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.

MIT history - the move from Copley Square

This short film is terrific:  http://mit2016.mit.edu/ more specifically: https://youtu.be/obD_nK9VanE

IAP Event

Six of us (plus a wife and child) enjoyed a pleasant evening at O'Neill's in Overland Park for the IAP event.  We had some great discussions about the future of the MIT-KC group (mostly everyone is happy with the activities), which, hopefully, will include some Sloan-focused events and some activities for our alumni/ae in Wichita.

Boston (the band)

I was listening to the first Boston album on my drive in, and was wondering if Tom Scholz (BS and MS Mechanical Engineering) would ever be in KC where we could host his visit, but when I looked them up, I found that they're still touring and making albums:  https://bandboston.com/ As a 1979 graduate, I remember BIG speakers on the steps of the Stratton Student Center blasting the 1977 album every day that summer.  He might just be too busy...

(Note posted later on 2/1/18:  There's an article in the Tau Beta Pi magazine about Tom Scholz.  You can read it for free.)