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Graduate Student and Postdoc Orientation 2010 (Tentative Schedule)

Campus Tours

Campus tours begin August 23, 2010 for prospective applicants, new graduate students and new postdocs.
August 23, 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
August 24, 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
August 25, 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
August 26, 2:00 - 3:00 P.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
August 26, 3:15 - 4:15 P.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
August 26, 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
August 31, 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
August 30, 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
August 31, 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
September 1, 12:00 - 1:00 P.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)
September 2, 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. (Tour meets in Mason Hall lobby)

Introduction

Orientation is an opportunity for new graduate students and postdocs to become acquainted with the Homewood campus, services and policies, departments and colleagues. Prior to the start of the fall semester, graduate students are expected to attend both departmental and division-wide orientations.

August 25, 2010
3:00 - 4:00 P.M. - GradNet Mixer (for mentors and their new graduate student mentees)(Clipper Room, second floor, Shriver Hall)

August 26, 2010
New Graduate Student and Postdoc Orientation Schedule

• 8:00 A.M. - Breakfast and Welcome Bags (Shriver Hall)
• 8:30 A.M. - Welcome
• 9:15 - 9:45 A.M. - Orientation Session 1
• 10:00 - 10:30 A.M. - Orientation Session 2
• 10:45 - 11:15 A.M. - Orientation Session 3
• 11:30 - 12:00 P.M. - Orientation Session 4
• 12:15 - 1:30 P.M. - Lunch and 26 Welcome Tables** (Glass Pavilion)
• 2:00 - 4:00 P.M. - International Student Orientation (Hosdon Hall)
• 2:00 P.M. - Campus Tour 1 (Mason Hall lobby)
• 3:15 P.M. - Campus Tour 2 (Mason Hall lobby)
• 3:30 P.M. - Gathering for new postdoctoral fellows (Mattin Center 160)
• 4:30 P.M. - Campus Tour 3 (Mason Hall lobby)

August 31, 2010
8:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. - Mandatory TA orientation (sponsored by the TA Training Institute)

September 2, 2010
5:00 - 6:30 P.M. - Minority Graduate Student Welcome Gathering (Sherwood Room, Levering Hall)

 

 

**Welcome Tables: Athletics and Recreation, Baltimore Collegetown, Bookstore, Campus Ministries/Community Service, Career Center, Center for Educational Resources, Center for Talented Youth (summer employment opportunity), Digital Media Center, Dining Services, Disabilities Services, Financial Aid, Health and Wellness Center, Health Insurance, Information Technology, Library, Mobile Computing, Off-Campus Housing, Parking, Registrar's Office, Security Office, Student Accounts, Student Life Office, Graduate Student Portal, Sustainability Office, and Technical Assistance

 

 

Shannon O’Connor, ‘09
Charles R. Westgate Scholar Shannon O’Connor is in her second year in the Whiting School’s Biomedical Engineering program. Shannon is currently in Dr. Kalina Hristova’s material science lab working on membrane proteins, specifically on Western Blot Analysis. “It’s a way to quantify proteins based on their activation and existence.” Apart from her individual research, Shannon also leads a design team on engineering an aerosol tuberculosis detector.
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