[Tang-Residents] FW: Important: Housing undergraduates in Tang Hall

[Dawn Anderson]

We are gathering tonight to discuss undergraduates in Tang Hall tonight.  It was announced at the brunch this weekend.

I have received a question from someone unable to attend asking if the undergraduates will share apartments with graduate residents.  The fact is we do not know.  From what I understand, they would like to keep them together but no final decisions have been made, even if they will come to Tang.

We might have an opportunity to get something for hosting the undergrads for up to 2 years.  The last time it was discussed they were thinking of putting 25-30 undergrads (cutting the initial proposal of 60).  We will also house GRTs and perhaps the Head of House which may take additional beds off-line.  They are interested in hearing what we need in return (new common space - perhaps the entire 12th floor; new laundry location; Heat controlled rooms, etc...).

It would be great to hear what you, the residents feel this community needs.  Hope you can make it.  To clarify:  The meeting tonight (9PM 24th floor lounge) is the internal "let's discuss what we need" discussion and the meeting Wednesday (5:30PM 24th floor lounge) is with Dean Suzy Nelson and Jag Patel.  They would like to hear from continuing and first years.

Original message below with sign-up sheet.

Dawn

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Dawn Colquitt-Anderson,  IDSS Communications
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E18-309B
Email: colquitt at mit.edu
Phone: 617-324-2489
Site:   https://idss.mit.edu


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From: Parnika Agrawal
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2016 9:35 AM
To: tang-residents
Cc: Dawn Anderson; Larry Anderson; Michael J Collins; ericmajinglong at gmail.com; Neelkanth Manoj Bardhan
Subject: Important: Housing undergraduates in Tang Hall

Dear Tang residents,

Tang Hall is at the verge of a critical change. As some of you might have heard, New House will be undergoing renovations in the next academic year<UrlBlockedError.aspx>. Tang has been approached as one of the dorms to host ~30 New House residents for the next 2 academic years.

This is a significant change for the graduate community at Tang Hall and we need to carefully weigh the pros and cons as we undergo this transition. We believe in showing solidarity and would love to support the undergraduate community in any way we can. At the same time, we are also concerned about how this would affect our dorm culture and availability of on-campus housing for graduate students.

The Tang government will be meeting with Dean of Student Life, Suzy Nelson on Wednesday (not Thursday as Dawn accidentally mentioned at the Brunch), Nov 16th at 5:30 PM to put forward these concerns. Before that, we want to know how you all feel about this change. We would like to invite you to an open meeting this Monday, Nov 14th at 9 PM in the 24th floor lounge right after the International Film and Dessert Night. Please RSVP<http://signup.mit.edu/122989056> so we know how many people to expect. Feel free to drop by even if you don’t RSVP.

The Heads of House, Dawn and Larry Anderson and our House Manager, Michael Collins will be joining us to provide some context. Some of the specific things we need to discuss are:


1.      Formulate our concerns about undergraduates in Tang Hall

2.      Decide on a maximum no of undergraduates we would be OK with

3.      How to house them - separate floors or mixed? Which floors?

4.      What infrastructure upgrades we can ask for in return

5.      Timeline for those infrastructure upgrades

We want to make sure that your feelings and sentiments about this transition are reflected in our meeting with the Dean on Wednesday. If you have any questions and concerns, please feel free to reach out to any of us.

Thanks,
Parnika Agrawal
On behalf of Tang Hall Residents’ Association (THRA)
tang-government at mit.edu<mailto:tang-government at mit.edu>



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