It’s Back! CPW 2025 is April 17-20
Campus Preview Weekend is back! From April 17–20 we will be welcoming the admitted class of 2029. We invite the community to participate by hosting an event, opening their DLC or UROP space for tours, or if you’re an undergraduate student, signing up to host an admitted student or volunteering to help. For more information and to register, please […]
Old Ironsides Battalion Update
As students return for the spring semester, we reflect on this past fall as well as what is on the horizon. Our focus is on the ongoing planning efforts here at the Old Ironsides Battalion in preparation for what promises to be a very busy and exciting spring semester. Once again, this semester, officer instructors […]
News, Updates, and Progress from the Undergraduate Advising Center
The UAC team celebrated a busy and productive end to 2024 with a whole staff retreat. New Team Member Join us in welcoming new team member, Staff Associate Brittney Francisco in Advising & Proactive Support Initiatives! Three open positions have been posted. UAC Advising: Check-In Meetings The first semester of UAC sophomore advising was a […]
U.S. Employment Presentation for International Students Draws Record Crowd
This January proved another record attendance for Dan Beaudry’s IAP talk, “What Every International Student/Trainee Should Know about US Employment.” Co-sponsored annually by CAPD, ISO, OGE, and the Office of the Vice President of Research, this virtual presentation remains the most popular workshop for international students each year, typically drawing 150-200 people. This year, 240 […]
Making an Invisible Identity Visible: First-Generation, Low-Income Week of Celebration 2024
MIT’s FLI Week of Celebration theme, “Brick by Brick: Building on Your Strengths,” — a whimsical ode to MIT’s motto of Mens et Manus, “mind and hand” — symbolized our commitment to an asset-based approach of honoring the resilience, strengths, and unique contributions our FLI community brings to MIT. As one of 65 recipients of […]
MIT Hosts Inaugural STARS Rural Fly-In Program to Empower Small-Town and Rural Students
This fall, MIT launched its first-ever Small Town and Rural Students (STARS) Fly-In, bringing 20 high school students from rural and small-town communities across a dozen states to campus.
Concourse Enters Second Year of Civil Discourse Project
In collaboration with partners in the Department of Philosophy, the first-year learning community Concourse is continuing its participation in the MIT Civil Discourse Project, an initiative intended to promote campus discussion of important and controversial topics through expert debates paired with student debates and roundtables.
Students Explore the Ethics of Their Work at the Fifth Annual Experiential Ethics Showcase
The Office of Experiential Learning hosted the 2024 Experiential Ethics Student Project Showcase on September 10 in Lobby 13, featuring dozens of student projects from the Experiential Ethics class.
Old Ironsides Battalion Roundup
Fall semester has been full of activity, as we welcomed a large number of new students, as well as returning members of the Battalion.
2024 PGA HOPE Golf Clinic
PGA HOPE (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) is the flagship military program of PGA REACH, the charitable foundation of the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) of America. PGA HOPE introduces golf to veterans and active duty military to enhance their physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being. On September 24, MIT Student Veteran Success (SVS) officially wrapped up […]