[Gsc-anno] March GCM, Institute Awards, Movie Screening, Ice Skating (05MAR07)

[GSC Secretary]

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

             1. GSC March General Council Meeting
		Wednesday, March 7, 5-7pm, 50-220

             2. GSC Institute Awards
		Deadline for nominations March 16

	     3. "So Much So Fast" Movie Screening
		Thursday, March 8, 7pm, Wong Auditorium (E51-115)

             4. spouses&partners at mit Ice Skating Party
		Monday, March 12, 5:30-7pm, Kendall Square Comm Skating

details:
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*GSC March General Council Meeting*

The GSC March General Council meeting will take place this Wednesday,
March 7, 5-7pm in 50-220 (Walker Memorial). Food will be served at
5pm and the meeting starts at 5:30pm.

Get involved in the GSC! Come to the meeting and find out more. This
GCM kicks off the nominations season for next year's GSC officers.

Representative spots available! Apply to be a GSC representative:
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/reps/

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*GSC Institute Awards*

The GSC is now accepting nominations for the GSC Institute Awards to be
presented at the institute-wide 2007 Awards Convocation in May. We
strongly encourage students to submit nominations for professors,
teaching assistants, advisors, and entities that improve fellowship
among graduate student or improve MIT education in general. For complete
award details, please see
http://web.mit.edu/awards/

If there are individuals or groups that deserve to be honored, we want
to know! Simply submit a brief but thoughtful nomination online at
http://web.mit.edu/awards/ by March 16, 2007.

You can even start a campaign by encouraging others who have interacted
with the nominee to submit nominations.

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*"So Much So Fast" Movie Screening*

As many of you know, an award-winning documentary has been made about a
longtime MIT family -- the Heywoods.  Prof. John Heywood has been at MIT
for over 40 years and two of his sons are MIT graduates.  Made over a
period of 5 years, "So Much So Fast" chronicles the family as it comes
to grips with Stephen Heywood's paralyzing neural disorder ALS (Lou
Gehrig's disease) and the birth of the ALS Therapy Development
Foundation from within the family.

Produced by Academy Award nominated directors, the film has been
described as a black-humored cliffhanger of romance, guerrilla science,
and the redefinition of time... "It's about the biggest questions of
life. The answers are never what you expect."

LSC has been generous enough to host a special screening of "So Much So
Fast" for the MIT community.  The event will take place on Thursday
March 8th at 7 P.M. in the Wong Auditorium (E51-115).  Following the
film will be a question and answer session with the Heywood family and
the directors of the film.

Admission to the event is free; donations to the ALS Therapy Development
Foundation will be accepted.

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*spouses&partners at mit Ice Skating Party*

To celebrate the end of the winter, spouses&partners at mit is having an
Ice Skating Party!

Monday March 12th.
5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Kendall Square Community Skating
300 Athenaeum Street, Cambridge

Light refreshments will be served.
All are welcome (wives, husbands, partners, kids!)

Location: http://www.kendallsquare.org/skating/directions.php

Tickets: $ 5.25 per person (includes entrance fee, skate rental and
refreshments). It's FREE if you bring your own skates!

Questions? Contact Jennifer Recklet at 617-253-1614 or reck at med.mit.edu

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-- 
Obrad R. Scepanovic
GSC Secretary 2006-07
gsc-secretary at mit.edu