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Spring Infinite Careers Series Highlights Nonlinear Career Paths

This spring, Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD) is excited to announce the upcoming season of our Infinite Careers speaker series. A collaboration with the Alumni Association, Infinite Careers brings back MIT grads with nonlinear career pathways to share stories and advice with current students. This season, we’ll be hearing from a book publisher who…

2019 Festival of Learning at MIT is on Jan 30

On January 30, 2019 from 9:30am-4:00pm join us for a day of immersive learning, futuristic experiences, and visions of education to come from thought leaders in pioneering initiatives. Explore the frontiers of virtual learning with hands-on activities and learn about cutting edge initiatives at the institute and beyond. The event is free to the MIT…

UROP Kicks Off Eventful 2019

UROP staff kicked off 2019 with a busy IAP full of exciting events. In early January, the staff led a Facilitating Effective Research (FER) workshop for 24 UROP mentors, concentrated in the MIT Media Lab, over the course of two luncheons. Geared toward graduate students and post-docs new to UROP mentoring, the workshop covered best practices such as setting…

Globe-trotting for Good: A Sampling of D-Lab Students’ IAP Fieldwork Projects

Fieldwork is at the heart of the MIT D-Lab educational experience. Our students come to our classrooms to learn about the principles of participatory design and poverty alleviation, but their classroom learnings are only the beginning. MIT’s Independent Activities Period (IAP) is a valuable time to send our students abroad, so they can immerse themselves…

New OVC Employees, November 2018-February 2019

Career Services & Professional Development Brian Hanna, ER Coordinator Jacob Livengood, Sr. Assistant Director D-Lab Lisa Nam, Instructor Global Education Office Ariel Ackermann, Administrative Assistant I Office of Graduate Education Maria Cervantes Gonzalez, Administrative Assistant II Jeffrey Kelly, Financial Assistant II Office of Minority Education Naomi Brown-Jones, Program Coordinator PKG Center Bianca Deleigh, Program Assistant…

Help Celebrate MIT Grad Students April 1-5

How awesome are our graduate students?  Let us count the ways! During the week of April 1 – 5, MIT will celebrate Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week (GPSAW). GPSAW was started in 1993 by the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students as a way to support and appreciate graduate and professional students. Graduate Student Appreciation…

Season’s Greetings from the Vice Chancellor

Dear OVC, As we move into winter break and the holiday season I hope you take an opportunity for a well-deserved pause before IAP. Thanks for all of your hard work, diligence, and energy on behalf of our students, faculty, and staff. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come at OVC and to reflect…
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