MacVicar Day 2005

March 4, 2005, 3:00 to 4:30 pm, Room 6-120
What should we achieve in a four-year MIT education?

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 2005 was held on March 4, 2005. 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 program entitled What should we achieve in a four-year MIT education? that consisted of a discussion with members of the Task Force on the Undergraduate Educational Commons. This group is undertaking a fundamental, comprehensive review of the common educational experience of our undergraduates in the early years of the 21st century.