<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>Have questions on the proposed changes to the GIRs? Want to play a role in what future freshman will experience academically? Want to have your opinions<br>count towards the future of undergraduate education at MIT?<br><br>Come to the UA Town Hall on the Proposed Changes to the GIRs!<br><br>Date: <b>Tomorrow:</b> Friday, November 7, 2008<br>Time: <b>4:00pm - 5:30pm</b><br>Location: UA Senate Chambers (<b>W20-400</b>)<br><br>We will have as special guests Professor Redwine and Professor<br>Stewart, the chairs of the Educational Commons Subcommittee (ECS) who<br>have led the process of formulating recommendations for concrete<br>changes to MIT's policies and regulations concerning undergraduate<br>education. </div><div><br></div><div>Motions to implement changes to the General Institute<br>Requirements, including the addition of more varieties of core science<br>subjects and the elimination of HASS-D designated subjects, will be<br>made at the next faculty meeting in November.<br><br>For more information:<br><a href="http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N50/curriculum.html">http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N50/curriculum.html</a><br><a href="http://web.mit.edu/ecs/">http://web.mit.edu/ecs/</a><br><a href="http://web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/211/redwine_stewart.html">http://web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/211/redwine_stewart.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I do hope you will join us and help provide feedback before these changes are implemented. The final decision will have an effect on the academics of MIT for decades.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Noah</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>