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<div><b><font size="3">TL;DR: Sign up </font><span id="docs-internal-guid-25713ebf-7fff-08f5-9f33-bb98dfadecbb"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-faculty-discussions-on-the-first-year-experience-tickets-52827891646" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a></span><font size="3"> to
join student leaders and faculty over a nice lunch/dinner to discuss bold ideas to improve the first year at MIT.</font></b></div>
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<font size="3">Dear Undergraduates,</font>
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<div><font size="3">I hope you are all enjoying the first week back from break! I am writing to let you know about an exciting opportunity to meet faculty, shape MIT's future, and take a break from the end-of-semester rush to enjoy a nice meal and discussion.
In partnership with the Office of the Vice Chancellor, the UA will be hosting a series of lunch/dinner discussions with faculty about bold ideas to improve the first year. The idea is to bring students and faculty together in a small, informal setting to think
creatively about new ideas.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">These discussions will be 1-2 hours long and moderated by a UA officer or committee member, so all you need to do is show up and join in the conversation. In preparation we encourage you to think about the following in order to foster a
more thoughtful conversation:</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">1. Reflect on existing first-year experiences: What is one practice at another university that you have heard from your HS friends that you wish MIT would do and why?</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">2. What is the purpose of an MIT education in the 21st century? How should MIT change its undergraduates in their four years? What experiences or skills should MIT students have, regardless of major?</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">3. How well do your thoughts from items 1 and 2 align with the following?</font></div>
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<li><font size="3">Gallup-Purdue Research on college experience that impact well-being and career engagement: <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/168848/life-college-matters-life-college.aspx?utm_source=Life%20after%20college&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=tiles" target="_blank" style="">https://news.gallup.com/poll/168848/life-college-matters-life-college.aspx?utm_source=Life%20after%20college&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=tiles</a></font></li><li><font size="3">MIT FYE Team's list of desired outcomes for the first year: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/mitfyebb/desiredoutcomes" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/mitfyebb/desiredoutcomes</a></font></li><li><font size="3">MIT's educational philosophy:<a href="https://mitadmissions.org/discover/the-mit-education/mits-educational-philosophy/" target="_blank">https://mitadmissions.org/discover/the-mit-education/mits-educational-philosophy/</a> </font></li></ul>
<div><font size="3">Your thoughts on the list above will help inform the larger discussion question:</font></div>
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<div><b><font size="3">What are your blue-sky ideas for the first year at MIT, if you could invent it from scratch? What might these ideas accomplish in terms of goals for the first year and beyond?</font></b></div>
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<div><font size="3"><b>If you are interested in participating in one of the lunch/dinner discussions, please sign up <span id="docs-internal-guid-25713ebf-7fff-08f5-9f33-bb98dfadecbb"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/student-faculty-discussions-on-the-first-year-experience-tickets-52827891646" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span></a></span> for
a slot that fits your schedule. </b>We will be adding more events as they get scheduled, so check back in a couple days if there aren't any times that currently work for you.</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">We look forward to seeing you at one of these discussions!</font></div>
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<div><font size="3">Love,</font></div>
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