[Gsc-anno] @MIT [Academic Career Series event, New Student Life and Learning website, and more]

[Todd Schenk (GSC Secretary)]

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Highlights:

	1. Academic Career Series: The Nuts and Bolts of the Academic Job Search

	2. Student Life and Learning site launched

	3. Finals of MIT vs. Harvard Case Competition 2010 + Networking Session with Consultants

	4.  Lunch with the Swiss (science-focused) Consulate, Swissnex

	5. Graduate Community Fellow Openings

	6. Call for volunteers - Join the Orientation 2010 Team


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1 What:      Academic Career Series: "The Nuts and Bolts of an Academic Job Search"
1 When:     Tuesday, August 3, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
1 Where:    32-123
1 Contact:  Simona Nedelcu or Sumeet Kumar at gsc-arc at mit.edu

- Considering an academic career? Wondering how to mount a successful job search in a highly competitive academic job market? Come and hear how others have done it. 
- This seminar will feature faculty panelists who successfully landed a position. Speakers will outline an effective search strategy, and provide insight into the faculty selection process, 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. 
- Panelists will be: 
--- Jeffrey M. Karp, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology 
--- Armando Solar-Lezama, PhD, Assistant Professor at MIT, Computer Aided Programming Group, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 
--- Cullen Buie, PhD, Assistant Professor at MIT, Department of Mechanical Engineering 
- REGISTRATION PREFERRED: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student/ , under Workshops, Career Fairs and Events
- Sponsors: MIT Career Development Center, Postdoc Advisory Council, Graduate Student Council

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2 What:     Student Life and Learning site launched
2 When:	   Available now
2 Where:    web.mit.edu/student 
2 Contact:  whatsonyourmind at mit.edu

Check out the new Student Life and Learning website which helps you easily find the offices, programs, and resources you need as a student at MIT:
-- Serves as a directory for topical areas. You can see a short list of popular links or drill down for a more complete list
-- Gives you up-to-the-minute information on bus schedules, menus, community events, and news
-- Displays the latest tweets from the recently launched @MITstudents twitter feed
-- Linked directly from the MIT homepage; under the community header, click "students"
-- Covers both graduate and undergraduate life and learning

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3 What:     Finals of MIT vs. Harvard Case Competition 2010 + Networking Session with Consultants
3 When:     30th July (2pm-6pm)
3 Where:    E51- Wong Auditorium
3 Website: www.consultingclubatmit.com
3 Contact:  consultingclub at mit.edu

-  Watch the teams from top two schools compete for winning the case competition
-  Learn how a real business case (sponsored by RelayRides) was tackled
-  Network with consultants from top consulting firms (important if you plan on interviewing this Fall)
-  Light snacks and drinks will be served

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4 What:     Lunch with the Swiss (science-focused) Consulate, Swissnex
4 When:    Thurs 5 Aug 12-1pm
4 Where:   RSVP to Megan Brewster, mmb6 at mit.edu
4 Contact: Science Policy Initative, RSVP to Megan Brewster, mmb6 at mit.edu

-  Swissnex Boston connects the knowledge, energy and expertise in science, higher education and innovation between Switzerland, New England and Eastern Canada
-  Swissnex is a public-private venture that represents the 21st century’s science diplomacy
-  Informal lunch discussion with Swissnex's Advisor for Education and Academics, Jacqueline Gasser-Beck 
-  Please RSVP to Megan Brewster, mmb6 at mit.edu

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5 What:      Graduate Community Fellow Openings
5 When:	    Application deadline July 30
5 Where:    http://web.mit.edu/odge/community/gcfellows.html
5 Contact:  Heather Fry, heatherf at mit.edu

- The Office of the Dean for Graduate Education has eight openings for Graduate Community Fellows for the 2010-11 academic year.
- Graduate Community Fellows are a cadre of graduate students who work on projects and assignments that enhance MIT graduate community in unique ways. 
- Fellows receive partial stipend support for the length of their appointment period.  Interviews take place in August.  See our web site for available assignments and an application form: http://web.mit.edu/odge/community/gcfellows.html

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6 What:      Call for volunteers - Join the Orientation 2010 Team
6 When:     Various events between August 29th and September 23rd
6 Contact:  Visit http://gsc.mit.edu/orientation2010/pmwiki.php?n=Orientation.Volunteers2010 for a list of opportunities

-  Visit the volunteers page for a list of opportunities, from greeting new students at the airport to leading a hike in the White Mountains (http://gsc.mit.edu/orientation2010/pmwiki.php?n=Orientation.Volunteers2010)
- Visit the general orientation page for a more general introduction (http://gsc.mit.edu/)
-  Volunteers get to share in the experience of their individual events and welcome new graduate students to life at MIT. They are also honored at an appreciation dinner in October and will receive a special edition t-shirt featuring the 2010 beaver-seal logo to wear during orientation and beyond.