pm; Register by July 10 at 12pm)</b></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> July 16-25, 9am-5:30pm; Register by July 10 at 12pm</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> Pritchett, Walker Memorial</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Information: </b></font><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://gsc.mit.edu/programs-initiatives/dbc/">http://gsc.mit.edu/programs-initiatives/dbc/</a></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Contact and registration:</b> </font><a href="mailto:pavitrak@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Pavitra Krishnaswamy</a></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Come to a quiet and focused environment for writing theses, with coffee and breakfast provided! Registration fee is $20, and participants should supply their own laptop computers for the sessions.</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"><b>When:</b> Applications due July 31</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>More information:</b> </font><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://odge.mit.edu/community/gcf/currentprojects/#GSCComm">http://odge.mit.edu/community/gcf/currentprojects/#GSCComm</a></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Contact:</b> </font><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:gsc-secretary@mit.edu">gsc-secretary@mit.edu</a></font></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Do you love taking, collecting, and editing/processing photos and videos? Would you like to attend all sorts of events for graduate students at MIT? Do you have experience or interest in leveraging media content in designing creative marketing and publicity campaigns?</font></div>
<div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Apply for the <b>PAID</b> graduate community fellow position of Creative Media Manager to obtain exclusive access to graduate events, interface with The Tech for graduate life coverage, design creative and unique campaigns, and more!</font></div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><b>When:</b> Meetings from June-October; Event from October 26-27</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><b>Contact:</b> <a href="mailto:smmorey@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">smmorey@mit.edu</a></font></div>
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<span style>Have you ever wanted to ask your favorite female professor how she does it all? The grants, the lab meetings, the kids, the institute service - and still manages to look good doing it? <br>
<br>If so - now is your chance! Be a part of the 2012 Path of Professorship Planning Team! As a member you will get guaranteed acceptance to this year's Path of Professorship Workshop, as well as the opportunity to suggest and network with your favorite female faculty members. Path of Professorship is MIT''s bootcamp for the secrets of success of female faculty members - a day and a half of sessions, lectures, meals, contacts and information on how to succeed along the road to academia. See <a href="http://odge.mit.edu/development/pop/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://odge.mit.edu/development/pop/</a> for more info.</span></div>
<div><span style> <br>Commitments include one or two meetings over the summer and a few meetings in September and October, as well as help during the October 26th - 27th Path of Professorship.<br>
<br>Please respond to me at <a href="mailto:smmorey@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">smmorey@mit.edu</a> if you are interested!</span></div></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">
<span style><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style><b>4. [MIT Museum] New holography exhibition open now!</b></span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style><b><br></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">On June 29, the MIT Museum opened a new exhibit entitled </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><em style="text-align:left"><a href="http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=WQXrWQAKAAEAAAClAAY-Xw" target="_blank" style="text-align:left">The Jeweled Net: Views of Contemporary Holography</a>.</em><span style="text-align:left"> This exhibit surveys state-of-the-art display holography, and showcases the artistic and technical merit of over 20 works of holographic art. This exhibition opened along with the </span><a href="http://mitmuseum.pmailus.com/pmailweb/ct?d=WQXrWQAKAAEAAAHwAAY-Xw" target="_blank" style="text-align:left">9th International Symposium on Display Holography</a><span style="text-align:left"> being held with the MIT Media Lab. The exhibition images include a beautiful, larger-than-life sized portrait of Her Majesty the Queen</span><span style="text-align:left">! </span></font></span></div>
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<b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">5. Science Club for Girls Summer Science Week (Tues. Jul. 17-Fri. Jul. 20, 8:30am-5:30pm daily)</b></div>
<div><div style="font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><b>When:</b> July 17-July 20, 8:30am-5:30pm daily</font></div><div style="font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><b>Where:</b> Lasell College, 1844 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial"><span style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Volunteer:</b> </font><a href="http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5tcs9rih0y5ot7u/a01ojh27nnpla/greeting" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5tcs9rih0y5ot7u/a01ojh27nnpla/greeting</a></span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial"><span style><br></span></div><div><span style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="text-align:left">Eager to give back this summer? </span><span style="text-align:left">Want to help teach STEM curricula to girls? </span></font>Volunteer with Science Club for Girls because <em><strong>Summer Science Week 2012 is ON!</strong></em></span><div>
<div style="text-align:left"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><br></font></div><div><div style="text-align:left"><span style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are looking for volunteers to participate as Science Teachers, Field Trip Chaperones or </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">BOTH for our Summer Science Week. Volunteer for one, two, three or all four days with us. </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We have positions in the morning 8:30am - 12:30pm as a Science Teacher and/or 12:30pm-</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">5:30pm as a Field Trip Chaperone to exciting locations all around eastern Massachusetts. </span></span></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><b>Contact:</b> Julia & Christina at <a href="mailto:contact@scientistafoundation.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">contact@scientistafoundation.com</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style><br></b></font></div><div style="font-family:arial"><span style>The Scientista Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to bridging the gaps between established professionals and female students interested in pursuing careers in the sciences. Recognizing that direct communication between women at these different stages in their careers is difficult, we seek to serve as a comprehensive online resource to women in college and graduate school. By offering mentorship, advice, resources, and opportunities, we hope to help young women across the country realize their career goals. Scientista aims to build the largest network of campus women in science. Scientista serves to connect existing communities of women in science at campuses across the nation, giving such important organizations more visibility and resources, and building a strong, cohesive network of women in science that can act as one voice. Since it's founding, the Scientista Foundation has gained <b>16</b> campus organizations from across <b>11</b> campuses in <b>three </b>US regions. Opportunities include:</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial"><span style><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial"><div><b style>Website Make-over:</b></div><div><span style>We are looking for someone who is fluent in html/css/java script who can help create a more polished look for our website. The project involves front-end development of the homepage design and regional/campus pages, building a standardized article layout, and adding some javascript elements to make our page look more tech savvy and sleek. This position is ideal for someone looking for a short-term, fun project that will help brand the future of women in STEM!</span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style>Time commitment: Very flexible, and depends on what we decide to change/add, but an estimate of ~10 hrs over the course of a month or so. (Open to any gender/background/age!)</span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><div><b style>Long term:</b></div><div><span style>We are seeking a webmanager/CTO to join the Scientista team! CTO will work closely with the co-founders to build a fresh, innovative website that will use the web and media in new ways to empower student women in STEM. </span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style>Roles include: </span></div><div><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style>Moving our website over to a different CMS/ adding a login feature, etc</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style>Working closely with the co-founders on product development/ creative directions</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style>Building features and tools that will facilitate online interactions/networking and easily connect our scientistas to online resources. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style>CTO will also work with the editorial team to publish articles and the graphic design team to keep our website looking sleek and visually appealing. </span></li>
</ul></div><div><span style>We're looking for someone who is creative, motivated and entrepreneurial in spirit, who is passionate about female empowerment in the science. We're also looking for someone who is a good "fit" with our core team :) (can be male or female!). If you're interested, send us an email and we'll give you more information!</span></div>
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