The training program was organized and coordinated by Assistant Dean Carol Orme-Johnson, MIT's director of mediation. A three-year waiting period precludes RAs from acting as role models for students with whom they lived as peers. Others attended Stanford, Princeton, Michigan, Bowdoin, Emory, Colgate, Ohio State, Kentucky, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Stevens Technical Institute, among others. Many are pursuing graduate degrees at MIT and elsewhere. Some are attending law school, or already embarked upon careers.
None is married.
Some of the new advisors are profiled below. Jonathan Cohen, a member of Phi Delta Theta, worked as a live-in academic advisor in a freshman dormitory when he was a senior at Stanford and is doing graduate work at the Operations Research Center. He learned that MIT was looking for resident advisors through Hillel and believed his background made him an ideal candidate. Frankly, although my fraternity provided me with a supportive and enjoyable living environment, it also sapped some of my academic motivation and curiosity. He believes that many fraternities provide supportive environments and foster intellectual curiosity, excellence and philanthropic activity, including tutoring programs and volunteer projects.