[2178] in UA Exec
Re: Meet with Student Wellness Leaders - Tuesday April 14, 9:30 PM
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blake Elias)
Mon Apr 13 16:03:00 2015
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Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:02:56 -0400
From: Blake Elias <eliasb@mit.edu>
To: Shruti Sharma <ss810@mit.edu>, ua-wellness-chairs@mit.edu, ua-exec@mit.edu
Cc: yesplus@mit.edu
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(Adding on UA Student Support & Mental Health chairs, plus other exec
members)
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Blake Elias <eliasb@mit.edu> wrote:
> Dear Shruti,
>
> On behalf of the the Art of Living @ MIT, I would like to invite you to
> the last session of the YesPlus Leadership Retreat which is being funded
> jointly by the Institute-wide Wellness Grant, the UA, GSC and the Baker
> Foundation.
>
> *WHEN*: Tuesday, April 14; 9:30 PM
> *WHERE*: E25-117
> *WHAT*: http://web.mit.edu/artofliving/www/Courses.html
>
> It's your opportunity to meet a group of 30 student leaders who have
> committed to taking action to support student wellness and help everyone at
> MIT thrive. There will be time to both observe what they're doing and hear
> them share their experience with this program, as well as interact &
> discuss ideas for the campus.
>
> We're inviting faculty, administration, staff and students to come see the
> experience that students have had in doing a program that helped them
> improve their well-being and their leadership abilities, to propose ideas
> and help them take their initiatives further in supporting this campus.
>
> The students will just be completing a 24-hour long retreat, where they
> have become masters of some very deep yoga and mindfulness tools that
> energize and de-stress from an extremely deep level. From this solidified
> foundation of well-being, they are taking responsibility to uplift the
> whole campus. They're kick-starting their projects now and will continue
> through the semester.
>
> The group consists of many student organization leaders (post-docs as
> well), GRTs, REFS, as well as a faculty member from Harvard Medical School
> (MGH), along with two visiting teachers from the International
> Association for Human Values <http://www.iahv.org/us-en/program/yesplus/>
> / Art of Living Foundation <http://www.artofliving.org/us-en>.
>
> This group has become really electrified from all the mindfulness and
> leadership activities - you can feel the energy in the room exploding - and
> now they're putting it all into action. This session will be such an
> amazing time to collaborate with such energized and inspired students.
>
> Hope you can make it, and please feel free to pass this on to any faculty,
> students or staff.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Blake Elias
> VP, Art of Living @ MIT
> Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> Class of 2016
> blakeelias.com
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra">(Adding on UA Student Support &=
amp; Mental Health chairs, plus other exec members)</div><div class=3D"gmai=
l_extra">=C2=A0<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:26 =
PM, Blake Elias <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:eliasb@mit.edu" tar=
get=3D"_blank">eliasb@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;borde=
r-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gma=
il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">Dear Shruti,<span class=3D""><br><div><br></div>=
<div>On behalf of the the Art of Living @ MIT, I would like to invite you t=
o the last session of the YesPlus Leadership Retreat which is being funded =
jointly by the Institute-wide Wellness Grant, the UA, GSC and the Baker Fou=
ndation.</div><div><br></div><div><b>WHEN</b>: Tuesday, April 14; 9:30 PM</=
div><div><b>WHERE</b>: E25-117</div><div><b>WHAT</b>: <a href=3D"http://web=
.mit.edu/artofliving/www/Courses.html" target=3D"_blank">http://web.mit.edu=
/artofliving/www/Courses.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>It's your op=
portunity to meet a group of 30 student leaders who have committed to takin=
g action to support student wellness and help everyone at MIT thrive. There=
will be time to both observe what they're doing and hear them share th=
eir experience with this program, as well as interact & discuss ideas f=
or the campus.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>We're inviting faculty, a=
dministration, staff and students to come see the experience that students =
have had in doing a program that helped them improve their well-being and t=
heir leadership abilities, to propose ideas and help them take their initia=
tives further in supporting this campus.</div><div><br></div><div>The stude=
nts will just be completing a 24-hour long retreat, where they have become =
masters of some very deep yoga and mindfulness tools that energize and de-s=
tress from an extremely deep level. From this solidified foundation of well=
-being, they are taking responsibility to uplift the whole campus. They'=
;re kick-starting their projects now and will continue through the semester=
.</div><div><br></div><div>The group consists of many student organization =
leaders (post-docs as well), GRTs, REFS, as well as a faculty member from H=
arvard Medical School (MGH), along with two visiting teachers from the <a h=
ref=3D"http://www.iahv.org/us-en/program/yesplus/" target=3D"_blank">Intern=
ational Association for Human Values</a> / <a href=3D"http://www.artoflivin=
g.org/us-en" target=3D"_blank">Art of Living Foundation</a>.=C2=A0</div><di=
v><br></div><div>This group has become really electrified from all the mind=
fulness and leadership activities - you can feel the energy in the room exp=
loding - and now they're putting it all into action. This session will =
be such an amazing time to collaborate with such energized and inspired stu=
dents.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope you can make it, and please feel free =
to pass this on to any faculty, students or staff.</div><div><br></div><div=
>Thanks,</div><div><br clear=3D"all"><div>--<br clear=3D"all"><div><div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">Blake Elias</div><div dir=3D"ltr">VP, Art of Living @ MIT<br>=
<div>Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science</div><div>Ma=
ssachusetts Institute of Technology</div><div>Class of 2016</div><div><a hr=
ef=3D"http://blakeelias.com" target=3D"_blank">blakeelias.com</a></div></di=
v></div></div>
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