Graduate Student Welcome Events 2012
(For Full-time Graduate Students of the Krieger and Whiting Schools)
The New Graduate Student Orientation Day is scheduled for August 28, 2012.
Please check back soon for the updated schedule.
2011 Welcome Event Schedule
The orientation schedule below is pertinent only to full-time graduate students and postdocs in Arts, Sciences and Engineering. If you are a student of the Advanced Academic Programs (AAP) or the Engineering for Professionals (EP) program you are a part-time student. Information about orientation for part-time graduate programs can be found at Advanced Academic Programs and Engineering for Professionals. Additional information for AAP's international students is also available on their websites.
Campus Tours
Campus tours begin August 22, 2011 for prospective applicants and new graduate students. All tours meet in Mason Hall Lobby.
August 22, 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
August 23, 2:00 P.M. - Campus Tour 1
August 23, 3:15 P.M. - Campus Tour 2
August 23, 4:30 P.M. - Campus Tour 3
August 24, 10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.
August 25, 2:00 - 3:00 P.M.
August 25, 3:15 - 4:15 P.M.
August 25, 4:30 - 5:30 P.M.
Orientation Schedule for Full-time Graduate Students
Orientation is an opportunity for new full-time graduate students to become acquainted with the Homewood campus, services and policies, departments and colleagues. Prior to the start of the fall semester, graduate students are expected to attend both departmental and division-wide orientations.
August 22, 2011
3:00 - 4:00 P.M. - GradNet Mixer (for mentors and their new graduate student mentees)(Clipper Room, Shriver Hall)
August 23, 2011
New Graduate Student Orientation Schedule
- 7:30 - 8:00 A.M. - Breakfast and Welcome Bags (Shriver Hall)
- 8:00 A.M. - Welcome
- 9:10 – 9:35 A.M. - Orientation Session 1
- 9:45 - 10:15 A.M. - Orientation Session 2
- 10:25 - 10:55 A.M. - Orientation Session 3
- 11:00 - 2:00 P.M. – Welcome Tables
- 11:30 - 1:30 P.M. - Lunch
- 2:00 - 4:00 P.M. - International Student Orientation
- 2:00 P.M. - Campus Tour 1 (Mason Hall lobby)
- 3:15 P.M. - Campus Tour 2 (Mason Hall lobby)
- 4:30 P.M. - Campus Tour 3 (Mason Hall lobby)
August 26, 2011
8:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. - Mandatory TA orientation (sponsored by the TA Training Institute, Hodson Hall)
September 1, 2011
5:30 - 7:00 P.M. - Minority Graduate Student Welcome Gathering (Nolan Room or Room 132, Gilman Hall)
September 8, 2011
Welcome to Baltimore Reception for Graduate Students (sponsored by universities in Baltimore and the BaltimoreCollegetown Network)
Location: University of Maryland, Southern Management Corporation Campus Center, 621 W. Lombard St., Baltimore
Time: 6:30 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
RSVP: WelcomeToBaltimoreReception.eventbrite.com
Contact: Ankur Ponda, BaltimoreCollegetown, (410) 532-3036
Orientation Contact Information
Graduate Affairs and Admissions Office
Shriver Hall 28
(410) 516-2928 or (410) 516-8477
graduateaffairs@jhu.edu
Liz Miller
Graduate Student
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Fieldwork focus: Antarctic volcanism
As a member of Professor Bruce Marsh’s research group, Miller has traveled to the farthest reaches of the earth to study the cinder cones spread throughout the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
See what it’s like to be a part of this group »