From: Student Life
Date: November 8, 2024
Subject: SLO Weekly Roundup - November 8, 2024


November 4-8, 2024

In This Week's Edition:

  1. Community Impact Spotlight
  2. Hosting Inclusive Events
  3. Event Registration: Host Approval
  4. Increasing SWAG Sales Visibility
  5. Office Highlight: DEI
  6. Drop-In Advising Hours

Community Impact Spotlight

Join our pal, TIM, in shining a spotlight on your amazing fellow Sloanies and celebrating their contributions and the positive impact they've made on the greater MIT Sloan community! Nominate a club leadership team or individual for our monthly Community Impact Spotlight by filling out this short form.  

Nominations for this month's spotlight are due on Thursday, November 21, 2024.

Hosting Inclusive Events: Day of The Event

Practice conscious inclusion and host events that enable all individuals to engage and participate fully. With accessibility in mind, consider the following on event day: 

  • Identify a person on the team to ensure attendees are connected to accommodation support;
  • Have designated reserved seating available, being mindful of space and ease of accessibility for those in need (attendees who are pregnant, those with disabilities or service animals, older adults, etc.);
  • For Virtual/Hybrid events, set your default Zoom settings to allow for ASL and other language interpretation (this cannot be done during the meeting).

Find more resources to help you in planning your event at MIT Sloan DEI Event Planning Checklist and on the MIT Institute Events website.

Get in touch with MIT Disability and Access Services (DAS) to discuss specific accommodation requests from students.

Event Registration - Host Approval

Thank you all for being proactive with your event registrations when they qualify!
Some events are getting stuck at the “host approval” level and this prevents the events from moving through the other approval levels.
After you submit your registration on Atlas, the next step is for the host of the event (person you entered into the form as the event host) is to go in and accept/approve that they are the host. Atlas typically will send an automated email to the host initiating this. The host can also go into their Event Approval Inbox in Atlas and check it off. Once this step has been completed, the event will move on to the other approvers:

  • Space Owners (if on-campus)
  • Event Overall Approval (Student Life)
  • MIT Police

For more information on the event registration process, visit this site.

SWAG/Apparel Sale Visibility

Consider increasing your sales visibility by utilizing spaces around campus beyond Sloan. In addition to E62 Cafe, your clubs can also reserve a tabling space in Lobby 10, right in the middle of the Infinite Corridor.

Your club's space reserver can book the space through Mazevo, the CAC booking portal. 

Office Highlight: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

MIT Sloan's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) partners with and supports staff, students, faculty, alumni, and other members of the MIT community to create proactive, research-supported initiatives and programs aligned with MIT's Values. The MIT Sloan Office of DEI:

  • Advances data-supported, metrics-driven strategies to create and sustain more diverse, equitable, and inclusive spaces at MIT Sloan
  • Centers student, staff, faculty, and alumni voices
  • Creates networking opportunities for underrepresented audiences and allies

Reach out to DEI at sloandei@mit.edu or stop by at E52-101.

Student Leader Drop-In Advising Hours

Stop by E52-118 in the Student Life Office suite (E52-101) where we can help you plan and execute your club activities, discuss marketing strategies, answer your questions about RFPs, your club's financial needs, and more:

Can't make drop-in advising, but have questions? Book an appointment with any of us using this link!

Questions? Consult the Student Group Leader Handbook
Contact Student Life or Book an appointment with us!
List of current club officers here