[Gsc-anno] @MIT...[Harvard-MIT 80's Party, MIT Entrepreneurship Review, Whisky Tasting, Alumni Dinner Series]

[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 

	2.   Harvard-MIT 80's Party 

        3.   MIT Entrepreneurship Review – Last days to become Editor!
 
	4.   Single malt Scotch whisky tasting seminar - "A Taste of Scotland"

	5.   Alumni Dinner Series

        6.   Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) 

	7.   MIT 2011 Reconciliation Initiative

	8.   Second Fridays @ the MIT Museum - Nano Night

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What:     GSC Update
Where:    gsc.mit.edu
Contact:  changemit at mit.edu

-  GSC responds to Institute Planning Task Force

-  The response focuses on four issues of key importance to Graduate Students

-  Four issues:  TA Cost Abatement, Size of graduate population, Time-to-completion, 
   and 3+2 Masters Program

-  Visit gsc.mit.edu to read the response
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What:     Harvard-MIT 80's Party 
When:     Saturday, November 14, 8:30 PM - 12:30 AM
Where:    Dudley House, Lehman Hall, Harvard University
Contact:  gsc-ac at mit.edu, dudley.social at gmail.com

- Come enjoy an awesome dance party with fellow MIT and Harvard grad students

- Free admission with student ID!

- Snacks and drinks provided (proper age ID required for alcohol)

- Funky 80's decorations and music

- Sponsored by GSC and Dudley Social
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What:     MIT Entrepreneurship Review – Last days to become Editor!
When:     November 10th
Where:    http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/MITER
Contact:  miter at mit.edu   
 
- Last two days to apply to be an Editor of the MIT Entrepreneurship Review!

- Apply by Tuesday Nov 10th at http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/MITER and win 
  $1,000 if selected!
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What:     Single malt Scotch whisky tasting seminar - "A Taste of Scotland"
When:     three sessions: 6:00-8:00 PM, January 19, 21, and 28, 2010
Where:    info and registration at http://student.mit.edu/iap/nc12.html
Contact:  GSC Vice President Kevin McComber, mccomber at mit.edu 

- Unpretentious three-session seminar for single malt Scotch whisky novices

- Each session focuses on different aspect of whisky

- Samplings of a wide variety of single malts; $75 total for 3 sessions

- Sessions led by area connoisseurs, attendance very limited

- Info and registration link at http://student.mit.edu/iap/nc12.html
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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. 

- 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:     Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) 
When:     Deadline, December 15, 2009
Where:    www.asee.org/SMART
Contact:  smart at asee.org

- SMART (www.asee.org/SMART) is a fully-funded, Scholarship-for-Service program

- This is a highly-selective, prestigious, national program that fully supports your education

- This include full tuition at any university, $1,000 for books, medical insurance & stipend

- Students will be required work as a civilian employee at Service or DoD Agency

- Students must be U.S. Citizens, able to obtain a DoD Security Clearance 
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What:     MIT 2011 Reconciliation Initiative
When:     November 19, 5:30-7:00PM
Where:    E40-464
Contact:  RSVP to bai at mit.edu

- "US-Iran Relations: Prospects for Reconciliation," an interactive 
  dialogue with Mahsa Rouhi (Cambridge University).

- Sponsored by a Graduate Student Life Grant and the MIT Center for
  International Studies.

- Dinner will be served for those who RSVP.
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What:     Second Fridays @ the MIT Museum - Nano Night
When:     Friday, November 13, 5PM - 8PM
Where:    MIT Museum, Building N51, 265 Mass Ave.
Contact:  dlui at mit.edu; http://web.mit.edu/museum/programs/calendar.html

-  Activate your weekend @ the MIT Museum w/ our new after-hours series.

-  Tonight's Theme- Nanotechnology; related demos & activities for all

-  Help build a giant balloon carbon nanotube sculpture!

-  OR wander our galleries (holograms, kinetic sculptures & robots)

-  Light refreshments served... relax & unwind; mix & mingle.
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