New Graduate Student Orientation

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Alumni Memorial Union
1442 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Activities 4 - 6 p.m.

Presentation 6 - 8 p.m.

Student Social 8 - 9 p.m.

The Graduate School will host its annual orientation for incoming graduate students Thursday evening, August 26, 2010. Our goal is to present useful information on how to succeed in your programs, what campus services are available to you, and what it means to study at a Catholic, Jesuit university. Incoming summer and fall students are invited to attend.

Topics to be covered include:

Advising and Research

Library resources

IT Services / Computer lab information

Student Health Service

Health Insurance Options

Policies of the Graduate School

Student Organizations of PFF and GSO

Parking permits

Marquette ID cards

Sports facility access

The event will be held in the Monaghan Ballroom of the Alumni Memorial Union (1442 W. Wisconsin Ave.), with the lecture-style presentation starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m., featuring several speakers.

• Activities (4 - 6 p.m.)
• Program Agenda (6 - 8 p.m.)
• Student Social (8 - 9 p.m.) - For the first time, the Graduate Student Organization and the Graduate School will co-host a social for attending graduate students.  The social will be held in the room next to the presentation, in the AMU's Third Floor Ballrooms.

More information:

• View this year's (August 27, 2009) PowerPoint presentation and related speaker video recordings

• Event parking, directions, and additional information
  

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Please sign up online by Monday, August 23, 2010, or call the Graduate School at (414) 288-7137 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Other Orientation Opportunities

• The orientation hosted by the Graduate School is geared toward students from most graduate programs.  It is not mandatory and it is very general in nature. Some, but not all, departments also offer program-specific orientations; check with your department for more information.

• Graduate School of Management students (accounting, business administration, economics, human resources) please visit the GSM online orientation Web site or call (414) 288-7145 for your orientation information.
  
  
• A mandatory orientation for international students is held each term through the Office of International Education (OIE). Teaching Assistants are also required to participate in OIE's TA orientation. The International Teaching Assistant Program (ITAP) is mandatory for all new international Teaching Assistants. Please visit OIE's Web site for more information or call (414) 288-7289.