Blog: Jennifer's notes

May 15, 2017
At MIT Medical, it’s the season of performance development reviews and goal setting for the next year. It’s a time for looking back and for looking forward. We are asked to share our accomplishments from the past year (sound familiar, Career Connect attendees?), and to think about what we want to...
December 14, 2016
Introducing the MIT Spouses & Partners Connect luggage tag! My greatest hope is that the things you learn at MIT will support and carry you through the next steps of your journey, wherever they may take you. Your connection to MS&PC doesn’t end when your spouse or partner leaves MIT or you...
November 15, 2016
  What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?John Steinbeck Winter is coming and I know that some of you are just dreading it. It’s your first winter in Boston, and you’ve heard all of the horror stories, especially of the 2014-2015 record setting snowfall....
June 7, 2016
"In a world that values the primacy of work,   the most common question that we ask and get asked is "What do you do?" Brene Brown "The Gifts of Imperfection" Recently I had the delightful experience of having a postdoc introduce himself to me as the spouse of an MIT spouse. I love how they turned...