[Gsc-anno] Plan Orientation 2007, GSC Webmaster Wanted, Contemplative Life Workshop (21May07)

[GSC Secretary]

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

             1. Orientation 2007 Planning Meeting
		Thurs May 24th, 6:30pm in 50-220

	     2. GSC Webmaster Wanted
                Apply now!

	     3. Comtemplative Life Initiative @ MIT
                Sat June 2nd, 10am-5pm in E15-209
details:
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*GSC Orientation Committee Meeting*

If you are interested in helping out with Orientation this year, please
come to our first GSC Orientation Committee meeting this ***Thursday, May 24
at 6:30pm*** in the GSC office, 50-220.  Dinner will be provided!

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*GSC Webmaster Position*

The GSC needs a new webmaster! Are you a current MIT Graduate student with
experience in web development and an interest in student leadership? Then
this position is for you! Besides monetary compensation (see below!) the
position allows you to gain recognition campus-wide for maintaining a site
that is visited hundreds of times a day by many people within and outside
of the MIT community.

If you don't posses all the required skills for the position, don't worry.
If you can show a demonstrated capability to learn the skills in a timely
fashion, then you qualify. Tinkering with various web technologies as the
webmaster is highly encouraged and will help you improve your skills.

We need to fill this position soon, so apply now!

For more details, check out:
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/committees/pp/webmaster_wanted.shtml

To apply, please send a resume of relevant skills / experience and any
example sites that you may have been involved in maintaining to
gsc-webmaster at mit.edu.

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*Contemplative Life Initiative @ MIT*

A Retreat for Graduate Students
Unleash the Power of Creativity with Silence, Clarity, and Insight

June 2, 2007 (10am-5pm)
Venue: MIT E15-209 (the Weisner Conference Room)
Cost: Free (by donation)

Registration is required. Visit http://prajnopaya.gigshowcase.com/

Meditation is an intentional turning of our attention toward
moment-to-moment awareness of our thoughts, emotions and feelings. It
is a practice of awakening the heart, and a radical acceptance of what
is revealed about our true selves. This awakening allows us to
recognize the difference between "thinking" and "being", and thereby to
consciously alter those aspects of our thinking that obstruct our
personal growth.

The day-long retreat will consist of instructions and practice of
various meditation techniques, yoga, and discussion.

Co-sponsored by MIT Prajnopaya, The Center for Health Promotion and
Wellness at MIT Medical, & DSL.

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-- 
Oaz Nir
GSC Secretary, 2007-2008