To foster MIT architecture graduates’ connection with each other and extend MIT's tradition of innovation and inquiry beyond the Cambridge campus, the MITArchA (the MIT Architecture Alumni Affinity Group) is forming a multi-part initiative to support, mentor, and create dialogue among peers throughout varying professional trajectories. The MITArchA Mentoring & Professional Forum Initiative is developing two mentorship programs, and creating an online Professional Forum community for knowledge sharing and discussion.
The MITArchA Alumni + Student Mentoring Program fosters an exchange of professional ideas through a structured mentorship between MIT Architecture Alumni who are active in architecture or related fields (“Mentors”) and current MIT Architecture students (“Mentees”) in their final year at the MIT Architecture PhD/Master’s/Bachelor’s programs. This program is a collaboration between the MIT Architecture Department and the MIT Architecture Alumni and is meant to include all MIT Architecture degree programs and some related programs.
The MITArchA Alumni + Alumni Mentoring Program fosters an exchange of professional ideas through a committed but flexible mentorship between MIT Architecture Alumni who are active in architecture or related fields (“Mentors”) and recent graduates (“Mentees”) from the MIT Architecture PhD/Master’s/Bachelor’s programs. This program is formed by the MIT Architecture Alumni in partnership with a roster of alumni mentors and is meant to include all MIT Architecture degree programs and some related programs.
The MITArchA Professional Forum is an online community to share knowledge, gain knowledge, and engage in peer to peer discussion. It is the online home to the Mentoring Programs, and also a place to share your professional profile, find practice affinity groups, and ask questions throughout one’s ongoing careers.
As development of the initiatives moves forward, MITArchA is seeking responses to a MITArchA Alumni Mentor/Mentee & Professional Practice Questionnaire from all members. This will help us build a collective profile of the community and gauge interests in any or all parts of the Initiative. Hope you share our excitement in the potential of this work, and encourage you to participate in the questionnaire. Please contact us with any questions or for more information.
