MIT Club of South Texas Newsletter

April 15, 2024

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Nominations Open for MITCoSTx Board

Are you interested in supporting the MITCoSTx mission or know someone who might be? Nominations are open for the Club's Board of Directors. You can find out more about the Board's roles and responsibilities on our website. Send nominations to our President-elect, Maura Hennessey '17 ('19) by Monday, April 22.

MITCoSTx Events

Check our website and newsletters for upcoming events. All MIT Club of South Texas events are open to MIT undergraduate and graduate alumni, parents of MIT students and alumni, and current students.

MIT Golf Outing

May 10 - Location to be determined - it might be Gus Wortham or Westwood CC. We're planning on a morning tee time. There are already six alums who have expressed interest. Looking for more to fill out foursomes. If you're interested, contact Greg Turner.

Create your own MITCoSTx program - Host an in-person or a virtual meeting with a local flavor. Got a topic you would like to hear about? Is there a topic you would like to share with local alums? Topics can be technical, medical, business, or just something to lighten the mood. The Golf Outing is a great example of an alum-organized event. Contact Sophie Sun, our VP Programs.

Community Service Corner

About the MIT Club of South Texas Community Service Matching Donation Program:

Donate your time to selected organizations and the MIT Club of South Texas will donate dollars to that organization. The club will match up to 100 volunteer hours/person ($500) and up to $1000/organization. A few of the selected organizations are Plant It Forward, Kids' Meals, Houston Food Bank, First Robotics Clubs, and the San José Clinic. Find the full list of selected organizations and what to do to get your volunteer hours matched on the MITCoSTx website under the Volunteer tab.

Would you like to have an organization you support with your time eligible for a matching donation? Send an email to Cordelia Price and she will guide you through the very simple process.

The Community Service Team is looking for volunteers to help plan our future community service efforts. If interested, email [email protected].

Your membership dues and donations help support our Club's STEM outreach activities.

MIT Founder Circles Application Due April 19th

Get ready for an exciting opportunity to connect, learn, and grow with fellow MIT alumni founders! Founder Circles is an intimate peer-to-peer learning community.

MITAS (MIT Alumni Startup Network) is thrilled to open applications for their 24 Founder Circles cohort. These carefully curated small groups offer a unique chance to surround yourself with a trusted circle of like-minded entrepreneurs who understand the joys and challenges of the startup journey.

Imagine having a personal board of advisors and a built-in support system – a brain trust of MIT alumni founders who are committed to your success.

Space is limited, so don't miss this opportunity to elevate your founder experience. Apply for the S24 Founder Circles cohort by April 19, 2024.

Hivebrite Hints

Be sure you have activated your Online Community Account

Our Club was an early Hivebrite adopter. However, since last fall, many more regional Clubs, Classes, and Affinity Groups have migrated to Hivebrite. To take advantage of all that Hivebrite has to offer, and to register for our events, be sure to activate your MIT Online Community Account if you haven't done so already.

Visit alumcommunity.mit.edu. If your account is already activated, you will be "Welcomed Back."

If you are not already activated, click the Login button to be directed to the Infinite Connection (IC) login page.

Enter your IC account credentials, click Login, and you will be directed back to the Online Community account activation page.

The first time you log in, you will be prompted to answer a few questions and verify your information. (Note: Not all fields are mandatory.)

Once you log in, explore the MIT Alumni Online Community. Click "Alumni Groups" at the top of the page. You will see MIT Club of South Texas as one of "My Alumni Groups." Click on the card to open our site. You can also click to join other groups or request to join private groups.

Make sure you're logged in when viewing our website. Certain features such as the Media Center are only available to those with activated online community accounts.

EFL Reminder: If you use MIT's EFL (Email Forwarding for Life @alum.mit.edu), please be aware that the system was shut down from about 2 pm Sunday, March 31 to about 10 am Monday, April 1 because of excessive spam being sent from a compromised alumni email account. Any emails received by the EFL server during this time were not forwarded.

You can login to your alum Outlook mailbox to view the emails that were sent to you and not forwarded during this outage. Access your MIT email account at http://outlook.office.com. Sign in with your alumni email address. If you’re prompted to choose between work or school or personal account, choose the work or school account option. It's a good idea to check your MIT email account once and a while because some email providers such as Google, ATT, and Yahoo have restrictive policies that can reject emails forwarded from EFL.

Brass Rats

Thanks to Jessica Wu Ramirez, SB '99, of the Club of Northern California. See our homepage for more Brass Rats!

Upcoming MIT Affiliate Virtual Events [Central Time]

For a complete listing of all affiliate events, go to MITAA Club events. Also, look for emails from the MIT Alumni Association.

MIT Africa Faculty Lecture Series: The MIT Alumni Association is collaborating with the MISTI MIT Africa program for a webinar lecture series, featuring talks by four MIT faculty members discussing MIT’s on-going research activities in Africa. All talks start at 10 am CDT.

• April 17: The Built Environment and Urban Politics in Africa
• April 24: Rethinking Nuclear Energy Solutions for the African Continent
• May 1: Collaborating on Space Enabled Designs with African Leaders
• May 8: MIT-Africa engagement in the 21st Century Challenges & Possibilities

April 17, 11:00 am - MIT Horizon - Limitations of Autonomous Vehicles

April 18, 12:00 pm - Class of 1967 - Human Social Systems

April 18, 7:00 pm - Class of 1992 - Mobile App Development at Scale by Wyatt Webb, 92

April 22, 6:30 pm - Club of Boston - Women and Entrepreneurship Mentoring Circles

April 24, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm - Club of Boston - Biosummit 2024 Focus on Depression and Mental Health

April 24, 8:00 pm - Club of San Diego - What's the Future of Global Tech Higher Education?

April 26, 9:30 am - Club of SW Florida - What’s Going on in (Generative) AI with Prof. Aleksander Mądry

May 7, 4:00 pm - Class of 1971 and EESN - Economics and Politics of Climate Change

MIT Volunteer Opportunities

Hire an MIT micro-intern. Micro-internships are short-term projects or internships where students can collaborate with employers and/or MIT alumni on research, data analysis, software development, or other projects that will provide a learning opportunity while meeting a workplace need.

Community Catalyst Leadership Program (CCLP) - MIT alumni are paired with current sophomores in a coaching relationship designed to help students grow as leaders and reach their personal and professional development goals.

News

Updates from MIT regarding recent events on campus, sharing relevant policies, and correcting misinformation can be found here.

In Memoriam

Bruce Donald Phillips SM '56 on January 23, 2024 at the age of 90.