ATHENA MINICOURSES: Advanced Word Processing: LaTeX
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, Working.
An introduction to LaTeX, a widely-used text formatter, used for converting a text file into an attractive professional-looking document. It is a powerful and flexible program, with the capability to typset many foreign characters and very complex mathematical text. See the url for a complete list of all IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
Latex
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Latex
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 20, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Latex
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 27, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: FrameMaker for your Thesis (Frame Thesis)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Frame and some Frame experience.
FrameMaker, with a special template, can be used to produce an MIT Thesis that meets all Institute formatting requirements. See url for a complete list of all IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
Frame Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 19, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Frame Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 25, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: Information Resources on Athena (Info Resources)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Working on Athena, Basics Word Processin
A survey of the communications, help, and other resources available on Athena. Offered three times during IAP. See url for complete IAP Athena minicourse schedule.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
Information Resources on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 4, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Information Resources on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 4, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Information Resources on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 5, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: LaTeX Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 20, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Latex and some Latex experience.
Using the Latex text formatter to produce a fully-features thesis that meets all MIT formal requirements. Only time this minicourse is offered during IAP. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: Maple
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses:Basic WP, Working.
A mathematics program that can perform numerical and symbolic calculations, including formal and numerical integration, solving algebraic or transcendental systems and differential equations, and series expansion and matrix manipulation. It also has extensive graphics capabilities.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
Maple
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 12, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Maple
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 13, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: Math Software Overview (MSO)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Basic Word Processing
A survey of major mathematical and graphing packages available on Athena. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mindev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
MSO
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
MSO
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 11, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, Working.
An interactive program for scientific and engineering calculation. Applications include: matrix manipulation, digital signal processing, and 3-dimensional graphics. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 11, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 12, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 12, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES: XESS
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, Working
A powerful and easy-to-use spreadsheet, with a full range of mathematical, statistical, matrix, and string functions. It will be useful for scientific and engineering computations, as well as to general and finanacial users. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
XESS
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
XESS
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 13, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINICOURSES:Advanced Word Processing: EZ (EZ)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, Working.
An introduction to EZ, a combination text editor and formatter, with text-editing commands that are similar to Emacs. As a formatter, it is menu-driven and easy to learn, in the popular style of "What You See Is What (pretty much) You Get" packages.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
EZ
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 27, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
EZ
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 27, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Basic Word Processing (Basic WP)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Elementary text editing with Emacs, sending and receiving electronic mail, and using the Athena printers. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 7, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 7, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 14, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 14, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 21, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Basic Word Processing
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 28, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Customization on Athena (Dotfiles)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Serious Emacs, some Athena experience.
Intended for the intermediate-level Athena user, this course will discuss the Athena login sequence and the user-configuration files (dotfiles) that affect it, as well as changes the user can make to those and other files to customize their working environment. See url for complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
Dotfiles
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Dotfiles
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 6, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Dotfiles
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Dotfiles
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 26, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: HTML - Making a WWW Home Page
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Information resources
Covers the basic features of HTML ("Hyper-Text Mark-up Language") the language of the World Wide Web, as well as the steps needed to post your own Web page on Athena. See url for the complete schedule of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
HTML
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 4, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
HTML
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 5, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
HTML
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 5, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Introduction to FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, Working.
FrameMaker is a powerful word-processing and document preparation package available on Athena.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 19, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 19, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 25, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Serious Emacs
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourses: Basic WP, some Emacs experience.
The text editor introduced in Basic Word Processing has many useful features not covered in that course. This course is a must for anyone who uses Emacs more than an hour or two each week. See url for more details about schedule.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
Serious Emacs
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 6, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Serious Emacs
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 26, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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ATHENA MINISERIES: Working on Athena (Working)
Gary Dryfoos
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Basic Word Processing
Just the basics: files, directories, job control, and more. What every new user should know about Unix, Athena's operating system. See the url for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240c, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 7, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 14, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 21, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 21, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Working
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 28, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
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Athena Minicourse Series
Gary Dryfoos
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Jan 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 07-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Minicourses are free, do not require pre-registration, last one hour, and are designed to show you how to get the most value out of Athena and MITnet services and facilities.
At the minicourses you will receive free handouts that give more information about Athena and MITnet, especially how to get help with using them. Offered Mon-Thurs at noon, and 7 and 8pm during IAP. See url for details.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/www/9901.html
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240C, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Systems
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Business Info for Fun and Profit
Diane d'Almeida and Dee Magnoni
Tue Jan 12, 10:30am-12:00pm, E53-220
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 students.
Single session event
Learn how to become familiar with the vast resources available in the Dewey Library web-based databases. You will be surprised at the information that is available, and how that information may serve your particular interests.
Contact: Diane d'Almeida and Dee Magnoni, E-100, 253-0787, almeida@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Choice of Majors
Associate Advising Steering Committee
Tue Jan 26, 03-05:00pm, La Sala
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Having difficulty choosing a major? Associate Advisors, representing their departments, will gather to explain the "ins and outs" of all majors. Come with questions!
Contact: Elizabeth Cogliano, 7-104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
Sponsor: Elizabeth I Cogliano, 7 104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
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Electronic Resources in Engineering and Science
Deborah Helman
Thu Jan 14, 02-03:00pm, 2-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Learn how to exploit the electronic services, databases, and journals offered by the MIT Libraries. We will focus on the resources available in engineering and science.
Contact: Deborah Helman, 253-9368, dhelman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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From Table of Contents to Full-Text Online: Focus on the Humanities Databases at MIT
Jim Eggleston , Jennie Sandberg
Tue Jan 19, 01-03:00pm, 14S-0645
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 15 students.
Single session event
At this hand-on session you will access and search
full-text databases as well as have the opportunity to sign
up for Uncover/Reveal's email Table of Contents service.
Sign up early and indicate your areas of interest!
Contact: Jim Eggleston, 14S-200, jceggles@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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How to Approach a Professor
Associate Advising Steering Committee
Tue Jan 26, 02-03:00pm, 1-242
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Intimidated by your professor? We'll dispel some misconceptions and give you some tips about how to approach a professor.
Contact: Elizabeth Cogliano, 7-104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
Sponsor: Elizabeth I Cogliano, 7 104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
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How to Become an Associate Advisor or an Orientation Leader
Associate Advising Steering Committee
Wed Jan 27, 02-03:00pm, 1-242
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Want to get more involved with freshman advising and/or freshman orientation programs at MIT? Do you have ideas for the Associate Advising program? Are you interested in helping out with Orientation in the summer? Bring your questions and ideas!
Contact: Elizabeth Cogliano, 7-104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
Sponsor: Elizabeth I Cogliano, 7 104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
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How to Find Help throughout MIT
Associate Advising Steering Committee
Tue Jan 12, 02-03:00pm, 1-242
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Confused with what CAP, CUP and P/NR really mean? Don't know what a Counseling Dean does? Come and learn from your peers about many of the hidden resources on-campus as well as how to decipher many of MIT's acronyms.
Contact: Elizabeth Cogliano, 7-104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
Sponsor: Elizabeth I Cogliano, 7 104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
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How to Use IAP Wisely
Associate Advisor Steering Committee
Tue Jan 5, 02-03:00pm, 1-242
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Confused about what to do during IAP? Overwhelmed by the courses and activities offered? Come to hear from uppeerclassmen how they have spent their IAPs!
Contact: Elizabeth Cogliano, 7-104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
Sponsor: Elizabeth I Cogliano, 7 104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
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Information Technology Fair
Cheryl Sirna
Tue Jan 26, Wed Jan 27, 11am-01:00pm, Barker Library
No limit but advance sign up required
Discover electronic databases, web sites, and a wealth of other online information you will need to succeed at MIT and beyond! The Technology Fair will feature demonstrations of online resources on two consecutive days, first at the Science Library and then at the Barker Engineering Library .
Contact: Cheryl Sirna, 10-500, 253-9370, csirna@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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MIT Has Turned Me into a Robot!
Lynn Roberson
Thu Jan 21, 02:30-04:30pm, Mezzanine Lounge
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Do you feel like MIT has turned you into a robot? Does the deluge of pressures and demands stress you out? No time for yourself? Hard to remember who you are as a real person? Come to this participatory workshop and learn ways to keep your perspective through the ups and downs of MIT. Students only.
Sponsors: Panellenic Association and Counseling and Support Services.
Contact: Rachael LoBosco, rlobosco@mit.edu
Sponsor: Rachael A Lobosco, MCCORMICK HALL, 225-8503
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Making the Library Catalog Work for You
Jennie Sandberg
Tue Jan 19, 10-11:00am, 14-0637
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
Searching Barton, the library's catalog, can often be a
confusing and frustrating experience. In this session, you
will learn how to navigate through some of the system's
idiosyncrasies and improve your search results.
Contact: Jennie Sandberg, 14S-200, 253-9349, jssandbe@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Navigating the Data Maze (for Social Sciences Data Users)
Lisa Horowitz , Diann Smothers
Thu Jan 28, 02:30-04:00pm, E53-220
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Have you ever needed just one piece of information, but had no idea where to start? Have you ever looked for information over time and run up against a brick wall? Let us lead you through the data maze to locate data, from a single statistic to historic time series, using books, CD-ROMs, and Web resources, to find what you need. If you have ever needed numeric information in demographics, labor, economics, business or population and housing, but have been lost as to how to begin, then this is the IAP course for you.
Contact: Lisa Horowitz, Rotch Library, 258-5596, lisah@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Pointers for Postdocs
Christine Sherratt
Thu Jan 21, 03pm-04:30am, 14S-0637
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
This program is designed to review the information resources available through the MIT Libraries that are of particular interest to postdocs. We will review databases and electronic journals and the arrangements we have with other local libraries. (pre-registration contact: gcsherra@mit.edu)
Contact: Christine Sherratt, 253-5648, gcsherra@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Searching INSPEC
Deborah Helman
Wed Jan 6, 01:30-02:30pm, 1-115
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
This seminar will cover the basics of searching INSPEC, the primary bibliographic database for physics, computers and control and electrical engineering. Starting in September, 1998, MIT Libraries offered the OVID interface for this file. (Sign-up: dhelman@mit.edu; walk-ins may attend if space is available)
Contact: Deborah Helman, 253-9368, dhelman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Searching INSPEC
Deborah Helman
Wed Jan 6, 01:30-02:30pm, 1-115
No limit but advance sign up required
Single session event
This seminar will cover the basics of searching INSPEC, the primary bibliographic database for physics, computers and control and electrical engineering. Starting in September, 1998, MIT Libraries offered the OVID interface for this file. (Advance sign-up: dhelman@mit.edu; walk-ins may attend if space is available)
Contact: Deborah Helman, 253-9368, dhelman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Searching Web of Science
Cheryl Sirna
Wed Jan 20, 01:30-03:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
This hands-on seminar will cover the basics of searching Web of Science, the WWW version of Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index
The most popular feature of these databases is citation searching, which allows you to find who has been citing whom. (Advance sign-up contact: csirna@mit.edu; walk-ins may attend if space is available)
Contact: Cheryl Sirna, 253-9370, csirna@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Secrets to Successful Study Skills
Associate Advising Steering Committee
Thu Jan 28, 04-05:00pm, 3-133
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Study Skills from the experts themselves: The Associate Advising Steering Committee. Learn how to approach a professor, survive problem sets and exams, and balance life's everyday events. Come learn secrets from upperlcassmen who've been there!
Contact: Elizabeth Cogliano, 7-104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
Sponsor: Elizabeth I Cogliano, 7 104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
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The Ultimate Journey of Scholarship Discovery
Associate Advisor Steering Committee
Thu Jan 21, 03-04:30pm, Lobby 7
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come and Join the Magic!! Visit several of the important academic spots on campus. Learn the difference between various libraries and tutoring sites. This tour will be guided by several Associate Advisors. Prizes will be awarded to those that attend.
Contact: Elizabeth Cogliano, 7-104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
Sponsor: Elizabeth I Cogliano, 7 104, x3-6786, cogliano@mit.edu
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