Would you like to become part of a team of MITES, E2@MIT, MOSTEC, SEED Academy, and STEM Program alumni who are spreading the word about the great work of our students and reconnecting their peers with each other and the office? Consider one or more of our volunteer leadership opportunities:
- OEOP Social Media Champions
- OEOP Alumni Ambassadors
- Recruit prospective students
- Host a webinar
- Serve on a selection committee
OEOP Social Media Champions
As an OEOP Social Media Champion, you will be a digital advocate for our office. We currently have an active Facebook page open to the public and a LinkedIn group open exclusively to alumni and current and former staff members. Becoming an OEOP Social Media Champion offers alumni the chance to be more active in the OEOP alumni community using social media platforms they already frequent.
Time commitment and responsibilities
- Like the Facebook page and join the LinkedIn Group (and relevant sub-groups)
- Encourage and invite program classmates to like the page and join the group
- Facebook
- Like at least four posts per month
- Make a comment or share a post at least once per month
- LinkedIn
- Like at least one post per month
- Post or participate in at least one discussion per month
- Facebook
- Offer feedback to shape future social media strategy
Impact
- Spread the word about our programs to prospective students and interested parties
- Help OEOP Alumni connect with their peers from different programs and years
- Help shape OEOP's social media strategy
Who we need and how to sign up
We are looking for Champions from all of our programs and across multiple years. If you are interested in volunteering as a Social Media Champion, please fill out the interest form.
Current Social Media Champions
Thank you to our current Social Media Champions for all their hard work!
Andrew Bempah, MITES '14
Craig Brumfield, MITES '87
Nishitha Burman, MITES '15
Alicia Cabrera-Mino, STEM Mentor
Ayse Guvenilir, E2@MIT '15
Onyi Iweala, MITES '97
Manuela Jojoa-Portilla, MOSTEC '14
Ramlah Khan, MITES '15
Dominique Moore, MITES '13
Tolu Oladitan, MITES '15
José Sánchez, MITES '04
Nick Villarruel, MITES '01
Kevin Yoon, E2@MIT '14
OEOP Alumni Ambassadors
As an OEOP Alumni Ambassador, you will become a voice for your peers and classmates as the OEOP goes forward with a new alumni engagement initiative. The Ambassadors will help connect alumni back with the office and offer an alumni perspective as the OEOP proceeds with planning alumni events, building out our alumni engagement initiatives, and generally improving our alumni relations.
Time commitment and responsibilities
As an Ambassador, there is roughly a five to ten hour per month time commitment and an expectation that you will be in contact with many of the members of your program class in order to collect and relay their feedback to the office. The meetings will occur every other month with email updates during the non-meeting months.
Each Ambassador will be in charge of contacting other alumni on their own schedule.
- Reach out to alumni peers and urge them to update their contact information
- Spread the word about events and fundraising challenges to alumni peers
- Participate in a short monthly conference call or webinar to provide feedback on activities the office is planning
- Maintain email communication with your peers to collect input and opinions
- Maintain email communication with the office
Impact
The Ambassadors will help shape the future of OEOP alumni engagement and network with alumni from different years across all of our programs in this volunteer leadership role.
- Reconnect alumni with OEOP
- Shape future OEOP alumni interactions and events
- Reconnect with your classmates and each other
Who we need
Ideally, we would like at least three Alumni Ambassadors from each class year of each program. If you are interested in a volunteer leadership position as an OEOP Alumni Ambassador, please fill out the interest form.
Current Alumni Ambassadors
Thank you to our current Alumni Ambassadors for all their hard work!
Nazelia Acosta, MOSTEC '14
Shin Bang, MITES '15
Andrew Bempah, MITES '14
Nishitha Burman, MITES '15
Jovana Calvillo, E2@MIT '13
Andre Fernandez, MITES '85
Christopher Guilcapi, E2@MIT '13
Ayse Guvenilir, E2@MIT '15
Natalie Henry, MITES '87
Ramlah Khan, MITES '15
Royce Kok, E2@MIT '11
Alisha Meharaili, MOSTEC '14
Dominique Moore, MITES '13
Laura Robinson, MITES '75
Matthew Sarpong, E2@MIT '14
Danielle Sims, MITES '09
Amanda Valentin, MITES '07
Reynis Vazquez-Guzman, MITES '12
Sunyoung Wang, E2@MIT '11
Jazzmyne Washington, MITES '09
Charlene Xia, E2@MIT '13
Kevin Yoon, E2@MIT '14
Omar Zaki, MOSTEC '13
Recruit prospective students
Expand the reach of our recruitment efforts. As an alumni recruiter, you will help spread the word about our programs by visiting schools and community-based organizations in your community, attending college opportunity fairs, and hosting webinars.
Host a webinar
Tell our students your story of pursuing a career in STEM. Each week, our MOSTEC program hosts webinars on Wednesday and Sunday evenings, and guest speakers can participate from anywhere with an internet connection. As a speaker, you will inspire and field questions from over 100 high-achieving high school seniors from across the country.
Serve on a selection committee
Help choose the final candidates for our five programs from pools of highly talented middle and high school applicants. As a reader, you will review and rank applications before committee meetings. During the meeting, you work with a team to determine which students are the best fit for our programs.