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In our pilot year, alumni were an integral part of our success in helping to
prepare the students for their summer internships. More than any other group,
alumni really understand what our students need to best prepare them for successful
careers in engineering practice. As a result of such positive alumni participation
with UPOP, we decided to formalize the roles in which alumni can contribute.
UPOP staff is searching for alumni volunteers to make a real difference in
the lives of MIT sophomores. To better prepare our undergraduate engineers
for successful starts to careers in industry, government, or non-profit organizations,
we need your help!
Once you decide how you would like to become involved with the Undergraduate
Practice Opportunities Program, and engage engineering sophomore students,
please complete the Alumni
Registration Form and highlight the different ways you would
like to participate.
UPOP
has a range of activities, with different levels of commitment, for alumni to
become involved in our program:
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UPOP Activity
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Description
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Time Commitment
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When?
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Mock Interview Sessions
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UPOP collaborates with Office of Career Services to host mock interview
workshops to prepare students. As an alumnus you can participate by conducting
mock interviews with students to coach them in improving their technique,
responses, presence, and confidence level. A majority of students are
interviewed via telephone and we would like alumni to be available for
telephone mock interviews as well.
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2-3 hours
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November, February, March
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Networking Dinners
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As part of the UPOP curriculum, we stress the importance
of networking in discovering and utilizing connections between people.
Alumni collaborate with MIT faculty, staff, and local employer representatives
to formally introduce networking strategies to students as well as informally
practice networking one-on-one with students over dinner.
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2-3 hours
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March, April
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Resume Feedback
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UPOP collaborates with Office of Career Services to host resume building
workshops to prepare students for recruitment. Whether by email, phone,
or meeting with the students in person, alumni review resumes and offer
valuable feedback for improvement before they are submitted to prospective
employers.
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1-2 hours |
November, December, January, February
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Scholarship Endowments |
Donate funds towards the UPOP Internship Excellence Awards to both give
scholarship funds to students working at the awarded companies recognize
the employer participants that provide a summer experience aligned with
the educational objectives of our program.
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N/A |
Ongoing |
Summer Internship Positions |
Hire a well-prepared UPOP student for a summer internship: having a UPOP
student work for your organization requires a commitment to provide a
meaningful summer project; help the student recognize the value of UPOP
educational objectives; and participate in end-of-summer evaluation process.
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10-12 weeks |
Summer |
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Mentor Position
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The UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop is taught during January's IAP.
Mentors have the unique opportunity to work with School of Engineering and
Sloan School of Management faculty, the instructors of the course. Modeled
after a corporate training seminar, workshops are held from 10am-5pm,
Monday-Friday in a state-of-the-art room with multi-media capabilities.
Workshops are intended to introduce sophomore engineering students to
the multi-faceted aspects of engineering practice, including: robust design,
customer requirements, specifications, leadership, and presentation skills.
Participating mentors will be compensated for the required three day training
commitment and facilitating a team of approximately 8-10 undergraduates during
the week-long IAP UPOP Engineering Practice Workshop.
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2-3 weeks |
January 2008
Training:
2 days
Session 1:
TBD
or
Session 2:
TBD
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Informational Panels
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UPOP sponsors a number of alumni panels during the spring term to provide
students with first-hand knowledge and guidance from alumni experience
and antidotes. A variety of panel topics are chosen by our student alumni
board as well as employers or alumni. Participate as a panelist to explain
how your MIT education has played a role in your occupation, describe
your career path, share how you would have done things differently, give
insight and help students make informed career decisions.
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1-2 hours |
March, April |
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