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MIT CLUB OF SOUTH TEXAS Club
of South Texas 75th Anniversary Gala Leadership in Education 2002 Program STS-109 MIT Alumni Shuttle Mission MIT Club Upcoming Event - Dr. Lienhard Dinner Presentation If you need to contact us about a specific event, please see the contact information for that event. MIT
Club of South Texas We’re
looking for sponsors - please contact us if you are interested in Sponsorship or
Patron information. We’re
also hoping to put together a history of the Houston club.
If you were in the club in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, or 70’s we’d
like to hear from you. Marilyn
Taggi Cisar or Al Cisar Please
note, an earlier mailing erroneously listed the date of this event as Friday,
January 25th. The
correct date is Saturday, January 26th. -
Marilyn Taggi Cisar Leadership
in Education 2002 Program This
is the ninth year that the MIT Club of South Texas will sponsor a teacher
to attend the MIT Science and Engineering Program for Teachers.
The one-week summer program gives the teacher an update of the
state-of-the-art in chemistry, physics, mathematics and the life sciences; an
understanding in principle of the synthesis, processing, properties, and
performance of conventional and innovative engineering materials; and an
introduction to the design and manufacture of important engineering systems,
including management and techno-economic decision making.
The teachers who have attended in the past have likened it to drinking
science out of a fire hose. In part
through your generous contributions to our Leadership
in Education Program, we are able to cover all of the travel and living
expenses of the teachers that we sponsor. We
have sent invitations to many of the school districts inviting them to help us
identify candidates who are leaders in educating the youth in our community.
The selection of a winner is based on the candidate’s enthusiasm as an
educator, the credibility among peers, the ability to stimulate students in
science and technology, and interest in making a difference in our community.
If you know a teacher in the South Texas area who you think meets the
selection criteria, please encourage him or her to apply. If teachers do not receive information from their
administration, then they should contact Ed Rinehart (713-965-4563, office or
281-679-7608, home) to get application information. If you would like to
lend your financial support to this worthy effort, you can do so conveniently by
including your contribution along with your annual
membership dues. -
Ed Rinehart STS-109
MIT Alumni Shuttle Mission Two MIT Alumni will be flying on Shuttle Mission STS-109 to upgrade and service the Hubble Space Telescope. Dr. John M. Grunsfeld, SB Course 8, '80, will be serving as Payload Commander / Mission Specialist 1. Dr. Michael J. Massimino, SM Course 2, ’88, SM TPP, ’88, ME, Course 2, ’90, PhD Course 2, ’92, will be serving as Mission Specialist 5. This will be Dr. Grunsfeld’s fourth flight and Dr. Massimino’s first flight. STS-109 is currently scheduled to launch on February 21, 2002. More mission information and the latest launch schedule can be found at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/index.html - Stacey Nakamura MIT
Club Upcoming Event - Dr. Lienhard Dinner Presentation -
Raul Valdez It’s
time once again, time for the annual MIT Club of South Texas membership drive.
The MIT Club of South Texas invites you to join or renew your membership
for 2002. Membership in the club
runs coincident with the calendar year, which means that those members who paid
their dues before October 1, 2001 need to renew now for 2002.
Membership is open to all MIT alumni and alumnae, as well as current
undergraduate and graduate students and their parents.
Your
dues in the local club are used to pay for mailing announcements and the
newsletter, sponsor events for local high school students accepted at the
Institute, award prizes at local science fairs, and improve local science and
math education through our Leadership in Education Program (LEAP).
For eight years we have been sending local high school teachers to MIT
for a one-week session in secondary science education.
Although we do benefit from some administrative assistance from the
Institute, the MIT Club of South Texas does not receive funding from MIT or
from the Alumni/ae Association. Membership
is available at several levels. Regular
membership continues to be $25 per year level.
Patron membership is offered for an annual contribution of $50.
Special Sustaining and Benefactor membership is available for those who
contribute $100 and $200, respectively. As
recent graduates, members of the Classes of 1997 through 2001 can join at the
special reduced rate of only $5 per year. Members
at all levels receive discounts as well as preferred enrollment for themselves
and their guests at MIT Club of South Texas sponsored events. Last year was one of our best membership years ever for our local club, and we’d like to make next year another winner. Join today to get the maximum benefit from your membership! -
Al Cisar The
Infinite Connection is a suite of free web-based services offered by the Alumni
Association to help alumni stay connected with MIT throughout their lives. It's
fast and easy to register for an Infinite Connection account--once you've chosen
a username and password, you can start using these great features:
URL
Forwarding http://alum.mit.edu/www/username On
the personal
information page, you can elect to set up URL Forwarding to your personal
web address or to your work web address, or you can elect to disable URL
Forwarding. When friends or colleagues access your URL Forwarding alias, they
will be redirected automatically to the web address you have specified. If
you've registered for an ANS (Alumni Network Services) account in the past,
you've already made the Infinite Connection!
Ditto if you have Email Forwarding for Life (johndoe@alum.mit.edu).
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