Change Your World: Information on Joining the Peace Corps
Kristi Gundrum Kebinger, Jessi Flynn
Thu Jan 13, 01:30-03:00pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: RSVP preferred
If global strife has made you think about the state of our world and how you too can learn to get involved and make a difference for the well-being of our planet and its inhabitants, please come to an informational session led by Peace Corps' MIT Recruiter. Learn why MIT grads are valuable to Peace Corps and how you can put your degree to work to make an impact in communities around the world. With a great past and wonderful benefits, Peace Corps is a top notch option after graduation. Come and learn more from Peace Corps representative Jessi Flynn!
RSVP to kristig@mit.edu.
Contact: Kristi Gundrum Kebinger, 4-104, x3-8968, kristig@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
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Creatively Capture your Field Experience – with words, images, found elements and mapping
Kate Mytty
Tue Jan 4, 03-05:00pm, 4-159
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Your time in the field and experience working on various projects are incredible learning opportunities during which senses are heightened. We’ll give you ways to think about capturing that experience using multiple creative processes – visual, written and found elements from your experience away from home. All of which will make it easier for you to share your story and report back when you return.
Before we meet, pick up a supply kit and one exercise for this course and spend time either over winter break or earlier that day capturing one piece of your day-to-day activities – maybe it’s how you choose the type of cereal at the grocery store, or the process for checking in through TSA at the airport or what tunnels you take to walk from one side of campus to the next; it can be as specific or broad as you desire.
We’ll spend Tuesday, January 4th working on pulling together parts and pieces into a compelling story and then sharing it with the class.
IDEAS Competition/MIT Global Challenge
Contact: Kate Mytty, W20-549, (617) 715-5474, kmytty@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
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Farmworker Poverty, the Campaign for Fair Food... and YOU
Meghan Cohorst
Mon Jan 24, 06-07:30pm, 1-150
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 21-Jan-2011
Single session event
Florida tomato pickers are among the country's most exploited workers. They earn sub-poverty wages, are denied basic labor rights like overtime pay and sick days, and have no right to organize in order to change these conditions. In the most extreme conditions, workers are held in situations of modern-day slavery.
For over a decade, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers have been organizing to improve wages and working conditions for Florida tomato pickers. Through their Campaign for Fair Food, they have reached agreements with nine food industry leaders who have committed to working together with workers to improve farmworkers' lives. Today, the CIW and its allies are calling on supermarket giants like Stop & Shop to take similar responsibility. Join us to learn more about farmworkers, their campaign, and how you can get involved!
Dinner provided if RSVP to azad@mit.edu by Friday, Jan 21.
Contact: Anahita Maghami, azad@mit.edu
Sponsor: Amnesty International
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Finding your career in non-profits
Jesse Ohrenberger, Linden McEntire
Wed Jan 19, 05-06:30pm, 4-231
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
This session will discuss why many people are drawn to the non-profit sector and will allow you to hear from and ask questions of a panel of individuals in various fields at local non-profit companies. Visit the website below and select Workshops, Career Fairs and Events.
Web: https://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student
Contact: Jesse Ohrenberger, 12-170, x3-4733, ohrenbje@mit.edu
Sponsor: Global Education and Career Development
Cosponsor: Public Service Center
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Graduate Resident Tutor (GRT) Information Session
Mellisa Thompson
Wed Jan 5, 12-01:00pm, W20 Coffee House
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: For anyone who will be a 2011-2012 MIT Grad student
Graduate Resident Tutors (GRTs) are graduate students who live in undergraduate dorms as mentors, playing key roles in MIT's vibrant residential community. If you will be a graduate student at MIT for the 2011-2012 academic year and beyond, this session is a chance to learn more about the position and the application process from a current GRT and a Residential Life Programs staff member. GRTs receive free housing, a stipend, and unique opportunities to interact with faculty and undergraduates.
Web: http://greta.mit.edu
Contact: Josh Kastorf, W59-200, (617) 452-4280, jkastorf@mit.edu
Sponsor: Residential Life Programs
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Graduate Resident Tutor Information Session
Mellisa Thompson
Wed Jan 26, 06-07:00pm, E51-151
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: For anyone who plans to be a 2011-2012 MIT Grad Student
Graduate Resident Tutors (GRTs) are graduate students who live in undergraduate dorms as mentors, playing key roles in MIT's vibrant residential community. If you will be a graduate student at MIT for the 2011-2012 academic year and beyond, this session is a chance to learn more about the position and the application process from a current GRT and a Residential Life Programs staff member. GRTs receive free housing, a stipend, and unique opportunities to interact with faculty and undergraduates.
Web: http://greta.mit.edu
Contact: Josh Kastorf, W59-200, (617) 452-4280, jkastorf@mit.edu
Sponsor: Residential Life Programs
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Habitat for Humanity January 22nd Build Day
Josh Cohen
Sat Jan 22, 07am-04:00pm, W20, Main Lobby
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2011
Limited to 14 participants.
Single session event
Join MIT Habitat for Humanity for some on-site construction experience! We will be traveling to Peabody, MA to work with our North Shore Habitat for Humanity affiliate. No experience necessary.
Please email jdc@mit.edu to sign up, with your name, email, and if you are willing to drive. To drive, you must be 18 or older. If you are able to drive, no car is required; we will rent one if necessary. Details will be sent the week prior to the trip.
Web: http://habitat.mit.edu/build_days.shtml
Contact: Josh Cohen, Baker #533, (404) 285-2680, jdc@mit.edu
Sponsor: Habitat for Humanity
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Habitat for Humanity January 29th Build Day
Josh Cohen
Sat Jan 29, 07am-04:00pm, W20, Main Lobby
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 25-Jan-2011
Limited to 10 participants.
Single session event
Join MIT Habitat for Humanity for some on-site construction experience! We will be traveling to Peabody, MA to work with our Lowell Habitat for Humanity affiliate. No experience necessary.
Please email jdc@mit.edu to sign up, with your name, email, and if you are willing to drive. To drive, you must be 18 or older. If you are able to drive, no car is required; we will rent one if necessary. Details will be sent the week prior to the trip.
Web: http://habitat.mit.edu/build_days.shtml
Contact: Josh Cohen, Baker #533, (404) 285-2680, jdc@mit.edu
Sponsor: Habitat for Humanity
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Habitat for Humanity January 8th Build Day
Josh Cohen
Sat Jan 8, 07am-04:00pm, W20, Main Lobby
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2011
Limited to 14 participants.
Single session event
Join MIT Habitat for Humanity for some on-site construction experience! We will be traveling to Lawrence, MA to work with our Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity affiliate. No experience necessary.
Please email jdc@mit.edu to sign up, with your name, email, and if you are willing to drive. To drive, you must be 18 or older. If you are able to drive, no car is required; we will rent one if necessary. Details will be sent the week prior to the trip.
Web: http://habitat.mit.edu/build_days.shtml
Contact: Josh Cohen, Baker #533, (404) 285-2680, jdc@mit.edu
Sponsor: Habitat for Humanity
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How to run a great event at the Cambridge Science Festival
Robin Meisner, P.A. d'Arbeloff, Erika Reinfeld
Tue Jan 18, 02-04:00pm, MIT Museum, N51
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Planning an event for CSF 2011? Want to make sure you'll connect with your public? Aren’t quite certain how to structure your program? Join the CSF Director and the MIT Museum Programs Team to get tips on public speaking, successful science demos that won't take forever to set up, identifying and marketing to a specific audience, and measuring and reporting the success of your event. This two hour workshop will introduce you to other event sponsors and science educators, outline resources available to you, give you a crash course in science communication, and offer an opportunity to troubleshoot the plans for your event (or start writing them up - nudge, nudge).
Recommended for approved Cambridge Science Festival 2011 presenters.
To sign up for this event, please use the URL below.
Web: http://museum.mit.edu/forms/iap11
Contact: Robin Meisner, N52-218B, x3-0527, rmeisner@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: MIT Museum
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Intellectual Property Clinic: A roadmap for managing IP
Lars Hasselblad Torres
Wed Jan 19, 03-05:00pm, 4-145
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 18 participants.
Single session event
To patent or not to patent, that is a common question at MIT. Whether it is more noble to endure the risks of “staying open” or to file for protection is a question that often stymies young entrepreneurs. What constitutes “public disclosure”? How does your place in academia affect your options? If you choose to file for protection, how do you get started? What if you’re working in several countries? Find out insights on these and other critical questions from industry veteran Bruce Horwitz (http://www.techroadmap.com) in this practical, problem-solving clinic. Reserve your space early – space is limited.
Sponsored by IDEAS and the MIT Global Challenge (http://globalchallenge.mit.edu)
Web: http://globalchallenge.mit.edu
Contact: Lars Torres, W20-549, (617) 324-5176, lhtorres@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
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Navigating growth: Managing conflict while building your enterprise
Lars Hasselblad Torres
Thu Jan 27, 03-05:00pm, 1-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Building and sustaining thriving organizations -- for-profit and non-profit -- is a tough enterprise process. Holding teams together, integrating new members, talking about your IP, and negotiating founders shares can challenge the leadership skills of even seasoned CEOs. Join the pros and learn tools and concepts that will help you manage all kinds of difficult conversations effectively. Mindy Garber (Course 2, 1982) and Vicky Bennet are both veterans in dispute resolution who can help prepare young entrepreneurs for a successful organization-building journey.
Sponsored by IDEAS and the MIT Global Challenge
Web: http://globalchallenge.mit.edu
Contact: Lars Torres, W20-549, x4-5176, lhtorres@mit.edu
Sponsor: Public Service Center
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Science Policy Bootcamp
William Bonvillian, Johanna Wolfson, Dina Faddah, Noah Spies
Tue Jan 18 thru Thu Jan 20, 09am-03:00pm, 56-114
Fri Jan 21, 01-03:00pm, 56-114
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 17-Dec-2010
Limited to 40 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Juniors, Seniors, Grad students, Post-docs in Science & Eng.
Science and technology public policy strongly guides the future of science education and research. Given the challenges to future federal support, this four-day seminar aims to introduce science and engineering students to the nuts and bolts of science policy-making. The course will expose students to the fundamental structure and dynamics of science policy and inform them of routes into a policy experience or career. This seminar is sponsored by the Dean of Graduate Students, who supports the integration and deepening of science policy awareness within the MIT community at all levels. To enroll, please email johannaw@mit.edu with a brief essay (~150 words) regarding your student status and what you hope to get out of the class.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/spi/
Contact: Johanna Wolfson, 6-026, (617) 253-1956, johannaw@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Science Policy Initiative
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Your Practice and Your Values: How do they align?
Sebastiao Ferreira, CoLab Visiting Scholar, Amy Stitely, CoLab US Green Hub Program Director (MCP ’08)
Fri Jan 7, Sat Jan 8, 09am-05:00pm, TBD
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This two-day workshop is open to students, alumni, staff, and professionals interested in exploring the practice of “values-based planning.” Participants will review the theoretical frameworks behind activist planning, advocacy planning, and action research. Facilitators will then guide the group through a series of reflective practice exercises that will allow participants to contrast their personal values with their professional experiences. Once participants become explicitly aware of the alignment (or misalignment) between their values and professional activities, they will craft an action plan for orienting their future practice.
This workshop is designed to help participants set a personal and professional intention for facing the planning challenges of the new year.
Contact: Amy Stitely, CoLab US Green Hub Program Director (MCP ’08), astitely@mit.edu
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
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