Dates, Times and Locations of GEL Activities and Events
Both UPOP (the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program) and the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program have robust schedules of activities and events. You'll find most of these listed on this calendar; additional MIT events and activities are listed on the Institute calendar.
Note: The Engineering Leadership Labs (ESD.05) are exclusively for students who are actively enrolled in the Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program.
- GEL Short Subjects, Fall 2012
- June 2012
- August 2012
- September 2012
- October 2012
- November 2012
- December 2012
- January 2013
- February 2013
- March 2013
- April 2013
- May 2013
- June 2013
— "Engineering Innovation & Design." (ESD.051/6.902): In the Fall of 2012, this short subject (a 9–unit course) meets in 4-231 on MW 3–5 PM. You can register for EID either as ESD.051 or as 6.902. ESD.051 is a required short subject for GEL 1s.
— 15.668, "People & Organizations." Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30 - 4:00 PM, in room E62-233. This short subject is mandatory for GEL 2s and optional for GEL 1s.
— ESD.050, " Engineering Leadership Lab." Meets Fridays from 9:00 - 11:00 AM, 1:00 - 3:00 PM, and 3:00 - 5:00 PM in 32-144.
— 8: Commencement
— 28: Freshman Academic Expo (2:00–3:30 PM, Johnson Ice Rink)
— 4: Registration Day–Fall Semester
— 5: First Day of Classes
— 21: Student Holiday (no ELL)
— 21: MIT Fall Career Fair
— 21–22: MIT Alumni Leadership Conference
— 27–28: COMPLETE Fall Meeting (University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
— 8–9: Columbus Day vacation
— 12–14: MIT Family Weekend
— 14–18: National Conference on Ethics in America, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
— 12: Veteran's Day
— 16: Mass Technology Leadership Council "UnCon"
— 22–23: Thanksgiving Break (no ELL on the 23rd)
— 12: Last day of classes
— 7: First day of IAP
— 21: Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
— 1: IAP ends
— 4: Registration day: Spring semester
— 5: First Day of Classes
— 18: President's Day hoiday
— 19: Monday schedule of classes
— 20–22: National Character & Leadership Symposium, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
— 14–16: ASEE 2013 Northeast Conference (Norwich University, Northfield, VT)
— 25–29: Spring vacation
— 2: 2013 Simmons College Leadership Conference
— 15–16: Patriot's Day vacation
— 16: GEL Program Completion Ceremony & Reception; 5:00–7:00 PM (Bush Room, 10–105)
— 16: Last day of classes
— 7: Commencement
— 10–13: 9th International CDIO Annual Conference (Co-hosted by MIT and Harvard University)
For more information about GEL activities and events, please contact Communications & Outreach Director Bruce Mendelsohn.