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Dear GW@MIT Members,</span></font>
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<font face="georgia, times, times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:14px">We encourage you to join GSC representatives and your fellow students to call members of Congress and protest the proposed tax reform that will significantly increase taxes for graduate students. The phone bank is happening <strong>TODAY</strong> in <strong>66-144 between 11AM and 3PM</strong>. Every voice matters!<br>
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<font face="georgia, times, times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Stay warm, and make sure to follow us on the links above. </span></font><br>
<font face="georgia, times, times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:14px">- The GW@MIT Board</span></font></div>
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<hr><strong style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><font color="#800A00">GW@MIT:</font></strong></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif">1. NextGen Summit (Nov 11)<br>
2. Fall 2017 General Board Meeting (Nov 16)</span>
<hr><strong style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><font color="#800A00">MIT:</font></strong></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif">3. Movie screening: Moonlight (Nov 11)<br>
4. Holiday Bazaar (Dec 1)<br>
5. GLBTQ Support Group (Mondays)</span><br>
<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif">6. GCWS Spring 2018 Courses<br>
7. Work-Life Center Fall Seminar Series (Fall '17)<br>
8. Fellowship Opportunity (Fall '17)</span>
<hr><strong style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><font color="#800A00">Outside MIT:</font></strong><br>
<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif">9. SWE Workshop: Building Your Leadership Skills (Nov 14)<br>
10. Point Foundation’s scholarship for LGBTQ students (now)<br>
11. Horizons Fellowship Applications Open (now)</span></div>
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<strong style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><font color="#800A00">Elizabeth Blackwell</font></strong><font face="georgia, times, times new roman, serif"> (1821-1910) was a British-born physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. She was the first woman to graduate from medical school with an MD, a pioneer in promoting the education of women in medicine, and a social and moral reformer.</font></div>
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<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>When: </strong>Saturday, November 11th<br>
<strong>Where:</strong> Harvard University<br>
We are excited to announce that GW@MIT will be partnering with <a href="https://www.ngsummit.com/ngs-harvard" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">NGS@Harvard</a> - a one-day event designed to bring together an invite-only cohort of the most talented student entrepreneurial leaders from the Boston area.<br>
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● Pitch your startup to a panel of leading investors and VC firms for funding. (Previous participating firms include DFJ, Bessemer, StarVest, and dozens more)<br>
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● Connect and network with executives and recruiters from billion-dollar brands. (Previous partners include Facebook, Google, Walmart, and Blackrock).<br>
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We are happy to share that all members of your organization are invited to attend. You simply have to fill out the <a href="https://ngscampus.typeform.com/to/ufCThI" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">short application </a>and mention your group. Make sure to act fast before the spots are filled!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>When: </strong>Thursday, November 16th, 5 PM<br>
<strong>Where:</strong> MIT Building 32-144<br>
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Please join us for the GWAMIT Fall 2017 General Board Meeting!<br>
We welcome everyone to this meeting: members, departmental representatives, and anyone wanting to know more about GWAMIT to discuss personal, professional, and academic issues relevant to our community.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong><font color="#800A00">3. Moonlight movie screening! </font></strong></span><br>
<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>When:</strong> Nov 11, 7 PM<br>
<strong>Where:</strong> 6-120<br>
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Join Mind Hand Heart tonight for a free dinner and movie, Moonlight! <br>
6-120 at 7:00pm Wed 11/8<br>
All are welcome to join. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>When: </strong>Friday, December 1, 6-8pm<br>
<strong>Where: </strong>Eastgate Penthouse</span><br>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong><font color="#800A00">5. GLBTQ Support Group</font></strong></span><br>
<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>When:</strong> Mondays, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM<br>
<strong>Where: </strong>Mental Health and Counseling Conference Room, 3rd floor, MIT Medical</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif">This group is a safe space for students who want to come together to talk about their identities, the intersections of such identities on campus and in the world, and being themselves. It’s an opportunity to share things that they are comfortable with and gain support. Prior to joining the group, we encourage students to meet with one of the co-leaders first so they can ask any question they might have. <br>
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MEET: Mondays (first meeting, Monday, October 23, 2017)<br>
Snacks will be served!</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong><font color="#800A00">6. GCWS Spring 2018 Courses </font></strong></span><br>
<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>Deadline to register:</strong> January 3, 2018</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><u><strong>Women in Contemporary U.S. Science</strong></u><br>
Tuesdays, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM<br>
January 30, 2018 – May 8, 2018<br>
MIT Course Number: WGS.645 <br>
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Using a variety of disciplinary lenses (history, psychology, sociology), this course explores the factors that impede women from successful participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers in the United States. A look into history will reveal that in different times and places, science, or at least certain branches of science, has been considered an entirely appropriate arena for women and that the advancement of women in the sciences does not follow a linear progressive trend. The course will also cover a variety of sociological and psychological mechanisms (including critical mass, accumulation of disadvantages, stereotype threat, implicit association, and attribution theory) that currently tend to distance women from scientific pursuits. Our investigation will range from what happens in the educational system to the situation of women scientists in the workplace. Furthermore, we will examine programs and interventions that are designed to support and promote women in STEM. Particular attention will be paid to how gender intersects with other powerful mechanisms of stratification, such as sexuality, race/ethnicity, and class.<br>
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<u><strong>Resistance in Feminist Queer Theater/Theory</strong></u><br>
Wednesdays, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM<br>
January 29, 2018 – May 7, 2018<br>
MIT Course Number: WGS.700<br>
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There is something “spectacular” about revolutions: the drama of barriers being broken, the emotion of the crowd. And for feminist and queer activism in particular, the nature of visibility, spectacle and protest has been integral to gains made by groups such as ACT UP! or the Combahee Women’s Collective. This course, however, moves beyond the relationship between social movements and theater to hone in on a critical theory of performance: why and how is theater so important to feminist and queer thought? From Judith Butler’s sense of “performatively” constructed gender to José Estaban Munoz’ theory of “disidentification” in queer of color critique, theatricality and performance studies have lent robust paradigms to queer and feminist theory. In other words, one aspect of this course will examine what theater and queer theory share: troubling the nature of representation, investigating mimesis and secondariness, spectacle and masochism. However, another aspect of this course will look at how queer and feminist thought can put pressure on the theater (and vice-versa); how do the theater’s exigencies of action (drama) oppose theories of neutral or passive (minimal, bored) resistance? What type of spectatorship does queer and feminist theater elicit? Can the theater stand as realm of change, or is there a sense in which the “revolution can not be televised?”—that is to say, when the powerful sentiments of the disgruntled, disenfranchised, or dispossessed are captured in aesthetic form, does it lend legibility, or does it domesticate such affects? The course presents a genealogy of performativity and performance and its relationship to feminist theories and queer critique. Interweaving political philosophy, theater studies, and literary analysis, the course asks students to think speculatively and creatively about the poetics and politics of theatricality, sex, race, and gender.<br>
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<u><strong>Feminist Inquiry</strong></u><br>
Tuesdays, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM<br>
January 28, 2018 – May 6, 2018<br>
MIT Course Number: WGS.615<br>
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This course aims to offer a grounding in the rich field of scholarship theorizing feminism, gender and sexuality. Our purpose is to engage thoughtfully and critically with several foundational and vibrantly contested conversations within feminist theory. The course is organized around several “keywords”, each of which is a central concept within feminist theory. Keywords include patriarchy, woman, gender, difference/equality, intersectionality/transnationalism, postcolonial/decolonial, solidarity, and human rights. The readings included in this syllabus reflect a range of academic disciplinary perspectives, methodologies, cross-cultural assumptions, and discursive styles so that we can consider a variety of feminist discourses. We will reflect as well on the politics and practices of location, methods, form, and interdisciplinarity.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong><font color="#800A00">7. MIT Work-Life Center Fall Seminar Series</font></strong></span><br>
<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>When:</strong> Various dates, Fall 2017<br>
<strong>Where: </strong>Koch Institute<br>
<strong>Event link: </strong><a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">link</a><br>
The MIT Work-Life Center’s popular Seminar Series provides research-based strategies, tips, and information to help you deal with a diverse array of work-life issues.<br>
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<a href="http://hrweb.mit.edu/worklife/seminars" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">Registration</a> is required for all seminars, briefings, and discussion groups. All programs are free of charge and open to all members of the MIT community, including students, staff, faculty, and their partners and families.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong><font color="#800A00">8. MIT List Visual Arts Center: Fellowship Opportunity</font></strong></span><br>
<span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>When:</strong> Now<br>
Apply: <a href="mailto:eagarner@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">eagarner@mit.edu</a><br>
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The List Visual Arts Center, MIT’s contemporary art museum, collects, commissions, and presents rigorous, provocative, and artist-centric projects that engage MIT and the global art community. The Center is pleased to offer a fellowship position to assist with all details in organizing a two-day symposium.<br>
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The working topic for the <strong>2018 Wasserman Forum</strong> will be <strong>Future Genders</strong> and looking at how gender identity is being addressed by artists today. The List Center is seeking a candidate that has a demonstrated interest in gender issues as they are presented through contemporary visual arts. The Wasserman Forum Assistant will work in conjunction with the List Center Staff in conceptualizing the panels for the Forum, and undertake organizational duties such as and not limited to speaker contracts, obtaining and editing speaker bios, handling travel needs, assisting in all aspects of hospitality for Forum participants, preparing press materials, coordinating volunteers for the Forum, and determining and ordering all amenities for the event. The Wasserman Forum Assistant will also be expected to be on hand for the entire duration of the forum planned for November 2018. <br>
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<strong>Job Requirements</strong><br>
Applicants must possess a bachelor’s degree in art history, women’s and gender studies, or a related field with a preference of being enrolled in a graduate degree program. Applicants also must be authorized to work in the US. To apply, please submit a letter of interest, a resume, and the names of two professional and/or academic references to Emily A. Garner, <a href="mailto:eagarner@mit.edu" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">eagarner@mit.edu</a>.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong><font color="#800A00">9. Building Your Leadership Skills: How to Influence without Authority</font></strong><br>
<strong>Website:</strong> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/november-2017-pd-event-building-your-leadership-skills-how-to-influence-without-authority-tickets-39105540725?aff=erelexpmlt" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">link</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>Deadline:</strong> Tuesday, Nov 14, 6-8 PM<br>
Where: Analog Devices, Inc., 804 Woburn Street Wilmington, MA<br>
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Society for Women Engineers Boston invites all members to attend the November Professional Development event hosted by Analog Devices. Our speaker will be Dr. Mary Adams Viola, Director of Engineering Management programs and Professor of Practice in Leadership and Innovation at the Gordon Institute at Tufts University. Dr. Viola designs and delivers transformative courses in leadership, with an emphasis on innovation and working across cultures. She will deliver an engaging presentation on leadership skills and how to influence without authority. Participants will engage in a ‘hands-on’ exercise to experience the principles of influence and acquire some new knowledge and strategies that can be applied immediately to influence challenges in their work. <br>
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<strong>Agenda:</strong><br>
6:00- 6:30 Registration and Networking<br>
6:30- 7:00 Dinner<br>
7:00- 7:15 ADI and SWE Introduction<br>
7:15- 8:00 Main Presentation</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong><font color="#800A00">10. Point Foundation’s scholarship for LGBTQ students</font></strong><br>
<strong>Website:</strong> <a href="https://pointfoundation.org/" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">link</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong>Deadline:</strong> Jan 29, 2018<br>
Point Foundation (Point) empowers the next generation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) leaders to reach their full leadership and academic potential. Point provides its scholars with the financial ability to attend the higher education institution of their choice. In addition, Point provides mentorship, leadership development, and community service training. <br>
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Applicants are evaluated on academic accomplishment, financial need, leadership within school and community, and goals for the future. Point Scholars agree to maintain a high level of academic performance and complete an annual community service project. Interested students can start an application <a href="https://pointfoundation.org/point-apply/apply-now/" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">here</a>! </span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif"><strong><font color="#800A00">11. The Horizons Fellowship </font></strong><br>
<strong>When:</strong> Now<br>
<strong>Website:</strong> <a href="http://www.joinhorizons.com/fellowship" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">link</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align:left"><span style="font-family:georgia,times,times new roman,serif">The Horizons Fellowship supports 200 outstanding university students on a fully-funded experience in San Francisco, in their pursuit to become leaders in technology. Our programs provide immersive software engineering and web/mobile development courses geared towards high-achieving college students. Students need not have a computer science background! <br>
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Horizons students have gone on to receive offers from firms such as Google, Slack, Yelp, Amazon, BCG, Visa, J.P. Morgan, and more. Past Horizonites have come from a variety of schools and backgrounds. Applicants have hailed from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn/Wharton, Columbia, Northwestern, Brown, Michigan and more. <br>
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Interested students can start an application <a href="http://www.joinhorizons.com/fellowship" target="_blank" style="color:#2baadf;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline">here</a>! </span></div>
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