<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Self-nomination form for the upcoming PDA officer elections is online! </span></b><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">We are excited that</font><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> the </font></span></span><a href="https://forms.gle/SmEuStgzGUeZz2Ft8"><font size="3" face="Helvetica">self-nomination form to join the PDA</font></a><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> as an officer</font><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> for the year 2023/2024 is online! If you are interested to run in the current election, please fill out the form including a short (100-200 words) self-nomination statement. Following the self-nomination period (until July 16th at midnight EDT), voting will open for ALL current postdocs at MIT from July 20th to July 30th at midnight EDT. </font></span></span></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br></span></b></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Information session today at noon! Learn how you can become an elected PDA officer!</span></b><div style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The MIT Postdoctoral Association will hold elections for all officer positions in July. For the PDA to function and provide great events and advocacy for the postdoctoral community, we need motivated candidates, and all MIT-appointed postdocs are eligible to run for office! To learn more about the various PDA officer roles, please attend a</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://mit.zoom.us/j/2107649429" style="font-size: 12pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(37, 37, 255);">zoom information session today at noon.</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> You will hear from current PDA officers and have a chance to ask questions and learn how you can make a difference for MIT postdocs. </span></div><div style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><img id="<980D95CF-4570-4C27-A08D-802D6E77635D>" src="cid:6C515D8E-A501-4D45-B441-5079B23DC57C" alt="Join the PDA.jpeg" class="Apple-web-attachment Singleton" style="opacity: 1;"></div><div style="font-family: AvenirNext-Regular;"><br></div><div>
<meta charset="UTF-8">==============================================<br>Benedict Borer<br>Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT, Bablab<br>President of the MIT Postdoctoral Association<br>bborer@mit.edu<br><br>
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