News2009AugustGradOrientation

=Graduate Student Fall Orientation Program=

These events are a great way to meet graduate students from outside your department. Several events have limited capacity and require an RSVP. For those events please respond to Graduate.Studies@umb.edu.

International Student Orientation
• September 3: 9:00-3:00 Campus Center Ballroom

New Student Welcome (returning students welcome as well)
Pizza and Conversation (with individuals prepared to answer questions about GEO/GSA, stipends, billing, international student issues, health services etc.) • Tuesday Sept. 8: 4:00-5:30, Campus Center 2215 • Wednesday, Sept. 9: 4:00-5:30 Campus Center 2215 • Thursday, Sept. 10: 4:00-5:30, Campus Center 2215 • Friday, Sept. 11: 3:00-4:30, Campus Center 2215

Using Library Resources and Online Services for Class Assignments, Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations – Library Staff
Healey Library Classroom 015 - 4th Floor (Center for Library Instruction) Since the classroom holds a maximum of 25-30 students, please RSVP to Graduate.Studies@umb.edu. • Thursday, Sept. 10: 7:00-8:30 • Wednesday, Sept. 16: 4:00-5:30; or 7:00-8:30 • Monday, Sept. 21: 4:00-5:30; or 7:00-8:30 • Tuesday, Sept. 29: 4:00-5:30 or 7:00-8:30

Dessert Social with the Graduate Student Assembly
• Tuesday, September 15: 4:00-6:30, University Club, Second Floor Campus Center

Harbor Cruise (Meet at the Boat Dock at Fox Point at 2:45; bring a jacket).
The boat holds a maximum of 100 students. Please RSVP to Graduate.Studies@umb.edu • Friday, September 18: 3:00-5:00

Stress Management Workshop – Brenda Hamady
Please RSVP to Graduate.Studies@umb.edu. • Wednesday, September 23: 4:30-5:30 Campus Center 2540

Using SPSS and SAS in Research – Jie Chen
The Purple Lab, Healy Library, Upper Level Room 0042 Please RSVP to Graduate.Studies@umb.edu • Monday, Sept. 14: 4:00-5:30 • Wednesday, Sept. 30: 2:30-4:00

===Teaching Assistant Workshops – John Saltmarsh, Faculty and Director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE) and Elaine Ward, Doctoral Candidate, Higher Education Administration=== NERCHE Conference Room (Wheatley, GCOE Suite, First Floor) Please RSVP to Graduate Studies@umb.edu

• Tuesday September 15th, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm • Monday September 21st, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm • Tuesday October 20th, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm • Monday October 26th, 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Writing Workshops – Meesh McCarthy & Erin O’Brien, Graduate Writing Center
Please RSVP to Graduate.Studies@umb.edu (Meesh to arrange rooms)

• Thursday, Sept. 10: 4:30-6:00 • Tuesday, Sept. 15: 2:30-4:00 • Wednesday, Sept. 23: 5:30-7:00

Academic Integrity Workshop (Learn how to avoid plagiarism by citing and quoting properly) – Joan Liem & Rita Nethersole
Please RSVP to Graduate.Studies@umb.edu

• Thursday, Sept. 17: 3:00-4:30 Campus Center 3545

The Ethical Conduct of Research and the IRB Process – Kristen Kenny
Please RSVP to Graduate.Studies@umb.edu

• Wednesday September 30, 4:00-5:30 Campus Center 3545