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UCLA Graduate Student Orientation
Friday, September 16th, 2011
9am-4:30pm

9am-9:45am
Check-in and Walk-in Registration Ackerman Union 2nd Floor Lounge
Light breakfast snacks provided by ASUCLA

10am-11am
Plenary Session in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom
- Message from UCLA Chancellor Gene Block
- GSA President Michael Weismeyer
- Janina Montero, Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
- Carlos Grijalva, Associate Dean, Graduate Division
- Van Shultz, UCLA Alumni Association Board Chair

11:15am - 12:15pm
Keys to Success in Graduate School Workshops
Veteran Graduate Students give you the insider information.

12:15pm-1pm
Lunch - Box Lunch sponsored by ASUCLA
Lunch will be served on the Kerckhoff Coffee House patio

12:30pm-4:00pm
Resource Fair in the Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Over 70 university services and student groups will be on hand.

1:00pm, 2:15pm, 3:30pm
Afternoon Workshops
There will be 6 workshops offered during each of the three afternoon workshop sessions. Pick and choose the ones that interest you the most. The complete workshop schedule is here.

11am-3:30pm (start times: 11am, 12:45pm, 2pm, 3:30pm)
Graduate Student Led Tours - Tours start at Kerckhoff Patio
90-minute tours of the UCLA campus led by veteran UCLA graduate students.



ORIENTATION INFO

Registration IS CLOSED

Registration is closed. Please click here to register using MyUCLA. If you do not go directly to the registration page when you click this link, check to see if you have a link called "SURVEY 3.0" on your MyUCLA features menu (left side after you log in). Click on that link and see if Graduate Student Orientation is listed. If so, click that link. If not, send an email to gsrc@saonet.ucla.edu for assistance.

Transportation

Graduate students with parking passes must park in their assigned lot. For students without parking permits who will be driving to campus, nearby metered/pay-station parking is available in Lots 4 and 6 for $11/day. For more information about parking, as well as using public transportation, please see the very, very helpful UCLA Transportation Services website.

Schedule Conflicts

The Graduate Student Orientation is not intended to take the place of your departmental orientation. If your school or department has planned orientation activities on September 16, you should attend those events.

UCLA Equity, Inclusion & Diversity Graduate Welcome Day

The Graduate Students Association also organizes this event for all students that focuses on issues of underrepresented students. This event takes place the day before the campus-wide orientation. For more information and to register, please click here.

Grad Week Activities

For a schedule of other graduate student events leading up to the beginning of the academic year, click here.