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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">So far, we have only ~half as many responses to the mentoring survey as we received last year. To allow meaningful tracking,
<b>w</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">e need your feedback</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">. This is your opportunity to share your experiences
in a way that will benefit our entire department. It will only take 10-15 minutes to complete, so please take some time to respond today. The boba tea event is on the line!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Thanks for your time and considered input.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Amy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Amy E Keating <keating@mit.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, April 14, 2025 at 9:52</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>biograds <biograds@mit.edu>, bioundgrd <bioundgrd@mit.edu>, biopdaf <biopdaf@mit.edu>, bio-srs <bio-srs@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>2025 Bio Dept Mentoring Survey; please participate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">Dear Biology graduate students, UROPs, post-docs, and other lab members (and apologies to those of you on these lists to whom this doesn’t apply!),</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">I write to request your participation in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>filling out an anonymous survey to evaluate and help improve mentorship in our department.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>This
is the second year of this survey, and your participation will make a strong impact on our work to obtain data and information to shape our efforts and ongoing activities.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">The survey should take only 10-15 minutes to complete and is available at the following link:</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><a href="https://mitresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2t3BGaP60sQLpZ4" title="https://mitresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2t3BGaP60sQLpZ4"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#0078D7">https://mitresearch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2t3BGaP60sQLpZ4</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">Due to the survey layout, we recommend that you complete this on a computer, although it will also work on a phone.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">The survey is based closely on the departmental <a href="https://biology.mit.edu/internal/mentoring-students-and-early-career-scientists/" title="https://biology.mit.edu/internal/mentoring-students-and-early-career-scientists/"><span style="color:#0078D7">mentoring
competencies</span></a>, and it seeks input on your experiences and preferences for mentoring by your PI. We seek to capture and track the status of mentoring experiences so we can celebrate areas of success, identify areas that require attention, and direct
our ongoing efforts to support mentoring relationships in a data-driven way. We can’t do this without your input.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">Please submit your response by Monday, May 12</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">. To incentivize participation, if we obtain responses from 50% of lab members in Biology Department labs (<span class="grame">similar
to</span> last year), we will arrange for a popup Boba tea event as a thank-you and community celebration.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">Thank you in advance for sharing your views and experiences with us.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">Best regards,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121">Amy</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#212121"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rd7Q4He6WzD9k263dCPR3iHVlZW88GdMNCq0Gv-iauA/edit?usp=sharing" title="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rd7Q4He6WzD9k263dCPR3iHVlZW88GdMNCq0Gv-iauA/edit?usp=sharing">Link</a> to
my DH office hours sign-up sheet</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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