[Gsc-anno] Academic Career Series, Dissertation Bootcamp, Publishing Smart, Orientation, Writing Center(15Jul08)

[Lorenna Lee-Houghton]

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

	     1. Nuts &  Bolts of the Academic Job Search
		July 16, 4-5:15pm 6-120

	     2. Dissertation Bootcamp
		July 28-Aug 1

	     3. Publishing Smart
		July 25, 12-1pm 14N-132

	     4. Join the '08 Orientation Organizing Team!

	     5. Writing Center is Open during the Summer!

details:
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*Nuts & Bolts of the Academic Job Search*

Are you planning to enter the academic job market?  Come hear tips  
from those who successfully landed a faculty position.  Learn the  
search committee's perspective on the process.

WEDS July 16th, 4-5:15PM, 6-120

Featuring
Stephen J. Lippard, Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, MIT  
Chemistry Dept.
Hongshen Ma, MIT PhD EE 07, current postdoc in MechE. Will be Asst.  
Prof., MechE, U. of British Columbia, Canada
Alejandro Flores, MIT PhD '08, Civil & Env. Engineering, will be  
Asst. Prof., Geoscience Dept., Boise State University
Alison Malcolm, Asst. Prof., MIT Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric &  
Planetary Sciences
Yvgenia Zazavker, Assoc. Prof., Physics, Olin College (MIT PhD Physics)

Co-sponsored by the MIT Careers Office, GSC and the Postdoctoral  
Advisory Council
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*Dissertation Bootcamp*

What:  	5-day writing retreat
When:  	July 28 (Mon) - Aug 1 (Fri)
	10am - 4pm daily (including lunch break)
Where: 	TBA (on campus)

Dissertation Bootcamp is a new, experimental GSC event organized to help
graduate students write their dissertations by providing a conducive
environment for writing. Free drinks (including coffee) and snacks  
will be
provided daily.

A deposit of $20 will be collected from each participant on the first  
day.
This deposit will be refunded in full on the last day if the  
participant has
an attendance rate of at least 80%. This is purely to provide extra
motivation for participants to show up, sit down and write.

Due to space constraints, participation will be limited to 20 students.

To sign up or make enquiries, email Cheston Tan (cheston at mit.edu).

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*Publishing Smart: A Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures  
and Publisher Copyright Policies*

Host: 	MIT LIBRARIES
Place: 	DIRC (14N-132) [off hall near music library]
Time: 	12:00-1:00pm

Geared for graduate students, addresses what copyright means to you  
as an
author, how you can assess a publisher's copyright policies, and how  
you can use web-based tools that assess journal quality. Open access  
publishing
models and the use of the MIT amendment to alter standard publisher
agreements will also be discussed.

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*Join the '08 Orientation organizing team! Not much work but a lot of  
fun!

Two openings are waiting for you:

1) Information Booth Chair

Meet more than 1600 new faces!
Work closely with MIT offices, GSC administrators and officers!
Hand out goodie bags, free T-shirts, tickets and your warmest smile!

2) Coordinator for the Welcome Banquet

Help with one of the most attended events during Orientation!
Work closely with the Techlink officers!
Invite enthusiastic volunteers to contribute!

If you are interested, please email gsc-oc at mit.edu asap.

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*Writing Center will be open this Summer!*

For the first time in its 26-year history, MIT's Writing and
Communication Center will be open during the summer. The new hours
are the result of special funding from Dean Steven Lerman and the
Office of the Dean for Graduate Education, Dean Deborah Fitzgerald
and the Office of Dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
and Assoc. Provost Claude Canizares. The basic concept is to make the
Center's professional consultants available for graduate students
and post-docs during the summer months.

the Writing Center will be open from:
July 1-August 22, Monday through Friday,
from 10:a.m.-noon, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Appointments will be made on the online scheduler
and there will also be the possibility of dropping in.

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Lorenna Lee-Houghton
GSC Secretary, 2008-2009





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