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<div class="">Dear Colleagues,</div>
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<div class="">Please join us tomorrow, Friday, March 11, in Bartos Theater for MacVicar Day 2016, a celebration of excellence in teaching at MIT.</div>
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<div class="">A public symposium titled, “From Hand to Mind: Advances in Evidence-based Teaching” will take place from 2:00 – 4:00 PM followed by a reception from 4:00 – 5:00 PM. Full details are below.</div>
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<div class="">Hope you can attend!</div>
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<div class="">Best,</div>
<div class="">Brian</div>
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<div class="">Brian Nelson</div>
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<div class=""><b class="">MacVicar Day 2016</b></div>
<div class=""><b class="">From Hand to Mind: Advances in Evidence-based Teaching</b></div>
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<div class="">Friday, March 11, 2016</div>
<div class="">Bartos Theater, E15-070</div>
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<div class="">Symposium: 2:00 – 4:00 PM</div>
<div class="">Reception: 4:00 – 5:00 PM</div>
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<div class="">Join us in celebrating the tradition of excellence in undergraduate teaching at MIT and in honoring the 2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellows, Srinivas Devadas, Jeffrey Grossman, Michael Sipser, and Patricia Tang.</div>
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<div class=""><a href="http://news.mit.edu/2016/four-professors-named-2016-macvicar-faculty-fellows-0307" class="">Four professors named 2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellows - MIT News</a></div>
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<div class="">Dean Dennis Freeman will introduce the new Fellows and host a symposium focused on the implementation of evidence-based practices and tools to support student learning: from active learning, to project-based subjects, to blended learning, to Making.
The panel discussion features Professors Martin Culpepper, Michael Cuthbert, David Darmofal, Catherine Drennan, and Robert Miller; and Janet Rankin, Interim Director of the Teaching & Learning Laboratory. A special celebratory reception to honor the new Fellows
will follow from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm in Bartos lobby.</div>
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<div class="">Hope to see you on MacVicar Day to celebrate their achievements.</div>
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<div class="">Sponsored by the Dean for Undergraduate Education and Curriculum & Faculty Support, Registrar’s Office</div>
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