Orientations

New Graduate Student Orientation

The Graduate College provides an orientation prior to the Fall semester for all new graduate students. The Fall 2012 orientation will be held on Monday, August 13.  The orientation not only includes sessions on policies and procedures but also sessions on navigating the graduate school experience.  There is another orientation at the beginning of the Spring semester, which will be held on Friday, January 13. The flyer for this event can be found here.

Teaching Assistant Orientation 

The Graduate College provides an orientation prior to the Fall semester for all new and returning graduate teaching assistants.  The Fall 2012 orientation will be held on Tuesday, August 14.  The orientation sessions are designed to provide students with information relevant to their academic role as well as graduate assistantship responsibilities.  As part of this orientation, there will be workshops on legal issues related to teaching and a variety of sessions focusing on effective teaching strategies. Students having assistantship responsibilities that include direct or indirect teaching must participate in this part of the pre-semester orientation.  In most cases where Graduate Assistants have instructional responsibilities, the academic department also provides formal orientation and training sessions for the specific teaching assignments.

Spring 2012 - New Graduate Student Orientation Resource Tables

Resources