SWIM NEWSLETTER
WEEK OF APRIL 4, 2022
DEAR [FIRST_NAME],
We have been delighted to serve as your SWIM co-presidents this past year! Through these unprecedented times, we have been able to go from virtual to in-person events, create and maintain SWIM traditions, and host the most ambitious Push4Parity week at Sloan to date! None of this would have been possible without our amazing VP team. We are so thankful to have gotten to work alongside such inspiring women. We are also grateful to have gotten to meet so many of you, SWIM members, in person through our events throughout the last year!
We are so excited to introduce the three new co-presidents taking over the reigns of SWIM's leadership: Caroline Andersson, Diya Verghese, and Roshni Amin!
We leave SWIM in their very capable hands! As we begin our transition from our leadership to theirs, we want to wish you a wonderful rest of the semester! Congratulations on having (almost!) completed the first year, if you are in a multi-year program, and congratulations to all the finishing students! Don’t hesitate to reach out if we can be of help, now, and beyond Sloan!
Warm regards,
- Sophie, Sakshi, Louisa
Events
- April 7, 2022: Making it Together
- April 7, 2022: Glow Party
- April 11-15, 2022: Graduate Women at MIT Summit
- April 14, 2022: The ComMITment
Making It Together is a speaker series sponsored my MIT Sloan Male Allies, Sloan Pride, and Sloan Women in Management. In each series, we interview two Sloan Alums in dual-career relationships and explore what they've learned about how dual-career couples successfully manage and balance their professional lives, personal relationships, and family aspirations.
SPEAKER: HILARY GRAM, MBA '18
Hilary is a Senior Manager II on Liberty Mutual's Corporate Strategy & Research team, which she joined in 2022 after spending 3.5 years as a management consultant at EY-Parthenon, where she led engagements for corporate and private equity clients. While at Parthenon, Hilary worked across commercial due diligence, growth strategy, and market assessment projects, primarily in the healthcare practice. Hilary received her MBA from MIT Sloan in 2018 and her BA in Economics from Wellesley College in 2010. Prior to business school, Hilary worked for Rare, an environmental conservation NGO, managing sustainable fishing and sustainable agriculture projects in Asia and Latin America. In her free time, Hilary enjoys spending time with her wife and son, being outdoors as much as possible, and frequenting the local library.
SPEAKER: RHIANNON MENN, MBA '14
Rhiannon is a mama, chef, and adventurer. She loves decaf coffee, traveling, and super fuzzy sweaters. After the birth of her second child, she had an epiphany: When she took good care of herself, she was much better at taking care of those around her. She founded Good to Mama as a way of changing the narrative about what it means to be a mom. In 2020, prompted by the COVID-related struggles of families in her community and her own feeling of helplessness, she founded Lasagna Love. A platform that connects neighbors for home-cooked meal delivery, Lasagna Love has transformed into an international movement of kindness, impacting thousands of volunteers and recipient families each week. Rhiannon is a graduate of Berkshire Community College, Brown University, and MIT Sloan, and is a StartingBloc fellow and Siebel Scholar. She lives in Kihei, HI with her husband, three children, and is still relentlessly petitioning for a cat.
April 7, 2022: Glow Party
ƒÜ¿ The Who Run the World Glow Party: HKS X MIT X HBS ƒÜ¿
The HBS Women's Student Association is now also co-hosting - come party with our friends from across the river!
Join the Women in Power Conference in association with the Sloan Women in Management & HBS Women’s Student Association on Thursday April 7th at Hava Club to dance the night away! (For those of yall going to the rolling sloans event that night - come after-party with us - we'll be going until extremely late!)
1 free drink ticket is included in every ticket category, and we'll have special live performances at 11.30pm!!
Link to purchase a ticket
TICKETS NOW ON SALE - get them before they sell out! Hope to see you all there ƒÆ£ƒÆ£
Please note:
- A negative COVID test taken on or after April 4 is required upon entry.
Announcing the 2022 gwaMIT Spring Leadership Conference!
Event Website: https://gwamit20212022.wixsite.com/leadershipconference
Storytelling Workshop with Kirsty Bennett:
When: Monday, April 11th, 2022 12 – 1:30PM
Where: W20-307 Mezzanine
Details: How do you talk in a way that makes people want to listen? Good storytelling is a skill you can learn, and in this workshop, you'll learn the fundamentals of spoken word storytelling, including how to develop a story arc, structure your ideas and frame your experiences. These skills are transferable, so we'll also talk about how to use these techniques to talk about your work and research in an engaging way.
Kirsty Bennett is the founder of MITell, a storytelling program for MIT and the Manager of the MIT Women’s League. Previously, she spent seven years as a Producer and Director for the Peabody Award-winning The Moth, designing and running The Moth College Program and teaching storytelling workshops for literary festivals, corporations, schools, and colleges. She leads storytelling workshops for multiple departments at MIT, taught at the 2019 NAFA Conference, and is the regular host for MIT’s FAIL!, a twice-yearly storytelling event. In 2018, she curated and directed Synaptic Stories at the MIT Museum, as part of the Beautiful Brain exhibit. She thinks you have a story to tell.
Register here! (Attendance cap is 20 people)
gwaMIT Alumni Panel
When: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 5:30 – 6:30PM
Where: Zoom
Details: Meet and chat with MIT alumni to learn more about their career paths and professional development tips.
Check our event website for panelist bios.
Register here!
Keynote – Fireside Chat with Chancellor Nobles
When: Thursday, April 14th, 2022 12 – 1PM
Where: W20-307 Mezzanine
Details: Chat with Chancellor Nobles to learn more about her experience and challenges along her career path.
Melissa Nobles is MIT’s chancellor and a professor of political science who has been an MIT faculty member since 1995. From 2015-2021, she served as the Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and, from 2013-2015, as head of MIT’s Department of Political Science. Chancellor Nobles oversees “all things students,” and is responsible for undergraduate and graduate education and residential life and plays a leading role in strategic planning, faculty appointments, resource development, and campus planning activities. Her international, comparative research focuses on restorative justice in light of ethnic and racial conflicts.
Register here!
Gender Bias in AI Discussion
When: Thursday, April 14th, 2022 6 – 7PM
Where: W20-307 Mezzanine
Details: Coming soon! (check event website for updates)
Register here!
Fundamentals of Communication Workshop
When: Friday, April 15th, 2022 12 – 1:30PM
Where: W20-307 Mezzanine
Details: This interactive workshop, using curriculum developed by RELATE (learntorelate.org), will cover fundamental communication skills for talking to any audience about technical topics. We will discuss how to develop an understanding of your audience, choose appropriate language, and craft a central message. As part of this workshop, participants will put these principles into practice to create and deliver an effective elevator pitch.ÔÇï
Dr. Deanna Montgomery is the manager of the EECS Communication Lab, which provides writing, speaking, and visual design support to MIT’s largest department. Deanna holds a B.S. in chemistry from Houghton College and a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from the University of Michigan. In addition to her scientific background, she has experience in communicating with a variety of audiences about technical topics and teaching researchers about technical communication. Deanna firmly believes that communication skills can always improve, and she particularly enjoys helping others work towards implementing better communication techniques and strategies through training and practice.
Register here!
Join the MIT Sloan student and alumni community for the inaugural ComMITment, an event for MIT Sloan students to engage with alumni and business leaders on DEI strategy in the workplace. The inaugural speaker will be Segun Idowu, the new Chief of Economic Inclusion and Opportunity for the City of Boston. Segun will be followed by a set of concurrent alumni leader panels, and a reception will follow.
Limited tickets available, sign up today! Sloan Group Event
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