[Physics opps] FW: Two Announcements for Students

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The announcements:
* 2011 IDEAS Competition and MIT Global Challenge Awards Celebration 5/2 *Personal Statement Workshop 5/13


---IDEAS COMPETITION AND MIT GLOBAL CHALLENGE AWARDS

2011 IDEAS Competition and MIT Global Challenge Awards Celebration Join MIT students, faculty, and staff for a celebration of the spirit of innovation, entrepreneurship, and public service that motivates thousands of students each year to share their talents and skills with communities in need.

45 teams entered their innovative public service ideas into the final round of the competition this year. On May 2 we'll announce the winners of up to $150,000 in implementation awards.  We'll be joined by special guests both on stage and from around the world. Come celebrate the teams entering this year!

When: Monday, May 2
7:00 - 7:30pm - Open Poster Session - Come learn about the projects entered this year 7:30 - 9:00pm - Awards Ceremony 9:00pm - Reception


--PERSONAL STATEMENT WORKSHOP

Do you need to write a personal statement, but have trouble with what you would write?  If so, come to the Personal Statement Writing Workshop! Details of the event below:

Personal Statement Writing Workshop
Location: 56-114
*Start Date/Time: 5/13/2011 4:00 PM
*End Date/Time: 5/13/2011 5:30 PM

For students, personal statements and application essays are among the most difficult and most important documents they will ever write. They are difficult because they require both introspection and polish, and important because the writer may literally be competing for tens of thousands of dollars in a huge field of outstanding candidates. A writing tutor who has provided guidance on more than a thousand graduate applications, Joe Schall advises you on how to be competitive but not cocky, informed but not formulaic, openly creative yet professional.
-from: https://www.e-education.psu.edu/writingpersonalstatementsonline/

Joe Schall, author of Writing Personal Statements Online and former Giles Writer-in-Residence for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, will lead this workshop on how to write a winning personal statement that stands out from all the rest.

Restricted to MIT students. Sign-up on CareerBridge.



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Jennifer Higgins-Spiers
Fellowships and Internships Graduate Assistant MIT Public Service Center
77 Massachusetts Ave. 4-104
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-0742
spiersjp at mit.edu