The following MIT community members have been recognized for going the extra mile. Thank someone today.
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David Randall
He is the voice of reason and humanity throughout all of this chaos. He has an ability to garner the respect needed to influence others in the right decisions. He had to be everywhere at the same time, and take quick and decisive action, and he did this all the right intentions.
Kimberly Benard, OVC
Care Team
They worked tireless night after night to make sure students were taken care of, could get off campus, had the resources they needed. They are heroes every day, but especially last week. They have one of the hardest jobs on campus, and yet do it with grace and empathy.
Kimberly Benard, OVC
Krishna Rajagopal
Krishna has been on the forefront, along with Sheryl Barnes, in helping faculty transition to online courses. In the meantime he has had made it clear to the MITx team that our work is still important, even more important than it was before this crisis. Our team values this.
Dana L Doyle, Open Learning
Division of Student Life, Cindy Barnhart, Ian Waitz
Deep gratitude for the tireless dedication to the students and to the well being of our community, and for the example and leadership set for the MIT community and for the rest of the world. Your work is truly inspiring!
Daniela Rus, CSAIL and SCC
Dan Hastings, Hamsa Balakrishnan and the entire AeroAstro COVID-help team
The AeroAstro department leadership and communications has been superb. All have been working 24/7 to keep everyone up to date. With much gratitude to the entire AeroAstro COVID-help team!
Dava Newman, AeroAstro
Mary Beth Gallagher, B Harris Crist, Peter Pflanz, Adam Eisenstein, Sarah Collins, Katey Stewart, Tony Pulsone
IT, communications and website support. These staff have worked with remarkable dedication, energy and commitment to ensure all MechE staff are equipped to work from home, that we have resources available on-line and that we are effectively communicating the rapid changes to our community. I am incredibly grateful to have them as part of our team.
Joanne Mathias, Mechanical Engineering
Adam Eisenstein
Adam has been working 12-14 hour days since the announcements started. We answered record volumes of request for assistance for our department’s IT needs. We couldn’t make it thru this without him. He has helped me get everyone connected to work remotely while being bombarded with many other requests for service. He is a truly awesome superstar. I am going to work hard to promote him as soon as we can.
Thank you
Thank you
Peter Pflanz, MechE
Office of Records Team (Helena Sebastian, Alisa Covert, Jasmine Ortiz, Sarah Hendrick)
In the midst of the Institute taking unprecedented steps to reduce the number of students and staff on campus amid the Covid-19 situation, the Alumni Association proceeded with MIT's giving day, known as the MIT 24-Hour Challenge, held on Thursday March 12th this year. The Office of Records team is responsible for recording the majority of the donations that come to MIT on that day and every day. In the hours following the announcement from MIT's central HR, the Office of Records team took proactive steps to ensure continuity of operations, servicing both internal MIT departments and the Institute's alumni and donors. The team is among the unsung heroes of the Institute, doing work day in and day out to ensure that the philanthropic resources that so many students, labs, centers, and departments so largely depend on, are accepted and recorded appropriately. In the days to come, we were made aware that the team has plans to continue to provide services. On 3/12 during the 24 hour challenge, over 6,000 donations were made and the team has dedicated all their efforts to ensure that these donations are processed in a timely manner. They plan to ensure continuity of operations by alternating their staffing for both in office and remote work. Their commitment to the work of the Alumni Association and the Institute at-large is commendable and I hope can be recognize in some small or significant way.
Thank you for your consideration.
Thank you for your consideration.
Anonymous , Alumni Association
Jane Acheson
Jane partnered with a number of subject matter experts to write, edit, and publish a 21 page 'magazine design style' everything and anything an employee needs to know about working remotely. She wrote in a very user friendly style, inserting humor as appropriate. Jane thought ahead by writing the document within our PolicyTech application so that everyone can access it regardless of location or medium being used (computer, tablet, or phone). She also took the extra step of saving the file as a PDF for those who prefer to print and work off of hard copy. All of her efforts lead us to expect that rather than employees dreading that this is a 21 page document, it will be a tool that employees will quickly reference. This took tremendous effort and creativity, all done in an incredible short period of time.
Cathi Tetreault, MIT Medical
Tech and Comms staff
Our dept has done a fast and amazing job getting everyone up to speed so we can work remotely. The combination of proactive Tech training and support, along with clear and timely information from our Comms staff have kept concerns at bay and helped us all feel much more prepared. So grateful!
Cori Champagne, HR
Lisa Breede
Lisa Breede has been working tirelessly all week to ensure employees feel safe and secure about their changing work plans. She's made accommodations to create the best possible work from home scenarios. Thank you, Lisa!
Andrea Porras, Media Lab
IST
Thank you to IST for getting Zoom and Slack for all of MIT. It will make a huge difference to keep up collaboration and communication while most of us are working remote/virtual.
Rebecca Fowler
MIT Emergency Management
Thank you for your behind the scenes work over the past month to anticipate, grapple, plan, inform and manage so many decisions and considerations that are creating a safe and prepared community for us and our families.
Brian Goldberg
Learning Services Team
Thank you for helping us to postpone/cancel/virtualize our workshops as we adjust to this new reality! Your flexibility and speediness are greatly appreciated!
Elizabeth Hawley
HR Tech & HRIS
Thank you for all the work you've done to get HR ready to work from home. Especially given that Mike is still new to MIT, it's incredible how quickly you moved to get every one set up to work safely and securely from home.
Elizabeth Hawley