[Gsc-hca-offcampus] Upcoming Events

[Jeffrey T Chambers]

Hi Off-Campus Grads,
I hope the term is going well for you. Here are some upcoming events. 
For off-campus grads with families, the family forum (event 3) is a good 
opportunity to discuss and address the needs and concerns of MIT's 
graduate families and couples.

~Jeff Chambers
GSC Off-Campus Chair

Events:
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1. Harvard-MIT 80's Party - Nov 14
2. Ashdown-SP Brunch - Nov 15
3. Family forum meeting - Nov 16
4. Two Dollar Dinner Tuesday - Nov 17
5. Call for Graduate Women
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Event Details:
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1. Harvard-MIT 80's Party
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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2. Ashdown-SP Brunch
When: 12pm, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009
Where: Ashdoen (NW35) Hulsizer Room

The next Ashdown brunch will be held this Sunday in the Hulsizer room
at 12:00pm. The theme for this brunch is 'Southern Food'. Join us and
warm up with the delicious food provided.
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PLATES AND UTENSILS to help the environment and
participate in the raffle.
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3. The Graduate Student Council (GSC) is holding a family forum meeting 
next Monday, November 16th at 7pm in the Eastgate penthouse lounge.  All 
students with spouses and families, along with their spouses, are 
welcome to attend.  Dinner and babysitting will be provided.

The main purpose of this family forum is to discuss and address the 
needs and concerns of MIT's graduate families and couples, both on- and 
off-campus.  Some issues that will be discussed at Monday's meeting 
include on-campus child care, maternity/paternity leave policies, and 
how to connect the on-campus and off-campus family communities.  We 
would love to hear your thoughts on these issues as well as others.  If 
you have any items you would like to add to the agenda, please send them 
to gsc-hca at mit.edu.

In addition to discussing family concerns, the second purpose of this 
meeting is to recruit a chairperson for the GSC's Family Subcommittee.  
If you are interested in this position, please let us know, either by 
email or by attending the meeting.  More information on the subcommittee 
can be found here:  http://gsc.mit.edu/index.php/hca/141

Please RSVP to gsc-hca at mit.edu so that we can get a rough headcount for 
dinner and babysitting.
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4. Two Dollar Dinner Tuesday (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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5. Call for Graduate Women
Are you interested in helping to start a student-led institute-wide 
graduate women's group?  Women are needed to help shape this program, in 
its early stages.  This program would provide mentoring, networking, 
career development, and empowerment of graduate women through regular 
programming, collaborations with existing services and offices at MIT, 
social events, and a formal mentoring program.

Interested women are needed as advocates and advisors, as a departmental 
representatives, or as a Founding Executive Board Members.  Please 
contact kfurman at mit.edu for more details on the current efforts of this 
program and how to get involved, at any level of the process. 
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