From gsc-oc at MIT.EDU Mon Aug 30 23:22:50 2004 From: gsc-oc at MIT.EDU (GSC Orientation) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:22:50 -0400 Subject: [Gsc-oc-firstyear] Orientation Events for Tuesday, August 31 Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040830230627.01f1e038@po12.mit.edu> Dear incoming graduate students... .... what an amazing first day for Orientation!! We had over 300 students show up for today's information sessions, and we ended the day with a friendly evening bbq with over 500 in attendance. The campus police walking tour was also very successful. Tomorrow, we have much more in store for you: Tuesday, August 31 9am - 12 noon English Evaluation Test [Room 10-250] 12 noon - 2pm ISO Coffee Hour [Mezzanine Lounge, Student Center] (for international students). 10am - 4pm Information Booth [Lobby 10] (get your FREE t-shirt and welcome package + purchase all the tickets you want!!!) 10am - 12 noon Spouses & Partners Coffee Hour [W20-400, Student Center] (meet with Spouses&Partners at MIT) 11am & 1pm Campus Walking Tours [Depart Lobby 10] (explore MIT's campus on a guided tour) 2pm - 6pm First Stop Shopping [Departs Ashdown] (buy all your household essentials for cheap: we're driving you to Everett Mall. Tickets for the bus are on sale at the info booth). 5:30pm - 7pm Grad School 101 (1/4) [Room 6-120] ("International Student Issues" will be the topic, food will be served). 7pm - 9pm Sidney Pacific Prudential Skywalk Outing [Departs SP at 6:45pm and 77 Mass. Ave. at 7pm] (visit the famous Prudential Tower and eat ice-cream!!) 8pm onwards Allston / Inman Off-Campus Events [Our House, B-Side Lounge] (come meet representatives of GSC off-campus housing). We will send similar announcements every day (night...), so please check them out... and enjoy Orientation!! Eric and Sylvain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sylvain Bruni / Eric Wade Graduate Student Council - Orientation Chairs MIT Room 50-220 - 142 Memorial Drive - Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: (617) 253-2195 - Fax: (617) 258-9274 gsc-oc-chair at mit.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/gsc-oc-firstyear/attachments/20040830/9fb26462/attachment.htm From gsc-oc at MIT.EDU Tue Aug 31 20:57:08 2004 From: gsc-oc at MIT.EDU (GSC Orientation) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:57:08 -0400 Subject: [Gsc-oc-firstyear] Orientation Events for Wednesday, September 1 Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040831202925.01e4a9c0@po12.mit.edu> Hi everybody, We had another great day today, with hundreds of Welcome Packages and T-Shirts handed out at the Info Booth in Lobby 10, the very successful First Stop Shopping (see "personal message"), the Prudential Skywalk, the crowded Grad School 101 and the Off-campus gatherings in Allston and Inman. Tomorrow's events are: Wednesday, September 1 10am - 4pm Information Booth [Lobby 10] (get your welcome package and t-shirt + a lot of infos and tickets in Lobby 10) 10am - 11:30am Underrepresented Minorities Workshop [2-105] (information session targeting underrepresented minorities) 11am & 1pm Campus Walking Tours [Depart Lobby 10] (discover MIT's campus) 11:30am - 1pm Making the Lab a Safe Space: Dealing with Conflict and Harassment at MIT (Workshop) [2-105] (new workshop dealing with interactions within the MIT community) 1pm - 2:30pm Campus Police Welcome Lunch [20 Chimneys, Student Center] (Campus Police will give a presentation and provide lunch - attendance limited) 3pm - 4:30pm Athletics Gateway [Rockwell Cage] (learn about sports at MIT) 3pm - 5pm Spouses & Partners Coffee Hour [W20-400, Student Center] (meet other spouses and partners of MIT graduates) 5pm - 7pm Welcome Reception under the Dome [Barker Library, 10-500] (MIT Libraries and GSC bring you this relaxing evening under the Great Dome) 8pm - 10pm Weekly Wednesday [Muddy Charles Pub] (Come and enjoy beverages and free food at the GSC's own Muddy Charles Pub) US citizens: Register to vote and get absentee ballot materials at the information booth (Lobby 10) starting tomorrow! "Personal Message" During the First Stop Shopping, someone left a Bed Bath & Beyond bag on the bus (with a light blue wastebasket and a Honeywell fan). Please contact gsc-oc at mit.edu to get it back. Thanks. Good night everybody, see y'all tomorrow! Eric and Sylvain. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sylvain Bruni / Eric Wade Graduate Student Council - Orientation Chairs MIT Room 50-220 - 142 Memorial Drive - Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: (617) 253-2195 - Fax: (617) 258-9274 Web: http://web.mit.edu/gsc/orientation Email: gsc-oc at mit.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/gsc-oc-firstyear/attachments/20040831/14bcaa15/attachment.htm