[Gsc-anno] GradRat Sales, Dean Search, IDEAS (04DEC06)

[GSC Secretary]

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

             1. GradRat Sales Days
                Monday-Thursday, Dec. 4-7, various location on campus
      
             2. School of Engineering Dean Search
                E-mail gsc-president at mit.edu with your ideas

             3. IDEAS Competition Tuberculosis Challenge
                Thursday, Dec. 7, 7-9pm, 4-265
      
details:
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*GradRat Sales Days*

Have you ordered your GradRat, MIT's official graduate ring, yet?

Purchase your GradRat at a December campus sales day to guarantee
delivery by February 2007.

Student Center, First Floor
Tuesday, December 5th
10 am - 3 pm
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Wolk Lobby (E51)
Wednesday & Thursday, December 6th & 7th
11 am - 4 pm

http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/ring/index.shtml

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*School of Engineering Dean Search*

The members of the Search Committee for the next Dean of the School of 
Engineering are in the information gathering stages of our search and 
seek the input of the student body.  We hope that you can assemble a 
team of students to gather information for us and then provide us a 
report, both oral and written, of your findings.  We are particularly 
interested in students' assessment of the state of the School, its 
strengths and weaknesses; the vision of strategic directions and 
priorities for the School; and thoughts regarding necessary and 
important attributes of our next School of Engineering Dean at MIT. We 
hope to complete the information gathering stage by the end of 
December, so our time frame is very tight.  

Please e-mail gsc-president at mit.edu with ideas and feedback.
 
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*IDEAS Competition Tuberculosis Challenge*

The International Development Initiative at MIT challenges members of 
the MIT community to help eradicate TB by increasing adherence to 
Tuberculosis Drugs in Rural Developing Country Contexts. Thanks to the 
generous support of MIT alum Mr. Muhammed Abdul Latif Jameel, financial 
support for MIT student teams tackling the challenge is available 
through the MIT IDEAS Competition, the Public Service Fellowships 
Program, and the D-Lab class.  The MIT IDEAS Competition is open to 
everyone, but at least one third of each team must be full-time MIT 
students.

The IDEAS Competition is hosting a dinner for people interested in 
taking part in the challenge and forming IDEAS teams:

Thursday, December 7, 2006

 7:00pm - 9:00pm
 MIT Room 4-265

We will be showing the film “The Name of the Disease”, about TB in 
developing countries. After the film and dinner, table groups will 
discuss the issues, brainstorm solutions, and hopefully start to form 
teams to tackle the challenge.

Please RSVP to hynd at mit.edu by Wednesday, December 6. Space is limited, 
so participation will be on a first come first served basis.

For more information about IDEAS, see http://web.mit.edu/ideas

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