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PKG Alumni: Where Are They Now?

In November 2021, the PKG Center invited three recent alumnae, Eleane Lema ‘21 (Course V-7), Ivana Alardin ‘21 (Course VI), and Flora Klise ‘21 (Course II), to share about their experiences participating in PKG programs, how these programs impacted them, and the influence these experiences had on their career paths. Watch their full presentations here!…

New First Year Hub Is A Success!

In addition to our robust fall programming, the Office of the First Year put on a weekly series of First Year Hub events. Each Tuesday the Office of the First Year was stationed outside between the Z Center and the Student Center (or in 7-103 when it was cold) to meet with first-year students, connect…

News from the Paul Revere Battalion

The Paul Revere Battalion has been hard at work coming into the spring 2022 semester, as preparation for an exciting Unit Training Program is in full swing.  One MIT Cadet graduated from the Army’s Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, and proudly showed why the MIT Army ROTC program is the best in the country.…

Update on ESG Curriculum Pilot and TEJI Initiatives

In response to MIT’s “Common Ground” initiative, which encourages the development of classes that blend computational thinking and discipline-specific material, ESG embarked on a three-year pilot to develop and teach MIT’s introductory computing classes (6.0001/ES.S601 and 6.0002/ES.S602) in tandem with, and in the context of, the physics GIRs (8.01/ES.801 and 8.02/ES.802). This past semester we…

New OVC Employees, November 2021-January 2022

Admissions Hannah Ledford, Admissions Counselor Hannah Campolo-Rich, Administrative Assistant II CAPD Abdilatif Noor, PreHealth Advising Program Assistant Experimental Study Group Claudia Forero-Sloan, Financial Administrator/Program Coordinator Office of the First Year Advising & Programming Alex Hoyt, Staff Associate I, New Student Programming Office of Graduate Education Elizabeth Guttenberg, Assistant Dean for Student Support & Advising OME…

Orientation Leader and Associate Advisor Applications Now Open

Orientation Leader applications are now open for Orientation 2022! The Office of the First Year is actively seeking student leaders who are ready to help out with Orientation and the Class of 2026! If you know of a rising sophomore, junior, or senior who you think would be a great addition to the OL team,…

New Years Traditions: From Candles to Yellow Underwear

Although we observe the New Year on January 1 in the U.S., many countries around the world celebrate it at different times and in different ways. For example, the Lunar New Year starts February 1 and ends February 15, 2022. In this video produced by the MIT News Office, MIT students from abroad share their…

OME Launches New Website

The Office of Minority Education is proud to announce that they launched a new and upgraded website on Thursday, January 13. Visitors to the new site will not only find it visually appealing, but will also find the site easier to navigate and more user-friendly. The new website is designed to feature OME current events,…

Flexibility to Maintain Academic Continuity during IAP (updated 12/23)

TL; DR: For IAP 2022 plan to have robust continuity plans for for-credit courses; the Classroom Support Team will work with instructors, departments, and students to provide resources; classroom notifications of positives will shift; MIT’s current testing, attestation, and building access policies will remain in place throughout IAP. Dear Faculty and Instructors, As you read…
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