The Office of the Vice Chancellor (OVC) Staff Council was created as a recommendation from OVC Staff representatives to the MIT Visiting Committee in 2023. The OVC Staff Council was created in January 2024 at the request of the Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education, Ian A. Waitz. Vice Chancellor Waitz charged the OVC Staff Council with three goals:
- Partner with OVC leadership to create a work culture in which all members of the OVC community feel valued, supported, productive, and connected.
- Advance high-priority, evidence-based, staff-led initiatives.
- Build on and broaden the work of the OVC Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI) to strengthen community and a sense of connection across OVC.
In early 2024, Interim Vice Chancellor Dan Hastings was appointed following the departure of Ian A. Waitz, who is now MIT’s Vice President for Research. Vice Chancellor Hastings’s vision for the OVC Staff Council includes an additional goal: professional development and community support.
Today, the OVC Staff Council consists of 13 members, including two co-chairs, with expertise from around the OVC. We look forward to welcoming the new Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education, and to continuing to move forward with a collaborative vision between staff and OVC leadership.