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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The MIT Quality of Life survey will close this weekend. As I described on 2/21 (see below), this survey is valuable and informs decision making.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Our department response rate is currently 41%.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">If you have a competitive spirit, note that we are lagging BCS, Picower, BE, ChemE, and math (to name a few). We are a point behind the MIT average. Let’s beat the MIT average
(at least)!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">If you don’t have a competitive spirit, just note that 59% of our community are currently not represented by the survey, which is a lost opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">If you have not yet filled out the QoL survey, please take a few minutes to share your views. You can use
<a href="https://mitresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8IL7Hukfaz4suoe">this link</a> to get access.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thanks very much,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Amy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Amy E Keating <keating@mit.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 10:55 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>biofac <biofac@mit.edu>, bioinstructors <bioinstructors@mit.edu>, biostaff <biostaff@mit.edu>, bio-srs <bio-srs@mit.edu>, biokitchen <biokitchen@mit.edu>, biograds <biograds@mit.edu>, bioundgrd <bioundgrd@mit.edu>, postdocs68 <postdocs68@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>We need your input! 2024 Quality of Life Survey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear MIT Biology Community,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The MIT Quality of Life Survey is run every two years and provides a valuable snapshot of student, staff, postdoc, and faculty life and experiences on campus. I take the
results for our department seriously, and the input we receive guides decisions and helps shape priorities at the department, school, and university levels.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The QoL survey will be most valuable if we achieve a very high rate of participation. The data will not be fully representative if YOU do not reply.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Please take a few minutes to follow the personal link you were sent on February 15 (subject: “2024 MIT Quality of Life Survey”) and enter your thoughtful, honest responses.
MIT leaders, including me, will spend considerable time studying, reflecting on, and acting on these data. I hope you will take the time to make your opinion count, and I hope many of the 760 prizes being awarded to participants will go to members of our department!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">You can read QoL Survey FAQs
<a href="https://ir.mit.edu/2024-quality-of-life-survey-faqs/">here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Amy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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