[GWAMIT] Announcements

Sun Mar 28 23:29:58 EDT 2010

Dear Graduate Women,

Enjoy the Week!

The GWAMIT Board

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IN BRIEF

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Notices:

1. 2010 Mother Board Writing Prize

2. Register for the MIT Spring Career Fair

Events:

3. Party with a Purpose - End Violence Against Women

4. Using Social Media for Your Job Search Webinar

5. Film Screening of “Naturally Obsessed: the making of a scientist”

6. Lessons Learned: Women's Career Decisions In Review

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FULL ANNOUNCEMENTS

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1. 2010 Mother Board Writing Prize

This prize is an annual award honoring graduate student research and  
writing in the field of Women’s and Gender Studies.  This writing  
prize is dedicated to the ‘Mother Board’, the seven feminist  
intellectuals who together conceptualized and brought the Graduate  
Consortium in Women’s Studies into existence in 1988.

One student will be recognized each year with an award for unpublished  
written work that exemplifies the three tenets central to the GCWS  
mission: interdisciplinary inquiry; innovative thinking; and  
epistemologically self-conscious investigation.  Students who are  
eligible are those currently matriculated in a Masters or Doctorate  
program at one of the nine GCWS member institutions and who have been  
or are currently enrolled in a GCWS seminar. Papers need not have been  
written for a GCWS course. Submissions will be reviewed by a 2-person  
selection committee of GCWS affiliated faculty. The award of the  
writing prize will be announced towards the end of the Spring semester.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

- Three hard copies of the submission (maximum 30 single-sided, double- 
spaced pages)

- Completed Mother Board Writing Prize submission form (attached)

- Curriculum vita (with current address)

- Confirmation of past or current enrollment in a GCWS course (Print  
copy of a grade transcript, email or letter of confirmation signed by  
the GCWS Program Coordinator)

Submission packets should be postmarked April 15, 2010, and mailed to:

Andi Sutton

GCWS Program Coordinator

Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies

16-287, MIT

77 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA  02139

For more details, contact Andi Sutton at arsutton at mit.edu.

2. MIT Spring Career Fair

Mark your calendars!

When: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 11am-4pm

Where: Walker Memorial: Morss Hall

View attending employers here: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/event_view.aspx?token=TS9bgRXFVxJmAkzaJBTkMQ%3d%3d

Register on CareerBridge before April 23rd to be included in the  
Employer Resume Book.

3. Party with a Purpose - End Violence Against Women

When: Tuesday, March 30, 7 – 9 pm

Where: Ashdown House's Hulsizer Room

Open to: MIT Community Members and Friends

Come join us for a big networking event ("Party with a Purpose")!  
Everyone in the Boston/Cambridge area interested in joining the cause  
and working with various women's organizations is welcome. We're  
planning to have representatives from women's shelters and the Boston  
Area Rape Crisis Center present. Omega Phi Beta, a Boston-area  
organization, is also running a book drive and will be accepting book  
donations for victims of domestic violence.

Email end_violence at mit.edu for more information.

Refreshments provided.

Co-Sponsored by: The End Violence Against Women Program and the Office  
of the Dean of Graduate Education (ODGE)

4. Using Social Media for Your Job Search Webinar

When: Wednesday, March 31, 3 – 4 pm

Where: Online seminar – advanced registration required at https://mitweb.webex.com/mitweb/onstage/g.php?d=644337795&t=a

Did you know that 83% of employers use the internet to find  
information about potential employees?

Are you on Facebook, but not on Linkedin?

Discover how to create your own personal brand using social media  
instead of just aimlessly applying for jobs. In this workshop we will  
focus on the do's and don'ts when using Linkedin and tips to build  
valuable connections. In addition, you will leave this workshop with  
the knowledge of how to diagnose, manage and monitor your web presence  
while developing connections with people who can make your  
professional goals a reality. Learn how to establish a strong web  
presence that will impress employers, colleagues and industry leaders.

5. Film Screening of “Naturally Obsessed: the making of a scientist”

When: Wednesday, March 31, 3:15 – 4:15 pm

Where: 32-123

Naturally Obsessed: the making of a scientist: a one-hour documentary  
film from PARNASSUSWORKS: Produced and Directed by Richard Rifkind and  
Carole Rifkind

A true story about the struggle to become a scientist and the  
satisfactions of discovery.

Watch a one-minute prelude to the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7zIRl0quLw

(January 16, 2009) “Most films show working scientists as lonely  
isolates, pathetic nerds, dangerous nuts, or pompous gurus. Viewers of  
Naturally Obsessed experience the world of research as it really is –  
a lively community of intensely curious, friendly and hardworking  
individuals engaged in the fascinating process of scientific  
discovery,” says scientist turned filmmaker, Sloan Kettering Institute  
Chairman Emeritus, Richard Rifkind.

Mixing humor with heartbreak, NATURALLY OBSESSED: THE MAKING OF A  
SCIENTIST tells an intensely dramatic story about a trio of  
irrepressible student scientists who are guided through the emotional  
ups and downs of a PhD training program by a tough but genial mentor.  
The film was shot for over three years in the Molecular Biology  
laboratory of Dr. Lawrence Shapiro at Columbia University Medical  
Center in New York City.

For more information contact Marilyn Wilson mcwilson at mit.edu or Colin  
Smith cd_smith at mit.edu

6. Lessons Learned: Women's Career Decisions In Review

When: Wednesday, March 31, 6 – 8:30 pm

Where: Microsoft New England Research & Development Center, 1 Memorial  
Drive, Cambridge MA

This event is FREE & Open to the public!

In celebration of Women's History Month, join Girls in Tech, MITX and  
the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center in a panel  
discussion where inspirational women in the marketing and technology  
fields will reflect on obstacles they've confronted early on in their  
careers and how they've learned from and overcome them to become  
successful business leaders.

Speakers to-date:

Kiki Mills - President, MITX (Moderator)

Gail Goodman - CEO, Constant Contact

Diane Hessan - President and CEO, Communispace

Kathleen Kennedy - Chief Strategy Officer, Technology Review

Nataly Kogan - Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Agenda:

6:00-6:30pm      Registration and light hor d'ouvres

6:30-8:00pm      Panel Discussion

8:00-8:30pm      Final Networking

For more information: http://www.mitx.org/events/2166.cfm
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