MacVicar Day 2004

The MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program was named to honor the life and contributions of the late Margaret MacVicar, Professor of Physical Science and Dean for Undergraduate Education at the time of her death in 1991. Each spring the Fellows sponsor MacVicar Day, MIT's annual recognition of undergraduate education.

MacVicar Day 2004 held on 5 March 2004 highlighted the importance of good mentoring and how it interfaces with good teaching.

This year's new MacVicar Faculty Fellows were announced by Provost Robert A. Brown at a formal ceremony at the MIT Corporation Lunch.

In the afternoon, the public attended a presentation by Professor Richard J. Light of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Graduate School of Education entitled "The Interface between Teaching and Mentoring". Professor Light, the author of the widely acclaimed book Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds has won numerous teaching awards. He shared some of the lessons he has learned from interviewing students over the years.

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