Information and Links for Plan II First Year Students
Plan II First-Years' Materials:
- 2012 Orientation Advising Booklet This packet contains course descriptions, first-year advising information and a whole lot more! A printed copy will be included in the mailing entering first-year students will receive via USPS about June 4, 2012.
- 2012 Student Handbook will be uploaded by June 1, 2012. A printed copy will be included in the materials you receive at the Plan II orientation session (8:30 to 10:30 am on Day One of Orientation.)
- 2012 Parent Handbook A printed copy will be included in the mailing entering first-year students will receive via USPS about June 4, 2012.
Plan II Freshman Convocation 2012, 7:00 pm Thursday, September 6, 2012
Welch 2.224 (tentative room)
Convocation is a required event for all Plan II Honors First Year students. The Plan II director, Professor Michael Stoff, special guest speakers and Plan II Students Association co-presidents address the students and welcome everyone to Plan II Honors. Representatives from all the Plan II Honors student organizations (from the Broccoli Project drama group to the Undecided news blog) will be there to help you get involved and busy.
The Convocation will begin at 7:00 pm in Welch 2.224 (tentative room). Most World Literature cohorts will have dinner together prior to Convocation.
Plan II Freshman Getaway 2012 Friday, September 7, 2012
Entering first-year students, Plan II peer advisers P2SA officers and Plan II staff travel off campus for a killer BBQ dinner (with veggie options),swimming, water-balloon battle, piñata, a Shakespeare performance, volleyball and other games. Shady Springs has big beautiful oaks and a lush lawn. They have a spring on the property so even when we are in "extreme" drought conditions, the grass is soft and green. There's a big "party barn," so even if it's rainy, there's plenty of room for fun.
It's quite a bargain at $60. $30 of the charge is for the Getaway (transportation, food, beverages, Shakespeare and fun); the other $30 pays for a LIFETIME membership in the Plan II Students' Association (P2SA).
Mail in the form(s) and check to the Plan II Honors office or bring the three forms and a check for $60 (or cash) with you to Orientation:
Plan II Honors Attn: Getaway The University of Texas at Austin120 Inner Campus Dr, STOP G3600 Austin, TX 78712-1250
Cancellations and refunds: Cancel by Friday, August 31. No refunds after this date.
*IMPORTANT NOTE: Every Getaway participant must submit THREE FORMS.
And, if you are/will be 18 years of age on Sept. 7th, 2012 (date of Getaway):
OR, if you are NOT 18 years old as of September 7, 2012 (date of Getaway):
Transportation: Buses will leave at 4:10 pm from Littlefield Fountain (21st Street, at the "bottom of the Six-Pack.") The ride takes about 20 minutes. Buses will return you to Littlefield Fountain on campus at around 9 pm.
- Please bring: Comfortable, casual clothes. Shoes or sandals. Bathing suit & towel. Bug spray. Your game face: life happens.
- Don’t bring: Alcoholic beverages. Other illicit substances. Money or valuables (there are no lockers).
- Provided: Buffet dinner featuring Texas-style barbecue and vegetarian options, iced tea, lemonade and water.
- Be ready for: FUN!
Forms are also available at the Plan II front desk, just stop on by to fill them out before the 9th (bring your insurance card with you).
First-Year Students' To Do items:
- Join the Plan II Class of 2016 FaceBook group. Request membership at https://www.facebook.com/groups/p2classof2016/. It's a closed "student group/academic group" for entering first-year Plan II students.There's also a regular (using the term loosely)
- Send in your photo for the Plan II Honors FaceBook. (This is an internal document that is not connected to the FaceBook on the web.....Plan II was doing this looooong before FB was around.)
- Send your 2.25 x 2.5” (wallet-sized) photo to planiiadmission@austin.utexas.edu, in JPEG format.
- Name the photo file with YOUR lastname_firstname.jpg.
- This doesn’t have to be a formal photo or a studio shot. We just need a picture of YOU...preferably a head-shot. We want to see your face.
- Plan II FaceBook group (beware lame unofficial imitation groups!). We'll look for you there.
- 2012 Roger Worthington Essay Contest. Plan II first-year students are encouraged to participate. See previous years' Worthington information.
- Read about the new UTMail Google email accounts. Sign up for UTMail.
- Fall 2012 Freshman Voltaire's Coffees
- A list of the fall 2012 freshman VCs will be uploaded and linked here in June 2012. The list will be included in the packet you'll receive via USPS about
- Voltaire's Coffees: REGISTRATION LINK will be activated on TBA.
- The full description of the book and a brief biography of the professor are available at the link above. The information will be updated as additional faculty and books are added to the list and as Coffees are scheduled and meeting places are confirmed. Dates, titles and faculty sponsers to be announced.
- This list will be updated periodically to include more book infomation, faculty biographies and dates for most of the VCs. Locations and the dates for the last few VCs are also forthcoming. Coffees are held throughout the first two weeks of classes, beginning when dorms open for the fall semester.
- Registration will take place via a Google Form. A few days before registration, you will get an e-mail from Jennifer Scalora with the link to the Form, which will be opened to responses on the date of registration, and you will sign up for at least your top 3 choices that way. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis, so it's in your interest to do so promptly! All students should try to register by August 2, but we will accommodate as many people as possible as long as there is still space.
Professor Bump, Kendall Masada, Rachel Solomon, Tori Maidenberg, Ian Salzer, Tatum Jolink, Tiffany Work, Kelly Sackley, Janie Holstine, Carson Modrall, Brooks Naylor, Amy Lattanzi, Eric Pryzant, Bevin Baughn, Grace Biggs, Andrew Gulde, Kian Azimpoor, and Paige Harriman. Thanks, gang!
- Professor Brian Doherty's Spring 2012 World Literature class.
