Timeline
As they become available, links will be added to each event to provide location and registration information, as applicable.
| Date | Time | Event |
| 6/21/2022 | 9:30-10:30am | Webinar: Enrolling Your Children in K-12 School |
| 7/25/2022 | Deadline for required trainings (Sexual Assault Prevention and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) | |
| 7/29/2022 | Deadline to submit vaccination documentation (learn more). If you experience technical trouble with the Atlas Mobile or Covid Vaccine applications, contact covidapps-help@mit.edu. | |
| 8/25/2022 – 8/28/2022 | Part one of the English Evaluation Test (EET) (for for international graduate students from non-English-language academic backgrounds): A reading and writing task (~1-2 hours), active on the EET Canvas site from Thursday, August 25 (12:01 a.m.), to Sunday, August 28th, 2022 (11:59 p.m. EST). | |
| 8/29/2022 – 8/31/2022 | Part two of the English Evaluation Test (EET) (for for international graduate students from non-English-language academic backgrounds): A short, 10-minute interview conducted via Zoom between Monday, August 29th and Wednesday, August 31st, 2022. You can sign up on the EET site August 1st – 28th. | |
| 8/28/2022 | 11:30am-2pm | Graduate Student Welcome Lunch with President Reif |
| 8/30/2022 | 5-6:30pm | International Students Office Reception |
| 8/31/2022 | 5-7pm | GSC Scavenger Hunt |
| 9/6/2022 | 12pm-2pm | Grad Activity & Resource Fair |
| 9/6/2022 | 2pm | ORSEL Grad Student Panel: Living a Meaningful Life at MIT |
| 9/6/2022 | 5:30pm-7:30pm | GSC Open House/Welcome |
| 9/9/2022 | 11:30am- 1:00pm | gwaMIT Womxn’s Welcome Lunch |
| 9/15/2022 | 4-5:30pm | Graduate Students of Color Welcome |
You can find additional campus events outside of the Orientation schedule at the MIT Events Calendar.
Logging into Canvas “MIT Graduate Orientation” course
When you open the Canvas link, you will be prompted to log in using Touchstone authentication, which requires a Kerberos ID and can also use certificates. (Not set up yet? Learn how or use MIT IS&T’s Knowledge Base to find answers to any questions.)
Once you’ve logged in, you can begin clicking through the module pages.
Libraries 101 Webinar
August 29, 2022
Watch the captioned webinar and view the transcript (Touchstone authentication required) on Panopto. You can also view or download the Libraries 101 slides.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship 101 Webinar
August 24, 2022
Watch the captioned webinar and view the transcript (Touchstone authentication required) on Panopto. Download the slides for the MIT Innovation 101 part of the presentation and the general Technology Licensing Office (TLO) overview.
Career and Professional Development 101 Webinar
August 10, 2022
Watch the captioned webinar and view the transcript (Touchstone authentication required) on Panopto. Download the PDF slides here.
Financial 101 Webinar
August 4, 2022
Watch the captioned webinar and view the transcript (Touchstone authentication required) on Panopto.
MIT International Students Webinar
May 24, 2022
Watch the captioned webinar and view the transcript (Touchstone authentication required) on Panopto.
Navigating Health Insurance and MIT Medical
May 20, 2022
Watch the captioned webinar and view the full transcript (Touchstone authentication required) on Panopto or view the slides as a PDF document.
