[Gsc-anno] @MIT...[Real Estate Search Engine, Academic Career Series, Women's Welcome Reception]

[Chuck Gammal (GSC Secretary)]

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Message brought to you by the:  MIT Graduate Student Council

Send your ideas to:  changemit at mit.edu

Visit us at:  gsc.mit.edu

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Submission deadline:  Sunday @ 5 PM to gsc-secretary at mit.edu

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Highlights:

                1.  GSC Update - Orientation

2.  Innovative Real Estate Search Engine

                3.  The Nuts and Bolts of the Academic Job Search

                4.  Volunteer to mentor an incoming international graduate student

                5.  Beginner Ballroom Workshops

                6.  Women's Welcome Reception

                7.  Writers Wanted for The Graduate

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                         GSC UPDATE
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What:  Orientation

Did you know that MIT's graduate student orientation is
entirely student run?

Check out the schedule for the 2009 Orientation here:
http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/orientation.
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What:       Innovative Real Estate Search Engine
When:      Every time you look for an apartment
Where:     Right now in Boston but soon in more cities in the U.S
Contact:   www.geosapia.com

Tired of wasting time when looking for housing?  Try GeoSapia
(www.geosapia.com). You describe your desired local environment,
and it ranks all the real estate listings based on your
personal needs. It also shows you relevant local data, such
as crimes, public transportation, grocery stores, and more.

Please let us know what you think. Feel free to tell
your friends and let us know how we can make it better.

We have a simple feedback form on the website.

Thanks,
GeoSapia team
(MIT postdocs & recent grad)
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What:     Academic Career Series: "The Nuts and Bolts of the Academic Job Search"
When:     Tuesday August 4, 4--5.30pm
Where:    Room 6-120
Contact:  Ulric Ferner and Clarice Aiello, gsc-arc at mit.edu

The academic job market has become increasingly competitive
over the last decade.  The academic career series is a set of
seminars held by the GSC aimed at all MIT students and postdocs
who are interested in academic careers.  This seminar, "The Nuts
and Bolts of the Academic Job Search" will be a panel discussion
about the strategies faculty use to secure academic positions.
This includes general insight into the faculty selection process,
the priorities of faculty/academic search committees compared with
industrial organizations, academic job interviewing techniques,
and how the increasingly competitive job market is changing the
faculty search process.  The panel will be made up of academic
scientists and engineers at different stages in their careers;
all graduate students and visiting scholars are welcome to attend.
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What:  Volunteer to mentor an incoming international graduate student
Where:  http://gsc.mit.edu/mentor
Contact:  International Community Fellow, clarice at mit.edu

Current graduate students, both domestic and international,
are invited to volunteer as mentors to first year international
graduate students. The International Graduate Student Mentorship
Program helps new incoming graduate students transition to graduate
student life at MIT. The goal is to provide first year
international graduate students - and their mentors - an
opportunity for cultural exchange, to learn more about Cambridge
and Boston, and the overall culture of MIT.

Each incoming international graduate student will be paired with
a current graduate student or alumnus according to MIT department,
country of origin, interests, conversational topics, etc.

The incoming student will be in e-mail contact with his/her
mentor in late August prior to arriving at MIT. During the
fall Orientation, we ask all mentee and mentors to plan to
meet-up at the International Students Mentorship Reception
on September 10 from 6-8 pm in Morss Hall (Walker Memorial).

Sign up now! Deadline is August 15:  http://gsc.mit.edu/mentor
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What:     Beginner Ballroom Workshops
When:     Tuesdays and Wednesdays 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Where:    lobby on the 3rd floor of building 34
Contact:  mitbdt-publicity at mit.edu

The MIT Ballroom Dance Team is sponsoring a series of
beginner dance classes that focus on learning fun social
dance figures.  Lessons are   free with an MIT student ID,
$5 for everyone else.  No previous dance experience is needed.
It is not necessary to bring a dance partner  because we
rotate through partners in the classes.

This week's schedule:
Tuesday, July 28               7:30 p.m. Bolero
                                                8:30 p.m. Quickstep
Wednesday, July 29        7:30 p.m. American Waltz
                                                8:30 p.m. Mambo

For more information and schedule details,
see http://ballroom.mit.edu/
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What:     Women's Welcome Reception
When:     September 6, 2-4 PM
Contact:  ypatta at mit.edu

Calling all graduate women: we're looking for a few people
to share their grad school experiences with incoming women grad
students during the Orientation Women's Welcome Reception on
September 6th, 2009 from 2-4 PM. If you're interested in,
please email ypatta at mit.edu.
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What:     The Graduate
Contact:  gsn-editor at mit.edu

The Graduate is always looking for writers, columnists,
and photographers. Email gsn-editor at mit.edu if interested.
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