Weekly PDA Newsletter - April 23, 2017
Meghan Huber
mehuber at mit.edu
Sun Apr 23 11:46:06 EDT 2017
Dear MIT Postdocs,
The PDA Professional Development committee is announcing a new mentoring
program. Be sure to check out details below! Applications are due May 9th.
Enjoy your week!
Cheers,
Meghan
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Dr. Meghan Huber
Corresponding Secretary
Postdoctoral Association of MIT (PDA)
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NEXT MIT-PDA MEETING
Monday, May 15, 2017
12:00pm
Rm E25-101
Lunch will be provided!
REGISTER HERE
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-vT1gzgyik3JHFWaRgQwAVeVoiaoQFK7iP2MO4dtKwo/viewform>
Please join us for our monthly MIT-PDA meeting! Get involved with any of
the various committees (e.g., sports, advocacy, committee, community
building) and have your voice heard. This is a great opportunity meet your
fellow postdocs on campus!
MIT-PDA NEWS AND EVENTS
Events
Postdoc Soccer
Hosted by the MIT-PDA Sports Committee
Interested in playing soccer with your fellow postdocs? Join the soccer
mailing list <https://groups.mit.edu/webmoira/list/soccer-pda> and the sports
facebook group <https://www.facebook.com/groups/1499342643696472/> to stay
up-to-date with playing times! For soccer, it is critical that you check
the Facebook book group and note your availability on the poll. Events are
subject to cancellation if there is insufficient attendance.
Date and Time Monday, April 24, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Location Zesiger Mac Court
Postdoc Volleyball
Hosted by the MIT-PDA Sports Committee
Please join the PDA this Friday for soccer!! Enter through the Vassar
street entrance and the attendees at the gate should let you through if you
say you are with the PDA and present MIT ID. There are bathrooms in the
facility where you can change or come with someone with a membership who
can give you access to the locker rooms. Spouses and significant others of
postdocs are welcome free of charge. Friends and colleagues may join only
if they have an athletics membership (otherwise you may need to pay a 1
time entrance fee that is around $15). Anyone can join for the Muddy
afterwards (you just need to be with someone who has MIT ID) providing you
are 21 or over. Note the Muddy is cash only if you want to buy drinks. Please
also add yourself to our sports Facebook group
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/1499342643696472/>!
Date and Time Friday, April 28, 7:30 - 9:00 PM
Location Zesiger Mac Court
Postdoc Coffee Hour
Hosted by the MIT-PDA Human Affairs Committee
Do you have questions about life as a PD at MIT? Would you like to meet
other PDs over a cup of coffee? Would you like to learn more about what the
PDA can do for you? If so, please join us for the monthly postdoc coffee
hour!
Date and Time Thursday, April 27, 4 - 5:30 PM
Location One Community Room (8-219)
2017 MIT Postdoctoral Association Mentoring Program
Hosted by MIT-PDA Professional Development Committee
Join us for our exciting 2017 MIT PDA Mentoring Program and learn from
experienced professionals how to achieve career success after completion of
your academic traineeship. The program will run from May to November 2017
and will consist of monthly informal sessions with outstanding mentors who
are excited to help the MIT postdoctoral community. They will share their
valuable professional insights and experiences, thus providing important
information and guidance for your career development. Mentors include
Michael Birnbaum (MIT Faculty), Dane Walther (Akamai), Bob Porras (Dell
EMC), Francesca Lazzeri (Microsoft), Francis Wolenski (Takeda Oncology),
Michele L. Ostraat (Aramco), Ishan Capila (Momenta Pharma), Anne Bothmer
(Editas), Darby Schmidt (Quartet Medicine), Tilman Kispersky (McKinsey),
Vyas Ramanan (Third Rock Venture) and many more. To participate in our
Mentoring Program, please complete the online application form (here
<https://goo.gl/forms/pMdlOqZcbU9ara652>) until May 8th 2017. Successful
applicants will be custom matched to mentors based on areas of interest and
career goals and invited to a first kickoff meeting on May 24th 2017. If
you require any further information, feel free to contact at
mitpdamentoring at gmail.com.
PDA and Strategic Games Society (SGS) Partnership
Hosted by MIT-PDA Community Building Committee
MIT-PDA is happy to announce a new partnership for the board games nights
with the MIT Strategic Games Society (MIT-SGS). It is now free for Postdocs
to join the weekly board games nights hosted by the MIT-SGS. Moreover, you
can bring your non-MIT friends for a small fee of $5 per year. SGS meets
every Friday at 7PM in MIT Building 50-316 (Walker Memorial Hall, Floor 3,
Room 16) for board games and card games. Gaming sessions typically go
until around 12-2 AM. For more information about the board game branch of
SGS, contact the officers <sgs-officers at mit.edu>.
Postdoc Orientation Sessions
The PDA offers Postdoc Orientation Sessions open to all postdocs at MIT.
Topics covered include:
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Data on postdoc population at MIT
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MIT oversight of postdocs
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Defining postdoc expectations
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Differences between fellows and associates
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PDA structure and initiatives
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How to get involved
The sessions will be typically the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at 12pm
(45-60min) in E49-5145. Lunch will be provided. The dates for the semester
are as follows: April 24, May 22. If you are interested in participating,
you can register via Atlas or here
<http://web.mit.edu/training/course.html?course=CDT21061c>.
GLIMPSE (PDA PInG Initiative)
If you would like to be interviewed by GLIMPSE podcast or would like to
help with the podcast (music, logo, artwork), please contact us at
glimpse.podcast at gmail.com. For more information, please visit us at:
http://glimpse.mit.edu/
OTHER MIT AND LOCAL EVENTS
This Week
Backpack to Briefcase - How to Negotiate Your First Job
Hosted by the MIT Alumni Association
You have spent most of your childhood and young adult life going to
school–primary school, secondary school, and college–preparing to enter the
work force. You have gotten pretty good at science, mathematics, computer
programming, accounting, or whatever. You have applied for jobs and now you
have been offered one. It's time to sit down face to face with your
potential employer, and you don’t know what to say and you don’t know what
to ask for. We are going to give you the tools to get through this stage of
your life. Sure, we are going to help you get what you want and deserve.
But, here’s the little secret. We’re going to help you get what you want
and deserve in a way that will make your new employer even more pleased to
hire you. “What?” you say, “I will end up with more money and better
working conditions and my new employer will be happy?" Right.
Date and Time Monday, April 24, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Location 4-145
Registration Register here: http://bit.ly/2oPgKyZ
Branding Yourself - Effective Communication Skills
Hosted by MIT Global Education and Career Development
Communication goes beyond verbal skills which are important to the success
of any job seeker. To Brand yourself as a professional, you must deliver a
consistent message in a Written, Verbal, and Virtual manner. As students
and postdocs begin to look for positions in engineering and science, both
in academia and industry, they must be aware of how their nonverbal
communication skills impact their possibility of finding employment
opportunities. Learning how to maximize the use of one's verbal and
nonverbal communication skills is a powerful tool to help one achieve
professional success, and a critical component for the future.
Date and Time Tuesday, April 25, 1:30 - 3:00 PM
Location 3-333
Registration Pre-registration requested via CareerBridge
<https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>.
Developing Your Emotional Intelligence: Improving Personal and Professional
Relationships
Hosted by MIT Work-Life Center
Speaker: Wendy Wollner, M.S., M.B.A.; Founder and CEO, Balancing Life's
Issues. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is one of the many kinds of
intelligence we use every day. One difference is that we can actually
improve our EQ, which research has shown can enhance our careers and
relationships. Learn how identifying, understanding, and actively using our
own and others' emotions can help make or break interactions with others,
professionally and personally. This seminar provides skills, tools, and
interactive exercises to give you a sense of why self-awareness and
awareness of others have huge value in all areas of your life. Dinner will
be available beginning at 5:00 p.m. and the seminar presentation will run
from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Date and Time Tuesday, April 25, 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Location 46-3189
Registration Register here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developing-your-emotional-intelligence-improving-personal-and-professional-relationships-registration-31289770546>
Choosing Quality Child Care
Hosted by MIT Work-Life Center
Speaker: Presenter Kathy Kasabula, B.A.; Child Care Operations
Administrator, MIT Work-Life Center. These monthly introductory discussions
are specially designed for expectant parents and those new to parenting or
child care. Each Choosing Child Care session addresses different infant and
toddler child care options, what child care costs, how to find and evaluate
child care options, planning your parental leave, and the transition to
parenting. Infants are welcome if alternative child care is unavailable.
Date and Time Wednesday, April 26, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Location NE49-5000
Registration Register here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/choosing-quality-child-care-registration-27174588927>
Traveling Safely Internationally for Work and Pleasure
Hosted by MIT Work-Life Center
Speaker: Todd Holmes, B.A.; Program Manager, MIT International Safety and
Security Sandra Mitchell, M.B.A.; Director, MIT Office of Insurance. Are
you planning, or hoping to plan, an international trip for work or personal
reasons? MIT faculty, staff, postdocs, students, and family members have an
ever-mobile global presence. While fun and exciting, travel also can
present inconveniences and risks that can be avoided with thoughtful
preparation. This seminar will look into state-of-the-art and
scientifically proven ways to prepare for safe travel, in order to work,
explore, meet people, and have fun abroad. In addition, we will cover the
resources available to you through MIT, including access to information and
advice for adequate preparation, and assistance returning home quickly if
there is an unexpected or disruptive event. The MIT Program for
International Safety and Security offers many travel safety services to the
MIT community.
Date and Time Thursday, April 27, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Location 46-2189
Registration Register here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/traveling-safely-internationally-for-work-and-pleasure-registration-31291477652>
Patent Searching Fundamentals
Hosted by MIT Libraries
This session will enable you to successfully find patent references from
all over the world, and obtain patent text and diagrams. This hands-on
session will help de-mystify the patent literature and show key resources
for finding patents.
Date and Time Thursday, April 27, 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Location 14N-132 DIRC
Registration Register here <http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3233519>
Northrop Grumman Future Technical Leaders (FTL) Program
Hosted by CSAIL Alliances
At Northrop Grumman, we’ve developed the Future Technical Leaders (FTL)
Program - a professional development opportunity aimed at identifying and
investing in Northrop Grumman’s next generation of technologists,
engineers, architects and leaders. Our FTL Program is seeking talented MS
and PhD Dec 2017- June 2018 graduates interested in learning more about our
exclusive three year rotational program working side-by-side with senior
technical management. It’s the chance of a lifetime—one that only a few
receive. To be eligible for the FTL Program, you must be at the top of your
class in a Master’s or Doctoral program in the following majors. Due to the
classified nature of the work, you must be a U.S. citizen and able to
obtain a security clearance. **Refreshments from Café Luna will be
served** Speaker:
The representative from NGC will be Scott Beasley (SB `99), who received
his undergraduate degree in Physics at MIT and is currently a Senior
Systems/Software Engineer at NGC, specializing in C4I software, Virtual
Reality Game-based training software, and conversational AI.
Date and Time Thursday, April 27, 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Location Room G-882 in Stata Center
Registration Register here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northrop-grumman-future-technical-leaders-ftl-program-information-session-tickets-33826414717>
International Community Coffee Hour
Hosted by MIT International Students Office
Join us every 2nd and 4th Friday! Meet with fellow international students
and share your ideas and concerns. Let's support each other in the current
political climate. Light breakfast served. Led by students, sponsored by
ISO International Council and ISO.
Date and Time Friday, April 28, 10:00 - 11:00 AM
Location E19-202
Reduce Pain and Feel Better with the Alexander Technique
Hosted by MIT Argentine Tango Club
Chronic pain and discomfort can arise from how we use our body in activity
or inactivity. The Alexander Technique offers strategies for reducing pain
and unnecessary body tension and finding greater ease in everything you do.
Used by dancers and performing artists of all kinds to reduce injury and
improve movement quality, it is equally effective for those enduring long
hours of desk and computer work. Please wear comfortable clothing. Yoga mat
helpful, but not required.
Date and Time Saturday, April 29, 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Location 56-162
Registration Sign up here:
https://sites.google.com/site/mittangoclub/events/alexander-technique-with-pamela---april-29th
OneWorld at MIT Festival: Stage Show
Hosted by MIT Office of the Chancellor, MIT Institute Events, MIT Office of
the President
The OneWorld @ MIT Festival is a multicultural celebration of food, music,
costume, and dance! The festival stage show is presented and performed by
MIT students - visit oneworld.mit.edu and stay turned for the program and
list of individuals and groups who will be performing! Community members
are welcome to bring guests; please have your MIT or Lincoln ID with you
Date and Time Saturday, April 29, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Location W34, Johnson Athletics Center Ice Rink
OneWorld at MIT Festival: Let’s Dance!
Hosted by MIT Office of the Chancellor, MIT Institute Events, MIT Office of
the President
The OneWorld at MIT Festival continues at 9 pm with tent dance parties to take
us across campus and around the world in a joyful celebration of culture.
Community members are welcome to bring guests; please have your MIT or
Lincoln ID with you
Date and Time Saturday, April 29, 9:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Locations
--Kresge Oval: A World of Music: Middle East, Kpop, Hip Hop, India
--Killian Court: Campus Night Club
--McDermott Court: Caribbean Rhythms and African Beats
--Walker Tent: Two-Step to Salsa
Next Week
Exploring PhD Career Options in Higher Education Panel
Hosted by MIT Global Education and Career Development
PhD graduates can work in higher education in various capacities, including
areas of research, teaching, training, strategy, administration and writing
to name a few. Attendees will learn from panelists who have made the
transition from being an MIT PhD student to working in higher education.
Panelists have found positions in various ways, and they will discuss
advice for seeking future career options. These career stories represent
higher education (and additional industries from panelists' past
experiences) from perspectives that are not tenure-track faculty. This
event is open to all courses and departments and postdocs. Panelists - all
are PhD alums from MIT: Francoise Carré - Research Director, Center for
Social Policy at UMass Boston, Patricia Christie - Instructor at MIT
Chemistry, Biology, John J. Dolhun - Technical Instructor at MIT Chemistry,
Piotr Mitros - Chief Scientist at EdX, and Jessica Tytell - Executive
Director for the Biological Design Center at Boston University.
Date and Time Tuesday, May 2, 5:00 - 6:30 PM (Rescheduled event from
previous bad weather)
Location E19-202
Registration Pre-registration requested via CareerBridge
<https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student>.
Practice Mindfulness to Improve Well-Being and Resiliency
Hosted by MIT Work-Life Center
Speaker: Paul R. Fulton, Ed.D., M.S.; Harvard Pilgrim Health Care,
Mindfulness-Based Learning and Founding Member, Institute for Meditation
and Psychotherapy. This program introduces the basic principles and
practices of mindfulness, a concentrated state of awareness that helps
people see and respond to situations with greater clarity. Individuals who
employ the techniques of mindfulness in their work are able to monitor
moment-to-moment effectiveness, respond promptly and appropriately to
difficulties as they arise, and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.
Participants will be introduced to meditation practices that will teach
them how to be more focused, creative, and resilient in all aspects of
their lives.
Date and Time Tuesday, May 2, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Location 76-156
Registration Register here
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/practice-mindfulness-to-improve-well-being-and-resiliency-rescheduled-to-may-2-due-to-storm-registration-31296326154>
xTalk: Innovative Approaches for Enhancing the 21st Century Student
Experience
Hosted by MIT Office of Digital Learning
Everyone engaged in higher education wants students to succeed. Yet
existing research into student success is vexed and at risk of stalling.
Entrenched rituals for garnering evidence are yielding diminishing returns.
Dated myths are used to identify who students are and how they experience
higher education. People lack data to help plan the really meaningful
experiences which flowed serendipitously in smaller and more regulated
systems. Drawing from 15 years working with hundreds of institutions in
around 50 countries, this seminar presents insights from a work program
executed to bring about sustained enhancement of the student experience. It
concentrates on findings from recent Australian innovation which has
defined new concepts for understanding higher education students,
identified new data sources and assessment approaches, and engaged
institutions in enhancement work and new conversations about students.
Visit the event website here
<http://odl.mit.edu/news-and-events/events/hamish-coates-innovative-approaches-enhancing-21st-century-student-experience>
.
Date and Time Wednesday, May 3, 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Location 10-105
Online workshop: Manage Your PDFs and Citations: Zotero & Mendeley
Hosted by MIT Libraries
Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of
references or PDFs is common and important in today’s academic world. These
tools will help you to save citations from your favorite databases and
websites, store related PDFs or attachments, and quickly build a
bibliography for your papers and publications. We’ll review Zotero and
Mendeley and show how to use them together to help your manage your PDFs
and citations.
Date and Time Thursday, May 4, 12:30 - 1:30 PM
Location Online
Registration Register here
<https://mit.webex.com/mw3200/mywebex/default.do?service=7&main_url=%2Ftc3200%2Ftrainingcenter%2Fdefault.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dmit%26main_url%3D%252Ftc3200%252Fe.do%253FAT%253DMI%2526%2526Host%253DQUhTSwAAAATQICdpKX7GktKcHMZji05boYUw8Lw2ik6WDeHeMkCmgm24fsGIbvOXdZkAmSBUbj6mYne17n7c1VhoG7U2-7GL0%2526UID%253D0%2526MTID%253Dtd014e7569b169e5cd484ab51436a4d25%2526siteurl%253Dmit%2526confID%253D2997048305%2526ticket%253D4832534b000000045639596aed680a31904f0154e058dcdd47861be96bff7e0093d0961847d4931b&siteurl=mit>
Careers Across MIT
Hosted by MIT Human Resources Department
Exploring your career at MIT? Curious about new professional development
opportunities? Looking for a new job at the Institute? Interested in
networking with MIT staff? If so, come to the 5th Annual Careers Across MIT
event! Join us on May 4, 2017 from 12 to 2 pm in Walker Memorial Hall,
Building 50. (No registration required.) Learn about the many opportunities
for professional development at MIT and speak to departments, labs, and
centers across the Institute about the work they're doing? many DLCs even
have open positions.
Date and Time Thursday, May 4, 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Location 50-140, Morss Hall
Upcoming Deadlines
Postdoc Yoga
Hosted by Hadassah Segal
The next session of Postdoc Yoga begins May 10, 2017. This is an open
level, gentle yoga class for postdocs, and spouses/partners of postdocs. It
meets Wednesdays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. Here are the dates for the next session/
10 classes: May 10, May 17, May 24, No class May 31, June 7, June 14, June
21, June 28, July 5, July 12, July 19. Where: Marlar Lounge, 37-252 on
Vassar Street. Cost: The rate for the 10 class session is $90/ per person
(no makeups or single classes). If you are interested in joining, please
email hadassahsegal at hotmail.com to reserve your spot (spaces are limited)!
New England Future Faculty Workshop at Northeastern University
Hosted by the NE-FWW Planning Committee
We would like to invite them to participate in the New England Future
Faculty Workshop for Women in STEM Fields (NE-FFW) on the Northeastern
University campus in Boston, Massachusetts on August 10, 2017. The NE-FFW
is designed specifically for women in STEM fields who are late-stage PhD
students and postdoctoral scholars and interested in an academic career.
The NE-FFW is focused on the academic job search. The format of the
one-day workshop includes faculty-led interactive discussions and
peer-to-peer interactions. Workshop topics include: Finding Your
Institutional Fit, Standing Out in the Interview, Reviewing CVs, Developing
a Research Statement, Negotiating the Job Offer, and more. To learn more
about the New England Future Faculty Workshop for Women in STEM Fields, go
to: http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/recruitment/future-faculty-workshop/
. To participate in the NE-FFW, Apply by May 26th online here.
<http://www.northeastern.edu/advance/recruitment/future-faculty-workshop/>
CHECK OUT THESE SITES FOR ADDITIONAL EVENTS
postdocs.mit.edu (Office VPR)
MIT GECD Events <https://gecd.mit.edu/mit-events>
MIT Spouses&Partners Events <http://spouses.mit.edu/mit-events>
MIT Events <http://events.mit.edu/>
Boston PDA Events <http://bostonpostdocs.org/events-calendar/>
Mass-AWIS Events <http://mass-awis.org/category/events-calendar/>
MIT RESOURCES FOR POSTDOCS
MBTA Access
As a reminder, all postdoctoral fellows and postdoctoral associates on
MIT’s Cambridge campus are eligible for free, unrestricted subway and local
bus access. MIT is providing ID cards with a special MBTA* chip inside that
will provide this access. (*Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority). If
you received a new MIT ID card on or after June 21 (or after August 9, in
the case of many postdoctoral fellows), check the back of your ID card. If
“Charlie INSIDE!” is written on it, you are all set, and already have
access. If not, you can visit the Card Office (W20-020) with your current
MIT ID card to swap it for one with the MBTA chip inside it. The Card
Office is open between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.
FREE Mindfulness and Meditation Classes from MIT Medical
Find Some Om Under the Dome
MIT Libraries is offering drop-in meditation and relaxation sessions.
Please join us for silent meditation in the Barker reading room. Sit for a
minute, or 30. Beginners welcome - no experience necessary. Every Monday at
noon in the Barker Dome of Barker Engineering Library (10-500). Please
arrive promptly. Registration is required.
<https://medical.mit.edu/community/wellness/classes/mindfulness-meditation>
Meditation for your Wellbeing
Community Wellness at MIT Medical offers drop-in meditation and relaxation
sessions. Sit back and relax - no experience necessary. Please arrive
promptly. A short talk and guided meditation begins at 12:10 pm. This class
is held every 2nd Wednesday of the month, 12:10 pm-12:40 pm. Led by Seth
Monk. Registration is required.
<https://medical.mit.edu/community/wellness/classes/mindfulness-meditation>
MIT Writing & Communication Center
The Center provides free professional advice about all types of writing and
speaking/oral presentations, including specialized help for non-native
English speakers. See their website for more details:
http://cmsw.mit.edu/writing-and-communication-center/
MyLife Services
MyLife Services
<http://o6os.mj.am/link/o6os/xlkt8jnnqpg8/1/-kBne3WjUT8Ww6LEA98gxw/aHR0cDovL2hyd2ViLm1pdC5lZHUvd29ya2xpZmUvbWl0bXlsaWZlc2VydmljZXM>
is
a free, confidential, 24/7 counseling, consultation, and work-life referral
service provided by KGA, Inc., a trusted external provider of employee
assistance programs. Postdoc Associates and Fellows are eligible for
services provided by KGA, Inc. through the MIT Work-Life Center and MyLife
Services. You can now access a network of experts who can help with the
challenges of life and work, such as:
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Financial planning, debt management, and legal issues
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Personal and work relationships
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Sleep and nutrition
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Stress, anxiety, depression, and other emotional concerns
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Child and elder care
This includes 5 FREE confidential mental health counseling sessions, as
well as access to 24/7 confidential counseling services. We encourage you
to learn more about MyLife Services by calling 1-844-405-LIFE
(1-844-405-5433) or going online
<http://o6os.mj.am/link/o6os/xlkt8jnnqpg8/2/y46EmaQ0aMF6d85vixaLTg/aHR0cDovL2hyd2ViLm1pdC5lZHUvd29ya2xpZmUvbWl0bXlsaWZlc2VydmljZXM>.
For more information or to provide feedback, please contact the MIT
Work-Life Center.
MIT Spouses&Partners Connect
Offers social and career-related groups and events for your
spouse/partner/family. For more information and event listings, visit
http://spouses.mit.edu/.
MIT Employee Resource Groups
Join an Employee Resource Group (ERG) at MIT!
ERGs are employee-led groups formed around common interests, issues and/or
a common bond or background. ERGs host activities such as lectures,
socials, dinners, etc. Both Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates are invited
to join. Current ERGs include:
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African, Black, American, Caribbean @MIT (ABAC at MIT) ERG
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Asian Pacific American ERG
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Latino ERG,
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Lesbian, Gay, ,Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) ERG
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Millennials ERG
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Women in IT ERG
Check out the link for more information and upcoming events:
http://hrweb.mit.edu/diversity/ergs/current
OTHER RESOURCES
Free Membership for the National Postdoctoral Association
The National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) is a member-driven organization
that provides a unique, national voice for postdoctoral scholars. Since
2003, we have taken on the ambitious agenda to enhance the quality of the
postdoctoral experience in the United States. We have assumed a leadership
role in addressing the many issues confronting the postdoctoral community
that are national in scope and requiring action beyond the local level. Get
your free affiliate membership with the National Postdoctoral Association
here: http://www.nationalpostdoc.org/?page=individual_members
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