ORIENTATION

An orientation program will be held during the week of August before the Fall Semester classes begin for all students who register in GSBS for the first time in the Spring, Summer or Fall terms. The orientation program will include a number of sessions designed to provide detailed information about various aspects of your life as a graduate student in this School. A final schedule of events will be mailed to you over the summer.

The formal events will run from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each day during orientation week. GSBS staff will discuss many academic topics, such as registration, course/tutorial selection, Program affiliation and computer facilities. Talks by other campus representatives will focus on transportation and parking, health and personal needs of students and social events. There also will be important meetings on health insurance and employee benefits.

A significant amount of time will be devoted to presentations by faculty on the wide range of research and programmatic opportunities available to GSBS students.

All first year students are encouraged to attend as many orientation events as possible, and attendance is mandatory for some events (identified on the final orientation schedule when it is available). All entering Ph.D. students will receive a stipend for the week of orientation only if they have attended the mandatory orientation events.