[Gsc-anno] @MIT [MIT Presidential Search, MIT Open Ballroom Dance Competition, Nominations for GSC Officers are Open, and much more…]
Madalyn Sarah Berns
mberns at MIT.EDU
Wed Mar 14 02:02:11 EDT 2012
CHECK OUT OUR GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER: http://gsc.mit.edu/news-events/pubs/
SUBMIT AN ANNOUNCEMENT: http://gsc.mit.edu/anno
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In this week’s Anno:
1. MIT Presidential Search
2. Become an MIT Career Fair Director!
3. Nominations for GSC Officers are Open
4. Nominate someone for an Institute Award
5. Angel Deradoorian of the Dirty Projectors Live at MIT
6. MIT Open Ballroom Dance Competition
7. Minding the Gap: A Conversation about Economic Inequality
8. China Urban Development Discussion Series
9. Trash Into Art proposals due
10. Save the Date for the 2012 MIT Sustainability Summit: The Horizon Event
11. MIT Hunger Banquet
12. International Student Coffee and Social Hour
13. Two Dollar Tuesday to Provision Perpetual Prosperity!
14. Become a FSILG Resident Advisor!
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Submit an announcement: http://gsc.mit.edu/anno
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1 What: MIT Presidential Search
1 When: Multiple Times
1 Where: Multiple Locations
1 Web: http://gsc.mit.edu/mit-president-search/
- Provide insight and feedback as a graduate student as part of the MIT
Presidential Search
- Online Feedback: http://gsc.mit.edu/mit-president-search/comments/
- Forums will be held at the following time on campus:
Tuesday March 13 – Ashdown House, Hulsizer Room, 9PM
Thursday March 15 – Walker Memorial, Pritchett Dining Hall, 50-258, 6PM
Monday March 19 – 5-134, 12PM
Tuesday March 20 – 3-442, 12PM
Tuesday March 20 – E51-376, 5:30PM
Thursday March 22 – Student Center, Lobdell, 7:30PM
- Please RSVP for the forums online:
https://signup.mit.edu:444/mitpresidentsearch
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2 What: Become an MIT Career Fair Director!
2 When: ASAP
2 Contact: Francisco Alonso <falonso at MIT.EDU<mailto:falonso at MIT.EDU>>
- Want to run one of the largest Career Fairs in the US?
- Interested in having close contact with over 300 of the top employers?
- The MIT Career Fair is looking for new leadership and YOU could be
one of the next Directors
- Director Positions: Employer Relations, Treasurer, Sponsorship, Publicity,
Week-of Logistics, Day-of Logistics, Facilitator
- Apply/Info: http://gsc.mit.edu/2012/02/becoming-a-career-fair-director/
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3 What: Nominations for GSC Officers - Open Wed 3/7
3 When: 3/7 5:30-7pm General Council Meeting
3 Where: Walker Memorial - Pritchett Hall
3 Contact: gsc-vp at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-vp at mit.edu>
- Nominations open for GSC Officer Positions: President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer
- Elections will be held at the April GCM 4/4
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4 What: Nominate someone for an Institute Award
4 When: by March 23, 2012, 3pm
4 Where: http://gsc.mit.edu/programs-initiatives/institute-awards/
4 Contact: gsc-awards at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-awards at mit.edu>
- Each year, the GSC helps award four Institute Awards recognizing
different
contributions to graduate life. Please consider nominating someone
today.
- Awards include: Graduate Teaching Awards (for each school)
- Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising
- Edward L. Horton Fellowship Award
- Irwin Sizer Award for Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education
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5 What: Angel Deradoorian of the Dirty Projectors Live at MIT
5 When: Friday, May 6th, 8:30pm-12AM
5 Where: Hayden Memorial Library Courtyard
5 Contact: www.wmbrlive.com<http://www.wmbrlive.com/> (see details below)
- Angel Deradoorian, a member of the band The Dirty Projectors, is
performing on friday here on campus (the day after her debut release).
- MIT's own Levi Schmidt will open for her
- Doors will be at 8
- Levi at 9
- Deradoorian will go on arond 10 or 10:30
- Please buy your tickets ahead of time. They are $3 presale and $5 at
the door.
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6 What: MIT Open Ballroom Dance Competition
6 When: Sat/Sun March 17th & 18th
6 Where: Rockwell Cage
6 Contact: ballroom.mit.edu/com<http://ballroom.mit.edu/com>
- The MIT Ballroom Dance Team invites you to the MIT Open Ballroom
Dance Competition on Saturday March 17 and Sunday March 18 in
Rockwell Cage.
- The competition will feature top dancers from all over the country,
and a showcase on Saturday night by
two-time World Ten-Dance Champions Iveta and Gherman.
- The competition is free to watch and open to the public. Tickets for
the professional showcase are $12 online and are available at
http://mitopenprofessionalshow.eventbrite.com/.
- For more information about the competition, go to ballroom.mit.edu/comp<http://ballroom.mit.edu/comp>.
- For details about MIT's competitive ballroom team and how to join, visit
ballroom.mit.edu<http://ballroom.mit.edu>.
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7 What: Minding the Gap: A Conversation about Economic Inequality
7 When: Tuesday March 13, 7-9pm
7 Where: 6-120
7 Contact: cenglish at mit.edu<mailto:cenglish at mit.edu>
- Join David Autor, Associate Chair of the MIT Department of Economics
for an exploration of the complexities of the increasing wealth gap in the
U.S.
- Autor is joined by speakers:
- Peter Diamond, MIT Department of Economics
- Arjun Jayadev, Department of Economics, UMASS
- Frank Levy, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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8 What: China Urban Development Discussion Series: Challenges of
Urban Energy Planning in China
8 When: Wednesday, March 14, 5:10pm
8 Where: 9-354
8 Contact: yunkex at mit.edu<mailto:yunkex at mit.edu>
- Speaker: Dr. Stephen Hammer, Lecturer in Energy Planning, MIT
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
- China has now become the world's largest energy consumer.
- Learn more about challenges of China's growing energy consumption,
and how that may affect the world.
- Please RSVP at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5Y5F8YQ.
- About China Urban Development: http://dusp.mit.edu/cud/cud_series.html
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9 What: Trash Into Art proposals due
9 When: Friday, 3/16, 5pm
9 Where: Visit http://web.mit.edu/idi/yunus_2012.htm for the proposal
application.
9 Contact: trashintoart at mit.edu<mailto:trashintoart at mit.edu>
- 2012 Yunus Challenge Art Installation
- Your challenge: turn your trash into art. Help raise awareness of waste
and of its effects on marginalized communities.
- Students are to collect pieces of waste from their own lives for a week,
and to create a thought-provoking project.
- Finalists' work will be installed and presented on the MIT campus from
Mon, April 2 – Fri, April 6.
- One winner will receive a $50 gift card to Flour Bakery, and will further
display their work on May 3 at the IDEAS Global Challenge Awards
Ceremony.
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10 What: Save the Date for the 2012 MIT Sustainability Summit: The
Horizon Event
10 When: April 27, 2012
10 Where: Microsoft NERD Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA,
02142
10 Contact: http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/
- Jeremy Grantham | Co-Founder and Chief Investment Strategist, GMO
Asset Management
- Jim Hanna | Director of Environmental Affairs for Starbucks
- Mindy Lubber | President of Ceres
- Jeffrey Hollender | Co-Founder of Seventh Generation
- Tickets on sale March 19th at http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/
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11 What: MIT Hunger Banquet
11 When: March 17, 6:00-7:30pm
11 Where: W20 Student Center, 20 Chimneys (3rd floor)
11 Contact: mfwh_exec at mit.edu<mailto:mfwh_exec at mit.edu>
- A unique dinner experience with keynote speakers:
- Hugh Joseph (Assistant Professor, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy) on contexts of hunger in our global agri-food system
- Sam Loewenberg (Journalist and Nieman Global Health Reporting
Fellow, Harvard) on missed opportunities to mitigate the crisis in the
Horn of Africa
- Susan Murcott (Senior Lecturer, MIT Civil and Environmental Eng. Dep)
on role of water-related diseases and improper sanitation in malnutrition
- Online Registration: http://a3.acteva.com/orderbooking/bookEvent/A316560
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12 What: International Student Coffee and Social Hour
12 When: Mondays, 9-10am
12 Where: 5-232
12 Contact: cjlove at mit.edu<mailto:cjlove at mit.edu>
- Every Monday until the end of the semester!
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13 What: Two Dollar Tuesday to Provision Perpetual Prosperity!
13 When: 6-7 pm, Tuesday, March 20
13 Where: Morss Hall, Walker Memorial (Bldg 50)
13 Contact: gsc-ac at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-ac at mit.edu>
- Hugely subsidized cultural dining for grad students!
- We'll have awesomely authentic Mexican food from Villa Mexico!
- But did you know that many Mexicans struggle to finance new
businesses as simple as food stands?
- Help us build a sustainable financing solution for small business owners
around the world while you enjoy the food! Click below to find out how!
- Tickets & Info: http://gsc.mit.edu/2012/03/tdt-mar20/
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14 What: Become a FSILG Resident Advisor!
14 When: by Friday, March 23
14 Where: http://studentlife.mit.edu/fsilg/ra
14 Contact: mccready at mit.edu<mailto:mccready at mit.edu>
- Want to support MIT fraternity, sorority & independent living group
members, & receive free housing & other amenities?
- Apply to Become A Resident Advisor Today!
- Interested candidates can visit http://studentlife.mit.edu/fsilg/ra to
view the full position description & application
- Questions can be directed to Assistant Director of FSILGs Adam
McCready at 617.258.5490 or mccready at mit.edu<mailto:mccready at mit.edu>
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