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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>Dear Undergraduates,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>On behalf of the Search Committee for the
next Dean for Undergraduate Education, it is our pleasure to let you know that
we are interested in soliciting your feedback. In the next few weeks, we will
be reaching out to students, faculty, and staff to get the MIT Community's
perspective on:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>* What characteristics the next DUE should
have?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>* What priorities should the next DUE
address?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>* Suggested nominees?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>We suspect that you probably have questions
on what exactly the Dean of Undergraduate Education does (as we did too!), so
we've summarized some of the Dean's functions below.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Feel free to check out the DUE homepage for more
info: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/due/"><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>http://web.mit.edu/due/</span></font></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>If you have any questions or comments,
please feel free to forward these to the student representatives at
due_search@mit.edu. If you are not comfortable in sharing your comments with
the student representatives, you may contact Professor Eric Grimson, Chair of
the DUE Search Committee, at welg@csail.mit.edu.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>Yours Truly,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>Danielle <span class=SpellE>Ayodele</span>
Hinton, G, EECS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>John R. Velasco, 06', Political Science<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>-------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New"'>The Dean for Undergraduate Education
impacts and coordinates the strategic activities of several major offices
supporting the administration of undergraduate affairs including the admissions
office, career services, registrars office, the office of minority
education<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>and<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>student financial services. The DUE also has
a special role in coordinating the educational program for first-year students.
So if you're interested in the policies of admissions or the financial aid
office, or of the direction of the OME, you may want to voice your thoughts on
the sort of person you'd like as the new Dean for Undergraduate education.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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