Mosh Events

Freshman Brunch 2007
Freshman Brunch, Oct. 2007

Participation in MOSH events is determined in various ways: by lottery, by request, and sometimes by invitation. Some large events are for all undergraduates. Caltech directory emails announce most events in advance with details on how to participate. See event descriptions for further information.

Please contact the MOSH if you would like her to host or otherwise help to arrange an event, such as a reception or dinner for a distinguished visitor or a trip somewhere off campus.

Option Teas

Each year the MOSH hosts several “option” teas at his house in the winter and spring terms. These introduce freshmen to faculty and upper-class students in their proposed area or areas of study. Students learn about specific research opportunities and meet many of the people they will work and study with over the next few years. Freshmen should look for a directory email in early January asking them to send their option choices so that they will receive an invitation to the appropriate tea.

Freshmen and upper-class students can also register for an option tea right now by clicking here.

Student-Faculty Lunches

Students on the Academic and Research Committee (ARC) of ASCIT, with the assistance of the MOSH, organize a series of student-faculty lunches in the undergraduates houses. These take place during the fourth, seventh, and ninth weeks of each term. Announced to all undergraduates via email. If you would like to make sure a specific faculty member receives an invitation or to get more information, please contact Sue Chiarchiaro or the MOSH.

Receptions for Prominent Visitors

Each year the MOSH organizes receptions for undergraduates and faculty at her house for prominent visitors to campus, whose ranks have included Al Franken, Garrison Keillor, Ralph Nader, and Michael Creighton.

Opera, Theater, and Symphony trips

The MOSH organizes trips to various cultural institutions in Los Angeles. Tickets are free to students, and transportation is provided.

Tickets to these events are distributed by lottery. A directory email announces the event to all undergraduates a few weeks in advance with instructions on how to register. You can also register by clicking on the links below within the given time frame.

One or two faculty members usually come to the opera and theater as well as well as to a dinner with students at the MOSH house beforehand. Please contact the MOSH well in advance if you would like to propose inviting a specific faculty member on one of these outings. If the faculty member comes, so do you!

Please note that in order to maximize the number of students who participate, no student can attend more than one off-campus opera/theater/symphony/museum trip per academic year.

  • King Kong (original film, historic Alex Theater) and dinner at 1930s "tiki" restaurant
    Saturday, October 25, 2008, 6:00 pm
    Registration Open From October 13 - 17
  • Carmen (Los Angeles Opera)
    Saturday, November 15, 2008, 7:30 pm
    Registration Open From November 3 – 7
  • The Magic Flute (Los Angeles Opera)
    Saturday, January 17, 2009, 7:30 pm
    Registration Open From January 5 – 9
  • Hilary Hahn Plays Glazunov and Schumann (LA Phil/Disney Concert Hall)
    Saturday, January 31, 2009, 8:00 pm
    Registration Open From January 19 – 23
  • Sarah Chang Plays Mendelsson (LA Phil/Disney Concert Hall)
    Saturday, February 28, 2009, 8:00 pm
    Registration Open From February 16 – 20
  • Salonen Conducts Stravinsky (LA Phil/Disney Concert Hall)
    Saturday, April 18, 2009, 8:00 pm
    Registration Open From April 6 – 10
  • Mozart and Bruckner (LA Phil/Disney Concert Hall)
    Saturday, May 29, 2009, 8:00 pm
    Registration Open From May 18 – 22

Dinner/Movies

The MOSH hosts informal dinner/movie nights at his house throughout the year for students who like good food and good movies, mostly domestic and foreign classics. Announced to all undergraduates via directory email.

“Manners” Dinners

The MOSH and the Assistant Vice President Student Life, Tom Mannion, co-host 3-4 dinners a year for undergraduates who want to learn the basics of etiquette, in preparation for the post-Caltech world of business receptions and dinner parties. Instruction occurs over a superb six-course meal cooked by Tom and his student assistants. Announced to all undergraduates via directory email.

Food and Wine Pairing Courses

These events are co-hosted by the MOSH and the Assistant Vice President Student Life, Tom Mannion. The course is for seniors who are over 21 only. The group tastes several wines and discusses their properties, focusing on how to match them with appropriate foods at a dinner.

If you are a senior and interested in participating, you can sign up to attend a course by clicking here.

Take a Faculty Member to Lunch (or Dinner)

This program is run out of ASCIT. One or more students are reimbursed (up to $15 per person) for hosting a favorite professor at a local restaurant or the Athenaeum. Contact ASCIT for more details.

Take a Student to Lunch (or Dinner)

This program is run out of the Dean of Students Office. A faculty member is reimbursed (up to $15 per person) for hosting students at a local restaurant or the Athenaeum. Contact Rosemary Larranga in the Dean’s Office for more details.

First-Year Student Dinners

Throughout the academic year the MOSH invites all first-year students, in small groups, to Sunday dinners at his house. First- years should look out for an email invitation.

Contact the MOSH

Geoffrey Blake
Master of Student Houses
phone: 626-395-2541
Email the MOSH

For information about reimbursements and events contact:
Sue Chiarchiaro
Office of Campus Life
626-395-6194