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The MIT Club of Minnesota is volunteer organization dedicated to serving and promoting fellowship among the 700 plus alumni/ae in the state. The Club provides numerous opportunities for alumni/ae to meet and stay in touch. Join Today!
The MIT Alumni Association offers all alumni/ae the opportunity to stay connected to MIT through the Infinite Connection. To ensure your contact information is up to date go to http://alum.mit.edu/as/online-services/. (please note: your primary address must be located in Minnesota to be automatically placed on our mailing list)
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Come join the MIT Club of Minnesota on Feb 19 to learn about the Sustainability Program and tour the Minneapolis City Hall!
Hear what Minneapolis is doing to become more sustainable as a city, in its own operations, and what you can do to help from City Council Member Scott Benson and Sustainability Manager Gayle Prest. After the discussion we’ll tour the historic Minneapolis City Hall that was built in the 1890's with many interesting features including a 5 story rotunda, beautiful stained glass and granite blocks that weigh over 24 tons. Renovations completed recently have made City Hall one of the most efficient structures downtown while preserving the original character. The building also now sports a new green and growing roof. Join us after the tour for dinner and drinks at Kieran’s Irish Pub. |
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Join the MIT Club of MN for our monthly social gathering. This month will be at Psycho Suzi's in Northeast Minneapolis. All are welcome!
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The MIT Club of MN invites you to a community service project...
Show your Tech Strength: Volunteer for Bridging Come join the MIT Club of MN for a morning of volunteering at Bridging, Inc, on Saturday, Nov 15 from 9am to 12pm. Bridging describes themselves as an organization that "provides the economically disadvantaged with quality furniture and household items, free of charge, by effectively utilizing community resources". We will be receiving donations, stocking shelves, loading client deliveries, and sorting through house wares and linens in their warehouse. Please dress comfortably, with close-toed shoes, and prepare to get dirty and sweaty! There is no charge for this event, but it is limited to the first 12 people. RSVP is required on SmarTrans to hold your spot. Event Information Registration online is required. Nov 15, 2008 9:00am - 12:00pm Bridging, Inc. (952-888-1105) 201 West 87th St., Bloomington, MN Space is limited to the first 12 who RSVP online. Bridging has a parking lot for our use when we are there, and they are at the dead end of 87th St. If you register, you will be getting an email including the map of how to get there. Please be aware that the club has committed our support to Bridging for the entire morning. If you sign up, please make sure you will attend the entire event. Event Contact Information Becca Luger-Guillaume: beccalg@alum.mit.edu or 612-210-9402 Andrew Satrijo: asatrijo@alum.mit.edu |
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Come join the MIT Club of MN for our Annual Wine Tasting Event, on Friday, Nov 7 at 6pm. This year we will be experiencing Italy's treasures with wine educator John Glas in the comfort of a private room at the Braemar Golf Course in Edina. Each wine will be paired with a tasty treat to please your palette. Don't miss out on tasting some vino squisito!
Tasting Details We will be tasting 5-6 Italian wines organized into 3 flights, each with a separate food pairing. John Glas, our wine educator, will talk about: * The wine tasting process * Wine terminology * Main grape varieties * Italian wine regions. Cost MIT Club of MN Members - $35 1st Member guest (please limit to 1 per member) - $35 Non-member - $40 Join the MIT Club of MN and come at member price! - $65 Event Information Register online NOW before the event fills up: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=26821&groupID=150 Nov 7, 2008 6:00pm - 8:00pm Braemar Golf Course Clubhouse 6364 John Harris Drive, Edina, MN Space is limited to the first 40 who RSVP, so don't wait! RSVP deadline is when the event is full. Refunds will not be allowed. However, due to the space limitations of this event, we would appreciate knowing if you no longer plan to attend so that we can fill your spot. Event Contact Information Becca Luger-Guillaume: beccalg@alum.mit.edu or 612-210-9402 John Rondoni: jrondoni@alum.mit.edu |
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The MIT Club of Minnesota and the MIT10 Recent Alumni invite you to come to our monthly social gathering at the Happy Gnome!
See you there. No online registration needed. |
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Join other MIT Alumni to watch a rebroadcast of the Sept 23 Enterprise Forum event, Pathways to Entrepreneurship, as we explore the paths to success and the realities of being a female entrepreneur in technology. We will be watching a panel of successful women who will share their unique approaches to launching, funding, and leading start-ups. The panelists include:
• Candida G. Brush (moderator), Division Chair in Entrepreneurship, Babson College • Robin Chase SM ’86, Founder of ZipCar, GoLoco.org, and Meadow Networks • Priya Iyer SL ’05, President, Anaqua • Susan Lindquist, Professor of Biology, MIT, Scientific Founder, FoldRx Pharma • Jules Pieri, CEO, Daily Grommet Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Time: 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM Location: Merriam Park Library's Community Room, 1831 Marshall Ave, St. Paul (just east of Cretin Ave.) Registration Website: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=26561&groupID=150 Event Planner/Contact: Alice Campbell at alice.campbell@gpmlaw.com for questions |
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MIT Club Tour of NOAA, Chanhassen, MN
DATE: Thursday, October 2, 2008 TIME: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM PLACE: NOAA Weather Service Office 1733 Lake Drive W. Chanhassen MN, 55317 Tour the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office & North Central River Forecast Center HIGHLIGHTS: A tour of the combined NOAA facility is from 4 to 6 PM. There will be 30 minutes spent touring each of the three offices listed above. The remaining time between 5:30 and 6:00 PM will be used to show preparations for launching a weather balloon and for viewing outside weather instruments. The weather balloon will be released between 6 and 6:15 PM and all tour participants are welcome to stay for this launch. This tour time is an attempt to match schedules of those bringing teens and younger ones from schools. We will see and hear: 1) Todd Krause, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Weather Forecast Office talking about tornado paths, correlating tornado damage after the event with the meteorological observation during the event. 2) National Weather Service Forecast Office: Various methods of long term weather prediction. 3) Steve Buan, Service Coordination Hydrologist, North Central River Forecast Center: Flood prediction, including snow cover measurements using air fly-overs, melt rate and river channel flows. CAPACITY: 40 people, so please register as soon as possible if you plan to attend COST: Free (members and 1 guest), $6 (non-members) REGISTER: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=25581&groupID=150 For more information, contact: William Robbins 651-739-1146 robbins.wb@comcast.net Web site for NOAA is: http://weather.gov/twincities A phone number for NOAA is 952-361-6670 x327 Michelle Margraf DIRECTIONS: Either westbound or southbound on I-494 Merge onto MN-5 W via EXIT 11C., go 7.0 mi Turn LEFT onto AUDUBON RD. , go 0.8 mi Turn RIGHT onto LAKE DR W., go 0.1 mi End at 1733 Lake Dr W Chanhassen, MN 55317-8580 |
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We are excited to announce that Dr. Edmund Bertschinger, MIT Physics Chair, will be visiting the Twin Cities on September 25th to give a talk entitled “Dark Energy: The Greatest Mystery in the Universe.”
By studying distant galaxies, supernovae, and cosmic radiation, astrophysicists have discovered a bizarre anti-gravity effect. Something has taken over the cellular machinery of space, forcing it to grow without limit. Perhaps a bizarre substance dubbed dark energy is responsible, or perhaps we fail to understand how gravity works. What is the evidence for this cancer in space? How might it operate? How can we find out? Dr. Bertschinger is a Professor of Physics, former Division Head of Astrophysics, and as of January 2008, Department Head of Physics at MIT. He is also a member of the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research. A theoretical astrophysicist whose research interests focus on cosmology and relativistic astrophysics, Professor Bertschinger is passionate about education and sharing his research into the mind-boggling frontiers of the cosmos. See his detailed bio at: http://web.mit.edu/physics/facultyandstaff/faculty/edmund_bertschinger.html Please join us at the new Schulze Auditorium on the University of St. Thomas downtown Minneapolis campus. Socialize with fellow MIT alumni starting at 5:30 PM in the beautiful Schulze Atrium before the talk begins at 7:00 PM. Heavy appetizers with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be served during the reception from 5:30-7:00 PM. RSVP by 9/22/08. Location and Parking 46 South 11th Street, Minneapolis, MN 11th Street and Harmon Place Ramp for $2 Cost Summary Members & up to one member's guest: $20 Non-members simultaneously renewing your '08-'09 membership dues: $45 "Ivy-Plus" alumni clubs' invited members: $25 Non-members & non-member guests: $30 Kids and full-time students: $10 Questions? Contact Ross Meisner at ross@dymedex.com or 763-670-7677 |
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Come join the MIT Club of MN for a Social Gathering & Concert!
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Barbette (1600 West Lake Street, Mpls, MN, 55408, 612.827.5710) 5:30pm-9:00pm Followed by a concert from the "Orange Tour", featuring MIT alumnus Chris Mitra '96, at Uptown Bar (3018 Hennepin Ave, Mpls, MN, 55408, 612.823.4719) 9:30pm Details: The MIT Club of Minnesota and the MIT10 Recent Alumni invite you to come to our monthly social gathering and hangout at a neighbourhood favourite... Barbette. Barbette has received "best of's" from local press for its late night dining, desserts, wine list, and, of course, those French fries that accompany the steak frites. Barbette uses local and organic ingredients as much as possible, presenting beautiful food in a casual, eclectic, bistro atmosphere. Barbette was founded in February of 2001. Formerly the site of Cafe Wyrd, an espresso bar, it was re-imagined to be a full-service neighbourhood joint serving excellent food & wine. Parking is available on the street (meters) or at lots nearby. Right after the gathering you are also invited to a concert by Orange Tour which includes one of our very own alums, Chris Mitra '96 and several other alums from Princeton, Berkeley, Penn, Northwestern, etc. They play indie-pop originals and more information about them can be found on their website : http://www.orangetourband.com/ . In case, you were wondering, yes there is an MIT connection with the band name. While this event is being hosted by the MIT Club Young Alumni, all MIT club members, friends, and acquaintances are encouraged to attend. Please cordially extend invitations to members of other local clubs. RSVP preferred. I look forward to seeing you there! Ojonimi Ocholi MIT '05 MEng '06 617.669.7383 nimi@alum.mit.edu |
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Join the MIT Club of MN during the last week of the Science Museum's Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination on Wed. Aug 20!
Where else can you see real Star Wars artifacts, design robots, levitate (magnetically), experience light speed in the Millennium Falcon, and learn about biomedicine? This is the opportunity of a lifetime... and of the future! The Science Museum's Star Wars exhibit runs only until August 24, so come experience the magic while it is here. Your ticket with the MIT Club of MN for Wed Aug 20 includes: * 6pm Omni Showing of "Special Effects" * 7pm tour time of Star Wars exhibit - you may remain in the exhibit as long as you wish, until closing (11:30pm) * General exhibit admission until closing (11:30pm) In addition, you may choose to ride the Millennium Falcon ($3 cash in the exhibit area), purchase items at the special gift shop, or take a memorable in-character photo. Cameras are allowed in the exhibit. Tickets can be picked up at the front entrance of the museum from Becca between 5pm and 6pm, or at the will-call desk after 6pm. Note that late arrivals will miss the Omni show, but will not receive a reimbursement for it. Ticket types: * MIT Alumnus: $19 * MIT Alumnus Guest: $19 * Science Museum member: $8 * Children ages 4-12yo: $16.50 * Seniors: $16.50 * (Children under 4 are free, include a note if you will be bringing a child under the age of 4) RSVP by August 14, but hurry to reserve your spot! Street parking is available free after 4:30pm. Questions? Contact Becca Luger-Guillaume at beccalg@alum.mit.edu or 612-210-9402. |
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THE MIT CLUB OF MINNESOTA cordially invites you, your family and/or guests to join us again this year at this popular annual event honoring the students who have just been admitted to MIT as part of the Class of 2012!
If you are in town, please help make this event a success! The Picnic is open to all Club members, MIT Alumni and their guests, as well as current students and their families. ** Please come and join us in welcoming the MN students who've just been accepted as future members of the MIT Class of 2010!! ** Mingle with other undergrad and graduate students currently enrolled at the Institute as well as with MIT Alumni/Alumnae. (Talk to them about internships and future jobs!) ** Enjoy lively conversation and barbeque in an informal, relaxed private setting next to Parkers Lake, just 15 minutes west of downtown Minneapolis. Family, Guests and Children are welcome! COST: Club Members - $10; Guests/Non-members - $15; Children 13 and under - $5; Infants and toddlers - No charge; Class of 2012 students, their parents and siblings - NO CHARGE; Current MIT students and parent(s) - NO CHARGE. Please sign up online by 5:30 p.m., Thursday, August 14th at the provided link. Event Contact: Barbara Slater, Club of MN Board Member Contact Phone: 763-404-1833 Contact Email: blslater@alum.mit.edu Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008 Time: 5:00 PM until 8:30 PM Address: Parker's Lake Picnic Shelter, Plymouth, MN 55447 1/2 mi. W of 494—on the NORTH side of County Road 6—ACROSS from the lake--Up on the hill!! www.ci.plymouth.mn.us/ |
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MIT Club of MN brings you air, earth, fire and this time water!
SEE HOW (drinking) WATER IS MADE! (Safe, clean, clear, odor free) The MIT Alumni Club of Minnesota is happy to announce a unique and exciting opportunity for our alumni, family and friends. We are organizing a group outing to partake in a guided presentation of the St Paul Regional Water System. See where the water you use daily may come from! The tour includes viewing filter floors, the new activated carbon filter, clarifiers, flocculators, chlorinators, fluorinators, pumps and laboratory areas for testing water. What: Tour of the St Paul Regional Water System When: (choose your time) Tuesday, July 22 1:00pm or 2:30pm Wednesday, July 23 1:00pm or 2:30pm Where: St Paul Regional Water System McCarrons Center 1900 Rice St. Maplewood, MN 55113-6810 Who: All Alumni, their family, and friends are welcome. Cost: FREE for all members plus guests/spouse and all children 16 and under. $5 for non-member adults and their guests FREE if you sign up for early 2008-09 membership Start the tour at either 1:00 PM or 2:30 PM, either day. There are up to 30 spots for each start time. Choose your preferred tour and second choice tour when you register. Depending on registration outcomes, we may combine tours or shift people around. Tour limitations: - Children are a safety concern but may be allowed under the following circumstances. Toddlers are not OK. A parent with an individual child is acceptable; there will be places that a parent would need to be sure the child did not get through hand railings, etc. A maximum of two children for each adult is requested. - People in wheel chairs would be able to see 75% of the tour. The ability to additionally walk up to the top of a few stairs and back down would increase this to about 90% of the tour. To register click the following link: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=24401&groupID=150 |
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MITCoMN presents:
Music at Lake Harriet: A family-friendly outdoor gathering with live, free music Dear MIT Alumni, One of the great secrets about Minneapolis is its great (and affordable) arts and music scene! Come join the MIT Club of MN at the Lake Harriet Bandshell on July 15 to listen to some free music, socialize, and enjoy the beautiful summer evening. Stan Bann Big Band is playing (www.stanbann.com) at 7:30 pm. The concert is free! Bring a blanket, lawn chairs, snacks, and family and friends. For those alums who are parents, what better way to meet other alums than a concert outside! What: Music at Lake Harriet: Stan Bann Big Band When: Tuesday July 15 at 7:30pm Where: Lake Harriet Bandshell, on the northeast side of the lake in Minneapolis - Look for the MIT Balloons! Who: All Alumni and their guests are welcome, including children Cost: Free! Don't forget to bring a blanket or lawnchairs, and snacks. Contact: Becca Luger-Guillaume, beccalg@alum.mit.edu, 612-210-9402 No RSVP needed. |
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Come join the MIT Club of MN for a Social night @
'Shakespeare on the Lawn'! Sunday, June 29, 2008 Brit's Pub (1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, 612.332.3908) 5:30pm gather on the lawn (6.00pm show starts) Details: The MIT Club of Minnesota and the MIT Club's Young Alumni invite you to come to our monthly social gathering in the heart of Minneapolis at Brit's Pub. From June 22nd to July 13th, the Actors Theater of Minnesota will be performing "The Compleat Wrks of Wilm Shkspr (abridged)" for the annual 'Shakespeare on the Lawn' event. Bring your blanket, sit on the lawn and enjoy one of the finest West End comedies ever! Brit's Pub in downtown Minneapolis first opened in 1990 and expansions over the years include the world-renowned English Garden Park, complete with it's 10,000 square foot Lawn Bowling green. Come enjoy summer (while it's still here) with fellow Tech alums, recent and not so recent, get your fix of British food/beer, and experience the thrill of all 37 plays in 97 mins by 3 guys in tights! Upon arrival go upstairs to the Lawn Bowling green for the play. Parking is available on the street (meters) or at lots nearby. While this event is being hosted by the MIT Club Young Alumni, all MIT club members, friends, and acquaintances are encouraged to attend. Please cordially extend invitations to members of other local clubs. RSVP preferred. Contact: nimi@alum.mit.edu |
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MITCoMN presents:
MIT Enterprise Forum: Innovation To Commercialization: Using Government Funding to Kick Start Your Start-Up Dear MIT Alumni, The MIT Club of MN is pleased to present the latest MIT Enterprise Forum Global Broadcast: Innovation to Commercialization: Using Government Funding to Kick Start Your Start-Up. The broadcast will examine whether it is really possible to turn a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant into $150,000,000 in private investment funding. A panel of experts will discuss how A123Systems, and two other companies, used their SBIR grants to go from "great idea" to "great product". Topics will include: **The entrepreneurial success stories of SBIR grant recipients. **What government agencies, like the NSF, DoD and NIH, look for when awarding SBIR grants and how they manage the different SBIR phases. **The crucial steps to take and missteps to avoid through the entire funding cycle. The panel presentation, produced by the MIT Enterprise Forum, will be webcast from Cambridge to multiple viewing sites around the world. Locally, this webcast and reception will be held at the offices of Gray Plant Mooty on Wednesday, June 4th, and will run from 5:30 until 8 pm. The panel will include Thomas Allnutt from the National Science Foundation, Milton Chen from VSee, Ric Fulop MBA '06 from A123Systems; Christoper Loose PhD '07 from Stericoat, and Bruce Gellerman from National Public Radio as the moderator. We hope you’ll be able to join us for what should be an informative and helpful presentation and discussion. What: MIT Enterprise Forum: Innovation to Commercialization: Using Government Funding to Kick Start Your Start-Up. When: Wednesday, June 4th, 5:30-8pm Where: Gray Plant Mooty, 500 IDS Center, 80 S. 8th St., Minneapolis Who: All Alumni and their guests are welcome Cost: $5 each for club members and one guest, $10 for non-member alumni, $15 for all others. Recent MIT alumni (less than 2 years removed) may attend FREE. Also, signing up for '08-'09 membership NOW, will get you in FREE. Registration at the door will include an additional $5 surcharge, except for those signing up for new memberships. Contact: Barbara Slater, email: blslater@alum.mit.edu, phone: 763-404-1833 |
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A View of The Bridge, the I-35 W Bridge Construction Dear MIT Alumni, The MIT Alumni Club of Minnesota is happy to announce a unique and exciting opportunity for our alumni and their friends and family. We are organizing a group outing to partake in an exclusive guided presentation of the I-35W Bridge construction site. It’s an event that should offer something for everyone: scientists, engineers, architects, city planners, and just the generally curious will be able to take something from this inside look at one of the most publicized construction projects in Minnesota history. The materials of construction, aesthetics of design, the advanced monitoring systems, the construction noise countermeasures are all unique to this project and part of the discussion. Peter Sanderson, Project Engineer for Flatiron-Manson, will lead the presentation so come prepared with your technical questions. Alumni, family, and friends are all welcome, and don’t forget to bring the kids (they love the big earth movers). What: I-35W Bridge Construction “Sidewalk Talk” When: Saturday, May 31st, 2-4pm Where: We will meet in the parking lot at the corner of Washington Ave South and 19th Ave in the Seven Corners district of Minneapolis. Look for someone in a blaze orange construction vest. Additional parking is available on Washington Ave and in parking structures in the area. Who: All Alumni and their friends and family are welcome. Cost: Free for all members plus one guest/spouse and children 16 and under. $5 for non-members, however, if you sign up for early 2008-09 membership, the event is free. To register click the following link: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=23502&groupID=150 P.S.: Please join us afterwards at the Town Hall Brewery for a little socializing afterward. It’s only steps from the parking lot/meeting point, and has a wonderful outdoor seating area. |
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The MIT Club Family Science Saturday at The Bakken
SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2008 Gather up the family and join the MIT Club of Minnesota at The Bakken Museum (www.thebakken.org/). Groups will be taken on a guided tour lasting 60 to 80 minutes. Tours include the special displays “Electrifying Minnesota” and “Fairy, Goddess, Wizard, Genie? Imagining Electricity”, in addition to permanent exhibits such as the first wearable pacemaker, “Electricity is Life” shocker machine and a working theremin. You’ll also see many galleries including “The Electrarium”, and “Magnetism and the Human Body”. Don’t miss the multi-media immersion into Victor Frankenstein's laboratory and Mary Shelley's study. Immediately after the tours please gather in the Franklin Room for light refreshments and an address by Dr. David Rhees, Director of the Museum. Be sure to ask him about notable figures in the electrical medical device field and special activities of the Museum. A special selection of rare books from the Bakken library will be available for viewing as well. Families with children can participate in the “Science Saturday” projects (included in admission fee). Please see below for a list of activities. After the tours and presentations you may enjoy the Museum until closing. Several MIT Club members will be going out for lunch after the tour. Families may join the group for lunch and return for Science Saturday activities with the same admission. Family Science Saturday – Activities After the Tour • Electrifying Minnesota Family Science Saturday Activities • Making Electricity • Play the Appliance Matching Game • Create your own alarm • Build your own wind turbine • Assemble a mini-light up city • Experiment at the solar panel table • Craft your very own light up “Electricity Book” • Operate a hand crank generator • Take the Minnesota Energy Challenge • Sketch a drawing using charcoal • Ax-Man Inventors' Table (experiment with batteries / wires to make motors run, bulbs light up, buzzers beep) If you have any questions about the event, please contact Jon Moon at jkmoon@alum.mit.edu. |
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On Wednesday, March 12th, the MIT Club of MN is presenting a webcast and reception at the offices of Gray Plant Mooty from 5:30 until 8 pm featuring a discussion on Virtual Communities. The broadcast, second in the "It's a Small World" series will examine “How Virtual Communities Are Changing the Ways We Relate.”
A panel of three MIT faculty members will focus on various aspects of virtual communities and the ways in which MIT is contributing to this exciting arena. Whether you are just learning about virtual communities or spend most of your life in cyber space, you won't want to miss out on this program! The broadcast will not only highlight MIT expertise, but is also a great opportunity to socialize and network informally with other local alumni while catching up on what is going on at MIT. The reception begins at 5:30 pm: the broadcast starts at 6:30 pm. Cost is $5 ea. for club member(s) and their guest(s), $10 for non-member alumni, and $15 for others. MIT alumni less than 2 yrs out may attend FREE. NOTE: Join the Club when signing up and attend for FREE. There will be a $5 surcharge for people who register at the door, except for those joining the Club. The panel presentation, produced by the MIT Alumni Association, will be webcast from Cambridge to cities around the world. Speakers Henry Jenkins, Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities "What Kind of World Would You Make: Second Life as Thought Experiment" Second Life and other virtual worlds represent a powerful demonstration of "Participatory Culture". From the start, it was marketed as a world which would be created through the collective contributions of its users. And because users come with many different motives and from many different kinds of settings, Second Life represents a hybrid media environment, one where commercial, nonprofit, governmental, educational, subcultural, and amateur contributors seek to reshape the world in their own images. Each of these groups are deploying Second Life as the site for thought experiments which allow them to rethink their real world institutions and practices. Beth Coleman, Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media "Hello Avatar! What Virtual Worlds Mean for Human Communication" Professor Beth Coleman will discuss her research on the use and design of avatar-based virtual worlds and how they are entering popular use in networked communication. Steven R. Lerman '72, SM '73, PhD '75, Dean for Graduate Students; Class of 1922 Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering; Co-director for the Singapore-MIT Alliance; Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee of the MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW); and Director, Center for Educational Computing Initiative. (moderator) For more information on the panel and topic, visit http://alum.mit.edu/broadcasts |
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Do you miss IAP? Those good ole' days of sleeping in, Charm School, few – if any – psets, traveling, are being celebrated by MIT alums all around the world!! Other MIT alums just like yourself from Hong Kong to Ontario to Long Island to San Diego to, of course, Minnesota, are going to be gathering to raise a glass and celebrate the most wonderful semester of all: IAP.
The Club of MN will be gathering at Toast Wine Bar and Café to Toast this wonderful month of January. We will be getting some special treats not on the typical menu, such as Goat Cheese Flan and Roasted Winter Veggie Quesadillas, both guaranteed to be a huge hit! Also, a few exclusive-to-MIT Wine Flights will be available for your toasting pleasure. (See the bottom of this message for a sneak preview of the delicious treats and wine flights that will be available.) Bring your friends, significant others, and all who wish to partake in the toasting of IAP at Toast! Advanced registration ($5) is highly suggested and available until Jan 16 Sample of the menu that will be served: * Crab Cakes * Toast's Special Thin Crust Pizzas * Roasted Winter Veggie Quesadilla * Goat Cheese Flan (The regular menu will also be available for those with a much large appetite, at your own expense) !!!Attention Wine lovers!!! There will be an additional bonus at only $10 each: Wine Flights, including samples of wine normally serviced only in very pricey bottles. MN Owned Wines Flight * Alexis Baily Country Red * Domaine Serene Pinot Noir * Fantesca Cabernet Dessert Wines and Chocolate Truffles Flight * Graham's Six Grape Port * Graham's 20 Year Tawny Port * Toast Truffles (mmm!) For more information: Becca Luger-Guillaume MIT10 (young alumni) Chair, Club of MN beccalg@alum.mit.edu 612-210-9402 |
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Thanks to our fellow alum Manuel Robledo, we have reserved the party room on the 35th floor of the glamorous Marquette Place apartment building in downtown Minneapolis, located next to the Millennium Hotel, for this year's Holiday Extravaganza. Dig out your partywear (or for you real traditional folks, the famous red jackets!) and be ready to share this year's stories along with your favorite memories from our heralded domed alma mater with fellow MIT alumni and guests.
Holiday music, succulent food, wine, & drink will abound - and if someone in our circles has a flair for games and/or trivia, we will include those in the merriment! *** Pre-registration is now closed *** Alumni and guests are still welcome to register via the registration link or at the event at the $35/person rate (payable by cash or check on-site, or credit card via the registration link) Directions and Parking: Marquette Place: http://www.marquetteplace.com/Area_Directions.htm Parking: Millenium Hotel http://www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumminneapolis/attractions/index.html MPLS Convention Center Parking under the plaza http://www.minneapolismeetings.com/content/PDF/Mccpark.pdf The Hyatt nearby also has convenient and reasonably priced parking facilities. |
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The MIT Club of Minnesota and the MIT Club's Young Alumni invite you to come to our monthly social gathering to eat, drink, network, and laugh. All are welcome to join in the fun! Come join in the fun, get away from the holiday madness, and enjoy delicious sampler platters of gourmet cheese, meats, and veggies at The Sample Room , located right next to the Mississippi River in Northeast Minneapolis; free parking lot in the back.
The Sample Room was called "Tapas, Minnesota-Style" in the Wall Street Journal… come see what the fuss is about. You're sure to find something you love! While this event is being hosted by the MIT Club Young Alumni, all MIT club members, friends, and acquaintances are encouraged to attend. Please cordially extend invitations to members of other local clubs. No reservations needed. More info: beccalg@alum.mit.ede |
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