Graduate
Monday, August 18, 2008
9:30a-10:30a, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 201
Every new student. General welcome and introduction.
10:30a-11:30a
Literature (including Rhetoric) students remain in PAR 201 for general advising and meeting the PhD interest groups.
Separate Creative Writing students general advising in the Atwood Library (CAL 300).
11:30a-1:00p, PAR 202 (Faculty Lounge)
New Student Luncheon, every new student, returning grad students, and faculty.
2:00-4:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 208-212 (English Graduate Offices)
Prescheduled Individual Advising for Creative Writing and Literature students (Advising schedule). Once you are advised, return your advising sheet to Patricia (CAL 210) and have her add your name to the sign up sheets for the courses you would like to take. This will ensure you get a slot for those courses when you register at the end of the week.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
9:00a-4:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 208-212 (English Graduate Offices)
Prescheduled Individual Advising for Creative Writing and Literature students (Advising schedule). Once you are advised, return your advising sheet to Patricia (CAL 210) and have her add your name to the sign up sheets for the courses you would like to take. This will ensure you get a slot for those courses when you register at the end of the week.
1:00p-4:00p, Parlin 201 (PAR 201)
New TA Orientation. For new E 316K Teaching Assistants only.
Erin Hurt: erinhurt@mail.utexas.edu (introductory letter, list of TA duties)
4:00p (tentative), Calhoun 103 (CAL 103), Chez Cal, Graduate Student Lounge
Optional Campus Tour given by current English graduate student. Meet in Chez Cal (CAL 103). Walking tour to popular destinations on campus for English grad students: Harry Ransom Center (HRC), Texas Union, Main Building ("the Tower") and the Office of Graduate Studies, PCL, and finishing at the Dog & Duck Pub.
5:00p (tentative), Dog & Duck Pub, 406 W. 17th St. (at the corner of Guadalupe & 17th)
Bat City Review Happy Hour. The Bat City Review, an entirely graduate student-run literary magazine of national interest, hosts a happy hour on the back patio of the Dog & Duck Pub for those interested in becoming editorial staff and/or for those who merely wish to hang out and meet fellow writers and lit students. Come have a few and find out what Bat City is all about.
5:00p (tentative), Dog & Duck Pub, 406 W. 17th St. (at the corner of Guadalupe & 17th)
EGG (English Graduate Group) Happy Hour. Get to know your fellow first-year students and some of the other English grad students as well at the Dog & Duck Pub. We hope that you all will join us!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
9:00a-4:30p, Parlin Hall, Room 003 (DRW Offices)
AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW), Parlin Room 3. Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only.
2:00-4:00p (tentative), Perry-Castaneda Library (PCL) 1.124
In-depth UT library and HRC orientation mandatory for all incoming English graduate students by Lindsey Schell, (schell@mail.utexas.edu) and Molly Schwartzburg (schwartzburg@mail.utexas.edu). This will be a hands-on introduction to the resources available to you at the UT Libraries and the HRC, successful search strategies, and library services. Meet in PCL 1.124. For more about the library resources at UT, please visit Research in Literature, the HRC homepage, and the UT Libraries homepage.
9:00a-4:00p (tentative), Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 208-212 (English Graduate Offices)
Prescheduled Individual Advising for Creative Writing and Literature Students (Advising schedule). Once you are advised, return your advising sheet to Patricia (CAL 210) and have her add your name to the sign up sheets for the courses you would like to take. This will ensure you get a slot for those courses when you register at the end of the week.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
9:00a-4:30p, Parlin Hall, Room 003 (DRW Offices)
AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW), Parlin Room 3. Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only.
Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 208-212 (English Graduate Offices)
Fall Registration for New Students (Access Period 3). Patricia will register all incoming students for classes. Stop by according to your access period- it only takes a few minutes. Use the schedule below,or view your access period here and here. Remember, you still must ensure that your tuition bill is paid and confirm your attendance online with "My Tuition Bill" for your registration to be complete.
Tentative8a-12n
Registration for new students with last names beginning with the letters S through Z.
9a-1p
Registration for new students with last names beginning with the letters A through D.
10a- 2p
Registration for new students with last names beginning with the letters E through K.
11a-3p
Registration for new students with last names beginning with the letters L through R.
3p-5p
Registration for all new students.
Crown and Anchor Pub (2911 San Jacinto Blvd.)
4:30p
EGG (English Graduate Group) Happy Hour. Get to know your fellow first-year students and some of the other English grad students as well at the Crown & Anchor Pub. We hope that you all will join us!
Friday, August 22, 2008
9:00a-4:30p, Parlin Hall, Room 003 (DRW Offices)
AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW), Parlin Room 3. CWRL Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only.
(tentative)
Calhoun 208/210 (CAL), English Graduate Offices
8a-5p
Fall Registration for all New Students. Patricia will register all incoming students (A-Z) for classes. Stop by at your convenience, it only takes a few minutes.
Monday, August 25, 2008
(tentative)
Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 211, Undergraduate Writing Center (UWC)
Undergraduate Writing Center Orientation for new E 306 Assistant Instructors only.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
(tentative)
Spiderhouse (2908 Fruth St)
5:00p
EGG (English Graduate Group) Happy Hour. Get to know your fellow first-year students and some of the other English grad students as well at Spiderhouse. We hope that you all will join us!
Main Building (MAI), The Tower
8:00p
"Gone to Texas"
Each August on the evening before fall classes begin, new students are invited to celebrate their fresh start at the foot of the Tower with live music and a broad spectrum of presentations from across the campus...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Classes begin
Etter-Harbin Alumni Center (UTX) (21st and San Jacinto)
5:30p-7:30p
(tentative)
Annual Fall Barbecue and Information Fair. Representatives from various campus services, activities, and organizations at UT will be present to provide information and to answer any questions. Free BBQ with graduate student ID and free live music, at the Alumni Center on 21st and San Jacinto, across from the stadium. Sponsored by the UT Graduate Student Assembly, University Co-op, and the Office of Graduate Studies. For more information email grad@uts.cc.utexas.edu.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Tuition and Fee Bills Due (not mailed) by 5:00p
Saturday, September 13, 2008
8:30a- 4:00p
(tentative)
Graduate Student Colloquium: "Reflecting: Using Discussion, Writing, and Technology to Encourage Student-Centered Learning." Graduate Student Instructor Program, the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment, the Office of the Provost, and the Office of Graduate Studies welcome you to this one-day, free event, held to help graduate students build instructional skills, and introduce GSIs to expectations for teaching at UT Austin. More information on this seminar will be provided on their website. Not mandatory. You must pre-register for this event.