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MIT CLUB OF SOUTH TEXAS Shakespeare Festing and Feasting V NEW:
“High
Tech Entrepreneurship: What’s Hot; What’s Not” Leadership in Education 2002 Winners MIT
Club of South Texas Honored with Presidential Citation Local
Alumna Honored by Alumni Association Institute
Career Assistance Network (ICAN) New Features on the Club’s Website If you need to contact us about a specific event, please see the contact information for that event. MIT Game Night Shakespeare Festing and Feasting V Continuing what has become a Club tradition, now in its fifth consecutive
year, we will attend the Houston Shakespeare Festival at Miller Outdoor Theatre
in Hermann Park. On Saturday,
August 17, 2002, we will enjoy the UH School of Theatre's performance of "A
Midsummer Night’s Dream." For those of you who have never attended the
Houston Shakespeare Festival, this is a great opportunity to try out a local
performance of the Bard's work. There
is no charge, and we will do our best to secure reserved seating for all.
However, be prepared to sit on the grass in case we run out of tickets or
if you are late. You need to be
seated by 8:25 PM or the theater releases your reserved seat. We will meet beforehand at Butera's at 4621 Montrose Blvd. (corner of Chelsea and Montrose). We have reserved seating at Butera's beginning at 6:30 PM for those who would like to get a bite to eat before our thespian outing. Plan to pick up your tickets to the play at Butera's as well. Maplink to Miller Outdoor Theater (100 Concert Dr, Houston, TX) Please contact Yezmin Acle if you would like tickets for the Shakespeare
outing, and let her know if you plan to join us for dinner at Butera's.
We may also need volunteers to pick up tickets at the box office at 11:30
AM on the day of the performance. Please
respond to Yezmin at 832-778-1097 by
Wednesday, August 14th. - Yezmin Acle Leadership in Education 2002 Winners
Announced Because
of the support and contributions of members of the MIT Club of South Texas, this
year we were able to send two teachers from our area to the MIT Science and
Engineering Program for Teachers. This
one-week workshop was held in Cambridge June 23-29. The workshop updates teachers on the state-of-the-art and
frontiers in chemistry, physics, mathematics, and the life sciences.
It also exposes them to engineering processes, materials, and systems to
show how scientific principles are applied to meet the technological needs of
society and commerce. The
teachers selected this year were Patti F. Nesrsta, Clear Brook High School in
Clear Creek ISD, and Christie M. Warden, Cinco Ranch High School in Katy ISD.
The runner-up was Kristi M. Hernandez, Patterson Literature Magnet
Elementary School in Houston ISD. Ms. Hernandez received a $250 Leadership
in Education Grant. Our
goal is to help the teachers, who were selected for their leadership among their
peers and their educational impact in the classroom, to stimulate their
students’ interest and excitement in science and engineering, to encourage
technical career paths, and to heighten overall scientific literacy in our
community. It costs about $1000 to
sponsor a teacher at the MIT summer school.
If you would like to lend your support to this important program, you may
send your contribution to our Membership VP, Ramón San Pedro. -Ed
Rinehart MIT
Club of South Texas Honored with Presidential Citation Congratulations
to the MIT Club of South Texas 75th Diamond Anniversary Celebration
Organizing Committee, particularly its leader, Marilyn Taggi Cisar ’76, on the
Club being awarded a Presidential Citation for the planning and execution of the
event. In particular, the
organizing committee is being recognized for the unique location, attendance,
organization, volunteer recognition, club history, and current students’
parent involvement. MIT President
Charles Vest will present the award at the Alumni Leadership Conference in
September. - Ramón San Pedro Local
Alumna Honored by Alumni Association Cordelia
Price ’78 to Receive Lobdell Award The
Harold E. Lobdell ’17 Distinguished Service Award will be presented to
Cordelia Price ’78 at the Alumni Leadership Conference to be held at the MIT
campus on September 20-21, 2002. The
Lobdell Award, created in 1979, is given in recognition of alumni relations
service of special depth over a sustained period.
Cordelia’s service to alumni started shortly after graduation (SB
Course X, 1978 and SM Course X, 1982). She
has served as Vice President and Treasurer of the Black Alumni of MIT (BAMIT). In 1988 she served as Executive Member of the Club of
Delaware Valley and is on the Board of Advisors of the MIT Club of South Texas.
Cordelia has also served twice on her Reunion Gifts Committee, on the Committee
for Tech Day, and as a District Director on the Board of Directors in 1997.
Currently, Cordelia is a member of the National Selection Committee and
has been an Educational Counselor since 1983. Cordelia
joins Sam Denard ’74, Wendyl Reis ’56, and Greg Turner ’74 as Lobdell
Award recipients from our area. The
MIT Club of South Texas extends its congratulations for this richly deserved
recognition. - Ramón San Pedro The MIT Club of South Texas is proud to
announce the 2002 Board of Directors: President
- Steve Murdoch Anyone
interested is welcome at the monthly board meetings, generally held on the first
Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm. For more information, please contact Steve
Murdoch (713) 932-9363 Join
The Institute Career Assistance Network The
MIT Alumni Association’s online career networking system is a valuable tool
for alumni actively seeking their next job opportunity, or simply looking to
hone their network of contacts and enhance their career management.
The Institute Career Assistance Network, (ICAN) is a Web-searchable
database of alumni who are willing to volunteer their time as career advisors.
The system allows alumni and current MIT students to come together to
share career advice and exchange information about open positions throughout the
world. Alumni can access the
network at the MIT Alumni Association website at http://web.mit.edu/alum/career/ican ICAN
was recently upgraded in March 2002, and is not only be easier to use, but
provides better search capabilities and more information about potential career
advisors, including areas of professional specialty and experience with start-up
companies. These enhancements make
it easier for those searching the listings to contact an advisor who best
matches their needs. “ICAN
is a great networking tool for alumni,” says Christine Tempesta, Director of
Alumni Clubs and Career Services at the MIT Alumni Association.
“There are more than 2,300 career advisors on the system, and the
search tools make it possible to precisely pinpoint someone who has the right
background and knowledge to assist you, or lives in your area.”
Current MIT students can gain direct searching access to the system.
While alumni volunteers may opt not to advise students, Tempesta says the
majority of alumni are eager to connect with current students.
“For alumni who are involved in recruitment for their companies, ICAN
will be an invaluable source of contact with graduating students,” she says.
ICAN will also serve as a tool for local clubs that are developing career
networking programs. In
addition to searching by company, class year, or course affiliation, ICAN users
are able to search both by standard industry code (SIC) and by occupation code,
increasing the chances for a close match, especially in unusual industries or
careers. The system also provides
users with a convenient submenu for amending the parameters of their search if
they’re not satisfied with the preliminary search results. Alumni
are encouraged to join the Institute Career Assistance Network as career
advisors by filling out a simple form on the Web at http://web.mit.edu/alum/career/ican/.
“This is a great, easy way to give back to MIT,” says Tempesta.
“Advice volunteers offer might provide a fellow alumnus or student the
leads of a lifetime, and now more than ever we must nurture the network effect
as an ongoing investment in the future.” 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! New
Features on the Club’s Website We
have added two new features to the Club’s website:
a direct link to MIT’s
E-News website and a “Welcome To Texas”
page. The MIT
E-News service is a monthly email highlighting current events at MIT.
As a service to our members, we are posting the weblink to the current
month’s E-News newsletter on
our local website. The “Welcome
To Texas” page contains state and city weblinks useful to folks who have
recently moved to the Houston-Galveston area.
These weblinks are prominently displayed on our homepage:
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