15.878  Capstone Seminar in Sustainability

Bring laptops on Wednesday

Hi class, please bring your laptops on Wednesday, as we will be taking a few minutes at the end of class to fill out the end-of-term subject evaluations. Thanks!

Go to http://web.mit.edu/subjectevaluation/evaluate.html and click 'Take Evaluations' to participate.

Announced on 10 May 2016  2:51  p.m. by Elisabeth Lea Rutledge

Net Impact Survey

Dear Capstone Students, please see below a note from Jason Jay, and a link to the NetImpact Survey (like below) that we are hoping you all will take 5-10 minutes to fill out before class tomorrow. Thank you!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GradSchoolGuide2016

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As you may know, John, Matt, Bethany, and I, with our student allies and partners across MIT Sloan, have been working hard to increase both the quantity and quality of MIT Sloan's programming in sustainability and social impact. Our goal is to be the #1 destination for people who want to be leaders in sustainable business.

To achieve this goal, we have to make our efforts visible to the world. One important channel for reaching both prospective students and recruiting organizations committed to social change is through NetImpact. Each year the national NetImpact organization assembles profiles of business schools and publishes a ranking. In fact it is the only impact-focused ranking scheme that MIT Sloan participates in.

A key data source for the NetImpact ranking is a student survey they deploy each year, which is currently active. On behalf of both the Initiative and the NetImpact club, we would like you to please fill out the survey before class on Wednesday. Be honest and authentic - share your real thoughts about our work, because we know we still have a long way to go. We will all benefit, however, from a high response rate on this survey.

In class on Wednesday, Matt will ask for a show of hands of who has filled it out so we can get a sense of the participation rates.

All the best,
Jason

Announced on 10 May 2016  2:47  p.m. by Elisabeth Lea Rutledge

Reminder: Individual Meetings this Week

Dear Class,

Just a reminder that we will be holding individual meetings this week to discuss final papers, so you will not be expected at the regular class times today or Wednesday afternoon.

Those students meeting with Matt will meet in his office, E62-338 and those meeting with me will meet in E62-375.

If you have not yet scheduled a meeting and would like to do so, please contact Gloria Clark directly at gdclark@mit.edu.

Thank you,
Lea

Announced on 25 April 2016  9:22  a.m. by Elisabeth Lea Rutledge

Laptops Wednesday

Please bring your laptops to Capstone on Wednesday for an in-class exercise.

Announced on 12 April 2016  11:51  a.m. by Matthew Amengual

Attendance Policy Reminder

Dear Class,

As a reminder, please see the attendance policy for class below.

By Sloan policy, absence due to job interviews or attendance at co-curricularevents is not excused. MIT Sloan requires that students schedule campus interviews outside of scheduled class times and to make every attempt to schedule second round interviews and site visits outside of class times. Classes missed for such activities are not excused absences and may count against your participation grade.

Announced on 11 April 2016  11:50  a.m. by Elisabeth Lea Rutledge