Volunteer View: September 2024

ALL VOLUNTEERS 

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ALC: Registration Closes September 17

Register today for the Alumni Leadership Conference (ALC), September 27–28! This year’s conference will highlight leadership development, volunteer networking, groundbreaking climate solutions, and new discoveries in human brain science. View the full schedule.

Recent Grad Elected to the MIT Corporation

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Anna Waldman-Brown ’11, SM ’18, PhD ’23 will represent recently graduated alumni as a new member of the MIT Corporation. Waldman-Brown has experience working with the Fab Lab network and in the MIT Grad Student Union. She plans to help the next generation of MIT students identify impactful ways to use their minds and hands.

 

Fuel the Future of MIT

Whether your passion is frontier research, student well-being, scholarships, or your favorite living group or club, there are hundreds of ways to show your love for MIT with an annual gift.

Updates from the MIT Community

In these challenging times, MIT volunteers may be asked how current events are impacting the Institute. To stay up-to-date, visit MIT’s Updates from Campus web page. For additional guidance, please contact your MITAA staff liaison.

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Tech Mentor Program for the MIT Alumni Online Community 

A new Tech Mentor Program has been founded! This alumni peer-support initiative offers resources, knowledge sharing, creative solutions, and technical support for Hivebrite administrators using the MIT Alumni Online Community. To learn more about the program, register for the Tech Mentor Program session at ALC on September 28.

CLUB AND GROUP VOLUNTEERS 

FINAL CALL: Club and Group Annual Reports Due

Please complete your club or group’s annual report forms by October 16 to keep the MIT Alumni Association (MITAA) up-to-date on your important activities. This process, which should take no longer than 15 minutes, helps your staff liaison better support your club or group.

Monthly Calls Restart Next Week

The Alumni Association will host regular meetings of club and group leaders starting again on September 11. The MITAA staff looks forward to connecting, sharing best practices, and supporting your work in the year ahead. For more information, email alumnioutreach@mit.edu.

Volunteer Job Descriptions on the Knowledge Base

The MITAA’s online Knowledge Base is a helpful resource for volunteers. Check out this comprehensive listing of volunteer job descriptions and this volunteer job descriptions worksheet to serve as guides in developing new volunteer roles for your club or group.

EDUCATIONAL COUNSELORS 

Join Us for Virtual Training Sessions

Please join us on September 10 at 8:00 p.m. ET for an update on MIT Admission’s Rural Outreach programs and on September 16 at 8:00 p.m. ET to learn what’s new with the EC Portal and at MIT. For more details and to access recorded sessions, visit the EC Portal.

Update Your Interview Status

If you are available to interview this cycle, please visit the EC Portal to acknowledge the Best Practices Agreement and update your status to Active on the My Info tab (because the default status is blank). You can also adjust your limits for early and regular admission and opt in to be an overflow EC.

Please Help Us Recruit More ECs

Educational counselors (ECs) are key ambassadors for MIT—and we need more! Submit this brief form to volunteer—or share the link with peers. We particularly need ECs in Hartford, CT; Fort Myers, FL; Charlotte, NC; Pittsburgh, PA; Dallas, TX; and in the Western Chicago and Upstate New York regions

VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT 

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Hitting It out of the Park

Class reunion volunteer Louise Jandura ’84, SM ’86 was MIT’s only four-time Academic All-America honoree. Now she’s at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.