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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For updates, photos, and interesting links, be sure to "Like" our GWAMIT <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gwamit" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Facebook page</a>!</font></p>
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</font><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font><b>The GWAMIT Board<br></b>Send your ideas to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</a><br>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">1. Become a GWAMIT Department Representative!</div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">MIT:</font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">2. [GECD] Staying Competitive in Your Job Search, Featuring Google (Tues. Sep. 18, 4:30-6pm)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">3. MIT European Career Fair Planning Information Session (Tues. Sep. 18, 7pm)</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">4. Alumni Association Externship Program Information Session (Wed. Sep. 19, 7pm)</font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">5. [MIT Medical] Making Peace with Food and Body Image Fall 2012 (Fridays, 3:30-5pm)</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">6. MIT Police Rape Aggression Defense Classes (Oct. 19-21, Nov. 2-4, Dec. 7-9; times vary)</font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">7. [ODGE] Graduate Student Life Grants (Deadline Oct. 26)</span></div>
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<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Outside MIT:</font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">8. [Harvard] Entrepreneurship 101 (Tues. Sep. 18, 6-8pm)</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">9. [MASS-AWIS] Financial Rules of Thumb Workshop (Wed. Sep. 19, 6-9pm)</span></div><div><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">10. ePowerhouse 1st Annual Inter-Collegiate Mixer for Entrepreneurship (Thurs. Sep. 20, 5-9pm)</span></div>
<div><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">11. [WEST] Overcoming Immunity to Change (Mon. Sep. 24, 6-9pm)</span></div><div><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">12. [Boston Charter Day] Stirring the Pot: Women in Early Massachusetts (Mon. Sep. 24, 6:30pm)</span></div>
</div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">To see more events beyond this week's digest visit <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitevents" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://bit.ly/gwamitevents</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://bit.ly/gwamitinterest</a><br>
<br><b>====================<br>FULL <span class="il">ANNOUNCEMENTS</span><br>====================</b> <br><b><br></b></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">**********GWAMIT**********</font></b></p>
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<b>1. Become a GWAMIT Department Representative!</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<b>Apply:</b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG4zMDF3b1BTV29Vck1TWlJ1cWRFOWc6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Department Rep application form</a> </div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Contact:</b> </span><a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> (with any questions)</span><br style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">Interested in getting more involved with GWAMIT? Become a GWAMIT Department Representative! </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">As a department rep</span><span style="font-size:12.727272033691406px">, you will serve as the liaison between your department and GWAMIT. This includes updating your department on GWAMIT events and initiatives and letting us know if any issues related to graduate women in your program arise. Its a great, <b><i>low time commitment</i></b> way to get involved with GWAMIT and we are looking for multiple reps from each department! If interested fill out <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG4zMDF3b1BTV29Vck1TWlJ1cWRFOWc6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">this form</a> and keep an eye out for our upcoming General Board meeting in the next couple of weeks.</span></div>
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<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">**********MIT**********</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br>
</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">2. [GECD] Staying Competitive in Your Job Search, Featuring Google (Tues. Sep. 18, 4:30-6pm)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">When:</b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Tuesday, September 18, 4:30-6pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where: </b>35-225</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Register:</b> <a href="https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fmit%2fstudent%2f">On Careerbridge</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="border-collapse:separate;text-align:-webkit-auto"></span></p><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Join Liz Arnold, University Programs Specialist at Google, for tips on how to stay competitive throughout your job search, starting with the upcoming Fall Career Fair. Learn what makes some candidates stand out over others, and how you can deliver an effective message about your qualifications from the beginning to maximize your potential for an offer. From introducing yourself to an employer at the Career Fair to accepting an offer down the road, you will gain a competitive advantage by mastering these job search basics. </font></div>
</div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">3. MIT European Career Fair Planning Information Session (Tues. Sep. 18, 7pm)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">When:</b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Tuesday, September 18, 7pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> 1-150</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>RSVP:</b> <a href="mailto:career@euroclub.mit.edu">career@euroclub.mit.edu</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The European Club at MIT is now putting together a team to organize the 17th European Career Fair at MIT (ECF2013), to be held on the MIT campus on February 23rd, 2013.</span><br style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The ECF is an annual event that is organized for the last 16 years by students, postdocs and employees of MIT, Harvard and other universities in the Greater Boston area. It is the largest recruiting event in the US that focuses on opportunities and contacts in Europe. In previous years, our candidate resume database contained over 5000 resumes and over 120 companies came to the fair.</span><br style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Being part of the European Career Fair Team is a great way to get to know people, improve your soft skills, be actively involved in an event that could jumpstart the next part of your career, and to provide the community of MIT and other schools with a top-quality recruiting event.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Come join us on </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">September 13th (Thursday), MIT room 1-134,</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> or </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">September 18th (Tuesday), MIT room 1-150, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">at</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> 7pm</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">for one of our information sessions and learn what it is all about and how you can be a part of the organizing team for European Career Fair 2013. </span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">There will be some refreshments served, so please </span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">RSVP by sending an email to <a href="mailto:career@euroclub.mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">career@euroclub.mit.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> if you have questions or/and plan to attend the information session.</span><br>
<br style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">You can also find more information on our website: </span><a href="http://www.euro-career.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:Arial;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://www.euro-career.com</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">4. Alumni Association Externship Program Information Session (Wed. Sep. 19, 7pm)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>When:</b> Wednesday, September 19, 7pm</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> 56-154</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Register:</b> <a href="http://alum.mit.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://alum.mit.edu</a></font></p>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="line-height:18px">The MIT Alumni Association </span><a href="http://alumic.mit.edu/redirect.aspx?linkID=11709&eid=186539" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);line-height:18px;text-decoration:none">Externship Program</a><span style="line-height:18px"> matches current students with alumni in their workplace for job shadowing and/or practical experience during IAP. Alumni around the world are looking to work with you! Come to an information session on </span><span style="line-height:18px">Wednesday, Sept. 19</span><span style="line-height:18px"> at </span><span style="line-height:18px">7:00 p.m.</span><span style="line-height:18px"> in </span><span style="line-height:18px">56-154 to learn more</span><span style="line-height:18px">.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">5. [MIT Medical] Making Peace with Food and Body Image Fall 2012 (Fridays, 3:30-5pm)</b></p>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>When:</b> 10-week group, Fridays 3:30-5pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> MIT Medical</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Contact:</b> Zan at <a href="mailto:bars@med.mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">bars@med.mit.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Are eating and body image a source of stress? They don’t have to be.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In this group, we talk about eating concerns and pressures like body dissatisfaction, “free food” on campus, and stress eating. The group provides education, support, and practical strategies to manage food and body stress.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Led by Zan Barry and Audra Bartz, MIT Medical</span></p><p></p></div>
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<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">6. MIT Police Rape Aggression Defense Classes (Oct. 19-21, Nov. 2-4, Dec. 7-9; times vary)</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>When:</b> October 19-21, November 2-4, December 7-9; Friday 5:30-9pm, Saturday/Sunday 12-5pm</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> McCormick Dance Studio</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Register:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/OTdk2i">bit.ly/OTdk2i</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This fall, MIT Police and the Residential Life & Dining Office will be offering "Rape Aggression Defense" classes (RAD) specifically for women who wish to physically protect themselves against rape and other forms of violence. The course is taught for free by certified MITPD RAD instructors.</font></span></p>
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</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>7. [ODGE] Graduate Student Life Grants (Deadline Oct. 26)</b></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Deadline October 26</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Application:</b> </font></span><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://odge.mit.edu/community/gslg/">http://odge.mit.edu/community/gslg/</a></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Contact:</b> <a href="mailto:gslg@mit.edu">gslg@mit.edu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">The</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">Graduate Student Life Grants</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">program is a request-for-proposal process inviting graduate students, spouses, faculty, or staff to submit creative, community building ideas for possible funding.</span><br>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">We encourage you to apply for funds - especially in collaboration with other students or student groups. Proposals may address a specific constituency such as families; they may cross departments or focus within a discipline; they may target several residence halls, or a variety of student groups. Their purpose should be to explore the role and relevance of community in creating a more balanced and fulfilling graduate experience.</span><br>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(34,34,34)">Previous successful grants include Weekly Wednesdays at the Muddy Charles, Greek Cooking Class, Science Policy Bootcamp, the FamilyNet website and "An Evening with Tom Chapin."</span><br>
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<div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The application deadline is midnight on Friday, October 26, 2012. Proposal authors will have the opportunity to answer any questions from the selection panel; funds will be released after December 7, 2012.</font></div>
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<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">**********Outside MIT**********</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">8. [Harvard] Entrepreneurship 101 (Tues. Sep. 18, 6-8pm)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">When:</b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Tuesday, September 18, 6-8pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> Harvard Innovation Lab Classroom</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Register: </b></span><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4248258656">http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4248258656</a></font></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Do you think of yourself as an entrepreneur or innovator? Do you have ideas or solutions to problems (or problems worth searching for a solution) you think would be worth pursuing, but aren’t sure what to do? Ever wished you could start your own business or non-profit? </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">If you want to get grounded in the basics of entrepreneurship, then come hear the Managing Director and Director of the Harvard Innovation Lab talk about “5 Key Insights to Know about Entrepreneurship” as well as personal stories from their life as former entrepreneurs. Held at the new <a href="http://i-lab.harvard.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Harvard innovation lab</a> you will also learn about what resources the I-lab offers to Harvard students to grow ideas and ventures. </p>
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<b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">9. [MASS-AWIS] Financial Rules of Thumb Workshop (Wed. Sep. 19, 6-9pm)</b></p>
</div><div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When:</b><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Wednesday, September 19, 6-9pm</span></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;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Where:</b> BU College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Room 102, 635 Commonwealth Ave, Boston</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Register:</b></span><span style="text-align:center"><span style="color:gray"><b style="font-size:14pt"> </b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></span></span><span style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://www.acteva.com/go/mass-awis" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">www.acteva.com/go/mass-awis</font></a></span></span></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
</font></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="text-align:justify">Rick Shaffer’s “Financial Rules of Thumb” Workshop</span><span style="text-align:justify"> is a 90-minute information-packed, interactive presentation that covers a wide spectrum of the financial topics of importance to everyone: saving, investing for retirement, credit issues, taxes, buying and owning a home, insurance, saving and paying for college, and much more. Using straightforward, easy-to-understand language, and a dynamic, humorous format, this Workshop provides practical information that everyone can use for managing both personal <i>and </i>professional finances. After attending this Workshop, participants will have a firm grasp of basic financial information – as well as many little-known but often overlooked financial tools.</span></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="text-align:justify"><br></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="text-align:justify"><br></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">10. ePowerhouse 1st Annual Inter-Collegiate Mixer for Entrepreneurship (Thurs. Sep. 20, 5-9pm)</b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When:</b><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Thursday, September 20, 5-9pm</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>RSVP:</b> </span><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://bit.ly/O9aP0h">http://bit.ly/O9aP0h</a></font></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Are you a student entrepreneur or an aspiring entrepreneur? </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Do you want to meet Boston's youngest business masterminds and technical gurus all at one event?</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.e-phouse.com/" style="text-decoration:none">ePowerhouse</a> is giving you the opportunity to network with Boston's most entrepreneurial peers, startup enthusiasts, and experts on entrepreneurship. We have put together the largest inter-collegiate mixer for entrepreneurship in the Greater Boston Area supported by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (OSBE).</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Objective:</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> To promote the cross collaboration of entrepreneurship </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and innovation across different universities and entrepreneurial </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">organizations</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> by:</span></p>
<ul><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Enhancing schools’ Entrepreneurship Clubs collaboration</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Facilitating networking across neighboring schools’ students</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Fostering cross-college startup teams</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Promoting colleges’ most innovative startups</span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></li>
</ul><p></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="line-height:1.2em;text-align:-webkit-auto;white-space:nowrap"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hors d'oeuvres, dinner from international cuisines, dessert and drinks</font></span><span style="line-height:1.2em;text-align:-webkit-auto;white-space:nowrap;font-size:medium;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:italic">. </span></p>
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<b style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">11. [WEST] Overcoming Immunity to Change (Mon. Sep. 24, 6-9pm)</b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">When:</b><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Monday, September 24, 6-9pm</span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> AstraZeneca, 35 Gatehouse Lane, Waltham, MA</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Register:</b> </span><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://bit.ly/RYLtCt">http://bit.ly/RYLtCt</a></font></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Have you ever set yourself a goal that you really wanted and needed to reach but found yourself unable to make progress? Or perhaps you took a few positive steps only to slide frustratingly back to square one? Overcoming Immunity to Change provides a powerful methodology to help individuals and teams get “unstuck” and finally make lasting progress on goals that matter to them. It is a process that leads people to a clear understanding of why they do what they do, and how their underlying patterns of thinking keep them from progress even when they seem committed to action. Participants come to the Overcoming Immunity to Change workshop with a particular personal goal in mind and focus on that goal throughout the workshop. By the end of the process, they have a clear handle on how they get in their own way, and practical tools to help them step aside. The process can be used with individuals and with teams to achieve breakthrough change.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This workshop serves to help you get out of your way and achieve your goals. The Immunity to Change Coach, Ali Farquhar is the Principal of GTL Coaching and Consulting. Ali is an Executive Coach who works with individuals and teams to build leadership capacity and drive growth and change. </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Ali has guided many leaders to re-evaluate the outdated stories they tell themselves about what they must do to be successful, and to replace those stories with a new narrative that puts them on a whole new performance curve.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This program includes a three hour long session, as well as a half an hour of networking and food.</span></p>
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<b style="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);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="text-align:justify;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">12. [Boston Charter Day] Stirring the Pot: Women in Early Massachusetts (Mon. Sep. 24, 6:30pm)</b></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="text-align:justify"><b>When:</b> Monday, September 24, 6:30pm</span></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="text-align:justify"><b>Where:</b> The Old State House Museum, 15 State Street, Boston</span></font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="text-align:justify"><b>RSVP (required):</b> </span></font><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://bcd2012monday.eventbrite.com/">http://bcd2012monday.eventbrite.com/</a></font></div>
<div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This panel discussion, part of Boston Charter Day 2012, will explore the special role of women in creating and sustaining community in early Massachusetts. Women had fingers in many pots in the decades after Boston’s founding. Even as they helped to bring food to the table, women nourished kin and neighbors in other ways: as educators, caregivers, and models of piety. In this way, ordinary women were “authors” of community in their homes, their neighborhoods, and their congregations. Panelists will consider how individual women navigated the tensions that surrounded their important and visible place in community life.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><u><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Panelists:</font></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Professor Charlotte Gordon, Author and Poet, Assistant Professor of English, Endicott College, Beverly, MA</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Professor Cornelia H. (Nina) Dayton, Author, Associate Professor of History, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><u>Moderator</u><u>:</u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Jonathan L. Fairbanks, Director of the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA and Curator Emeritus, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 8px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">About Boston Charter Day: </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Each year we commemorate the naming of Boston, Dorchester, and Watertown on September 7, 1630 and hold a series of events to teach the public about early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Boston Charter Day is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.</span></p>
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