Thank You to These Community Members

The following MIT community members have been recognized for going the extra mile. Thank someone today.
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ISchO

Can't thank the ISchO staff enough for all of their efforts during the pandemic. We've had some difficult cases and they are always supportive and do whatever they can to help. Thank you!
Valerie, School of Engineering

Sam Situ

Sam has been incredibly responsive and always up to the challenges of transforming in-person programs into remote experiences. Great to have him on our team!
Tony, School of Engineering

Institutional Research - Greg Harris, Kate Doria, Jon Daries

We are so grateful for the collaboration between CAPD and IR. We could not do our work on student outcomes without Greg, Kate and Jon. They are so knowledgeable and helpful, and it is truly a joy to collaborate with them. They are always willing to go the extra mile to make our work easier and to make the data available to those who need it. As one example, they have co-created and launched outcomes surveys, analyzed the outcomes and created Tableau dashboards for inclusion on our websites. Without them, I know I could not do my job! I cannot thank them enough!!!
Sue Acton, Office of Vice Chancellor

Manuscript Editorial

I would like to thank my department for maintaining their usual high standards and managing to keep their heavy workloads on track, throughout almost a year of working remotely. This has involved a lot of thinking and problem solving on the fly, to figure out best practices to make things work and not let details slip through the cracks. You make my job as easy as possible, team! A huge thank you to Deborah Cantor-Adams, Matt Abbate, Kathy Caruso, Marcy Ross, Ginny Crossman, Roger Wood, and Liz Agresta.
Judith Feldmann, MIT Libraries and MIT Press

SOLE

Thank you to all on the Student Organizations, Leadership & Engagement (SOLE) team for doing a great job with student organizations. Career Advising & Professional Development (CAPD) appreciates all that you do and want to specifically thank Ethan Feuer, Ramon Downes, and Jacklyn Liberman for collaborating with us to support student led events that include employer engagement.
Tamara R. Menghi, Office of Vice Chancellor

International Student Office (ISO)

I started working in the International Student Office (ISO) at MIT (remotely) this past week. I was nervous about starting a new job remotely, but I have had such a wonderful welcome from everyone on the ISO team. So I just wanted to say thank you to the ISO office for the warm welcome. :)
Alison Day, Office of Vice Chancellor

Stephanie Martinovich

I am so thankful to Stephanie Martinovich, who will be moving on to the Civil Engineering Department next week after ten years with the Lemelson-MIT Program. Stephanie goes the extra mile to provide communications support to the team, and has been a calm and cheerful presence during my five years with Lemelson-MIT. She will be greatly missed!
Betsy Boyle, School of Engineering

Dana Riechman

Thank You for always coming up with such great ideas for things to do for our students to participate in during this pandemic, and for helping me out whenever I decide to do a cooking class for OVC or our students. You are always willing to help out and I wanted to take this time to say Thank You and let you know that I appreciate you .
Antoinette Browne, Office of Vice Chancellor

Antoinette Brown

Thank you for always bringing cheer and a holiday spirit to every day, not just the holidays. The online group cooking has been lots of fun - thank you for hosting. I miss seeing my MIT friends and what is better than cooking with friends? THANK YOU!
Tamara R. Menghi, Office of Vice Chancellor

Shelly Isaac

Shelly is always helping out everyone all around the campus. If we need something and she does not have the answer most likely she is going to get back to you with an answer, she is so kind and thoughtful and she is always helping out our students here at MIT, so I wanted her to know how much I appreciate all that she does. Thank You Shelly
Antoinette Browne, Office of Vice Chancellor

MIT Medical Urgent Care Team

There are numerous episodes of compliments and appreciation from patients to individual Urgent Care Staff members. The exceptional professionalism, demonstrated benevolent care for our patients and each other during these most challenging times has been meaningful. So it was decided to nominate the entire Urgent care team for the attentive care and support each team member brings to members/coworkers. Patients constantly come through giving many thanks and praises for our services. Even through the covid pandemic our team has maintained a cohesive glue of excellence. The tireless efforts working in the tent, braving the cold winter elements, and even entertaining pesky critters lost in the tent, in order to swab sick patients speaks volumes of this team's wonderful dedication to our members.
Kaisha Palmer, MIT MEDICAL STAFF/ URGENT CARE

MIT Medical Urgent Care

MIT Medical's Urgent Care department has ensured that MIT community was taken care of throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and continues to work together as a team to support MIT Medical and the MIT community. Urgent Care is the first department most people come into contact with when they enter MIT Medical and the Patient Service Representatives have fielded numerous phone calls and questions in a supportive and caring fashion. Further, Urgent Care responds to all of the medical emergencies in the building. The medical assistants are caring and put the patients at ease and maintain workflows. The triage nurses and provider pool are highly talented and caring individuals who focus on patient-centered care. We have a great team with thoughtful leaders who make MIT Medical a wonderful place to work.
Lauren Couture, MIT Medical Urgent Care

MIT Pharmacy

I’d like to thank the MIT pharmacy for providing such great care to our patients. Everyday they show up and help despite the crazy days we are all living through. They have assisted with many campus things like the flu clinic and now with Covid vaccination. Cheers to the pharmacy team! Keep smiling and keep working hard.
Stacey , MIT MEDICAL

Marco Gomes and the IS&T Physical Security Team

Marco Gomes and the IS&T Physical Security Team at MIT have been an incredible and invisible resource to all of us on the MIT campus for almost a year of pandemic operations. Creating MIT's first campuswide wet of MIT ID card-linked access points, keeping maps linked on Covid Pass app current, and being available seemingly 24/7 when any of us encounters an issue getting in or out of campus. Thanks for being all-in on finding solutions and keeping your senses of humor to keep the campus accessible and safe for so many of us over the year!
Krystyn Van Vliet, Office of the Provost, Vice President for Research, Lincoln Laboratory

Shane Jeon

Shane has gone above and beyond to always make my phonecalls to MIT medical a little more personable and kind.
Michael Pegis, School of Science

Brian Pretti

We are grateful for Brian's extraordinary support over the years and particularly during the pandemic. He facilitated the entire process of deactivating, decontaminating and relocating our lab equipment and supervised multiple vendors to complete the moving in an efficient and safe manner.
Chang Cui, School of Science

Vivian Ruiz

Vivian is tirelessly helping to bring the newest members of our community to MIT in a time of enormous challenges around the world and here at home in Cambridge. Thank you, Vivian, for your kindness, grace, wisdom, and your tremendous efforts!!! I am so grateful to be working with you.
Anne White, Nuclear Science and Engineering

Andrea Porras

Andrea has been a super star during this pandemic. Creating space for support staff to connect, reaching out to check in on others to see if they need any help/have concerns, and in general just being someone reliable for a good laugh!
Keyla Blanco Gomez, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Joseph Vieira

Joseph Vieira have been working consistently 6 days a week since this invisible enemy took place. As well Joseph Vieira are diligently serving building 46 with his highest quality cleaning performance, avoiding to spread this disease.
Bosco Da Silva, Facilities

Emilio Baglietto

Professor Baglietto stepped into the role of Community Equity Officer in NSE in April this year. I’m deeply grateful to him for his service and his commitment to increasing DEI in engineering at MIT.
Anne White, School of Engineering

Brandy Baker

Brandy has done an amazing job helping us navigate the transition to hybrid learning in NSE. She runs out first year mentoring program for new grad students and is an indispensable resource for student support. I’m so grateful to her for all she does.
Anne White, School of Engineering

Frances Boyle

Frances is currently juggling three different roles at MIT. She is managing a high profile multi-million dollar project, Program Manager for the Utilities Department, and bridging the gap that was created by the loss of our treasured Director. Frances has continuously taken extra time to check in with all of her team members individually on our mental health, physical health and general well being. She has used her creativity to create zoom meetings where we both connect with each other but also have an opportunity to get physical exercise. Her genuine and sincere interest in her team has personally made me feel valued and more stable in these constantly changing times. Frances truly exemplifies the vision of the facilities department. She delivers exceptional customer service, is well respected, provides a safe and rewarding workplace environment and focuses on teamwork, innovation, and professionalism. I could not be more proud and grateful to work with Frances Boyle.
Cori, Facilities

Political Science Dept. Staff

These last 6 months have been really difficult due to the pandemic, as I got stuck outside of the US due to the travel ban.
The staff at my department really helped me get through it, solved all the problems, advised, and was very reactive.
So I'm very grateful for the team, as I realize they helped me and many others while their own lives were also caught in the turmoil.
Thanks!
Dr. Remi Cura Gauriau, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Ditr-plus VIP Support Team

Many thanks have already been expressed for keeping us running smooth while we are working remotely due to Covid-19. This group has assisted us with all our IT needs, and we are extremely grateful for your quick responses, keeping us all connected, and giving us personalized guidance and assistance during these trying times. With deep gratitude and appreciation to Pat, Farouk, Karl, Isaac, Joe, and Jess!
Kim Medeiros, Office of the President and EVPT

Tonya Givens

Tonya works at the front desk at Medical. She has worked in the building to support operations since campus closed in March. She has not missed a day of work, has a positive attitude, and is always flexible. Her passion is helping people, and her smile and compassion helped us all through such a trying time.
Alison Sansone

Steve Ruggerio

Steve has gone way above and beyond the call of duty in managing our DLC operations during this unprecedented time. From helping our community members retrieve items from the building during shutdown, to getting people up and running on various remote access methods, to always being there when needed - he is a shining star and an example of the kind of person I'd like to be.
Mark Pearrow, Schwarzman School of Computing

Sergeant Mary Beth Riley and Detective Loren Montgomery

Well, they not only are willing to risk their lives for us and keep our campus safe every day, but they also go out of their way to help us with silly demands during the pandemic such as keeping our plants alive. I know they go around to different buildings watering plants for some people including me! So thank you for doing that and for all that you do for our community.
Karla Casey, Office of the President

Ann McNamara

Ann McNamara has been, as always, the sound caring voice in our area that is carrying us through these uncertain times.

She has been incredibly supportive and she has made sure that everyone in our area has the equipment and necessary tools for all of us to continue to do our jobs comfortably and efficiently from home. She has kept in touch with each one of us making sure we are all doing ok mentally and emotionally, and her weekly calls, are a fun way to keep in touch with everybody!

Thank you Ann for being so dedicated to our area and to MIT.
Karla Casey, Office of the President

Ditr-plus VIP Support Team

I want to thank Pat Curtis and his whole team, especially Farouk Alia.

They have been working 24/7 since the pandemic started supporting our department and making sure that we are all able to work from home and troubleshooting any issues that arise. They are a great team and we are very fortunate to have such wonderful colleagues.

I personally want to thank Farouk for just being so kind, immensely patient, efficient, fun, so helpful and for making my life easier.

These are the people that make our community especial!!!

Thank you for all you do!
Karla Casey, Office of the President

Stephanie Smith & Shachie Garcia

I'd like to thank Stephanie and Shachie for always being available and ready to answer any questions, or help with problems. They certainly have made working from home a lot less stressful. They always respond in a kind and resourceful way. Thanks Ladies.
Mary McDavitt, CSAIL
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