IAP 2013 Activities by Sponsor - Residential Life Programs

Diane Willow, Visiting Associate Professor | Media Lab, Ellan F. Spero, TA | STS

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: send 3 phrases that describe your interest in dLight

dLight is an open invitation for participation in the making of a collaborative light installation to be created and installed in Maseeh Hall during IAP. All interested students are welcome. Students who reside in Maseeh Hall are especially encouraged to participate. Artist Diane Willow, Maseeh Hall Residential Scholar and Visiting Associate Professor in the High-Low Tech research group at the Media Lab, is the catalyst for this collaborative art installation. She will introduce techniques that are accessible to all and create an inviting social environment that encourages creative art, science and technology sparks from people with little and lots of experience making things together. With your participation, dLight will culminate in an atmospheric light installation on the residential floors of Maseeh Hall. To sign up, send 3 phrases that describe your interest in participating in dLight.         

• scheduled meeting times will be determined with the project participants

Sponsor(s): Office of the Arts, Residential Life Programs
Contact: Diane Willow, WILLOW@MEDIA.MIT.EDU

Julie Rothhaar, Assistant Dean & Director of FYE, Residential Life Programs

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: first-year students only

Academics, new friends, life in the residence halls, extracurricular activities, and a social life: how do you balance it all at MIT? Join fellow first-year students, staff and faculty for a chance to step back and reflect on your experience at MIT thus far through an overnight winter retreat. Buses will leave MIT at 3pm Friday January 25th and return at approximately 4pm on Saturday January 26th. The location of the retreat will be at the Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA.

Additional logistical details will be communicated to the students who are selected to attend the retreat. Attendance is capped at 25, and only first-year students may apply. Please contact Assistant Dean and Director for First Year Experience Julie Rothhaar with any questions at rothhaar@mit.edu. 

To access the application visit the following link: 

http://studentlife.mit.edu/first-year-experience-winter-retreat

Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming, Residential Life Programs
Contact: Julie Rothhaar, W59-222, 617-253-3290, rothhaar@mit.edu

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	Jan/25	Fri	03:00PM-11:45PM	Warren Center, departure details will be given to attendee
	Jan/26	Sat	12:00AM-04:00PM	Warren Center, return details will be given to attendees

Julie Rothhaar - Assistant Dean & Director of FYE, Residential Life Programs