[Gsc-anno] @MIT...[Boston Graduate Party, MIT Entrepreneurship Review Board, MIT 100K]
Chuck Gammal (GSC Secretary)
gsc-secretary at MIT.EDU
Mon Oct 12 09:01:37 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. Boston Graduate Party
2. Recruiting and Retaining the Best Talent
3. MIT Entrepreneurship Review Board of Editors Contest
4. MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition - Elevator Pitch Contest(EPC)
5. MIT Grad Dorm Block Party
6. Women's event "Board Room Careers Begin w/ a Board of Mentors"
7. MIT advisor-advisee policies: focus groups
8. HallowMIT Volunteers
9. Diwali Nite 2009.....Buy your online tickets now!
10. Thomas Barry, Founder and CEO Zephyr Management
11. $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Info Session
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What: Boston Graduate Party
(BC, BU, Brandeis, Emerson, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Suffolk, Tufts)
When: Thursday, 8 PM - 1 AM
Where: Tequila Rain, 3 Lansdowne
Contact: boston-party at mit.edu
- This is one of the most exciting social mixers in the area for students.
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141631649334&ref=nf
- Add to Google Calendar
- 150 Free Drinks to be Won!
- Admission: $4 per person, pay at the door, bring age ID and MIT ID
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What: Recruiting and Retaining the Best Talent
When: Friday, 12 - 1 PM
Where: 4-237
Contact: RSVP at changemit at mit.edu
- Free lunch!
- Jack Mollen, Executive Vice President for Human Resources at EMC
- Jack will talk about how to recruit and retain the best talent in
a technological company
- Areas of expertise: executive leadeship, employee development, and compensation
- Named HR Executive of the Year in 2006 by Human Resource Executive magazine
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What: MIT Entrepreneurship Review Board of Editors Contest
When: November 10th
Where: http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/MITER
Contact: eviladf at mit.edu
- MIT Entrepreneurship Review is selecting its Board of Editors!
- Participate at http://bit.ly/DDx7v and win $1,000 if selected!
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What: MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition - Elevator Pitch Contest(EPC)
When: October 27 & 28, 6-8pm, MIT, Building E51 (Preliminary Rounds)
October 29, 7-9pm, MIT, Stata Center, Kirsch Auditorium (Finale Round)
Contact: Register today! at http://www.mit100k.org/elevator-pitch-contest/
- Have a great idea? Enter the MIT 100K Elevator Pitch Contest.
- You will have 60 seconds to wow judges and potential investors with your business idea.
- Compete for $10,000 in cash prizes.
- Get feedback from leaders in the Boston entrepreneurial community.
- Recruit a talented team to enter future MIT $100K Contests.
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What: MIT Grad Dorm Block Party
When: Saturday, October 17, 12PM - 4PM
Where: Pacific St., Between Albany and Landsdowne
Contact: sp-president at mit.edu
- Fun for the whole family! MIT's first ever Grad Dorm Block Party
- Live entertainment, local vendors, drinks from the Thirsty
- Cakewalk and Bounce House
- Every canned good receives one entry into a raffle for great prizes
- http://s-p.mit.edu/flyers/block_party.png
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What: Women's event "Board Room Careers Begin w/ a Board of Mentors"
When: Tuesday, October 13, 12pm - 1pm
Where: E51-335
Contact: veena at sloan.mit.edu
- Because every successful professional has a network of supporters!
- Hear from Diane Garnick, Investment Strategist at Invesco Ltd.
- Brought to you by Sloan Women in Management & the Sloan Finance Club
- Lunch will be provided
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What: MIT advisor-advisee policies: focus groups
When: October 23 and October 30th, 12.30--2pm
Where: W20-407
Contact: RSVP to gsc-advising at mit.edu, or Ulric Ferner at gsc-arc at mit.edu
- An initiative to improve the quality of advising for grad. students
- Two focus group lunches with students, faculty, and grad. administrators
- Help to brainstorm new advising policies at MIT! All students welcome
- A great opportunity to connect with faculty on this critical topic
- Two free lunches provided! RSVP required: gsc-advising at mit.edu
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What: HallowMIT Volunteers
When: Saturday, October 24, 3pm - 5pm
Where: Stata Center
Contact: Alicia Erwin - aeerwin at mit.edu
- Love Halloween? Like interacting with children? Looking for a fun
volunteer opportunity?
- HallowMIT is a MIT children's Halloween festival, open to graduate
students, staff/faculty, and their families.
- Volunteers help by decorating, running games, face painting, carving
pumpkins, and much more.
- Sign up: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=payOdaC8eS7fst58EI-4UJQ
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What: Diwali Nite 2009.....Buy your online tickets now!
When: October 25th'2009
Where: Kresge Auditorium
Contact: MIT Sangam (sangam at mit.edu)
- Event Homepage:- http://web.mit.edu/sangam/www/diwalinight/
- RSVP: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=189459561320&ref=mf
- Ticket:web.mit.edu/sangam/www/diwalinight/tickets.html
- Cultural Show :- 7 pm onwards in Kresge Auditorium
- After Party: - 9:30 pm onwards in Lobdell, Student Center
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What: Thomas Barry, Founder and CEO Zephyr Management
When: Wednesday, October 14, 4:30 PM
Where: 32-155
- Thomas Barry will talk about investing in low-income countries
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What: $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Info Session
When: Wednesday, October 14, 12:30pm
Where: Stratton Student Center, Room 400 (W20-400)
Contact: Ed Canton, Awards Program Officer, lemelson_awards at mit.edu
- Are you a problem solver, inventor or innovator?
- Join us to learn more about the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize!
- Receive monetary support and gain national media attention
- Awarded annually to a graduate student or graduating senior
- Lunch will be provided
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