Fall 2012 Orientation Schedule
(2012 schedule TBA)
Monday, August 15, 2011
9:30a-10:30a, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 201. General welcome and introduction. Required for every new student.
10:30a-10:35a, Parlin Hall (PAR), BREAK.
10:35a-11:30a, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 201. General advising and Ph.D. interest groups for all new Literature and Rhetoric students.
10:35a-11:30a, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 300 (Atwood Library). General advising for all new Creative Writing students.
11:35a-1:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 103 (Grad Student Lounge). New Student Luncheon, for all new students, returning grad students, and faculty.
1:00-1:45, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 312. Professional Skills Information session, led by current grad students Elizabeth Frye and Rachel Schneider.
2:00-4:00, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 208 (English Graduate Advising Office). Prescheduled Individual Advising Appointments for Creative Writing Students.
3:00-4:00, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 210 (English Graduate Advising Office). Prescheduled Individual Advising Appointments for English graduate students who will be AIs.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
8:30a-5:00p, Parlin Hall, Room 308. AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW). Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only (detailed schedule).
1:00p-4:30p, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 201. New TA Orientation. For new E 316K Teaching Assistants only. Led by Jessica Goudeau, jessicagoudeau@mail.utexas.edu (introductory letter, list of TA duties).
4:30p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 103 (Grad Student Lounge). Optional Campus Tour given by current grad student Laine Perez. 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 English 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 17, 2011
8:30a-5:00p, Parlin Hall, Room 105. AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW). Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only (detailed schedule).
10:00a-12:00p, 1:00p-3:00p Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 210 (English Graduate Advising Office). Prescheduled Individual Advising Appointments for English graduate students.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
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.
8:30a-5:00p, Digital Writing and Research Lab, Flawn Academic Center (FAC), Room 9. DWRL Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW). Orientation for all Assistant Instructors teaching in the DWRL (Rhetoric and English courses).
10:00a-12:00p, 1:00p-3:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 210 (English Graduate Advising Office). Prescheduled Individual Advising Appointments for English graduate students.
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 19, 2011
8:00a-5:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 210 (English Graduate Office). 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.
8:30a-4:00p, Undergraduate Writing Center, Flawn Academic Center (FAC), Room 211, and Texas Union Quadrangle Room. Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW), UWC Orientation: Morning in FAC 211 for new consultants only, afternoon in the Union Quadrangle Room for all consultants.
8:30a-4:00p, Digital Writing and Research Lab, Flawn Academic Center (FAC), Room 9. DWRL Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW). Orientation for all Assistant Instructors teaching in the DWRL (Rhetoric and English courses). Morning session for new instructors only.
5:00p, Calhoun 210 (CAL), English Graduate Offices. TA Time Preferences Survey due.
Monday, August 22, 2011
8:00a-6:00p, AT&T Conference Center and the Student Activity Center, optional Graduate School orientation. Full schedule here: http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/current/orientation/
8:30a-12:00p, Parlin Hall, Room 105. AI Orientation, Department of Rhetoric and Writing (DRW). Orientation for new RHE 306 Assistant Instructors only (detailed schedule).
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 23, 2011
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). The Library/HRC orientation will begin in PCL 1.124, from 2-3pm and then the group will walk to the HRC for Molly's presentation from 3:15-4:15.
3:00-4:00, Painter Hall, Room 3.02. Orientation for E 315 TAs (second-year M.F.A. students), led by Oscar Casares or Lisa Moore.
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 24, 2011
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 29, 2011
Tuition and Fee Bills Due (not mailed) by 5:00p.
