WIC+ is dedicated to providing a welcoming environment for all first-year graduate students. All first-year graduate students are paired with a more senior graduate student. This volunteer mentor serves as a resource and guide during the new student’s first year and beyond at MIT. Mentors are a valuable resource for academic advice in topics such as classes, teaching, choosing a research group, work/life balance, and even information about fun activities in Boston and Cambridge!
WIC+ provides mentorship events on top of the departmental programming, and we are excited to welcome the incoming cohort this fall.
Mentorship events are open to all and have recently included the following:
- Annual fall fellowship application editing workshop
- Participants received feedback on their applications for external funding such as NSF GRFP, NDSEG, and Hertz fellowships.
- Mentor-Mentee ice cream social
- Mentor-mentee coffee chats (organized with the department)