Alumni
Gender
Celebrating Our Alumnae
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For the second year in a row, the incoming MBA class is composed of 46% women. Many other degree programs at the MIT Sloan School of Management have also experienced similar increases.
“The thread of continuity here is the mission of MIT and MIT Sloan, which is to enable our students to identify and tackle the world’s biggest and most complex problems,” explains Dawna Levenson, SB ’83, SM ’84 (Assistant Dean of Admissions). “That was the focus when I was a student, and it remains at the heart of what we do today.”
To commemorate Women’s History Month in March and International Women’s Day on March 8, we celebrate our current students and highlight the many accomplished alumnae—like Assistant Dean Levenson—who came before them.
Resources are limited, and at this stage of my life, I’ve realized the most limited resource is our time on this planet.
You never know who you will meet or who they may be willing to connect you with.
We need to develop a culture [where] we understand that not being okay is okay, and not being ashamed of that.
I always wanted to start my own company, and attending MIT Sloan gave me the toolkit I needed to be a founder and to be an entrepreneur.
The experience of learning when you’re a little bit older, as opposed to when you’re a teenager, is really rich and valuable.
I feel very fortunate to have met so many people from all over the world.
If an opportunity comes along that’s unique enough and where you’re going to find fulfillment, definitely take advantage of that.
It’s happiness that creates success. And if you make the time and create the space to work on it, happiness can and will pay you back in spades.
I want to make it my life’s work to use technology to improve people’s lives.
MIT Sloan took a chance on me, and volunteering means I have the chance to give back.
We’re going to be alumni for the next 25, 30, 40, and 50 years, hopefully, and we want to continue to be together and find new ways to bring the community together.
The sky’s the limit if you are grounded… If you are grounded and willing to work honestly and work hard, how can you go wrong?
