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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>Applications are now open for the 2013 GWAMIT Executive Board! For a full description of all positions available check out <a href="http://bit.ly/VqH2Tu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/VqH2Tu</a>, and click <a href="http://bit.ly/TEJJLZ" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">here</a> to apply by January 4!</span></p>
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<span style>This will be our last GWAMIT Digest until IAP begins on January 7. For updates on campus events and other GWAMIT news, please check out <a href="http://www.gwamit.org" target="_blank">www.gwamit.org</a> and our events of interest 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>.</p>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>Happy holidays,</font></p><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px"><br>
</font><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><font><b>The GWAMIT Board<br></b>Send your ideas to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-exec@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">gwamit-exec@mit.edu</a><br>
Send your <span>announcements</span> to: <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a><br>Visit us: <a href="http://gwamit.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://gwamit.org</a><br>
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<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1. Applications Open for the GWAMIT 2013 Executive Board (Applications due Fri. Jan. 4, 11:59pm)</font></span></div>
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<b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style>MIT:</font></b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2. [GSC] Housing and Community Affairs Meeting (Wed. Dec. 19, 6pm)</div>
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<span style="font-family:arial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3. [Harvard] Academic Job Search Series: Negotiating Faculty Offers (Tues. Jan. 8, 3-4pm)</font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style>4. Become a Citizen Teacher!</span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">5. Volunteer with Science Club for Girls</div>
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</font><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><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><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1. </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Applications Open for the GWAMIT 2013 Executive Board (Applications due Fri. Jan. 4, 11:59pm)</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Applications due Friday, January 4, 11:59pm</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Positions: </b></span><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://bit.ly/VqH2Tu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/VqH2Tu</a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Application:</b> </span><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://bit.ly/TEJJLZ" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/TEJJLZ</a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Questions:</b> <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Interested in being more involved in GWAMIT? Have you attended or helped plan a past GWAMIT activity and would like to become a member of the Executive Board? Apply now for a GWAMIT Executive Board position for the 2013 term, from January to December 2013!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style>Positions available include:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style>Executive Chair (2 positions)</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style>Membership Chair</font></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style>Publicity Chair</font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style>Finance Chair</font></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style>Secretary</font></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Before applying, please review the responsibilities and requirements of each Executive Board position <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/gwamitweb/about/gwamit-board-structure" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">on the GWAMIT website</a>, then click <a href="http://bit.ly/TEJJLZ" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">here</a> to apply. Additionally, after submitting your application, please email <a href="mailto:gwamit-sec@mit.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">gwamit-sec@mit.edu</a> to schedule a brief, 1:1 interview with a current Executive Board member.</span></p>
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</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>2. [GSC] Housing and Community Affairs Meeting (Wed. Dec. 19, 6pm)</u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>When:</b> Wednesday, December 19, 6pm</p><p class="MsoNormal">
<b>Where:</b> GSC Office (50-220)</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Contact:</b> <a href="mailto:gsc-hca@mit.edu">gsc-hca@mit.edu</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Come and talk about ongoing projects including stipend recommendations and on-campus housing with the Housing and Community Affairs committee!</p>
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</b></div><div><b><u style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3. [Harvard] Academic Job Search Series: Negotiating Faculty Offers (Tues. Jan. 8, 3-4pm)</font></u></b></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>When:</b> Tuesday, January 8, 3-4pm</font></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Where:</b> 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge - Biolabs 1080</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Register:</b> </font><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveymonkey.com%2Fs%2FNegotiatingOffers_Jan2013&ust=1355502051014000&usg=AFQjCNF888N0wqDN8nac7VqvNeQ8-Cwnmw" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NegotiatingOffers_Jan2013</a></div>
<div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">In order to be fully prepared to negotiate effectively for a faculty job package that meets your needs, join us for a panel discussion with faculty members who serve on search committees, as well as former postdocs who have recently, and successfully, gone through the negotiation process. Light refreshments will be provided. To register, <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveymonkey.com%2Fs%2FNegotiatingOffers_Jan2013&ust=1355502051014000&usg=AFQjCNF888N0wqDN8nac7VqvNeQ8-Cwnmw" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NegotiatingOffers_Jan2013</a> . Sponsored by the FAS Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, this event is open to GSAS students and postdocs.</p>
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<span style><b>Sign up:</b> <font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.citizenschools.org/volunteer/sign-up/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.citizenschools.org/volunteer/sign-up/</a></font></span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif" style><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div><span style>Share Your Passion for Science with Middle School Students While Building Solar Cars! </span></div>
<div><span style><br>Citizen Schools is looking for community members who are passionate about engineering, the environment, and/or alternative energy to ignite catalyst moments in local middle school students by teaching a ten-week solar cars class! Teams of students will collaborate to design, build, and test their solar car. At the end of the semester, each team will enter its car into the Junior Solar Sprint held at MIT!</span></div>
<div><span style><br>Not interested in Solar Cars, but still love science, technology, engineering or math? You can still be involved! We have many curricula that focus on STEM fields, or we can help you build your own. Check out our curricula library at <a href="http://www.citizenschools.org/curriculum/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.citizenschools.org/curriculum/</a>.</span></div>
<div><span style><br>Learn more about how you can get involved this spring sharing your interests and passions with a group of eager middle school students.<br><br>Sign up today at <a href="http://www.citizenschools.org/volunteer/sign-up/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.citizenschools.org/volunteer/sign-up/</a>.</span></div>
<div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style><br></span></div><div><span style><b><u>5. Volunteer with Science Club for Girls</u></b></span></div><div><b>Application: </b><a href="http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e6p0xfn7h9zz0gkf/a014whatrdpmi/greeting">Here</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#330000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ever wonder what happens when kindergarteners become physicists? </font><span style="color:rgb(51,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">What about the transformation fifth graders go through as they discover </span><span style="color:rgb(51,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">the world as oceanographers and marine biologists? Our third graders </span><span style="color:rgb(51,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">get explosive with chemistry creating their own crystals, while the fourth </span><span style="color:rgb(51,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">graders roll out the blueprints and hard hats as architects. </span></div>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#330000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#330000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This semester there are so many different ways to <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">volunteer</span> with </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Science</span><span style="color:rgb(51,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Club for Girls it is OUTSTANDING!</span></div>
<font color="#330000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font><div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#330000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Join these future <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">scientists</span>, technology enthusiasts, engineers, and </font><font color="#330000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">mathematicians as their </font><span style="color:rgb(51,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mentor-<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Scientists</span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">! </span><span style="color:rgb(51,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Open their eyes to new possibilities while making a difference in both of your lives. </span></div>
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