[Gsc-anno] GSC Announcement 17JUL06

[GSC Secretary]

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

           1. "Surviving your first year as an Assistant Professor"
              Wednesday, July 19, 10-250, 4:00-5:15 PM

           2. GSC-ARC Mentorship Program 2006-07
              Volunteers needed: Please sign-up by August 15th

           3. Upcoming events: Six Flags, Foxwoods, and Rafting Trips
              Sign up and reserve your spot today!

details:
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*"Surviving your first year as an Assistant Professor"*

This is the next in the series of academic seminars to take place on
Wednesday, July 19, in room 10-150 from 4-5:15 pm. Refreshments will be
provided.

Speakers:
Andrea Louise Campbell
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://web.mit.edu/polisci/faculty/A.Campbell.html

Fredo Durand,
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT-CSAIL Computer Graphics Group
http://www.csail.mit.edu/biographies/PI/biolist.php

Shashi K. Murthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Northeastern University
http://www.coe.neu.edu/~smurthy

Dr. Laura E. Pence
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry
University of Hartford
http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/chemistry/faculty/pence.html

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*GSC-ARC Mentorship Program 2006-07*

To make the academic and culture transition of new international
graduate students as smooth as possible, a mentor, an existing graduate
student at MIT, is assigned to each of the new students who sign up
through this program. As a mentor, you will be in email contact with
your mentee and get to educate the new students about the MIT culture,
work load as a graduate student, expectations etc. GSC organizes
mentorship socials where you get to meet and interact with all the
mentees. Please signup at:
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/mentor/international/
The deadline for signing up is August 15th.

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*Upcoming events: Six Flags, Foxwoods, and Rafting Trips*

Six Flags Trip (Springfield, MA)
July 30th 10am-10pm
Cost with transportation: students $20, guests $25
Cost w/out transportation: students $15, guests $20
Get your tickets today in the GSC Office (50-220)
Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu

Foxwoods Trip (Mashantucket, CT)
August 6th 11am-9pm
Sponsored by GSC Activities and MIT Club of Boston
Cost: students $18, guests $20
Includes transportation, free meal and 3 free $5 keno tickets
Sign up online at http://bostonclub.mit.edu/events/060806.html
Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu

Rafting Trip (Penabscot River, Maine)
Weekend of August 12-13th
Cost: students $135, guests $140
Tents, food (3 meals/day) and transportation provided (worth $190+)
Get your tickets today in the GSC Office (50-220)
Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu

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-- 
Obrad R. Scepanovic
GSC Secretary 2006-2007
gsc-secretary at mit.edu