MIT First Gen/Low Income Program Joins FirstGen Forward Network
The MIT First Generation/Low Income Program (FLI) has been accepted into the FirstGen Forward Network (FGF), a program that works to advance the success of first-generation students nationwide through evidence-based practices, professional development, and knowledge creation for the higher ed community.
NROTC Spring News Roundup
Spring 2024 was, as always, a very busy and exciting time for Navy ROTC! A series of events during the semester was capped off by the Commissioning Ceremony for the Class of 2024.
Terrascope Builds Innovative Collaborations in Puerto Rico and Navajo Nation
This spring semester saw exciting new developments in partnerships the Terrascope first-year learning community has been building with educational institutions in Puerto Rico and the Navajo Nation.
OEL Hosts First Annual EL Mini-Conference
the Office of Experiential Learning (OEL) hosted its first annual Experiential Learning (EL) Mini-Conference, bringing together more than fifty experiential learning practitioners from across MIT.
“Story Wall” Takes Shape in the MIT Welcome Center
A new installation made up of individually stained wood panels in an abstraction of the MIT campus is on display in the MIT Welcome Center.
Meet Your OVC Colleagues: Fall 2024
Tom Allen Professor of Military ScienceDepartment of Military Science, Army ROTC Ximena Forero-Irizarry Financial Administrator IIOVC HQ Megumi Wang International Student AdvisorInternational Students Office (ISO) Jessica Bonitatibus Senior Program Administrator, Graduate Student ExperienceOffice of Graduate Education
Meet Your OVC Colleagues: Winter 2025
Akunna Rosser Senior Assistant Director for Prehealth AdvisingCareer Advising & Professional Development Paola Rebusco Senior LecturerExperimental Study Group Melissa Martin-Greene Assistant DirectorUROP/Office of Experiential Learning Janet Rankin DirectorTeaching + Learning Lab
Meet Your OVC Colleagues: Summer 2024
Lisa Breen Administrative AssistantMIT Navy ROTC Sadé Abraham Associate Dean – Advising & Student BelongingUndergraduate Advising Center Ari Epstein Associate Director and Senior LecturerTerrascope Erik Pavesic Assistant Director of Career Advising & TrainingCareer Advising & Professional Development
In Praise of Exceptional Teaching: Two ESG Math Lecturers Retiring
Dr. Gabrielle Stoy and Dr. Jerry Orloff, the Experimental Study Group’s (ESG) long-time math lecturers, will retire at the end of this year. Over their two decades at ESG, Gabrielle and Jerry have taught and advised hundreds of ESG first-year students and mentored many undergraduate teaching assistants (TAs), shaping the first-year experience.
Flipping Failure Featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education
Beckie Supiano highlights Flipping Failure in the March 21 edition of her weekly Teaching newsletter from the Chronicle of Higher Education.