| Graduate Student Orientation 2011 | ||||
| Monday September 12th | ||||
| 12:00-3:00 | New Grad Students Welcome Reception ( CH2M - Alumni Center) | |||
| Thursday, September 15th | ||||
| Center for Teaching and Learning Orientation for New International Graduate Students | ||||
| Friday, September 16th | ||||
| Center for Teaching and Learning Orientation for New Graduate Students | ||||
| Monday September 19th | ||||
| 8:30 - 5:00 | International Student Orientation for F-1 Visas (La Sells Stewart Center) REQUIRED | |||
| 8:30 - 10:30 Welcome | ||||
| 10:30 - 12:00 F-1 Visa Session | ||||
| 1:00 - 5:00 Student Health Services Check-in | ||||
| 2:00 - 5:00 | International Student Furniture Giveaway - 1st Baptist Church (125 NW 10th St) | |||
| Tuesday, September 20th (Weniger 304) | ||||
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Department Overview (Prof. Janet Tate & Prof. Yun-Shik Lee) | |||
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Introduction to Office Staff, Procedures & Keys | |||
| (Janice Nave-Abele, Talley Richardson, Paula Christie) | ||||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Payroll Paperwork Completion (Paula Christie & Jennifer Hill) | |||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Photos (Weniger 377) | |||
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break (Refreshments provided in Wngr 305) | |||
| 11:15 - 12:15 | The graduate program, courses (Prof. Oksana Ostroverkhova) | |||
| 12:15 - 1:30 | Lunch (on your own) | |||
| 1:30 - 2:30 | The graduate program, research (Prof. Ethan Minot) | |||
| 2:30 - 2:45 | Break (Refreshments provided in Wngr 305) | |||
| 2:45 - 4:00 | Physics computing facilities (Prof. Guenter Schneider) | |||
| Wednesday, September 21st (Weniger 304) | ||||
| 9:00 - 10:00 | TA Orientation (Prof. Dedra Demaree) | |||
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break (Refreshments provided in Wngr 305) | |||
| 10:15 - 11:15 | Know your students (Chris Coffin) | |||
| 11:15 - 12:15 | The first day (Dave Bannon) | |||
| 12:15 - 1:30 | Women Chemists/Physicists Lunch (Gilbert 354) | |||
| 1:30 - 3:30 | Effective teaching (Prof. Corrine Manogue) | |||
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Lab tours (Jim Ketter) | |||
| Thursday, September 22nd (Weniger 304) | ||||
| 9:00 - 11:00 | Conceptual reasoning and course reform (Prof. Dedra Demaree) | |||
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Discussion with experienced TAs | |||
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch with experienced TAs: (Lunch provided in Wngr 305) | |||
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Coalition of Graduate Employee, Gilbert 324 | |||
| 2:00 - 3:30 | Physics Advising/ math placement exam (prof. Henri Jansen) | |||
| Friday, September 23rd | ||||
| 9:00 | TA assignments posted in Wngr 301 | |||
| 9:00 - 10:50 | Physics Advising (Prof. Yun-Shik Lee in Wngr 415) | |||
| 11:00 - 12:00 | New and returning TAs meet with course instructors: | |||
| PH211 Wngr 305; PH212 Wngr 377; PH201 Yunker Library; PH104 Wngr 206 | ||||
| 1:00 - 5:00 | Physics Department Picnic (Avery Park - Lion Shelter) | |||
