[Gsc-anno] @MIT...[Interested in Consulting?, Election Day, Alumni Dinner Series, Call for Graduate Women]

Mon Nov 2 07:54:51 EST 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.   Interested in Consulting?

        2.   Alumni Dinner Series

        3.   Life Sciences Career Panel

        4.   Volunteer event at local homeless shelter

        5.   Call for Graduate Women: Program to Empower Graduate Women

        6.   LEGS Personal Leadership Evaluation Workshop

        7.   MIT's famous Cheat Sleep! wellness program

        8.   In the Distance Graduate Student Conference, Call for Papers

        9.   MIT Agriculture Forum

        10.  Election Day
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What:     Interested in Consulting?
When:     Thursday, November 5th, 12 - 1 PM
Where:    E51-395
Contact:  RSVP by Tuesday at changemit at mit.edu

-  Thinking about applying to a consulting firm in the future?

-  Come learn about the type of work you would do day-to-day.

-  Hear from Craig della Penna, principal, BCG Boston.

-  Lunch will be provided!  RSVP to changemit at mit.edu.
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What:    Alumni Dinner Series
When:    Tuesday, November 17, 6pm-7:30pm
Where:   Morss Hall (1st floor of Walker Memorial)
Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu

- The Alumni Dinner Series provides an informal opportunity to hear from and
  mingle with young, local MIT alumni

- Come enjoy a delicious dinner and drinks with MIT alumnus and President
  & CEO of MicroCHIPS, Inc. (John T. Santini, Jr., Ph.D.) http://www.mchips.com/.
  John will share his experiences (both good and bad) and lessons learned while
  taking a cutting edge technology from a whiteboard concept at MIT to products
  in development at a growing, venture-backed company.

- Representatives from the Grad Rat will be present, taking orders and raffling off a new iPod Nano

- Tickets are only $2 and can be purchased at http://gsc.mit.edu/
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What:     Life Sciences Career Panel
When:     Tuesday, November 3rd, 7-8pm
Where:    E51-372
Contact:  biomedofficers at mit.edu

-  The MIT Sloan Biomedical Business Club is hosting a life sciences career panel

-  Meet recent alumni and leaders from the local life sciences industry

-  Learn about various functions (marketing, bus. dev., operations, consulting, etc.)

-  Come prepared with your questions
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What:     Volunteer event at local homeless shelter
When:     Saturday, November 7, 2:30-7:30 pm
Where:    NW 86 and 240 Albany St.
Contact:  sp-outreach-chair at mit.edu

- Help cook and serve a meal for homeless people

- Cook: 2:30-5:30 in S-P Multipurpose Room Kitchen

- Serve: 5:30-7:30 at CASPAR, 240 Albany St.

- Come celebrate Thanksgiving a little early
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What:     Call for Graduate Women: Program to Empower Graduate Women
When:     By arrangement
Where:    By arrangement
Contact:  kfurman at mit.edu

-  Want to help start a student-led institute-wide graduate women's group?

-  If so, help shape this program, in its early stages of development!

-  Current plans for mentoring, career development, and empowerment

-  Dedicated women are needed as advisors, department reps, & board members

-  Please contact kfurman at mit.edu to become involved, at any level
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What:   LEGS Personal Leadership Evaluation Workshop
Who:    all graduate students (limit of 40)
When:   Saturday, November 7th, 10am-4pm
Where:  Eastgate Penthouse
<http://whereis.mit.edu/?clk=E55&zoom=16&lat=42.36160405047349&lng=-71.08373165130615&open=object-E55>

Cost:    $5 per student
Register at: http://sao.mit.edu/tickets/2009/legs-workshop
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What:     MIT's famous Cheat Sleep! wellness program
When:     Monday, Nov. 2 at 7 pm
Where:    5-134
Contact:  MedLinks/Zan Barry, MIT Medical bars at med.mit.edu
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What:     In the Distance Graduate Student Conference, Call for Papers
When:     November 15, 2009
Where:    rip at mit.edu
Contact:  rip at mit.edu

-  Call for Papers, details at http://tinyurl.com/yh8eu5p

-  Positive effects of distance in aesthetic practices

-  Deadline for 300-word abstract and CV is November 15, 2009

-  Organized by the HTC Group at the Department of Architecture

-  Conference will take place on February 27, 2010
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What:     MIT Agriculture Forum
When:     Friday, November 6, 4-6 pm
Where:    E25-117
Contact:  elizabeth.greene at sloan.mit.edu

-  Crop science, urban food systems, global agribusiness, agricultural supply chains, market access

-  If you are involved with any aspect of food and agriculture, please join us

-  Purpose: Hear from System Dynamics expert Peter Luttik and meet in working groups

-  What role might MIT have in the broader discourse on global agricultural sustainability?

-  What are the core challenges the agricultural system faces?
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What:     Election Day
When:     Tuesday, November 3rd, 7 AM - 8 PM
Where:    Kresge Auditorium

-  Registered students who live in campus or near MIT can vote at Kresge Auditorium.

-  Students living off campus can find their polling location at:
   http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php

-  Polls are open from 7AM to 8PM.

-  Students can learn more about the candidates (including Leland Cheung, a
   current graduate student at MIT running for City Council) and voting procedures at:
   http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/town_info/your_vote/x927262156/Cambridge-election-guide
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