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<div><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">Dear Graduate Women at MIT,</span><br class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">With the start of the semester, the </span><b class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">GWAMIT Mentoring Program</b><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> has opened
applications for women graduate students to be matched with a mentor. In the program, graduate women are mentored by faculty, alums, or Boston-area professionals. Mentorship can be sought in areas ranging from careers to more personal matters.</span><br class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">Graduate women mentees are responsible for meeting with their mentor every month for a minimum of 1 hour and attending a beginning-of-term and end-of-year dinner. After one semester, you can choose
to be rematched or leave the program, but we prefer for you to participate for the entire academic year so that you can build a strong relationship with your mentor.</span><br class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">If you are interested in participating as a mentee this school year, please fill out the survey here by </span><b class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">Friday, September 15th: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/qC2tF5EUwqEDjSDF2" class="">https://goo.gl/forms/qC2tF5EUwqEDjSDF2</a></b><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">. </span><br class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">Mentees will be able to enter preferences for mentors based on mentor profiles that will be distributed soon. </span><b class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">Mentees will be given priority
in selecting mentors in the order you fill out the above survey, so please don’t wait!</b><br class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">If you have a recommendation for a faculty/alum/professional mentor, questions, or would like more info, visit our </span><a href="http://gwamit.scripts.mit.edu/gwamit-exec/mentoring-program/" class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">website</a><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;"> or
e-mail </span><a href="mailto:gwamit-mentor@mit.edu" class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">gwamit-mentor@mit.edu</a><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">.</span><br class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">Best wishes,</span><br class="" style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">
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<span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: medium;">GWAMIT Mentoring Program Committee</span></div>
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