International Student Orientation

International Student Orientation

August 22, 2011
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Harvard Hall 202

 

9:30a.m.

Introduction & Welcome
Garth McCavana, Dean for Student Affairs, GSAS
9:45a.m. The Role of the International Office
Darryl Zeigler, advisor to GSAS students in the Harvard International Office
10:15a.m.       
Student Panel
Panel of current GSAS international students discussing cultural adjustment to the United States and academic issues: Sebastián Akle-Serrano (Mexico - Organismic and Evolutionary Biology), SueYeong Chung (South Korea - SEAS), Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington (Ireland - Pyschology), Hirokazu Yoshie (Japan - East Asian Languages and Civilizations)
11:15a.m. Where To Go For Help in the Graduate School
Dean McCavana, Rise Shepsle, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, and Ellen Fox, Director of Student Services
11:30a.m. Getting Started
Information session with student panel on practical, day-to-day cultural adjustment issues, such as food, shopping, banking, dealing with New England winters etc.  This is a repeat of the August 21 session offered in the GSAS residence halls. Students who attended the previous session are welcome to come again today.