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The Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education Strategic Themes budget helps students turn their ideas into programs and projects that will make a difference to the MIT undergraduate community and the world.
We are excited and interested to hear your ideas!
What types of projects does DUE fund?
DUE is particularly interested in helping with innovative ideas which impact its six strategic theme areas: global education, diversity, innovative teaching and learning, holistic experiences in education, information technology and areas associated with the MIT Undergraduate Task Force on Educational Commons. Funding is intended to benefit as many studetns as possible and even to reach beyond the campus. To inquire about funding for your project, please use our application form or contact Amy Clark.
Here are the projects which were supported in 2007-2008 and a brief description of some of them:
MIT African Students' Association - Africa Week
MIT Model UN - World Conference
Global Poverty Initiative Conference
Massachusetts Academic Games League
Smokeless Stove Field Testing
Leveraged Freedom Chair Project
Team Treatment Buddy
Forum on American Progess
CPW Caribbean Club entertainment
Mes Latino event
Student/Faculty dinner
MLK Breakfast T-shirts
Dragon 100 program
The MIT African Students’ Association brought Africa to the MIT campus for an entire week in March 2008. The events included music, food tasting, historical and current events programs, and dance. A highlight was the panel which included Martin Mbaya, an MIT alumnus, who cofounded the MIT-African Technology Initiative – a project which sends MIT students to Africa to teach Java in various universities.
The MIT Model UN sent nine students to the WorldMUN meeting in Mexico this year. Through the Model UN society at MIT, student members research, discuss and debate global issues as well as develop solutions to global problems. The goal of the MITMUN is to foster interest in international affairs across the campus and broader community through an annual lecture series, participation in the Boston Model UN with local high school students, and by serving as delegates to the WorldMUN.
Anne Liu, a senior Biology major, and others organized The Global Poverty Initiative conference at MIT with John Edwards as the keynote speaker. This all-day event brought together members of MIT and the broader community to explore health, education, economic, technological and public policy issues relating to global poverty. Through speakers, educational sessions, and a multimedia awareness campaign, the organizers helped students and others learn about ways they can fight global poverty.
Two students at MIT formed the Massachusetts Academic Games League of America and trained local high school students for a national competition. MAGLOA is an organization dedicated to developing the character, integrity and intellectual acumen of high school students through preparation for statewide and national competitions. Bao Tran, a sophomore in Urban Studies and Planning, and Renaldo Webb, a sophomore in Physics, coached students from a Boston area high school and joined them for the Olympics-like 2008 national competition in Orlando, FL.
To request funding for future projects please contact Amy Clark at amyclark@mit.edu, 253-0246 or stop by DUE at 7-133 to submit an application form. |