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 |
| 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. |

