Suzy Nelson

Three Questions with Suzy Nelson

February 09, 2017

Suzy Nelson started as MIT’s vice president and dean for student life on July 1, 2016. She came to the Institute after a national search and brings broad experience from managing student affairs and residential life at Colgate University, Harvard University, and Cornell University to the role. During her first semester at the Institute, Nelson worked with students, faculty, and staff to invigorate the Division of Student Life’s mission and goals, and is leading major projects related to residence hall development and renovation, student support, and diversity and inclusion.

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Jasmin Jopeph

AXO and MIT’s Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Efforts

February 08, 2017

Violence Prevention and Response (VPR) is MIT’s primary on-campus resource for preventing and responding to interpersonal violence, including sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, stalking, and sexual harassment.

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Reid Weedon

MIT Honors the Memory of IRDF Founder Reid Weedon ‘41

January 04, 2017

Reid Weedon ‘41 was a very, very special member of the MIT community. His name may be familiar to many because he helped to found the Independent Residence Development Fund (IRDF) over fifty years ago. He was a very active member of his beloved fraternity, Phi Beta Epsilon.

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FSILGs Host Barbecue for Back Bay Friends and Neighbors

September 12, 2016

Scattered clouds and light showers couldn’t keep guests away from the second annual Neighborhood Welcome Barbecue for MIT Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups (FSILGs) and their alumni and neighbors on Thursday, September 1.

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MIT’s Chapter of America’s Oldest National Fraternity Honored for Preservation and Protection of Residence

September 02, 2016

The Beta Chapter of MIT’s Chi Phi Fraternity recently received a very singular honor, one rarely associated with a college fraternity.
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For the Shifflet and McCoy sisters NROTC is a family affair.

Seafaring Sisters

November 30, 2015

For the Shifflet and McCoy sisters the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) is a family affair.

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Alex Knoedler, center, and fellow MIT AFROTC cadets, seen through a night vision device.

Spreading his Wings

November 23, 2015

Alex Knoedler ’18 is pursuing his passion for flying as an AeroAstro student and a Squadron Cadet Commander in the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC), striving to fly fighter jets as a combat or test pilot and ultimately taking this experience to the astronaut corps at NASA.

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MIT AFROTC cadets Joseph Han and Martin York.

Learning Leadership

November 12, 2015

Leadership is a core component of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).

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Award-Winning Renovations to Sigma Chi

August 04, 2015

“The work of Alpha Theta chapter of Sigma Chi demonstrates the power of history, legacy, and tradition and the importance of the physical manifestation of that past has a statement and actor upon our current culture and life experience.”

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