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Serve on MacVicar Advisory Committee
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacob Bredthauer)
Tue Dec 1 13:08:49 2009
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:08:11 -0500
From: Jacob Bredthauer <jabredth@MIT.EDU>
To: ua-discuss@mit.edu
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Hi everyone,
NomComm is seeking two representatives for the MacVicar Advisory Committee,
which helps select a faculty member each year for the MacVicar Faculty
Fellowship. See below for more details. Please forward this to your
constituencies or any friends who you feel would be well-suited for this
position. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please reply
to ua-nomcomm@mit.edu with brief answers to the following questions by
Saturday (Dec. 5).
1. Why do you want to serve on the MacVicar Advisory Committee?
2. Please describe any relevant experience you have (i.e. working in a
committee setting, reviewing applications for awards).
3. What qualities will you look for in candidates for the MacVicar
Fellowship and why?
4. Describe a strong relationship you have developed with a faculty member.
How did it develop, and what have you gained from the relationship?
5. The committee will have one meeting in mid-to-late January. Will you be
on campus during IAP?
Let me know if you have any questions.
Jacob Bredthauer
Chair, UA Nominations Committee
"As you may know, the MacVicar Faculty Fellows program was established in
1992 to honor the memory of Margaret MacVicar '64, Sc.D. '67, Professor of
Physical Science, and Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Education. Among man=
y
other accomplishments, Dean MacVicar established the Undergraduate Research
Opportunities Program (UROP) in 1969 (still going strong at 40!) and, at th=
e
time of her death in 1991, was serving as the Institute=92s first Dean for
Undergraduate Education. She is remembered as a dedicated champion for a
comprehensive undergraduate education that included a focus on the person,
on one occasion remarking, "Our purpose is to direct the best minds toward
inquiries and enterprises concerned for the human condition." She also
played a key role at the Institute in expanding the breadth and diversity o=
f
the admissions process.
Thus, the MacVicar Faculty Fellowship, a ten-year appointment, recognizes
faculty who have made exemplary and sustained contributions to the teaching
and education of undergraduates at MIT. In the fall of each academic year,
the community is invited to nominate members of the faculty for this honor.
Each winter, an ad hoc Advisory Committee =96 made up of the Dean for
Undergraduate Education, two MacVicar Fellows, two additional faculty
members, and two undergraduate students =96 is responsible for carefully
reading the confidential materials submitted on behalf of each nominee,
meeting to review the nominees and their accomplishments, and preparing a
formal recommendation of candidates to the Provost who will make the final
decision on naming new Fellows.
More details about the Fellowship and the nomination process are available
at http://web.mit.edu/provost/macvicar/."
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>NomComm is seeking two representatives for the MacVicar Advisory Committ=
ee, which helps select a faculty member each year for the MacVicar Faculty =
Fellowship. See below for more details. Please forward this to your constit=
uencies or any friends who you feel would be well-suited for this position.=
If you are interested in serving on this committee, please reply to <a hre=
f=3D"mailto:ua-nomcomm@mit.edu">ua-nomcomm@mit.edu</a> with brief answers t=
o the following questions by Saturday (Dec. 5).</p>
<p>1. Why do you want to serve on the MacVicar Advisory Committee?</p>
<p>2. Please describe any relevant experience you have (i.e. working in a c=
ommittee setting, reviewing applications for awards).</p>
<div>3. What qualities will you look for in candidates for the MacVicar Fel=
lowship and why?</div>
<div>=A0</div>
<div>4. Describe a strong relationship you have developed with a faculty me=
mber.=A0 How did it develop, and what have you gained from the relationship=
?</div>
<p>5. The committee will have one meeting in mid-to-late January. Will you =
be on campus during IAP?</p>
<p>Let me know if you have any questions.</p>
<p>Jacob Bredthauer<br>Chair, UA Nominations Committee</p>
<div><br>"As you may know, the MacVicar Faculty Fellows program was es=
tablished in 1992 to honor the memory of Margaret MacVicar '64, Sc.D. &=
#39;67, Professor of Physical Science, and Cecil and Ida Green Professor of=
Education. Among many other accomplishments, Dean MacVicar established the=
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) in 1969 (still going s=
trong at 40!) and, at the time of her death in 1991, was serving as the Ins=
titute=92s first Dean for Undergraduate Education.=A0 She is remembered as =
a dedicated champion for a comprehensive undergraduate education that inclu=
ded a focus on the person, on one occasion remarking, "Our purpose is =
to direct the best minds toward inquiries and enterprises concerned for the=
human condition."=A0 She also played a key role at the Institute in e=
xpanding the breadth and diversity of the admissions process.<br>
=A0<br>Thus, the MacVicar Faculty Fellowship, a ten-year appointment, recog=
nizes faculty who have made exemplary and sustained contributions to the te=
aching and education of undergraduates at MIT. In the fall of each academic=
year, the community is invited to nominate members of the faculty for this=
honor.=A0 Each winter, an ad hoc Advisory Committee =96 made up of the Dea=
n for Undergraduate Education, two MacVicar Fellows, two additional faculty=
members, and two undergraduate students =96 is responsible for carefully r=
eading the confidential materials submitted on behalf of each nominee, meet=
ing to review the nominees and their accomplishments, and preparing a forma=
l recommendation of candidates to the Provost who will make the final decis=
ion on naming new Fellows.</div>
<div><br>More details about the Fellowship and the nomination process are a=
vailable at <a href=3D"http://web.mit.edu/provost/macvicar/">http://web.mit=
.edu/provost/macvicar/</a>."</div>
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