FALL 2009 NEW GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION

Tentative Agenda

August 17 & 18, 2009

 

 

Monday, August 17            Room 307

  8:45  Light Refreshments, 3^rd floor lobby

  9:00  Welcome & Introduction—Jim Wyant, Dean & Carl Maes, Associate Dean

          Academic Programs Staff — Marcy DeWeese, Kevin Erwin, Anabel Garcia, Allison Huff, Mike Nofziger, Cindy Robertson, Sara Soto, and Gail Varin

  9:30  Business & Research Offices—Gary Esham, Associate Dean

  9:45  Building—Hector Garcia

 10:00  REFRESHMENTS—3^rd Floor Lobby

10:15  RA/TA Hiring Workshop, room 305, mandatory for all TA/RA funded new students, Marcy DeWeese,  Carl Maes & Gail Varin

Individual meetings with faculty

12:00  New Student Lunch with Associate Dean Carl Maes, 8th floor

1:00-1:30 Student Photos, Cathy Alexander—3^rd Floor Lobby

1:45 Professor Leilei Peng Research Presentation

 2:00  Professor Russell Chipman Research Presentation

 2:15 Professor Galina Khitrova Research Presentation

 2:30 REFRESMENTS--3rd Floor Lobby

 2:45 Open Labs at Optical Sciences (2:45 to 4:30 pm) - Open Lab List

     Open Lab at Electrical & Computer Engineering Building, Room 221, Professor Kostuk

           

Tuesday, August 18          Room 307

      9:30  Meeting with returning graduate students, Grad Student and SOCk Reps         REFRESHMENTS Provided

    9:30  Curriculum, degree requirements, examinations — Carl Maes & Gail Varin

   12:00  BREAK

1:00  Professor Jennifer Barton Research Presentation

1:15  Professor Jim Burge Research Presentation

 1:30 Professor Hong Hua Research Presentation

1:45  Professor Robert Norwood Research Presentation

              2:00  REFRESHMENTS --3^rd Floor Lobby

      2:20  Van Departs Optical Sciences Lobby for tours of Bio5 (Professor Jennifer Barton) and Radiology Research Labs (Professor Art Gmitro/Andy Rouse) - driver Boris Glebov 

Saturday Evening, August 22

Join us on the top of Kitt Peak in the cool pines at 8,000 feet for a picnic and star party together with the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Society.  New Students meet in the 3rd floor lobby at 3:30 p.m.  Vans depart promptly at 4:00 p.m. - sign up in Academic Office, 403, to attend.