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Graduate School Orientation / Welcome 2009

 

Congratulations on your acceptance to the Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences!

Graduate School Welcome, Orientation Program,
and Information Fair

Tuesday, September 1, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Bunn Intercultural Center (ICC) Auditorium (2nd Floor, ICC)

Please note that your department may have additional mandatory orientation activities scheduled in addition to this Graduate School program.

 (A PDF of the Graduate School Welcome / Orientation schedule (PDF) can be downloaded / printed as a PDF document. at: http://grad.georgetown.edu/image_pool/File/GradSchoolOrientation2009.pdf)

 

WELCOME/ORIENTATION SCHEDULE

9:00-9:45a       Welcome:   
     Timothy A. Barbari, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
     John J. DeGioia, President, Georgetown University
     Todd A. Olson, Vice President, Student Affairs
     Mathew Moses, President, Graduate Student Organization (GSO)
 
9:45-10:30a    
     Academic Integrity:    James F. Schaefer, Jr., Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Financial Aid
  
     Introduction to Ombuds:  Jeffrey Connor-Linton, Graduate Student Ombuds and Professor of Linguistics 
 
     Financial Aid:   Theresa Torres, Graduate Program Director, Office of Student Financial Services
 
10:30-11:15a     Graduate Student Information Fair, ICC Galleria (3rd Floor)
 
Over 16 Georgetown University offices and services will be available to provide information to graduate students about their services and functions.
 
11:15-11:50a      Research at Georgetown
      Sarah Cantrell, Education Services Librarian, Dahlgren Memorial Library
      Will Wheeler, Research & Instruction Department, Lauinger Library
      Joselyn Schultz Lewis, CNDLS – Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship
      Sheila Zimmet, Office of Regulatory Affairs
 
 12:00 noon     “Mass of the Holy Spirit”    Healy Lawn (rain site: McDonough Arena)
 
 12:30p              “Welcome Back, Jack!”   BBQ and Music, Copley Lawn (rain site: O’Donovan Hall)

Note: Biomedical Graduate Education Program students -- a separate orientation web site tailored to the Biomedical program is available for your use at: http://gumc.georgetown.edu/departments/mcgrad/orient.html

GRADUATE RESOURCES  

The following pages provide incoming graduate students with useful information and valuable resources on becoming a member of the Georgetown community and a resident of the Washington D.C. area. We look forward to working with you as you progress along your academic career.

             Graduate Student Life Handbook

 

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