MIT Mental Health and Counseling Resources

• For same day walk-in meetings with a clinician (no appointment needed): Either call 617-253-2916 or walk into E-23, 3rd floor and ask to speak to the on-call clinician. A clinician is available by phone 24/7, on weekends as well. Office hours (if you walk in) are M-Th, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• For off campus therapy options: Go to Provider Directories on the MIT Medical website here.
• Grief Support Group: This weekly, therapeutic support group is for students who have experienced the death of a loved one. It offers space to talk about loved ones, share experiences of grief, receive grief-specific psychoeducation and therapeutic support in a group format, and benefit from the support of peers who are also grieving. Open to students who have experienced the death of a loved one. The group meets in person, on Tuesdays, 3:30- 4:45 p.m., in MIT Medical, E23-376 and is facilitated by Yvette LeBlanc Gundry, LMHC. Find more information on other group therapy options SMH&C here.

2023 GALA TICKET INFORMATION!

Spring Gala tickets go on Sale Monday, April 10th!

Get ready for the most glamorous nights of the year at Sloan! Students will have the option to attend Gala on either Friday, May 12th or Saturday, May 13th. Gala will be held at the Marble House Mansion in Newport, RI. Students can only attend ONE night of gala, not both. There is a limit of 2 tickets per student. Significant others can attend, but tickets can only be purchased by students. Tickets are $125 each and will be sold in two rounds, giving first preference to graduating students before opening up to all students.

Round 1 tickets will go on sale at 11:45am on Mon. April 10th and will be on sale until 12:30pm. Round 1 Tickets will be open to the following groups of students:

• EMBA 2023, LGO 2023, MBA 2023, MBAN 2023, MFIN 2023, MSMS 2023, PHD 2023, SF 2023 

Round 2 tickets will go on sale immediately following the round 1 sale. Round 2 sales start at 12:45pm on Mon. April 10th. Round 2 Tickets will be open to all students, regardless of graduation year.

Purchase your tickets on SloanGroups here 

Questions? Spring Gala 2023 FAQs.docx

BULLETIN BOARD

2022-2023 MIT Sloan Excellence in Teaching Awards Survey

Sloanies, we invite you to acknowledge the faculty members and teaching assistants who have made a positive difference in your classroom experience by nominating them for an MIT Sloan Excellence in Teaching Award. The nomination requires only a paragraph or two on why you are nominating a particular person (or persons—there is no limit to how many people you can nominate). Winners will be chosen based on both quantity and quality of the nominations. Nominate your favorite teachers and TAs who have made a positive difference in your classroom experience this year in our survey here. The 2022-2023 MIT Sloan Excellence in Teaching Awards Ceremony will be held in person on Thursday, May 11 from 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM at the Samberg Conference Center. Nominations are live through 9am on Wednesday, April 27, 2023.

Sloan 5 and Class Council Information Session

Graduating in 2023? The Office of External Relations is looking for the next generation of Sloanies to join the alumni volunteer network as Sloan 5 leaders and Class Council members. Sloan 5 brings together recent graduates of the last five classes from across MIT Sloan’s programs to foster sustained connectivity amongst alumni and the School. Sloan 5 leaders organize and host events to provide opportunities to meet other recent MIT Sloan graduates in more than twenty cities worldwide. Class Council members work to organize their classmates in preparation for their 1-year Reunion in 2024. Lunch will be provided. If you're interested, please attend one of the following info-sessions:

This April 3 - 9, MIT will celebrate Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week with a calendar of fun, stress-relieving experiences and giveaways. Registration is now open for all sign-up events!

Events for the week include:

• Free coffee at Area Four
• Chair massages!
• Photo contest with prizes
• Plant your own “Lucky Bamboo”
• Paint Night
• GradSupport open house
• Walking tours of Boston
• Raffle for families

Key Campus Support Resources

If you need to talk or connect, please know you can reach out to the Student Life Office or your program office as well as the resources listed below. 

• DoingWell: Key support resources for the MIT community.
• Student Mental Health and Counseling Services: Working with students to identify, understand and solve problems, and to help transform that understanding into positive action.
• Student Support Services: An easily accessible hub of support for undergraduates.
• GradSupport and the Graduate Assistance Information Network offer a wide variety of resources to help grad students and families deal with the unexpected.
• Free, confidential, 24/7 assistance is available for faculty, staff and postdocs from MyLife Services.
• MIT Office of Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life: Chaplains are available to offer support and counsel to anyone in the MIT community.
• Dean on Call: Students living on campus can dial 100 from campus phones or 617-253-1212 to reach MIT Police, then ask to speak to the dean on call. The dean on call is available Monday through Friday, 5 p.m.–9 a.m., and on Saturdays, Sundays and MIT-observed holidays.