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G.A.M.E. Winter Party

Winter Party Logo GAME and the Mechanical Engineering Department cordially invite you to the GAME Winter Party, a night of food, drinks, dancing, and wintry fun. The event will take place in Lobdell on December 9th from 8pm to 11pm. Please bring your 21+ ID's. Ticket sales will be offered online-only from this webpage. The quantity is limited so get them before they sell out! All graduate students, faculty, staff and department alumni are invited!

It's a festive-dressed (semi-formal) event to be held in the Ashdown Hulsizer room on Friday, Dec 3rd from 7pm-11pm. We'll all have dinner, a very reasonably priced cash bar and a DJ providing some nice music throughout the evening.

All grad students are welcome, not just mechanical engineers, and you may also bring an outside guest. Space is limited and tickets are selling fast.

Hope to see you all there, last year's Winter Party was a blast, make sure you don't miss this one!!

This event funded with the help of our friends at LEF, GSC and GradRat.

Winter Party Details

Date:
Friday, December 9, 2010
Time:
8pm - 11pm
Location:
Lobdell Dining, 2nd floor of student center
Dress:
Semi-Formal Attire Suggested
Notes:
Please Bring 21+ ID
Tickets:
Available now for $5 for students and their guests:

http://mit.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=194

Free for Faculty and Staff who RSVP to WinterParty@mit.edu

G.A.M.E. Shirt Sales

If you want to buy a t-shirt or polo shirt to show your G.A.M.E. pride, Ronan and Kai will be selling some shirts at Coffee Hour on Fridays. You can also order MechE polos online! Sending them an email to order the shirts is the fastest way to get the shirts. They will send you an email and you can call in your credit card number.

Details

Order from:
Threadlogic
Email Contact:

customerservice@thread-logic.com

Design/SKU:
5910-001 Description: MIT logo
Sizes:
XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL
Sizing Chart:

Link to Threadlogic sizing chart

Cost per shirt:
~$23, lower at larger quantities
Note:
You may need to pay for shipping and handling depending on the quantity of shirts you order. Make sure to check the logo on the PO/receipt.

G.A.M.E. Pre- and Post-Quals Info Sessions

The repository of old quals problems(MIT Certificates required) has been updated just in time for Quals info sessions!


Post-quals info session

Professor David Hardt will speak at this information session for PhD candidates regarding the requirements and procedures of the ME PhD program. If you just finished quals, come find out what's next! Food will be served.

Fill out the quals survey if you haven't already. Please consider sticking around to answer questions for the pre-quals information session at 6pm!

Date:
Monday Oct. 17th, 2011
Time:
5-6pm
Location:
3-270


Pre-quals info session details

GAME and MegaWomen will give an overview of the qualifying exam experience, then a panel of PhD candidates will provide specific information and answer questions about each test. If you're taking quals this January or in the spring, consider coming; many have reported this opportunity to be helpful in the past. Food will be served.

Date:
Monday Oct. 17th, 2011
Time:
6-7pm
Location:
3-270

G.A.M.E. Colloquium Reception

Sophisticated Grape Juice Logo GAME is pleased to announce a reception for all graduate students, faculty and staff following the November 4th ME colloquium. A dizzying array of sophisticated grape juice and cheese will be on hand for your enjoyment. The grape juice is so sophisticated you will absolutely need appropriate identification to prove you are old enough (21+) to handle its sophistication. Other refreshments and snacks will be in abundance for those of you with a more pedestrian palate.

Sophisticated Details

Date:
November 4, 2011
Time:
5pm following the MechE Colloquium in 3-270
Location:
ME Student Commons (1-114)

Thanks to our friends at GSC for their help funding this event. GSC Logo

G.A.M.E. Post-Quals Summer BBQ

BBQ Logo G.A.M.E. is pleased to announce a BBQ to celebrate the end of quals, end of semester and the start of summer. Come enjoy the food, friends and hopefully some nice weather.

Details

Date:
May 25th, 2011
Time:
5pm - 7pm
Location:
Kresge BBQ Pits

Thanks to our friends at the GSC for their help funding this event. GSC Logo

G.A.M.E. Colloquium Reception

Sophisticated Grape Juice Logo GAME is pleased to announce a reception for all graduate students, faculty and staff following the April 15 ME colloquium. A pleasing array of sophisticated grape juice and cheese will be on hand. The grape juice is so sophisticated you will probably need appropriate identification to prove you are old enough (21+) to handle its sophistication. Other refreshments and snacks will be in abundance for those of you with a more pedestrian palate.

Sophisticated Details

Date:
April 15th, 2011
Time:
5pm following the MechE Colloquium in 3-270, talk by Emeritus Professor Fay
Location:
ME Student Commons (1-114)

Thanks to our friends at GSC and Grad Rat for their help funding this event.

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Upcoming Events

Weekly Events

Coffee Hour

Coffee and donuts

Every Friday.

  • 8:30-9:45am
  • ME Student Commons (1-114)
  • * Please bring a mug!