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In-Reply-To: <CAE9Y7s+06rNeBiX4Y8xv7jHut38CGr1EF2wUg=-OOTi3csRVQw@mail.gmail.com> From: "UA Chief of Staff (David Chang)" <ua-chief@MIT.EDU> Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:28:07 -0700 To: Anna Babbi Klein <abklein@mit.edu> Cc: ua-exec@mit.edu Hi Anna, It's nice to see how reactive you are to student input. It took me a bit to figure out which of the proposed views were relavent to me. It seems to me that each event on the calendar are meant for three core groups. While items like holidays apply to everyone, others like "Advanced Standing" or "Minor Completion" only apply to undergraduates. Others, like "Thesis due" makes more sense for graduate students and "Department Grades Meetings" only make sense for administrators. Thus, if you had three calendars, undergraduate, graduate, and administrator, you would cover the three largest contingents at MIT. Most people know which one is most relavent to them and would know which to grab. And even if there are some events that only apply to say Foreign Freshmen (like the "English evaluation test"), putting it in the undergraduate calendar and erring a bit on the side of irrelevance is okay. Making more targeted calendars already does a lot to make them more relevant to students. Best, David Chang On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Allan Miramonti <allanm@mit.edu> wrote: > Forwarded is message from Anna Babbi Klein from the Office of the Dean fo= r > Undergraduate education.=A0 She is hoping for some useful feedback, so if= you > have a minute, please give her email a read through and respond to her. > > Thanks, > Allan > > p.s.=A0 I hope you are all having awesome summers > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Anna Babbi Klein <abklein@mit.edu> > Date: Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 9:36 PM > Subject: Student Input on MIT Academic calendar views > To: Allan E Miramonti <allanm@mit.edu>, TyShaun Wynter <romans12@mit.edu> > > > > Dear Students, > > > > In late March, we held several student focus groups in which we talked ab= out > the best way to communicate with students. One of the suggestions that ca= me > out of the groups was that the Registrar =91s Office should provide sever= al > views of the downloadable Academic calendar.=A0 Currently, there is only = one > view that includes all dates: http://web.mit.edu/registrar/calendar/. > > > > The Registrar is implementing this suggestion and is planning to provide > multiple views.=A0 Here is their first take on this: > http://web.mit.edu/registrar/calendar/index-test.html. > > > > The question is whether the new options they are considering are useful t= o > students. We would appreciate your feedback. If these are not appropriate= , > what should be the appropriate views of the calendar?=A0 Any input can be= sent > directly to me at abklein@mit.edu > > > > Thanks so much for your time and enjoy the rest of the summer! > > > > =A0 Regards, > > =A0=A0=A0 Anna > > > > Anna Babbi Klein > > Communications Manager > > Massachusetts Institute of Technology > > Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education > > Room 7-133 > > 617-253-7364 > > > > > > > > > > >
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