<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><font color="#000000">Dear undergraduates,<br></font></div><font color="#000000"><br></font><div><font color="#000000">The Undergraduate Association's</font> <a href="https://ua.mit.edu/people/committees/#student-support-wellness" target="_blank">Committee on Student Support and Mental Health</a> <font color="#000000">would like to invite you to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QtVOEprJ6xAsDQHSM0tapI_Y_JAfx_APywnS9oRDRvg/viewform" target="_blank">participate in our focus groups</a> on sexual misconduct, Title IX, and hazing on campus. We want to learn how you experience and handle these issues in your communities, and present those insights to shape administrative action.<br>
</font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div></div><div><div><font color="#000000">Chancellor Barnhart has been asked to assess the problem of sexual assault at MIT and deliver a report to President Reif by the end of this year. Our committee has been working closely with the Chancellor, Sarah Rankin, and others to coordinate and support each other's research, and has advocated for a dedicated undergraduate section in the Chancellor's report. Furthermore, the Division of Student Life is developing hazing education and prevention campaigns. We are working to have undergraduate concerns on hazing reflected in DSL's educational objectives.</font><br>
<br></div>With the administrative work on these issues, we hope you will help us convey your interests by joining our focus groups, where free meals will be served. Our groups on sexual misconduct and Title IX will explore student/administrative governance, enforcement of relevant statutes, and perceptions surrounding related issues. Our hazing focus groups will cover hazing's prevalence, the aspects that are most troublesome, and how education and prevention can address hazing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you are interested in joining a focus group, please <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QtVOEprJ6xAsDQHSM0tapI_Y_JAfx_APywnS9oRDRvg/viewform" target="_blank">fill out this sign-up sheet</a> by Thursday, April 3rd, with your preference of which focus groups you would like to join. Selected p<font face="arial, sans-serif">articipants will be contacted shortly thereafter, and we will hold focus groups throughout April. </font><font color="#000000">In addition, you are always welcome to email </font><a href="mailto:ua-wellness@mit.edu" target="_blank">ua-wellness@mit.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"> </span><font color="#000000">with questions or ideas.</font></div>
</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><font color="#000000">Thank you in advance for your participation and commitment to student life. We hope to bring your ideas and thoughts forward into action.</font></div>
<div><div><font color="#000000"><br>Sincerely,<br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Emad Taliep</font></div><div><font color="#000000">Chair, UA Student Support and Mental Health Committee</font></div></div></div><div>
<br></div>-- <br><div>Emad Taliep </div><div>Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Class of 2014</div><div>Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences</div><div><a href="mailto:etaliep@mit.edu" target="_blank">etaliep@mit.edu</a></div>
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