 winter 2005issue 11.2
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MIT awarded grant to combat violence against womenMIT Medical director William Kettyle, M.D., has announced that MIT is the recipient of a nearly $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women. Health educator Laura Stuart, M.P.H., who will serve as project director, and Maryanne Kirkbride, clinical director for campus life, were instrumental in securing the grant. According to Stuart, this grant will allow MIT to greatly improve its policies, programs, and services around issues of sexual assault and dating and domestic violence. "This grant is a tribute to the many dedicated students and staff who have worked over the past few years to raise awareness and enhance our response to violence in our community," Stuart says. "I am thrilled this grant will allow us to formalize our collaboration and bring our work to the next level." The MIT grant, made possible by the federal Violence Against Women Act of 2000, will be used to address a broad array of needs, including developing and disseminating educational materials and policies, strengthening victim services, and training faculty, staff, and students. The project will be implemented in collaboration with a number of campus organizations, the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, the Asian Taskforce Against Domestic Violence, and the Victim Witness Services Bureau of the Middlesex District Attorney's Office. As a first step, the Center for Health Promotion and Wellness at MIT Medical convened the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Coordinated Community Response Group (CRG) in September. "I look forward to working with other campus and community organizations to keep the MIT community safe and raise awareness of these important issues," Kettyle says. Wellness classes enrolling nowThe winter session of wellness classes offered by the Center for Health Promotion and Wellness begins the first week of December. Classes, which meet weekly for ten weeks, include Yoga, Fitness, Tai Chi, and Pilates. Discounts on class fees are offered to MIT students and MIT Health Plan members. For details and registration information visit the Center for Health and Wellness on the Web or call 617-253-1316. IAP is just around the cornerMIT Medical will sponsor a number of talks on a variety of health and wellness topics during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) in January. For more information visit IAP online or call 617-258-6965. |
 MIT opens new ambulance bay and bunk room.
Cutting the ribbon to open MIT's new ambulance bay and bunk
room in the loading dock of the Stata Center are, from left,
MIT Medical's Maryanne Kirkbride, clinical director for campus
life; EMTs Sam Schweighart and Mike Folkert; Mark Forgues,
technical consultant to MIT-EMS; Rachel Williams, current MIT-EMS
chief; and EMT Nick Wyhs. Schweighart, Folkert, and Wyhs were
founders of MIT's ambulance service, which made its debut in
the summer of 2002.
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