Graduate
Monday, August 17, 2009
9:30a-10:30a, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 203. General welcome and introduction. Required for every new student.
10:30a-11:30a, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 203. General advising and Ph.D interest groups for all new Literature (including Rhetoric) students.
10:30a-11:30a, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 300 (Atwood Library). General advising for all new Creative Writing students.
11:30a-1:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 103 (Grad Student Lounge). New Student Luncheon, for all new students, returning grad students, and faculty.
12:30-1:45, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 210 (English Graduate Offices). Prescheduled Individual Advising Appointments for Literature students who will be appointed as AIs.
2-4:15 PM, Perry-Castaneda Library (PCL), Room 1.124. Required UT library and HRC orientation for all incoming English graduate students. 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, led by Lindsey Schell, (schell@mail.utexas.edu) and Molly Schwartzburg (schwartzburg@mail.utexas.edu).
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
8:30a-4:30p, Parlin Hall, Room 105. AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW). Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only.
1:00p-4:00p, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 201. New TA Orientation. For new E 316K Teaching Assistants only. Led by Anna Stewart Kerr: anna.stewartkerr@mail.utexas.edu (introductory letter, list of TA duties).
4:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 103 (Grad Student Lounge). Optional Campus Tour given by current grad student Rachel Schneider. 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, 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, 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 19, 2009
8:30a-4:30p, Parlin Hall, Room 105. AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW). Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only.
11:30a-1:00p, Harry Ransom Center (HRC), Room 3.206 (Tom Lea Room). Creative Writing Program Welcome Luncheon. All Creative Writing students and faculty are invited to welcome our new writers and discuss readings and events for the upcoming year. Lunch will be served.
9:30-4:00, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 208-212 (English Graduate Offices). Prescheduled Individual Advising Appointments for Literature and Creative Writing Students who will be appointed as TAs or have other funding.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
8:00a-4:30p, Computer Writing and Research Lab, FAC. AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW). Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only.
8:00a-5:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 210 (English Graduate Office). Fall Registration for New Students (Access Period 3). Patricia will register all incoming students for classes. Stop by at your convenience- it only takes a few minutes. Remember, you must ensure that your tuition bill is paid and confirm your attendance online with "My Tuition Bill" for your registration to be complete.
5:00p, Hole in the Wall (2538 Guadalupe St). 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 Hole in the Wall. We hope that you all will join us!
Friday, August 21, 2009
8:30a-4:30p, Undergraduate Writing Center, FAC. AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW), UWC Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only.
8:00a-5:00p, Calhoun 210 (CAL), English Graduate Offices. 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.
5:00p, Calhoun 210 (CAL), English Graduate Offices. TA Time Preferences Survey due.
Monday, August 24, 2009
5:00p, Spiderhouse, (2908 Fruth St). 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 Spiderhouse. We hope that you all will join us!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
8:30p, Main Building (The Tower). "Gone to Texas" is an university-wide event that welcomes new undergraduate and graduate students with live music and a broad spectrum of presentations from across the campus.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Classes begin
5:30-7:30p, Etter-Harbin Alumni Center (UTX) (21st and San Jacinto). Each year on the first day of classes,
the UT Graduate Student Assembly holds a barbecue for incoming graduate and professional
students, along with an information fair featuring nearly 40 on-campus
organizations. Come party with thousands of your fellow graduate
students and enjoy free food and lots of free stuff. Vegetarians
welcome! Meet students from all over campus, and all over the world!
Don't forget to take a stroll through the information fair. Bring your
student ID to enter.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Tuition and Fee Bills Due (not mailed) by 5:00p.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
TBA, Welch Hall (WEL)
Graduate Student Colloquium: "Creating Meaningful 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.