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Year: 2015
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Chasing the American Dream: Job Seeking in the USA
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…
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Great Performances by Great People
-Benjamin Okun Sometimes it’s good to be bad, and such was the case in Saturday’s production of “Bad Auditions by Bad Actors” – the debut performance by MIT S&PC’s new Acting Club. The troupe’s wildly unpredictable antics had an audience of nearly 100 attendees at Killian Hall laughing through the evening, and it was impressive…
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Fall 2015 Alumni Updates
Ling-Chih Kao (2011-2014) It’s been a year since I left MIT and moved to San Diego for my husband’s new job. The first few months were tough as we tried to get our bearings and figure out a new routine. Though this is my fourth big move in the US, I found it more difficult…
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Jennifer’s Notes: What’s Coming in 2015-2016?
As always, it’s been an exciting start to the semester. Our Orientation activities were a great success – we had a strong volunteer team and we were able to give our newest members the information they needed to start a new life here at MIT, as well as opportunities to build connections and friendships in…
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Orientation 2015
This year Spouses & Partners Connect organized three events for Orientation Week: the Learning Fair, a Campus Tour and a Sunset Cruise. All our events were a success!! Berenice Torrecillas gave us a summary of the events, and Siria Ledezma shared personal reflections on her relationship with MIT Spouses & Partners Connect. Berenice- We had…
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MIT, The Significant Other of Success
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…
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Healthy Relationships at MIT
An interview with Amanda Hankins, by Shakti Lieten I did not expect sexual harassment in the workplace/lab to be a big issue within the graduate community at MIT, but it is. I heard about his when I spoke to Amanda Hankins, a few weeks ago. Amanda works as the education and prevention specialist for violence…
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Jennifer’s Notes: Beware of Self Imposed Deadlines
Before you came to MIT, you had plans about how you wanted to spend your time in Boston. You were going to find a job, start a degree program, figure out your next career step, have a baby, become fluent in English. Maybe you did some research and you set your goals. You think to…
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Bon Voyage, Christelle!
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 in climate science at MIT, and…
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S&P Featured on Crowdfund MIT
Written by Ling-chih Kao On a Thursday afternoon, in room 441 on the forth floor of building E23, three spouses, Irena Stojkov, Marija Simidjievska, and Barbara Lipohar Staples, along with Senior Program Manager Jennifer Recklet Tassi, sat with Thom Dunn from MIT Annual Fund in front of a video camera. They were shooting a video clip…