Get Ready for the Time of Your Life!

Hey LTI Community!

The count down to the LTI Opening Ceremony has begun! One week and 1 day left until the Spring 2009 session starts.

LTI Exec. and Mentors are putting the finishing touches on the renovated 2009 curriculum. Look for new activities, reflection exercises, and ice breakers!

Mentors are wrapping up the LTI IAP program in Mexico this upcoming week. The program was a huge success this year! Read more about their everyday experiences in the LTI Mexico blog.

Next Up for LTI Blog:

Interviews with the Exec. and Reflections from the Mentors

Opening Ceremony Reminders!

Greetings!

IAP is nearing an end at MIT, which means the start of classes and the Spring 2009 LTI Session!

Reminder: LTI Opening Ceremony
When: Sunday February 1st, 2009
What time: 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm
Where: MIT Room 32-141

Reminder: LTI Spring Schedule
When: Sundays February 8th--May 10th
What time: 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm
Where: MIT Room 4-149
*Note: Due to MIT and local high school holidays, there will be no LTI session Feb. 15, Mar. 22, and Apr. 19.

Welcoming Packets have been sent out. Please complete the forms and have them ready at the opening ceremony!

Be sure to RSVP the number of guests for the ceremony ASAP to lti-directors@mit.edu.

IAP!

Hey guys!

I'm Jia Zhu, LTI's Director of Public Relations. I'm taking over for Lily Xu for the time being.
Right now is MIT's IAP or Independent Activities Period when students have the option of taking classes, participating in undergraduate research, traveling the world, or simply pursuing a hobby.

Many LTI members are currently implementing the LTI Program Curriculum for middle school students in Mexico! LTI members currently on campus are wrapping up the student recruitment for the upcoming spring semester.

Applicants, please check your emails! Notifications of applicant status have been emailed out, but we have received only a very limited amount of responses. We are currently calling applicants in hopes of receiving a quicker response.
We will also be sending out welcome packets to accepted students next week. Please fill out the forms and bring them with you to the LTI opening ceremony!

We are all extremely excited about the upcoming spring program! We look forward to meeting you!

Jia Zhu
Director of Public Relations

LTI staff in Mexico

Hello everyone,

My name is YeSeul Kim and I am the founder of LTI. Last summer I was in Mexico working for Telmex, a telecommunications firm. Telmex established Casa Telmex, YMCA-type centers that provide free computer training and access to internet for poor children throughout Mexico. This IAP (MIT's school-free January period), I gathered a group of LTI mentors and an executive member to join me in implementing a leadership curriculum (based on our very own spring curriculum) that I developed and translated last summer.

We are in Tuxtla-Gutierrez now, the capital of Chiapas. Chiapas is the southern most state in Mexico; it is also the poorest. We are here to train the facilitators of Casa Telmex Tuxtla the pedagogy of leadership while also running a 3 week pilot leaderhsip program for Mexican students ages 13-16. For more information about our adventures, please visit our blog at lti-mexico.blogspot.com