[Gsc-anno] GSC Announcement 20FEB06

[GSC Vice-President]

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

              1. GSC Elections 2006
                 Officers Elections on April 5th 2006, 5pm, Room 4-163.
                 Deadline for new GSC Reps for voting privileges is March 
1st 2006, 5pm.
                 http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/elections/elections2006.shtml

              2. GSC Awards
                 Nominations are open at:
                 http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/

              3. Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat - Tickets on Sale

              4. 7th MIT Sloan Leadership Conference:  Leading Today, 
Shaping Tomorrow.
                 25 February, 2006 at MIT

              Reminder: March GCM is coming up on Wednesday March 1st, 5pm, 
GSC Office.

Details:
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*GSC Elections 2006*

Dear Graduate Students,

Elections of the 2006-2007 Executive Committee Chairs of the Graduate 
Student Council (GSC) will take place over the month of March 2006, and the 
elections of the 2006-2007 Officers of the GSC will take place at the 
General Council Meeting (GCM) to be held on April 5th, 2006, starting at 
5:00 pm in Room 4-163. All members of the Graduate Student Body as 
designated in the GSC Constitution and Bylaws are eligible as candidates 
for all positions.

Nominations for Officers positions will start at the March GCM, on March 
1st 2006, 5pm, and close on March 29th 2006 at 5pm.

In order to get voting privileges for the Officers Elections, new GSC Reps 
must submit their application  by March 1st 2006, 5pm.

All questions and comments should be directed to 
gsc-vice-president at mit.edu. For more information, please visit the GSC 
Elections website at: 
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/elections/elections2006.shtml

If you have any questions regarding the duties of the Committee Chairs and 
Officers, please see the descriptions as listed on the GSC website:
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/committees/
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/officers/

I urge all current Council Representatives to make sure any remaining open 
seats in their Department, Dorm, etc... are filled so as to assure that the 
needs of their constituencies are properly represented at the Election. 
Council Representatives, as the official representatives of the graduate 
student community at MIT, have the duty to elect Officers who will cast 
personal agendas aside and best represent the interests and edicts of the 
Graduate Student Body to the Administration of MIT.

Thank you for your attention to this matter and I hope to see many of you 
at the events preceding the election.

Sylvain Bruni
Graduate Student Council Vice-President
Election Officer

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*GSC Awards*
For more info, please visit: http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/

Each year, the Graduate Student Council gives input in the decision-making 
process of four Institute Awards, to be presented at the Institute Awards 
Convocation in May. The 2006<http://web.mit.edu/awards/> Awards Convocation 
will be held on May 9 at 4:00 p.m. in 10-250 . All are welcome to attend. A 
reception will follow the ceremony in Lobby 10.

The four GSC Institute Awards are:
    * 
<http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/#GraduateTeachingAward>Graduate 
Teaching Awards (for each school)
    * <http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/#PerkinsAward>Frank E. 
Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising
    * <http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/#HortonAward>Edward L. 
Horton Fellowship Award
    * <http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/awards/#SizerAward>Irwin Sizer 
Award for Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education.
GSC Award decisions will not be notified before the Awards Ceremony. Please 
do not email inquiring about recipients. We encourage all of you to attend 
the ceremony with your nominee.

Nomination of students and faculty for these awards offer a unique 
opportunity to honor these individuals for their invaluable contributions 
to graduate students and to thank them for their efforts. A complete 
nomination requires a supporting statement not to exceed one page or 500 
words. Although there are no hard and fast guidelines, a strong nomination 
is likely to include high quality statement clearly describing relevant 
accomplishments, any specific task, and/or incidents reflecting nominee's 
dedication and genuine interest. The number of nominations, particularly 
from different individuals (students and faculty), each candidate receives 
also reflects the strength.

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*Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat - Tickets on Sale*

Boston Celtics vs. Miami Heat
Weds., March 1, 2006
7:30 PM
Banknorth Garden

Ticket sales start Wed., Feb. 15th
2 - 6 PM
GSC Office - Walker, 50-220

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*7th MIT Sloan Leadership Conference:  Leading Today, Shaping Tomorrow.*

25 February, 2006  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

The Leadership Conference is a day long symposium that brings together 
students with industry leaders, academics, and experts in leadership 
training.  It provides an opportunity for the students and guests to 
explore current leadership theory and practice and learn from high-profile 
industry leaders. At the event, attendees learn in different formats 
ranging from panel discussions, keynote presentations, skill-building 
workshops, and roundtable discussions.

This year's conference features

Mr. Victor Menezes, Retired Senior Vice Chairman, Citigroup Inc. and Former 
Chairman and CEO of Citibank. Under him, Citibank had $200 billion in 
assets and over 90,000 employees.

Mr. Jeff Clarke, COO of Computer Associates. Mr. Clarke has 20 years of 
strategic, operational and financial experience with leading 
high-technology firms. Before joining Computer Associates, Mr. Clarke was 
executive vice president, global operations for Hewlett-Packard Company 
(HP) and played a key role in the HP-Compaq merger

Ms. Shoshana Zuboff, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business 
Administration, Harvard Business School. Her book "The Support Economy" was 
selected by Strategy+Business as one of the top ten business books of 2003 
and Business Week names it the "number one idea" in it's special edition 
on  "Twenty Five Ideas for a Changing World".

Dr. Vijay Govindarajan is one of the foremost authorities on strategy in 
the country. His professional credits include:  Top Ten Business School 
Professor in Corporate Executive Education, named by Business Week,  Top 20 
North American Superstars for research in strategy and organization by 
Management International and  Top Five Most Respected Executive Coach on 
Strategy, rated by Forbes

Dr. David Maister, is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading 
authorities on the management of professional service firms. In 2002, he 
was named one of the top 40 business thinkers in the world. He is author of 
several books.

Mr. Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder and COO of Infosys. He has played a 
leading role at Infosys in demonstrating novel concepts like using 
innovation in technology for gaining competitive advantage.

Workshops by Dale Carnegie, Toastmasters, MIT Leadership Center and 
Yasuhiko Kimura, CEO of Vision In Action

And lots of other high profile guest speakers.

REGISTER TODAY !!!! ONLY $30 FOR STUDENTS

More information and registration at

http://web.mit.edu/slc/conference/slc2006/index.html
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