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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Postdocs,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The postdoc buddy scheme is back for the summer!
<b><u>And this time, we’ve added a feature for the parents - read more below! <o:p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Want to get out of your small circles, meet postdocs from other departments, and make new friends? The<b>
<u>PDA Buddy Program</u></b> is a great way to do just that! Designed to help postdocs build academically and mentally supportive communities, the buddy scheme will group postdocs with like-minded individuals to meet for coffee/tea and get to know one another.
Whether you’ve just joined MIT or been here for years, the buddy scheme is a great way to meet new people and make friends.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">One hour of support from someone who is in the same shoes can be more valuable than 100 pages of documents and lists of resources
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black">😊</span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">As part of the buddy scheme, you can opt to either meet in a larger social gathering or small-group meetups:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The large group gathering will be a coffee meeting on campus (date TBD, coffee and pastries provided), where you can meet your buddy group, as well as mingle with other
postdocs at the event.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">In a small group meetup, you will meet your buddy group on your own time for coffee/tea and receive a reimbursement for your expenses<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For this chapter of the scheme, we will be adding an additional (optional) feature which allows postdocs who are parents to be grouped with other parents</span></u><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You will be able to bring your kids along to your coffee meet up / play date and the PDA will cover the cost of yours and your kids’ drinks and snacks.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tell us about yourself and we will match you with 2-3 postdocs with similar academic and personal interests.
<b>Registration closes on Friday 24<sup>th</sup> July</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Register at:</span></b>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://forms.gle/5EXuorYJuTkpXPdYA">https://forms.gle/5EXuorYJuTkpXPdYA</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best Wishes,</span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Megan + team</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Megan Priestley, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Stark Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Community Building Chair, MIT Postdoctoral Association</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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