Orientation Committee
The Orientation Committee (OC) welcomes incoming first year graduate students to MIT and provides a conduit for integration into the community. The OC hosts events, both virtual and in-person to help new students know the institute, the grad community, and the area. Students will often make their closest friends during their first month at MIT, during orientation season!
Planning and Volunteers
The planners and volunteers for Orientation are fellow graduate students looking to make first year students’ transitions easy and fun. Planning happens between March and the end of September, bringing the GSC officers, MIT administrators, and the MIT community together to coordinate. Each event has one or more coordinators responsible for event details and volunteer recruitment. Contact us at gsc-oc@mit.edu if you’re interested!
Types of events
Institute informational
The institute events include the Grad 101 Webinar Series, a Welcome event with MIT’s President and other distinguished institute speakers.
Social
Past social events included a welcome picnic on the Killian Court, a trip to the beach with donuts and refreshing drinks, and tours to get to know the campus area.
Group specific
Group events will have relevant information and social mingling for international students, affinity groups, diversity equity and inclusion, as well as spouses, partners, and families.
FAQs
I’m thinking of helping out! What do I do?
The GSC Orientation Committee is now recruiting! Participating in Graduate Orientation is fun, exciting, and a great way to meet new people and connect with and learn all areas of the graduate community! Your commitment will be flexible. You can lead event organization, design graphics, or just lend a helping hand on the day. For your help you will be guaranteed a variety of perks. For more information please contact us with all questions and queries to gsc-oc@mit.edu
Leadership
The OC currently has two co-chair positions filled by Advait Athreya and Aristotle Grosz.