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Department of Facilities

Home Repair Basics: Basic Residential Wiring
Greg DeVincent and Dom Sawicki
Wed Jan 27, 09:30am-12:00pm, E19-127

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

Learn how to rewire a lamp, install an electrical outlet, and get a better understanding of household wiring from MIT electrians.
Contact: Melody Craven, x2-2407, mcraven@plant.mit.edu

Home Repair Basics: Household Plumbing
Dan Gustafson
Wed Jan 20, 01-03:30pm, E19-127

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None

Come learn the secrets of quick repairs to faucets and toilets, and how to clear a drain from one of MIT’s finest plumbers.
Contact: Melody Craven, NE49-2200, 452-2407, mcraven@plant.mit.edu

Home Repair Basics: Window Repair & Maintenance
Arthur Pitari
Tue Jan 26, 09:30am-12:00pm, E18--169

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

Come learn all there is to know about window repair and maintenance. This hands-on class will teach you what it takes to repair and maintain window glass and screens by Arthur Pitari, one of MIT’s expert Glaziers.
Contact: Melody Craven, x2-2407, mcraven@mit.edu

MIT Commuting Options
Larry Brutti, Robynn Cruz
Thu Jan 14, 11am-12:00pm, Building 10-105, Bush Room

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Learn about the wide variety of options available to MIT commuters who bike, take public transportation or drive to campus. Robynn Cruz and Larry Brutti of MIT Parking & Transportation will give a thirty minute presentation on the latest transportation subsidies that help MIT commuters save money as well as reduce our carbon footprint. The remainder of the hour will be used to answer your commuting questions.
Contact: Robynn Cruz, W20-022, rcruz@mit.edu

Recycling Facility Tour
Jarrod Jones
Tue Jan 19, Thu Jan 21, 10am-01:30pm, Depart from BldgNW62

Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2010
Limited to 15 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

Take a tour of the Casella Recycling Facility in Charlestown and see how Single Stream materials are sorted. Attendees will watch a video before the event and will be escorted through the facility. Transportation to the facility and back to MIT will be provided.

A vanpool will depart from Building NW62 at 10AM
and return to campus around 1:30PM.
Contact: Jarrod Jones, recycling@mit.edu


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Last update: 19 August 2010