Graduate Student Orientation
Friday
August 30, 2013
9 – 11:30 a.m. Boston City Tour
Meet at Kendall/MIT T Station
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. ASA Student Activities Midway
Johnson Athletic Center (W34)
5 – 7 p.m. Reception Under the Dome
Barker Library
9 p.m. – 1 a.m. Ashdown Dance Party
Ashdown Dorm Courtyard
Saturday
August 31, 2013
7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Outdoor Trip to Woods Hole, MA
Meet in front of Sidney—Pacific Dorm
2 – 6 p.m. Family Carnival
Kresge Lawn
6 – 8 p.m. International Mentorship Mixer w/Dinner
Morss Hall
Sunday
September 1, 2013
12 – 2 p.m. Sidney—Pacific Brunch
Sidney—Pacific Dorm
2 – 5 p.m. Ashdown’s Dessert Night (1 of 2)
Ashdown Dorm
6:30 – 10 p.m. Prudential Skywalk & Ice Cream
GSC Office (50-220 in Walker Memorial)
8 p.m. – 12 a.m. Pride Welcome
Thirsty Ear Pub @ Ashdown Dorm
Monday
September 2, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Apple Picking
Pickup location TBD
8 – 10 p.m. Ashdown’s Dessert Night (2 of 2)
Ashdown Dorm
Tuesday
September 3, 2013
1:30 – 8 p.m. Graduate Orientation Olympics + Dinner
Z – Center Gym (W35) and Dinner at Tang starting at 6pm
6 – 8 p.m. Tang Hall Dinner Tang Hall Dorm (W84)
8 – 10 p.m. YouTube Night at the Thirsty Ear
Thirsty Ear Pub @ Ashdown Dorm
Wednesday
September 4, 2013
6 – 8 p.m. GSC Dinner & Open House
GSC Office (50—220)
8 p.m. – 1 a.m. Pub Crawl in Cambridge
Meet at Morss Hall
Thursday
September 5, 2013
5 – 7 p.m. GradRat Wine & Desserts
Morss Hall
Friday
September 6, 2013
12 – 1:30 p.m. GWAMIT Welcome Lunch
W20–202, 2nd Floor Student Center (La Sala de Puerto Rico)
9 p.m. – 1 a.m. Sidney—Pacific Dance Party
Sidney—Pacific Dorm
Saturday
September 7, 2013
8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Volunteer Day
Registration: Tables 9&11 in SC before; Lunch: in 50—220 after
4 – 6 p.m. MIT Gradiators: Ice Cream and Obstacles
Kresge Lawn (in front of the Student Center)
6 – 9 p.m. Edgerton BBQ
Edgerton Dorm Courtyard
7 – 9 p.m. Family Movie Night
Westgate Dorm
Sunday
September 8, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Iron Nerd Super—Spring Triathlon
Z—Center Lobby
12 – 2 p.m. Ashdown Brunch
Ashdown Dorm
3 – 8 p.m. Scavenger Hunt and Dinner
Meet at Sidney—Pacific Dorm
Monday
September 9, 2013
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. t=0: Energy (Startup Event)
6th Floor of the Media Lab
Tuesday
September 10, 2013
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. t=0: Digital/Software (Startup Event)
R&D Commons, 4th Floor of Stata Center
8 p.m. – 12 a.m. MIT Stand—Up Comedy Night
Thirsty Ear Pub @ Ashdown Dorm
Wednesday
September 11, 2013
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. t=0: Hardware (Startup Event)
6th Floor of the Media Lab
8 – 10 p.m. Wings Night at the Muddy Charles Pub
Muddy Charles Pub @ Walker Memorial
Thursday
September 12, 2013
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. t=0: Healthcare/Life Sciences (Startups)
6th Floor of the Media Lab
9 p.m. – 12 a.m. Karaoke Night at the Thirsty Ear
Thirsty Ear Pub @ Ashdown Dorm
Friday
September 13, 2013
2 – 5 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts (MFA)
Meet at either Kendall or Central T Station
7:30 p.m. t=0: Hackathon
Lobdell Hall, 2nd Floor of the Student Center
Saturday
September 14, 2013
6 – 9 p.m. Diversity and Minority Networking Social
Black Graduate Students Association (Walker Memorial)