[Gsc-anno] Carbonrally, GSN, LEGS, GradRat, Libanissimo, Mentor-Mentee (7Apr09)

Tue Apr 7 08:00:16 EDT 2009

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

	     1. MIT Carbonrally

	     2. Graduate Student News
		Call for Writers!

	     3. Leadership Evolution for Graduate Students
		April 14, 6pm, PDR 1&2

	     4. GradRat Ordering

	     5. Libanissimo IX
		April 14, 9pm

	     6. Mentor-Mentee Program and Mixer
		April 14, 6pm, Muddy Charles Pub

details:
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 From April 8 to May 8, the first ever MIT Carbonrally will take place.
Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to form teams to reduce
carbon emissions through small personal actions such as avoiding
eating meat for 2 days a week, knocking a few minutes off your shower
time, and unplugging your PC at night. There are currently 25 different
challenges you can accept on Carbonrally.com, and new ones are added
regularly.

Teams can be of any size, and the top ten teams will win $100. Scoring
is based on the total reduction of carbon emissions for the team from
April 8 to May 8. It takes only 5 minutes to register and join a team,
and 1 minute to accept your first challenge.

In 2008, Carbonrally participants from across the U.S. took over
50,000 personal actions and reduced emissions by 1400 tons.
Let's add MIT's impact in 2009.

To create a team:
1. Register at http://www.carbonrally.com/signup.
2. Click on "Create a New Team."
3. Make sure MIT is the first word of your team name.
4. Select "College/University" for team type.
5. Click on "Invite Friends to Team" to recruit team members.

To join a team:
Click on link in email invitation or register at
http://www.carbonrally.com/signup and use search box to find your team

For current MIT teams and scores, go to
http://www.carbonrally.com/pages/MIT-rally

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*Graduate Student News*

The next issue of the GSN (Graduate Student News of MIT) will
spotlight ethics in research--we are looking for articles,
commentaries, essays from different members of the MIT community
(especially grad students and faculty) about the grey areas that we
all have to deal with in our everyday work. The topics can be widely
varied--from work with animals, to nuclear engineering, to working
under a DoD contract, to anything else that comes to mind.

Anyone interested in contributing should email gsn-editor at mit.edu
by Wednesday April 22nd at midnight. Articles or editorials may be up
to 800 words in length. Please include pictures separately with
instructions for placement within the article in the document. Word is
the preferred format. No formatting necessary-- a simple title, author,
and body text will suffice.

Any questions, please contact the editors at gsn-editor at mit.edu.

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*Leadership Evolution for Graduate Students*

LEGS 105: Group Motivation - Keep it going
Tuesday, Arpil 14, 2009
6:00pm-8:00pm, PDR 1&2 (W20-301, third floor of student center)
Register at: http://tiny.cc/legs105
Dinner provided

Ever have a great idea but not quite sure how to get people to
rally around it? Come to this workshop to learn about motivation
factors and utilizing them to keep a group or project moving forward.
*Dinner will be provided.*
Space is limited.

Presented by Stephen Immerman
Sr. Associate Dean for Student Development

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*Graduate Ring Ordering*

Graduate Ring Ordering,
April 7, 10am-3pm, Lobby 10
April 14 to April 16, 11am-4pm, Wolk Lobby(E-51)

Order your graduate ring!  Balfour representatives will be on campus
to take your Grad Rat orders on Tuesday, April 7th, from 10am until 3pm
in Lobby 10 and from Tuesday to Thursday, April 14 to 16, between
11am to 4pm in  Wolk Lobby(E-51). Last chance for guaranteed graduation
delivery. For more information on the Grad Rat, check out
http://gsc.mit.edu/ring

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*Libanissimo IX*

A Night of Belly-dancing, Mediterranean Cuisine, and Lebanese Charm !

Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 from 9:00pm - 1:00am

All you can handle of *MEDITERRANEAN FOOD*
*INTERNATIONAL TUNES* spun by DJ Niko
and *BELLY DANCING PERFORMANCE* by Lilya!

LIBANISSIMO sells out every year!
Tickets are limited; make sure to buy yours now:

http://libanissimo.mit.edu

$7 FIRST 100 TICKETS
$10 PRE-SALE PRICE
$15 @ THE DOOR

Tickets cover dinner & entertainment. Cashbar for alcoholic beverages.

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*Find a MIT Graduate Alumni as a Mentor!*

DETAILS:
Mentor-Mentee Mixer
Time: Tuesday, April 14, 6-7:00P
Location: Muddy Charles (Walker Memorial)

The Mentor-Mentee Program allows graduate students to connect with
MIT Alumni.  Students can gain career advice, as well as establish
valuable contacts.
Register your "Mentor-Mentee" pair at our website
(http://gsc.mit.edu/alumni) to win a $50 gift card to Sidney's
(http://tinyurl.com/bwbn8d).  Currently over 1800 alumni are
registered to be advisors.  Sign-up for an ICAN account and find a
Mentor today.

A great way to meet your mentor is to attend the Mentor-Mentee Mixer
on April 14th.  No RSVP is required.
Drinks and Snacks will be provided!!!!
If you haven't found a mentor by then, come anyways and meet other
graduate students and alumni.

More information:  http://gsc.mit.edu/alumni
Contact:  GSC Task Force on Community Engagement
(gsc-atf at mit.edu) with any questions.

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______________________
Lorenna Lee-Houghton
GSC Secretary, 2008-2009

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