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Year: 2013

  • You don’t need to come

    By Julie Fahnestock A friend recently asked me why we decided to come to MIT. I think most MIT alumni will answer this question the same way: because I got an acceptance letter. (I often forget that I’m not the MIT student.) Julie’s story continues below. She recently shared this story and other glimpses of her…

  • Moving to Somewhere

    By Adrielle Stapleton I’m probably moving next year but I don’t know where to yet. Here is my list of five things I’m doing to get ready. A little more about my situation: I’m also a trailing spouse – for various reasons my spouse’s job search and which universities decide to offer jobs next year…

  • S&P Volunteers at Cradles to Crayons

    by Gioia Gregori, photo by Cradles to Crayons Staff C2C is a charity organization and its mission is “connecting communities that have with communities that need”: it provides children from birth through age 12, with the essential items they need to thrive (according to C2C website more than 305,000 Massachusetts children 12 years old and younger…

  • Notes from Jennifer

    Celebrating MIT spouses&partners 40th anniversary this past year has put me in a very reflective mood. It is also my 15th year with MIT spouses&partners, so I’ve been thinking a lot about the people I’ve met  and the events and experiences I’ve had with this amazing group.  Some of those include our first time participating in the…

  • Join our reading group

    We are planning to do another book club with the group this spring and we want you to join us!  We will be reading “How Eskimos Keep their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting (From Argentina to Tanzania and Everywhere in Between)” by Mei-Ling Hopgood. Read it with us, and share your thoughts as…

  • MIT spouses&partners Celebrates 40 Years

    By Jessica Cerretani Making the Connection The room is abuzz with the sounds of welcoming laughter. Some partygoers linger over an array of appetizers from around the world, while others are deep in conversation, forming personal and professional relationships. “You see?” says Bori Stoyanova, gesturing to Sevdalena Lazarova as the two chat. “We just met,…