[Gsc-anno] GSC Annoucements (10/26/04)

[GSC Secretary]

*********************  GSC ANNOUNCEMENTS  *********************
   more extensive annoucements online: http://gsc.mit.edu/anno
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headlines (details below):

              1. Faculty Focus Groups on Graduate Advising
                   Student participation needed

              2. Who Would You Like to Hear at Commencement 2005?
                   Student participation needed

              3. RedSox Games Viewing Locations
                   Free food and drinks

              4. This week's GSC meetings
                 (in GSC Office, 50-220, unless otherwise noted)
                   Tue 26th, 5:30 - Orientation
                   Wed 27th, 7:00 - Graduate Student News


details:
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*SIGN-UP for DISCUSSIONS WITH FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS ON ADVISOR-ADVISEE
RELATIONSHIPS*
*Student participation needed*

For 2004-2005, one of the top priorities of the Graduate Student Council is to
understand and improve advisor-advisee relationships at MIT. Following
meticulous planning since the beginning of summer 2004, the GSC is organizing
a series of focus groups on advisor-advisee relationships in mid-November.

The objective of these discussions is to come up with well-informed and
practical recommendations to improve Advisor/Advisee relationships at MIT.  A
detailed description of these focus groups are available at
http://gsc.mit.edu/advising. So far, nearly 25 faculty and administrators from
various departments have confirmed their participation. This graduate student
initiative has received enthusiastic support from senior MIT administrators,
senior faculty members, some of whom are Perkins award winners for exemplary
graduate advising.

There will be positions for upto sixty graduate student participants. We
invite
all interested students to participate in a set of two discussions.  Free
lunch
will be provided to all participants.

Sign-up URL: http://gsc.mit.edu/advising
Contact: Ashfaque Khandekar, GSC Academics, Research and Careers co-chair,
gsc-arc at mit.edu


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*WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR AT COMMENCEMENT 2005?*
*Student participation needed*

Representatives from the GSC, Class of 2005, faculty and administrators will
recommend speakers to the MIT President, who will make the final selection. If
you know of a speaker you would like to hear, please do the following as soon
as possible:
    - send an email to gsc-commencement-speaker at mit.edu with "Commencement
Speaker" in the subject line
    - include a short note, of no more than 4 sentences, outlining who the
 person is and why they should be the speaker

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*REDSOX GAMES VIEWING LOCATIONS*
*Free food and drinks*

Watch Game 1 and Game 2 of the Red Sox vs. the Cardinals in Lobdell on a big
screen TV! We will be showing Games 3 and 4 (and 5, 6, and 7 if necessary) on a
big-screen TV at the same location (Lodbell) with free pizza and soda.

In addition, the Alumni Pool and the Wang Fitness Center in Stata will both be
open extended hours for the next 3 nights until 1am (vs. 9pm).

Co-sponsored by DSL, the GSC and the UA - all members of the MIT community are
invited to come together and enjoy this alcohol-free venue to watch the World
Series.  There will be free soda and food delivered during the game.