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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dear Undergraduates,</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Over the past semester, as part of the Student Housing Advisory Committee (SHAC), a
group of student leaders met to share concerns of undergraduates with the Chancellor. In light of the arrival of the new Vice President of Student Life coupled with future West Campus and East Campus planning, the committee decided to engage undergraduates
in a discussion about the future of the residential experience at MIT. This is an exciting opportunity for students to collaborate directly with senior MIT leadership on a level that has never before been seen at MIT.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For the past few months, SHAC has been designing a strategy to gather information and
engage the entire campus. Throughout the fall, you may have engaged in sessions in dormitories, as well as fraternities and sororities, to discuss the ideals of a residential living system. Moreover, in October, an email was sent to all undergraduates inviting
you to participate in an undergraduate workshop on the ideal residential experience held in the Student Center. You may also have noticed
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earlier this semester asking undergraduates to share their thoughts on the ideal residential experience. The outcome of these conversations was a document outlining the ideals of an MIT residential system, which can be found
</span><a href="http://chancellor.mit.edu/shac" style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Moving forward, we hope to broaden the conversation and invite all undergraduates to
help us advance the future of residential life at MIT. This conversation is about evaluating our residential system and discussing ways in which it could be improved. From establishing residential support networks to working with architects to design the best
residential spaces possible, if it is connected to the residential experience, we want our campus to talk about it.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In the coming weeks, you will receive invitations to participate in discussions, as
well as a survey, about residential life and learning. However, we would like to hear from you about how you would like to be engaged and how best to involve students in the planning of the future of our undergraduate residential community. Ultimately, we
envision this being a conversation where our community can have a dialogue together and as one community create the best residential university possible.
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Accordingly, we invite you to please share your thoughts on engagement
<a href="https://discussion.mit.edu/r/campuslife/comments/44/chat_with_shac/">on this
</a></span><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://discussion.mit.edu/r/campuslife/comments/44/chat_with_shac/">discussion.mit.edu</a></span><span style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://discussion.mit.edu/r/campuslife/comments/44/chat_with_shac/">
thread (“Chat with SHAC”)</a>. We also encourage you to fill out </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MIcw0A7jjwjOPSDQ15cDBHJ6L_KTRdOStpRCudm8k68/viewform" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">this
google form</span></a><span style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> to share any thoughts anonymously. Finally,
we hope you email </span><a href="mailto:shac-students@mit.edu" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">shac-students@mit.edu</span></a><span style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
with any questions, concerns, or suggestions you may have about this conversation moving forward.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thank you for your time.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sincerely,</span></p>
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