2011 IAP UROP Expo
Various Departments
Thu Jan 20, 02-04:00pm, Kresge Lobby
Single session event
Never participated in UROP? Want to get involved, but don't know where to start? Come to the 2011 IAP UROP Expo and meet faculty, staff, and students representing UROP departments, labs, and centers across campus. The Expo provides an excellent opportunity to find out about UROP in the areas that interest you most, including Biology, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Urban Studies and Planning, Chemistry, and Political Science.
Knowledgeable representatives from participating departments will be on hand to answer your UROP-related questions, such as:- When is the best time to start looking for a UROP?
- What is the best way to approach faculty within the department?
- What kind of experience might I need?
- I'm interested in a specific type of research. Who in the department should I contact?
UROP students will display posters on their research, and share their UROP experiences with you. UROP staff will be on hand to answer your questions about UROP funding, research credit, and the application process. Refreshments will be served.
Eighty-seven percent of MIT students participate in UROP. Join us in Kresge Lobby, January 20, 2-4PM, and find out why!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/urop/
Contact: UROP Staff, 7-1043-7306, urop@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Office of Minority Education
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Amgen-UROP Scholars Info Session
J. Alex Hoyt, Michael Bergren
Tue Jan 11, 03-04:00pm, 1-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Each year, the Amgen-UROP Scholars Program invites undergraduates to participate in faculty-mentored summer research at MIT in the science and biotechnology areas.
Come to our information session to learn more about this exciting summer research opportunity and to speak with the Program Director and Coordinator.
NOTE: Applications for the 2011 program are due February 1, 2010.
Web: http://mit.edu/urop/amgenscholars/
Contact: J. Alex Hoyt, 7-104, x4-6700, jahoyt@mit.edu
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Balancing the Scales: Getting the Most Out of Your Undergraduate Career
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman, Jennifer Earls
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Want to learn what it takes to be a well-balanced student - personally, academically, and socially? Then this series is for you! Using a combination of discussion, short readings, and structured exercises, we will look at various issues undergraduates often face in the transition of life at MIT. These issues include time management, defining leadership, ethical challenges and communication. This series is designed to be participatory and lively.
Contact: Elizabeth Young, 7-103, 253-6786, ecy@mit.edu
Define a Leader
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman, Jennifer Earls
Tue Jan 18, 12-01:00pm, 1-150
Communication: Refining Your People Skills
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman, Jennifer Earls
Thu Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, 1-150
Skills for Academic Success
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman, Jennifer Earls
Tue Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, 4-153
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Beyond Stereotypes and Biased Plots: Learning How to Critically Watch Film and Television in the 21st Century
Ayida S. Mthembu, Melissa Thompson
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
In 1903, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois wrote the following words in the Souls Of Black Folk: "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colorline." Over a four day period, this class will use a multimedia and highly interactive approach to explore the over 100 year history of how the film and television industries have treated not only issues of race and culture, but also issues of gender, class, and sexuality. Come join us for a fun and thought provoking experience. Everyone is welcome!
Contact: Ayida S. Mthembu, 5-104, 253-4861, mthembu@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Residential Life Programs
Introduction to Central Ideas of the Series and Part One of the Issues of Race/Cultural Representation
Ayida S. Mthembu, Melissa Thompson
Mon Jan 24, 05:30-08:00pm, 2-105
Part Two of the Issues of Race/Cultural Representation
Ayida S. Mthembu, Melissa Thompson
Tue Jan 25, 05:30-08:00pm, 2-105
Issues of Gender Representation
Ayida S. Mthembu, Melissa Thompson
Wed Jan 26, 05:30-08:00pm, 2-105
Issues of Sexuality and Class Representation
Ayida S. Mthembu, Melissa Thompson
Thu Jan 27, 05:30-08:00pm, 2-105
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Eloranta Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session
Sara Nelson
Tue Jan 11, 03-04:00pm, 4-153
Wed Jan 26, 04-05:00pm, 4-153
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The Eloranta Fellowship offers $6,000 stipends for MIT undergraduates (including graduating seniors) to spend the summer of 2011 on their own independent investigation/research project or branch out in a new direction inspired by some previous work.
Recipients of the 2010 Eloranta Fellowship may be present to discuss their student-originated and directed work.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/eloranta/
Contact: Sara Nelson, 7-104, x3-0751, snelson@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
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Facilitating Effective Research
Melissa Martin-Greene, Janet Rankin
Tue Jan 18, 12-02:00pm, 1-135
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Facilitating Effective Research is a session sponsored by the UAAP and the Teaching and Learning Laboratory that is geared toward graduate students and post-docs who are currently, or soon plan to be, mentoring undergraduate researchers. The session is a means to facilitate discussion about UROP mentoring best practices, research-advising perspectives, and how to set realistic expectations for UROP students, among other topics. The ultimate goal of the session is to foster effective UROP research and advising relationships between undergraduates and their mentors.
Advance sign-up required, space limited (email melmart@mit.edu if interested in attending).
Sponsors: UAAP/TLL
Contact: Melissa Martin-Greene, 7-104, x3-3002, melmart@mit.edu
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Facing Love & Relationships
Lauren Zander, Gabriella Jordan
Mon Jan 24, Wed Jan 26, Fri Jan 28, 10am-01:00pm, E51-145
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Jan-2011
Limited to 65 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Are you willing to face your history in order to design a new future in the arena of relationships? Come prepared to learn and understand why we do and chose what we do. If you are willing to look deeply at yourself, face your past relationships for the opportunity to have your deepest dreams in the arena of relationships realized, come join us in this Pilot Program where you will have the opportunity to take stock of the past as well as create a future design for a deep connections with people. These connections yield spectacular results in many areas of your life (both professional and personal).
Be prepared to do assignments, exercises and have fun looking at your life.
This class is lead by Executives of the Handel Group who have been teaching at MIT since 2006 (in a course now called Designing Your Life). The Handel Group is an international coaching and training company which has trained thousands of people to identify where they are holding themselves back and then free themselves to fulfill their lives' missions.
Contact: Nicole Ryan, nsuhrie@mit.edu
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Leadership in the 21st Century: Activating the Power within, Aligning with the Possibilities Ahead
Partha Ghosh, 77’
Mon Jan 10, Fri Jan 14, 09:30am-12:30pm, E51-345
Tue Jan 18, 09:30am-12:30pm, E51-395
Wed Jan 19, Thu Jan 20, 09:30am-12:30pm, E51-345
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2011
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
The Specifics of the Program consist of five components to be covered over 5 days:
1: Understanding what makes person an effective Leader: “The Art of Becoming” and Perspectives on Leadership and Followership: “What constitutes leadership charisma?” We will build on a full spectrum of leaders from Socrates to Andrew Carnegie, from Mother Teresa to Martin Luther King, from Omar Khyam to Queen Elizabeth the 1st, Ata Turk to Thomas Edison, Swami Vivekananda to Jamshedji Tata will help the participants to identify the essential underlying qualities in a leader.
2: Listening to your inner voice: Avoiding self-deception? Know thy self
In order to identify the inner potentials of the "self" for the benefit of the greater society, this section introduces a framework which will help participants to test and develop their own leadership skills along the three layers of what constitutes leadership – Power of Intuition, -an inner power which works beyond conventional logic.
3: Developing a 360o a perspective on the emerging possibilities:
We will discuss the emerging challenges of the planet, —ecological, energy and equity to help the participants explore how technological, scientific, and organization prowess of our times could be harnessed to evolve a personal and/or a group agenda.
4: Internalizing the 21 Golden Rules in Cultivating the Essentials of Leadership:
This session will discuss simple ground rules that participants might consider practicing and internalizing, —in order to enable development of the Power of Intellect, Power of Interconnectivity and the Power of Intuition
5. Crafting your agenda in seeking Self fulfillment:
Building on ancient Philosophies, modern day challenges and self-analyses, participants will be expected to craft a personal development map to unleash his/her inner leadership attributes.
Contact: Dan Chapman, 7-103, x3-9764, dwc@mit.edu
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On your way to 2014....Making the Transition to Sophomore Year
UAAP Staff
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 31-Jan-2011
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Sophomore year is approaching faster than you think. Come join us for discussions on what you can expect and how you can make a smooth transition into your sophomore year.
Come to one program or enjoy them all!
Contact: UAAP Staff, 7-103, x3-9764, dwc@mit.edu
Get To Know Your Faculty
UAAP Staff/MIT Faculty
Do you have trouble talking with faculty? How do you start a conversation? Are you comfortable asking a faculty member to write a letter of recommendation? How do you establish a working relationship with your UROP supervisor?
Hear from MIT faculty on how to best approach their fellow faculty members.
Space is limited. Please RSVP by emailing dwc@mit.edu by January 14, 2011.
Wed Jan 19, 12:30-01:30pm, Mezzanine (W20)
Get a Jump Start on Your Sophomore Year
UAAP Staff/MIT Students/UG Admins
This interactive session will include a student and staff panel that will tell you the real deal about what you need to know (grades, academic changes, issues, and things to look out for) in your sophomore year.
Wed Jan 26, 12:30-01:30pm, PDR 1 & 2 (W20)
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Orientation Leader/Associate Advisor: Information Session
Elizabeth Young, Daniel Chapman, Jennifer Earls, Alex Hoyt
Thu Jan 27, 02-03:00pm, 4-153
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Find out how to apply to be an Orientation Leader, Associate Advisor and other Leadership opportunities. Learn how to write a great application and meet the staff that will be running the interviews.
Bring your questions and attend this drop-in session. Intended for all registered undergraduates.
Contact: Elizabeth Young, 7-103, 253-6786, ecy@mit.edu
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Women in the Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities in the Workplace
Rachel Greenberg, Elizabeth Young, Alicia Erwin
Mon Jan 24, 12-01:30pm, Coffeehouse, W20
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
“For the first time in our nation's history, women now represent half of all workers and are becoming the primary breadwinners in more families than ever before” (Maria Shriver, A Woman’s Nation). In the sciences, however, women continue to be underrepresented; according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2009, women represent only about 30% of workers in life, physical, and social science occupations and earn about 88% of what men in the field earn. In addition, women experience unique challenges throughout their careers and can make missteps during the job search process or in their jobs that could cost them the position, a promotion, etc. Come hear from our panel how they achieved their successes, what mistakes they made along the way, and what special issues you will need to consider as a woman in the sciences! RSVP through CareerBridge, below.
Web: http://www.myinterfase.com/mit/student
Contact: Rachel Greenberg, 12-170, x3-4733, ragreenb@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Global Education and Career Development
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