[Gsc-anno] Academic Career Series, Grad Olympics, Institute/Faculty Committees (16JUL07)

[GSC Secretary]

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

             1. Academic Career Series - 3rd Event
		Wed July 18th, 4pm, 10-250

	     2. Graduate Olympic Games
		Registration closes tonight!

	     3. Serve on an Institute or Faculty Committee
		Deadline extended to July 31st
details:
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*Summer 2007 Academic Career Series -  3rd 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.

**Surviving Your First Year as an Assistant Professor**
**July 18 at 4:00pm in Room 10-250

Panelists:
Dr. Joshua Fischman
Assistant Professor, Tufts University,  Department of Economics

Dr. Penny J. Beuning
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, Department of Chemistry and
Chemistry Biology

Dr. Christopher Capozzola
Associate Professor,  MIT,  Department of History

Dr. Tomas Palacios
Assistant Professor MIT, Department of Electrical Engineering and CS

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

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

NEXT: Wed, Aug 15th Transitioning from Academia to Industry (or vice
versa) 4:00-5:15pm, 10-250

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*MIT Olympic Day (Graduate Olympic Games)*

Tired of summer life at MIT? Want to strech and have fun? Let's get
together and beat the heat! The MIT CSSA, GSC, Sangam, S&P, THRA and
Ashdown are proud to present MIT Olympic Day, featuring excellent games,
fantastic prizes and an award ceremony with free food!

TIME: 9AM - 4PM, July 21, 2007
VENUE: Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center

GAMES:
Soccer - teams of 7 players
Basketball - teams of 5 players
Volleyball - teams of 3 players
Frisbee - teams of 6 players
Badminton - only doubles game
Table tennis-  only singles matches
Funny games - onsite registration

ENTRANCE FEE:
Any player should pay a $7 entry fee to access Z-center unless he/she has
purchased a $40 summer pass.

AWARD CEREMONY:
Award ceremony will be held at the Sidney Pacific pool party (SP courtyard).
Enjoy the FREE Indian and Chinese food, BBQ, music, and of course the
fantastic prizes.

REGISTRATION:
Send an email to ruihu at mit.edu and gongb at mit.edu, along with the game
you want to play, your team members' names and email addresses. Please
indicate 'Olympics Registration' in the subject line.

Deadline: 11:59pm, July 17, 2007

Detailed schedule will be announced when registration closes.

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*Apply to Serve on an Institute/Faculty Committee!*

During this time of the school year, there are several open Institute and
Faculty committee positions requiring graduate student representation.  This
is a great opportunity to serve on some very influential faculty-appointed
and presidential-appointed committees.

For a list of the committees requiring graduate student participation,
see the following link:

http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/reps/institutereps/index.shtml#repslist

You can find descriptions of each Institute/Faculty committee here:

http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/reps/institutereps/Institute%20Committees.pdf
http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/reps/institutereps/Faculty%20Committees.pdf

To begin the process of serving on one of these Committees, fill out an
application for committee nomination and bring it to 50-220 by July 20th.
You can find the application form here:

http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/about/reps/institutereps/institutereps-form.pdf

For further information, please contact gsc-vice-president at mit.edu

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-- 
Oaz Nir
GSC Secretary, 2007-2008