Pi Day 2019

This year, the Pi Day celebrations are one of two mandated alumni gatherings (in place of the Toast to IAP).  We wanted to have fruit pies and pizza and had some difficulty locating a venue, but the UMKC Emeritus College offered their facility (which is located in the library), so we held this event in mid-town Kansas City.

Jenny, Satyen and Deb, and the pies! Satyen's son was the photographer.

We included a charitable drive of toothbrushes and shampoo for Giving the Basics, and hoped for a nerdly gift exchange, but we only had one nerdy gift.  Therefore, we had an MIT trivia playoff (it was online) between Jenny and Satyen.  Well, Satyen won the clip-on calculator.

This was also the 24-Hour Challenge day, so we kept the website open to watch the progress of the challenges and fund-raising.

It was small, but fun.  Hope to see you at Pi Day next year.

Inaugural Sloan Event

Our kick-off Sloan event was a bit spoiled by the weather.

This was the weather map around 2115, after I got home safely.

It was a small turnout of the MIT-KC alumni, but the speaker was very good, and we hope to try this again later in the spring (when we only have severe thunderstorms to worry about).  Jay Pestrichelli was very interesting.  He's an RPI graduate, and enjoyed being able to discuss first-order derivatives and normal distribution statistics with abandon.  Royal Fund Management was a nice host for the event.  Stay turned for future Sloan events!

It was just fun

A few of us were meeting to plan the next MIT-KC event, when I noticed that my knife was magnetized.

And, being a proper MIT alumna, I made the most of it.

But after I put my little video on YouTube, I saw that this happens pretty often. But it was a first time for us.

Summer Send-off Picnic with photos

Dr. Simon Friedman was kind to host our 2018 Summer Send-off Picnic at his house in Brookside.  It was hot and humid, so we mostly stayed inside.

Simon the Chef!

The young man with the tie (!) on is Cody, a newly-admitted MIT student, class of 2022.

Some of Simon's artwork is on the wall

MIT Networking Reception

Johanna Westcott is our contact in the MIT Alumni Office, and she is in town for a conference.  She and a few others from the Alumni Office are hosting a reception on 1 August 2018 at the Charbar in Westport.  Mark your calendar!  Details will be sent in an email.

Summer Send-off Picnic 2018

Our Summer Send-off Picnic will be hosted by one of our alumni in the area, and will be held on Sunday, 5 August 2018.  Look for an email with details.

Spring Kinetic Event-2018

Three of us (Deb, Jenny and Cherry) participated in the Tower2Tower5K in Lenexa, and then had breakfast together at the Whole Foods, just south of the race site.