[Gsc-anno] @MIT...[State of the VC Industry, Flu Season, Travel Grant Fund, GradRat, BJ Novak, President Jose Ramos-Horta]
Chuck Gammal (GSC Secretary)
gsc-secretary at MIT.EDU
Mon Sep 28 07:55:32 EDT 2009
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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. State of the VC Industry and How to Pitch
2. Flu season is here -- be prepared!
3. Help Improve the MIT Graduate Student Dental Plan
4. GSC Travel Grant Fund: Fall deadline is approaching!
5. Graduate Student Ring (GradRat): Web Designer Wanted!
6. Graduate Student Ring (GradRat) Special Promotion
7. Graduate Student Gift Committee
8. MIT Women's Initiative
9. An Evening with BJ Novak
10. President Jose Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor
11. MIT Accreditation Evaluation
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What: State of the VC Industry and How to Pitch
When: Friday, 12 - 1 PM
Where: E51-372
Contact: changemit at mit.edu
- Free lunch!
- Jon Auerbach, Partner, Charles River Ventures
- Areas of greatest investing interest: Wireless technologies and services
- Former technology reporter and editor at The Wall Street Journal
during which time he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize
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What: Flu season is here -- be prepared!
Where: http://medweb.mit.edu/about/news/flu/index.html
Contact: MIT Medical (617-253-4481)
- For information on how to stay healthy and what to do if you get sick:
- http://medweb.mit.edu/about/news/flu/index.html (MIT Medical)
- http://studentlife.mit.edu/flu (Divison of Student Life)
- If you become ill with flu-like symptoms call MIT Medical immediately
- MIT Medical: 617-253-4481
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What: Help Improve the MIT Graduate Student Dental Plan
Where: http://web.mit.edu/surveys/grad/dental/
Contact: gsc-hca at MIT.edu
- Help by providing feedback on the MIT Graduate Student Dental Plan
- http://web.mit.edu/surveys/grad/dental/ (MIT certificates required)
- We welcome feedback from both subscribers and non-subscribers
- For students registered last Fall 2008 and/or Spring 2009 only
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What: GSC Travel Grant Fund: Fall deadline is approaching!
When: Fall application deadline: October 1st, 2009
Where: http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/funding/funding-travel
Contact: ARC chairs, Clarice & Ulric: gsc-arc at mit.edu
- The Travel Grant Fund: for academic or industry-related student travel
- Available for all graduate students presenting at conferences, etc.
- For more information, criteria and application materials,
visit http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/funding/funding-travel
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What: Graduate Student Ring (GradRat): Web Designer Wanted!
When: Deadline: Friday
Where: MIT Graduate Student Ring Committee
Contact: gsc-ring at mit.edu
- MIT GradRat committee is interested in a talented web-developer
designer/graphic artists to re-design the GradRat website.
- Compensation: GradRat Gold Ring or equivalent monetary salary
- Please send an e-mail to gsc-ring at mit.edu and provide your background,
contact information, and past website design portfolio
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What: Graduate Student Ring (GradRat) Special Promotion
When: Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 28-29), 10 a.m.- 3p.m. - Lobby 10
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (Oct. 5-7), 11:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. - E51 Lobby
Contact: sc-ring at mit.edu
- GradRat is coming to campus this week and next week to showcase the graduate
student rings and take your GradRat purchase orders
- Special Promotion: First 50 graduate students who place an order in person
will receive a special $20 discount (mention promotion keyword: MAZE)
- Discount is only for GradRat purchases
- One discount per person. Discount does not apply to the $99
second Celestrium ring.
- PROMOTION LIMITED TO FIRST 50 ORDERS , FIRST COME FIRST SERVE
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What: Graduate Student Gift Committee
Contact: Rosheen Kavanagh, rosheenk at mit.edu
- Solicit: Encourage peers to give to any area of MIT (two hours/month)
- Events: Attend and staff at least two Grad Gift events (three hours/event)
- Recruit: Encourage peers to join the committee
- Meetings: Attend committee meetings (one-two hours/ month)
- Promote: Invite and encourage peers to attend Grad Gift events
- Communicate: Correspond with committee and Annual Fund staff as needed
- 4 hours per week
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What: MIT Women's Initiative
When: IAP 2010
Where: All over the United States!
Contact: wi-directors at mit.edu
- The MIT Women's Initiative sends pairs of female students from MIT to
middle and high schools around the country for a week during IAP
to encourage girls to remain interested in math and science
- Everyone can be involved: Make a donation or suggest school districts
- Women: APPLY by Monday, October 5 ***http://mit.edu/wi/
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What: An Evening with BJ Novak
When: Saturday, October 24 at 8pm
Where: Kresge Auditorium
Contact: ua-events at mit.edu
- Live comedy show with BJ Novak from "The Office"
- Tickets On-sale Now! sao.mit.edu/tickets/
- $10 for MIT students, pre-sale through Wed, Sept 30
- $20 for MIT affiliates and guests, on-sale Thurs, Oct 1
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What: President Jose Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor
When: Tuesday, September 29, 2:30 PM
Where: 10-250, Huntington Hall
Contact: http://legatum.mit.edu
- 1996 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- "Challenges in Nation-Building"
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What: MIT Accreditation Evaluation
When: Monday, October 5th, 5 PM - 6 PM
Where: Room 32-141
- Share your perspective with an evaluation team visiting MIT next month
- The accreditation process includes an evaluation visit by a 10-person team
- A member of the visiting team will moderate
- No MIT faculty or staff will be present
- Students may come and go as they please
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