Blog: Spouses stories

When dreams come true - meet Nicolas Chignardet and Origamo
December 6, 2016
-by Benjamin Okun- Nicolas Chignardet is among the few (but proud) male members of MIT S&PC, who live in Cambridge with significant others working on everything from astrophysics to management consulting. Originally from France, Nicolas lived for several years in Switzerland before moving to...
Chasing the American Dream: Job Seeking in the USA
December 17, 2015
by Fazila Hanis Hashim Job-seeking in a foreign land can be one long, lonely and frustrating journey. How do we strike out on our own in a new country while our busy partners pursue their MIT dreams? Will our (foreign) degrees and work experiences be sufficient to land us a job in the USA? Some of...
MIT, The Significant Other of Success
October 24, 2015
By Sunita Arora A month before my GMAT exam I went to meet Jennifer, MIT S&P program manager, to discuss an event we were organizing. Her office was locked and she was on her way back from another meeting. While waiting for her I thought about my upcoming exam and how I hated it. I thought...
Bon Voyage, Christelle!
June 3, 2015
Article and photo by Benjamin Okun In 2012 Christelle Perrin was enjoying a busy, well established life in Paris, with a circle of close friends and a successful career managing perfume brands for French fashion house Kenzo. Then her boyfriend Emmanuel Vincent received an offer to continue his work...