This fall’s MIT Alumni Leadership Conference (ALC)—a two-day event during which over 600 dedicated alumni volunteers return to campus for networking, training, and updates on the Institute—opened with a keynote address by MIT D-Lab Faculty Research Director Dan Frey. The event proved a tremendous opportunity to update this group – many of whom graduated before…
On November 7, the Teaching + Learning Lab (TLL) launched its Speaker Series with a presentation on Exploratory Subjects. The event featured presentations by Professor Denny Freeman and his team for the first-year advising seminar, 6.A01 Mens et Manus: The Joy of MIT. Speakers shared how first-year students are exploring their academic interests, taking ownership of their…
Congratulations and welcome to the newest additions to OVC! Admissions Kayon Ellis Admissions Counselor Grant Edward Hagen Furgiuele Technical Assistant Career Services & Professional Development Aaron Altabet Career Assistant Xixi Ni Career Assistant Alexis Felder Career Assistant Linh Nguyen Career Assistant Erik Pavesic Assistant Director D-Lab Susan Murcott…
Each year, the International Students Office (ISO) highlights a few holiday celebrations around the globe. This fall, we have observed two notable holidays: Canadian Thanksgiving and Halloween. ISO collaborated with the MIT Canadians Club on October 17 to showcase Canadian Thanksgiving, which our northern neighbor celebrates on the second Monday of October. Even though Canada…
Living and working in a glass cube, an interdisciplinary team of students reimagined the ambulance of the future as part of a global startup competition.
Changes are afoot in Global Education and Career Development, with Global Education changing reporting lines to the newly reconfigured Office of Experiential Learning and the remaining “career development” organization adding Distinguished Fellowships and expanding to include professional development. In recognition of the latter changes, the office has a new name: Career Advising & Professional Development…
The First Generation Program (FGP), housed in the Office of the First Year, has had a busy start to the academic year. We began the semester with the second annual Welcome Dinner in early September with 50 first-year, first generation students in attendance. Students had an opportunity to get to know each other and meet…
CAPD’s Prehealth Advising and the Office of Experiential Learning UROP office designed a new fall workshop to help students find research opportunities that fit their unique academic interests and career goals. Prehealth Assistant Director Akunna Rosser and UROP Program Coordinator Sara Nelson met in August to discuss the strong interest prehealth students have in doing…
In October, CAPD kicked off the second year of the Infinite Careers Series, lectures that bring alumni back to campus to speak with students about nonlinear career pathways. Started in partnership with the MIT Alumni Association, Infinite Careers seeks to provide students with an opportunity to connect with role models who managed to find success…
