[Gsc-anno] Academic Careers Panel, Help New Grads Get Oriented, Plan the Grad Gala (25JUN07)

[GSC Secretary]

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

             1. Summer 2007 Academic Career Series - Second Event
		Wed June 27th, 4-5:15pm in 10-250

	     2. Help With Orientation 2007
		Contact gsc-oc at mit.edu

	     3. Plan the Next Grad Gala!
		Apply to join the committee today
details:
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*Summer 2007 Academic Career Series - 2nd Event*

All interested students are invited to the Academic Career Series -
panels on topics on academic careers, featuring MIT faculty, alumni
faculty from area schools, and MIT PhDs/Postdocs who've successfully
been through an academic job search and will be starting new faculty
positions for the coming academic year. Q&A follows each panel
presentation.

  NUTS & BOLTS OF THE ACADEMIC JOB SEARCH

  WED JUNE 27, 2007 in 10-250 from 4-5:15 PM

  Panelists:

  NADINE GAAB, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Dept. of  Brain and
Cognitive Sciences [Will be Asst.  Professor, Children's Hospital,
Boston/Harvard Medical School and Harvard Graduate School of
Education]

  JEFFREY M. KARP, Sr. Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Dept. of Chemical
Engineering. [Will be Asst. Professor, Harvard-MIT Division of Health
Sciences & Technology/Harvard Medical School]

  EVELYN M. WANG, Assistant Professor, MIT Dept. of Mechanical
Engineering

  SAMUEL M. ALLEN, POSCO Professor of Physical Metallurgy, MIT Dept.
of Materials Science & Engineering


Coming events in this series:

*All panels are on Wednesdays, 4:00-5:15pm, in 10-250*

  July 18. Surviving Your First Year as an Assistant Professor
  Aug 15. Transitioning from Academia to Industry (or vice versa)

Co-sponsored by the MIT Careers Office, the Graduate Student
Council, and the Postdoctoral Advisory Council.

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*Help New Grads Get Oriented!*

GSC Orientation Logistics Chair and Info Booth Chair Needed

Help with our exciting GSC Orientation 2007! New faces, new ideas, new
campus! Currently, we still need one Logistics Chair and one Info Booth
Chair. If you are interested, please send an email to gsc-oc at mit.edu.

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*Plan Grad Gala, 2008!*


Want to help plan a classy night of fun for your grad school peers?  Join
the Graduate Gala Planning Committee, and be a part of planning the largest,
most anticipated social event of the year!

The GSC Activities Committee is recruiting interested students to begin
organizing this unforgettable event.  Following the success of the first
annual Gala, next year's Gala will take place in early May, but planning is
already underway.

Don't miss out!  Please send a brief statement of interest and summary of
any relevant experiences to gsc-ac at mit.edu.  Experience is not necessary,
so apply today!

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Oaz Nir
GSC Secretary, 2007-2008