Fall 2012 Orientation Schedule
Monday, August 20, 2012
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.
1:00p-2:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 300 (Atwood Library). Orientation for E 315 TAs (second-year M.F.A. students), led by Oscar Casares or Lisa Moore.
2:00p-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 Shiela Winchester (winchester@austin.utexas.edu) and Jean Cannon (jeanmcannon@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 Jean's presentation from 3:15-4:15.
4:35p-5:00p, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 104. Professional Skills Information session, led by current grad student Rachel Mazique.
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. We hope that you all will join us!
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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).
9:00a-12:00p, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 203. New TA Orientation, Session 1. For all new E 316K Teaching Assistants only.
1:30p-5:00p, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 203. New TA Orientation, Session 2 and breakout sessions. For all new E 316K Teaching Assistants only.
5:00p-7:00p, El Mercado, 1702 Lavaca, New TA Orientation, Happy Hour.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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).
9:00a-12:00p, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 203. New TA Orientation, Session 3. For all new E 316K Teaching Assistants only.
12:00p-1:30p, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 206. New TA Orientation, Lunch. For all new E 316K Teaching Assistants only.
1:30p-4:00p, Parlin Hall (PAR), Room 203. New TA Orientation, Session 4 and breakout sessions. For all new E 316K Teaching Assistants only.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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.
12:00p-2:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 210 (English Graduate Advising Office). Prescheduled Individual Advising Appointments for English graduate students.
2:00p-3:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 208 (English Graduate Advising Office). Prescheduled Individual Advising Appointments for Creative Writing Students.
4:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 103 (Grad Student Lounge). Campus Tour led by current grad students Courtney Massie and Brianna Hyslop; 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 in time for the happy hour.
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 24, 2012
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-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.
10:00a-1:00p, Calhoun Hall (CAL), Room 210 (English Graduate Advising Office). Prescheduled Individual Advising Appointments for English graduate students.
5:00p, Calhoun 210 (CAL), English Graduate Offices. TA Time Preferences Survey due.
Monday, August 27, 2012
8:00a-2:00p, 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 28, 2012
5:00p, Hole in the Wall (2538 Guadalupe St). Bat City Review Happy Hour. The Bat City Review, an entirely graduate student-run literary magazine of national interest, hosts a happy hour at the Hole in the Wall 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.
8:30p, Main Building (The Tower). "Gone to Texas" is a 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 29, 2012
Classes begin
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Tuition and Fee Bills Due (not mailed) by 5:00p.
