From: Student Life Date: October 23 Subject: MIT Sloan Student Life Newsletter October 23, 2024
October 23, 2024
Announcing Sloan Wellness Week!
Join us for Sloan Wellness Week! The Student Life office is excited to announce Sloan Wellness Week, taking place from November 4th to 7th. This week is dedicated to promoting health and well-being within our community. We've planned a variety of events designed to help you relax, rejuvenate, and discover new ways to incorporate wellness into your daily routine.
Event Highlights:
Journal Give Away: Start your wellness journey with a free journal.
Chair Massages: Enjoy a relaxing chair massage to ease your stress.
Acupuncture Appointments: Experience the benefits of acupuncture.
Sound Healing: Immerse yourself in a soothing sound bathing session.
Wellbeing Lab Pop-Up Event: Discover new ways to enhance your well-being at MIT! Featuring: Activities, give aways, resources, snacks, and more!
Mental Health AMA: Join your peers as Sloanies get real about Mental Health while at Sloan.
Plant & Succulent Give Away: Take home a plant or succulent to brighten your space.
We are proud to collaborate with MIT DoingWell, the MIT Wellbeing Lab, the MIT Sloan Mindfulness & Leadership Club, and the MIT Food and Agriculture Club to bring you these fantastic events.
Mark your calendars and join us for a week of wellness and self-care! Please find the full schedule for Sloan Wellness Week here.
Student life Events
Boston Celtics
The Student Life Office has an extremely limited number of tickets for three Celtics Games in Fall 2024, at TD Garden:
Boston Celtics vs. Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, November 12th
Boston Celtics vs. LA Clippers on Monday, November 25th
Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, December 4th
Spooky Sloan
Wednesday, October 30th
11:30am-1pm
Gruber Court
Join Student Life and DEI for a spooky afternoon full of ghoulishly good Halloween fun! There will be frightfully fantastic games, tricks, treats and more!
Wellness Days
Monday, November 4th & Tuesday, November 5th 10am-6pm
E52-101
RSVP for a 20-minute chair massage, a 60-minute acupuncture session, and/or a 30-minute sound healing session, to help reduce your overall stress and tension. Walk in appointments are available day of.
Wellbeing Lab Pop-Up Tuesday, November 5th 11:30am-1:30pm Diebold Lounge
An exclusive one day only pop-up event, featuring the newly launched Wellbeing Lab. Grab free swag, take a break, check out this exclusive opportunity to invest in your wellbeing, & learn more about wellbeing-related campus services & support!
Course XV Dinner Wednesday, November 6th 7pm-9pm
Local Restaurant
Course XV Dinners are an opportunity for fifteen students from across the programs to have a free, delicious, three course dinner at a local venue with a member of the Student Life Office.
Diwali C-Fx Thursday, November 7th
9pm-2am
🌟 Sloanies, Illuminate Your Night! 🌟Join the South Asia Business Club for a mesmerizing Diwali celebration and dive deep into the vibrant cultures of South Asia! Tickets: $20 each
Celebratory Reception for Simon Johnson Thursday, November 7th
4:45pm-6:15pm
E62 Lobby
Please join the Office of the Dean for a celebratory reception and champagne toast for MIT Sloan's Nobel Laureate in Economics, Simon Johnson, the Ronald A. Kurtz (1954) Professor of Entrepreneurship.
Civil Rights in Employment
Thursday, October 24th
6:30pm-8pm
Hybrid
Join CAPD for a candid conversation with MIT Alumni Kristin Smith ’04 and Rob Corbisier ’98. They are the driving force behind MIT’s Pay Equity State Job Offer Templates and will share their insights on employment law, as well as your rights as a candidate and employee.
How Will the U.S. Election Affect Jobs and the Economy? Tuesday, October 29th
11:45am-12:50pm
E51-345
IWER and the People & Organizations Club, will be holding a faculty panel ft. Professors Catherine Wolfram, S.P. Kothari, Tom Kochan, and moderated by Namrata Kala to discuss the impact of the upcoming U.S. election on jobs & the economy. Students and staff are all welcome!
AI And Elections Panel Wednesday, October 30th
5:30pm-7pm Building 45, 250 SERC, in collaboration with the ICEO, present a panel discussion featuring several distinguished MIT professors. The timely conversation will focus on the critical role of artificial intelligence in both protecting and challenging electoral integrity and democracy.
iLead Lunch and Conversation with Ruby Chandy
Wednesday, November 6th 12pm-12:45pm Wong Auditorium
CEO of Lumina Advisory Services, Ruby Chandy, SB '82, SM '89 has held significant leadership roles at Pall Corporation, Dow Chemical, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Boston Scientific, and Millipore.
Stand-Up Comedy Live Featuring Tatanka Means and an All-Star Cast Sunday, November 3rd
7pm-9pm Kresge Auditorium
MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and the deFlorez Fund for Humor present Stand-Up Comedy Live! Headlined by Tatanka Means, the show also features comics Brian Bahe, Wolf Brown, and Jackie Keliiaa. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Missed the Action Learning Labs IAP Preview event?
Visit the Action Learning Office MySloan page to see the event slides and application information for Finance Lab, Product Management Lab, and Leading with Impact: A Social Impact Lab. Feel free to contact the faculty and staff listed in the slides, or actionlearning@mit.edu if you have any questions.
Sloan Student Life is on WhatsApp!
We're excited to invite you to our brand-new WhatsApp community. Stay in the loop with the latest updates on upcoming events, ticket sales, and more!
Express your appreciation for someone by writing a handwritten gratitude letter! Join the Ashdown House on Sunday, October 27th from 1 - 3 PM in the Ashdown House Hulsizer (NW35-1121) for gratitude letter writing.
Letter-making supplies will be available including paper, envelopes and stickers. Letters will be sent out after the event- we will cover postage. *Lunch and bubble tea* will be available!
Please contact ashdown-events-chair@mit.edu with any questions or concerns. Sponsored by the MindHandHeart Innovation Fund.
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