Activities

Past Events:

2009

• Quals Study Break Lunchs
• Ice Skating Social
• Super Bowl Party
• Student/Faculty Coffee Hour
• Wings and Pool Summer Party
• AA Open House Dinner
• Spring 2009 Technical Communications Seminars
• Habitat for Humanity
• Spring 2009 Student-Faculty Dinners/Breakfast
• Clay Observatory Tour
• 6th Annual Spring Reception
• Sally Ride Science Festival (Part of Giant Leaps)
• End-of-Classes Ice Cream Social
• Asian Cultural Night
• Summer BBQ
• Candlepin Bowling
• Dinner in Boston (Orientation Event)
• Picnic at Boston Common (Orientation Event)
• Harbor Islands Trip (Orientation Event)
• Pool Night at Flat Top Johnny's (Orientation Event)
• Fall 2009 Student-Faculty Dinners/Breakfast
• Fall 2009 Technical Communications Seminars
• Break Time with the Department Heads
• European Culture Night (Joint w/ EECS)
• Halloween Party (w/ AIAA)
• Game Night
• GA^3 Information Lunch
• GA^3 Elections Lunch

2008

• GA³ Election Lunch

• Fall 2008 Student-Faculty Dinners/Breakfast

• Joint GA³ and AIAA Halloween Party

• 6th Annual Aero-Astro Fall Cookout

• Launched the Aero-Astro Technical Communication Seminar Series

• Weekly Aero-Astro Coffee Hour for Grads and Faculty

• Billiards Night at Flat Top Johnny's

• Boston Harbour Island Trip

• Boston Common Picnic

• Orientation Dinner at Vinny T's

• End of Summer Vitamin BBQ

• Summer Brunch Series

• Summer Arctic Party

• Joint Aero-Astro, Mech E, and TPP BBQ

• Ice Cream Social for Grads, Faculty, and Staff

• Launched the Bi-Weekly Break Time with Dept Head Prof. Waitz and Assoc Dept Head Prof. Darmofal

• Discussion on Aero-Astro Graduate Program during Faculty Retreat

• End of Semester Social

• 5th Annual Aero-Astro Spring Reception

• Spring 2008 Student Faculty Dinners

• Survey and Review of the New Field Exam

• Tropical Spring Break Kick-Off Party

• Aero-Astro Open House Dinner and Pub Crawl

• InterLink: Aero/Astro and EECS Social

• Prospective Student Phonathon

• Beginning of Semester Social

• Meet & Greet Ice Skating Social

• Weekly Study Relief from Quals Luncheon

  2007

• Fall End of Term Social at the Muddy Charles

• Fall Faculty Dinner Series

• Aero-Astro Women's Social

• Coordination of Visiting Commitee and Department Head Search Focus Groups

• Astropreneurs Kickoff Event

• 5^th Annual Aero/Astro Graduate Student/Faculty Fall Cookout

• Pool at Flat Top Johnny's

• Harbor Islands Cruise

• Picnic and Games at Boston Common

• Dinner in Harvard Square and Pub Crawl

• Summer Cookout

• Summer Ice Cream Social

• Ongoing Discussion Meetings with the Graduate Review Board

• Spring End of Term Social at the Muddy Charles

• 4th-annual Aero-Astro Spring Reception

• Spring Faculty Dinner Series

• MIT Aero-Astro Graduate T-shirt Design Contest

• GA³-sponsored Weekly Wednesday at the Muddy Charles Pub

• Dinner and social events with prospective grad students

• Ice Skating at Frog Pond

• Post-Quals Celebration at Flat Top Johnny's

• IAP Meet and Greet Lunch

  2006

• End of Term Social at the Muddy Charles

• Harbor Islands Cruise

• 4^th Annual Aero/Astro Graduate Student/Faculty Fall Cookout

• Picnic and Games at Boston Common

• Dinner in Harvard Square and Pub Crawl

• Ice Cream Social

• Sangria Party

• Trip to Singing Beach at Manchester by the Sea

• Exam week ice cream social

• Exam week graduate student breakfast

• Thirsty Ear Happy Hour with Mechanical Engineering graduate students

• Wine-n-Cheese Social with faculty and staff

• Graduate student breakfast and department review discussion

• Dinner with prospective graduate students

• Ice Skating at the Duck Pond [photos]

• Billiards Night at Flat Top Johnny's

  2005

• GAME and GA³ Softball / BBQ rematch

• 3^rd Annual Aero/Astro Graduate Student/Faculty Fall Cookout [photos]

• Wine-n-Cheese Social with faculty and staff

• Dinner with prospective students

• Post Quals pub-night at Polcari's

  2004

• 1^st Annual Aero/Astro Graduate Student Conference

• 2^nd Annual Aero/Astro Graduate Student/Faculty Fall Cookout

• GAME and GA³ Softball / BBQ rematch

• Wine-n-Cheese Social with faculty and staff

• Dinner with prospective graduate students

• GAME and GA³ Jay Peak Ski Trip (22-Feb-2004) [photos]

• General Meeting (February 2004) [minutes]

   2003

• General Meeting (November 2003) [minutes]

• General Meeting (September 2003) [minutes]

• Aero/Astro vs. MechE Cookout & Softball Game (26-Sept-2003) [photos]

• 1^st Annual Aero/Astro Graduate Student/Faculty Fall Cookout (5-Sep-2003) [photos]

• General Meeting (August 2003) [minutes]

• General Meeting (17-July-2003) [minutes]

• General Meeting (1-July-2003) [minutes]