From: Sent: To: Subject: Categories: Monday, January 13, 2014 12:01 AM [MIT Club of South Texas] Jan 12, 2014 Email Newsletter *SENT Mail Jan 12, 2014 Email Greetings from the MIT Club of South Texas! Email Newsletter Our next email will be sent the week of Jan 26, 2014. To add any of our events to your calendar, visit our website http://www.mithouston.org/ and select the Outlook icon next to each event title. You can view pdf versions of our hard copy newsletters at our website: mithouston.org/newsletters (We send out hardcopy newsletters approximately 4 times a year with biweekly email newsletters inbetween). The hardcopy January Newsletter should be arriving in mailboxes on Jan 20, 2014. Of special note is Listing of Upcoming Events: 2014 Jan 13 Cutoff for Dallas Opera tickets (Feb 14 event date) Club of DFW 2014 Jan 21 InterClub 2.0 Social 2014 Jan 22 Toast to IAP 2014 Jan 29 InterClub 1.0 Happy Hour 2014 Feb 15 LEAP Teacher Applications Due 2014 Feb 22 Elkins HS InvenTeams Mid-Term Review Call for MIT Alumni participation 2014 Feb TBD Dining Club 2014 Mar TBD Wine Tasting Club of South Texas: Calendar and News RSS Feeds & Facebook Group We post events and news items in real time on our website, but you will often learn about events a week or two later when we send out our biweekly Club email newsletters. You can get real time notification of Club of South Texas event and news 1
postings via our RSS Feeds: Club of South Texas Calendar RSS Feed Club of South Texas News RSS Feed We also post our Events on our Facebook group: Club of South Texas Facebook Group News South Texas K-12 STEM Webpage Launch We have launched our K-12 STEM webpage! (STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Please visit our webpage and browse through our current and future educational outreach activities. We are also featuring our South Texas K-12 "Group," which is a social collaboration feature of the MIT Alumni Association's website software platform. Call For MIT Board Volunteers The MIT Club of South Texas is looking for people who would like to: be officers, be board members, or just get more involved. We always pair new volunteers with a seasoned volunteer on a specific event / activity, so new volunteers get over the learning curve quickly. A lot of volunteers just start by showing up at board meetings to help out, and then later serve as Committee Chairs, Board Directors, or Board Officers. Learn more... If you are interested, please contact Al Cisar Mechanical Engineer and Electrical Engineer Positions Available (Referral from MIT Alum) Nov 3, 2013 Dateline 2013 Nov 3 One opening each at FlexGen Power Systems: 5-15 years of product development experience in Oil and Gas and position will be based in Houston, TX. Learn more Annual Club Membership Drive Calendar Year 2014 The MIT Club of South Texas invites you to join or renew your membership for 2014. Membership in the club runs coincident with the calendar year. Need to sign up for 2014 membership or need to check your membership status? Please visit our website Membership page. Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams 2013 Houston Area School Wins 2013 Invention Grant for "3D Glasses Washer" 2
The Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam initiative inspires a new generation of inventors by engaging students in creative thinking, problem-solving and hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Each InvenTeam receives up to $10,000 in grant funding to create and pursue a yearlong invention project addressing a real-world problem. Three Houston area teams have won in 2011 and 2012, and we are pleased to announce that Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas has been selected for their 3D Glasses Washer project. Elkins HS is one of 15 high schools selected for Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams Awards in 2013. In June 2014, students, teachers, and mentors representing each InvenTeam travel to Cambridge, Mass., for the Lemelson-MIT Program's EurekaFest, a multi-day celebration of the inventive spirit. During EurekaFest, InvenTeams showcase their prototypes at a public exhibit and attend workshops for guidance on sustaining an inventive culture. The Elkins HS Team is requesting guidance from local MIT Alumni in both general project management and technical disciplines. Learn more about their project and the technical areas that they need assistance in The Elkins HS Team will have their Mid-Year Technical Review on February 22, 2014 and MIT Alumni are invited to participate. Learn more... 2014 LEAP Program for Local Teachers Do You Know A Science or Math Teacher That Would Like to Attend a 1 Week Summer Session at MIT? The Club recognizes key science and math teachers who are making a difference and to support their ongoing commitment to educating our youth in science and technology. We invite science and math teachers from the Greater Houston/South Texas Area to apply for the 2014 MIT Leadership in Education Award (LEAP). Application deadline is Feb 15, 2014 - learn more at our LEAP webpage Here is a weblink for a PDF flyer that you can email to educators... MIT Opera & MIT Faculty Comes to Dallas Fort Worth Feb 14, 2014 Special Invitation from the Club of DFW Apologies for the short notice: Opera ticket registration ends at 11:00pm CST, Monday Jan 13, 2014 Here is the registration link Tickets for the opera only or opera + MIT pre-event reception bundle are available through 11:00pm CST, Monday Jan 13, 2014 Tickets for the only the MIT pre-event reception are available through Feb 11, 2014. More information on the event and reception are at the above weblink Date: 2/14/2014 Time: 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM 5:00pm 7:00pm: Reception and Talk by Tod Machover and Philip Khoury 5:30 pm: Speaking Program Begins 7:30pm - 10:00pm: Death and the Powers 3
Location: Winspear Opera House 2403 Flora St, Dallas, TX 75201 (214) 880-0202 Events 2014 Jan 21 Houston *InterClub 2.0 Social (30/40/50+ somethings, but all ages are welcome!) Hosted by Columbia and MIT 13 Celsius TUESday, Jan 21, 2014 6:00-9:00 pm No Host Bar 11th Annual Toast to IAP Houston Because No One Does January Like MIT Door Prizes! Batanga Wednesday, January 22, 2014 6:00-9:00pm No Host Bar, Free Appetizers As this year's Independent Activities Period marks the 100th anniversary of MIT's mascot, we invite you to join alumni clubs throughout the world to raise a glass to IAP and Tim the Beaver! Although there is no event fee, please RSVP via our website registration to help us plan for this event - http://mithouston.org/2014-toast-iap 2014 Jan 29 Houston *InterClub Happy Hour (20/30+ somethings, but all ages are welcome!) Hosted by Johns Hopkins University Local Pour 4
WEDnesday, Jan 29, 2014 6:00-9:00 pm No Host Bar 2014 Elkins HS InvenTeam s Mid-Year Technical Review The Elkins HS Team will have their Mid-Year Technical Review on February 22, 2014 and MIT Alumni are invited to participate. The team welcomes advice and guidance from MIT Alumni on all aspects of their project. Learn more... Forward this email to a friend MIT Club of South Texas help@alum.mit.edu If you wish to be removed from this group's mailing list, click here 5