In an effort to address community concerns, the Dean's Office held the first of a series of open forums with students on Tuesday night. Students brought up several topics ranging from student dining to the writing requirement. Student Life Margaret R. Bates, Senior Associate Dean Robert M. Randolph, and Director of Administration and Operations Stephen D. Immerman. Students were generally pleased with the forum. Mark A. Story G said the forum was an effective format and he was satisfied with the deans' responses to questions.
Story plans to attend future forums.
The next Dean's Office forum will be held Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. in the Religious Activities Center. Deans' jobs described Although the forum started with Williams asking the students for their concerns, the first question, made by Salthouse, asked the deans to describe their jobs. Those things include looking at issues like classroom space and interdepartmental communication. Bates, who has been at MITfor almost a year, said her job as dean for student life was to be an advocate for the students. Since becoming dean, Bates has been working on the housing and residential life re-engineering team and the large events policy.