CLASSICS GRADUATE STUDENT ORIENTATION

Aug. 14, 2017

Please find below a schedule for FALL 2017 GRADUATE ORIENTATION for CLASSICS!

Monday, August 14

10:00 am – 11:00am (LSB 246): Meeting of Latin 101 GTAs with Director of Basic Latin Program

11:00 am-12:00 pm (LSB 246): New Students’ Meeting with Director of Graduate Studies (mandatory)

12:00-12:30 pm (LSB 246): Graduate Student Meeting (all Graduate Students; mandatory

12:30-1:00 pm (LSB 246): Lunch for all Graduate Students

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (LSB 246): Meeting of Latin 201 GTAs with Director of Basic Latin Program (mandatory)

1:00-5:00 pm: Individual Meetings with Director of Graduate Studies (mandatory)

 

Tuesday, August 15

College of Humanities Graduate Assistant in Teaching (GAT) Orientation (optional)

Location: Modern Languages 413

8:00-8:30 AM

Breakfast and Refreshments, sponsored by the College of Humanities (COH) Dean’s Office

8:30-9:00 AM

Presentation of GATs in the College of Humanities

9:00-9:30 AM

Welcome addresses (Alain-Philippe Durand, COH Dean, and COH Department Heads)

9:30-10:00 AM

Roles, responsibilities, duties, FERPA

10:00-10:10 AM

Break

10:10-10:50 AM

Basic Principles of Communicative Language Teaching

11:00-12:00 AM

Research and Instructional Computing Resources (D2L, UAccess)

2:00-1:00 PM

Lunch, Sponsored by COH Dean’s Office

1:00-2:00 PM

The Humanities Classroom as a Living Workshop for Diversity and Inclusive Excellence

2:00-3:00 PM

Teaching Demonstrations

3:00-4:00 PM

Dean of Students Office: Accountability and Support for Staff

4:00-4:30 PM

Access and Accommodations (Diedre Lamb, Assistant Director, Disabilities Resource Center)

4:30-5:00 PM

Wrap-up, Questions, Closing words

 

Wednesday, August 16

9:00 am-2:00 pm: New Graduate Student Orientation (Student Union Memorial Center).

To register, go to: http://gpsc.arizona.edu/Graduate-Orientation.

Deadline to register: August 13th, 2017, 11:59pm (attendance not mandatory, but recommended).

11:00 am-12:30 pm (LSB 246): Annual Interviews for Continuing Students (mandatory)

            11:00 -11:10    Megan Esparsa

            11:10 -11:20    Amber Kearns

            11:20 -11:30    Collin Moat

            11:30 -11:40    Meaghan Nielson

            11:40 -11:50    Lauren Oberlin

            11:50 -12:00    David “Buck” Roberson

            12:00 -12:10    Grace Welch-Zaricor

            12:10 -12:20    Patrick Meusel

2:00-3:00 pm (LSB 246): Modern Language Examinations (French, German, Italian: please arrange in advance with Dr. Waddell (waddell@email.arizona.edu)

3:00-3:30 pm (LSB 246): Meeting of New Graduate Students with SILLC (School of International Languages, Literatures, and Cultures) staff members

3:30-4:00 pm (LSB 246): Meeting of New Graduate Students with GPSC (Graduate and Professional Student Council) representative

4:00-6:00 pm: Mandatory Individual Meetings with Director of Graduate Studies for Continuing Graduate Students.  (Returning Students may drop in or email Dr. Waddell to set up an appointment)

Thursday, August 17

10:30 am - 10:55 am (LSB 246): Meeting of New Graduate Students with COH Computing Services representative

11:00 am-1:15 pm (LSB 246): Annual Interviews for New Students (mandatory)

            11:00 -11:10    Makayla Benavides

            11:10 -11:20    Johnathan Burks

            11:20 -11:30    Angel Bustamante

            11:30 -11:40    Caroline Carter

            11:40 -11:50    Desiree Coleman

            11:50 -12:00    Catherine Crnkovich

            12:00 -12:10    Laurel Fricker

            12:10 -12:20    BREAK

            12:20 -12:30    Zachary Gianelle

            12:30 -12:40    Anastasiya Kochergina

            12:40 -12:50    Miranda Lovett

            12:50 -1:00      Daniel Ruprecht

            1:00 -1:10        Stephanie Savage

 

1:15-1:45 pm (LSB 246): Meeting of All Graduate Students with Associate Librarian Yvonne Mery