The School of Social Sciences Graduate Student Affairs Office welcomes all first-year graduate students to the school's mandatory orientation. Hear from the school's dean, Barbara Dosher, and associate dean of graduate studies, Bill Maurer, and learn about important resources for graduate students at UCI.

"Graduate Student Welcome Week Orientation"

Monday, September 24, 2012
8:00 a.m. 4:45 p.m.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway (SBSG), Room 1517 (campus building 214)

SCHEDULE:
8:00 a.m.: Registration
8:30 a.m.: Dean's & Associate Dean's Welcome, Barbara Dosher & Bill Maurer, Social Sciences
8:45 a.m.: Computer Labs & Instructional Computing, Mike Migalski, Social Sciences
9:30 a.m.: Extramural Funding & Responsible Conduct of Research, Bill Maurer, Social Sciences and Valerie Sanchez, Office of Research Administration(IRB-C)
10:15 a.m.: Break
10:30 a.m.: Library Collections & Archives, Pauline Manaka, Dana Peterman, Sheila Smyth, Daniel Tsang & Brian Williams, Social Science Librarians
11:15 a.m.: UC Graduate Student Health Insurance Program
12:00 p.m.: Lunch
1:00 p.m.: Residency Reclassification, John Lapuz, Registrar’s Office
1:30 p.m.: Financial Aid: Fellowships, Employment & Loans, Olivia Garcia, Financial Aid & Scholarships and Ruth Quinnan, Graduate Division
2:15 p.m.: CareerCenter Services, Christine Kelly, Career Center Consultant
3:00 p.m.: Break
3:15 p.m.: Counseling Center Services, Thomas A. Parham, Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs
4:00 p.m.: Campus Assault Resources & Education (CARE), Mandy Mount & Zabie Khorakiwala, CARE
4:45 p.m.: Closing Remarks

This event is mandatory for all new graduate students in social sciences.

For further information, please contact John Sommerhauser, jdsommer@uci.edu or 949-824-4074