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Campus Tours

The Graduate Affairs and Admissions Office offers campus tours to prospective graduate students, postdocs and faculty. Tours begin at Mason Hall on the Homewood Campus. Each tour, guided by a current graduate student, lasts one hour. Tour participants should check in at the front desk upon arrival and clearly identify themselves as a prospective graduate student. Each visitor receives a welcome bag.

The schedule for the 2011-2012 academic year is as follows:

Note: reservations are not required.

Mondays - 1:30 P.M.
Wednesdays - 1:30 P.M.
Fridays - 1:30 P.M.

Please note, the following tour(s) will not be given:

Monday, May 14, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Accessible Tours for Guests with Mobility Concerns: Please contact the Graduate Affairs and Admissions Office contact us through our online contact form.

Please note: There will be no tours when the University is closed for holidays or inclement weather.

Virtual Graduate Student Tour of the Homewood Campus on YouTube
Created and Produced by Students for Students
Carlos Valdes-Lora (Student in the Digital Media Center) with graduate student tour guide Laura MacDonald

Visit us at Conferences in 2011

June

STEM Diversity Expo
June 3, 2011, 10:00 - 3:00 P.M.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004

SAEOPP McNair/SSS Scholars Research Conference
June 25, 2011, 2:30 - 4:30 P.M.
Atlanta Hilton, Atlanta, GA

July

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Summer Research Conference
July 9, 2011, 3:45 - 5:45 P.M.
Pennsylvania State University, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel

University at Buffalo McNair Research Conference
July 16, 2011, 3:30 - 5:30 P.M.
Niagara Falls Conference Center, Niagara Falls, NY

September

Norfolk State University Fall 2011 Graduate/Professional School Day Fair
September 29, 2011, 10:30 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
New Student Center Room 138A, B & C, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA

STEM Diversity Expo
September 30, 2011, 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
The New Yorker Hotel, 481 8th Avenue & 34th Street, New York, NY

October

Berkeley Graduate School Fair
October 5-6, 2011
Berkeley Union, University of California, Berkeley

Morgan State University Graduate School Fair
October 5, 2011
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

Chicago Graduate and Professional School Fair
October 6, 2011, 3:00 - 7:00 P.M.
UIC Forum, University of Illinois, Chicago

McNair Scholars Program Visit at UIUC
October 6-7, 2011 (Location and time TBD)
University of Illinois, Chicago

McNair Scholars Program Visit at DePaul University
October 6-7, 2011 (Location and time TBD)
University of Illinois, Chicago

McNair Scholars Program Visit at UC Davis
October 7, 2011 (Location and time TBD)
University of California, Davis

National McNair Scholars Research Conference and Graduate School Fair
October 14-15, 2011, 4:00 - 6:00 P.M.
University of Delaware, Trabant University Center

Stanford University Graduate Fair
October 17, 2011, 12:00 - 4:00 P.M.
Tressider Student Union, Stanford University

McNair Scholars Program Visit at San Jose State University
October 17, 2011, (Location and time TBD)
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
October 27-30, 2011
San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California

November

CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine's Career Expo for People With Disabilities
November 18, 2011, 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004

Visit Us at Conferences in 2012

March

McNair Research Conference and Graduate Fair
March 16, 2012, 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Main Concourse of the Inn & Conference Center, University of Maryland University College

April

California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education
April 14, 2012, (Location and time TBD)
San Diego State University

(Last Updated July 2011)

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