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New Graduate Student Orientation, Department of History
August 20, 2015 @ 9:00 am - August 21, 2015 @ 5:00 pm
Thursday August 20 @ 05 Keene-Flint Hall
9:00-9:30: Breakfast for incoming graduate students (coffee and bagels)
9:30-9:45: Welcome from Dr. Sean Adams, Chair of the Department of History
9:45-10:45: Introduction to the Graduate Program Requirements and Procedures
Dr. Elizabeth Dale, Graduate Coordinator and Erin Smith. Graduate Program Assistant
10:45-11: Break
11-12:30: Session: What I wished I’d been told at my orientation
Kyle Bridge
Adrienne deNoyelles
Matthew Koval
12:30-1:30: Lunch for new graduate students and student mentors
1:30-3:00: Session: what goes on in a graduate seminar
Dr. Ida Altman
Dr. Florin Curta
Dr. Matthew Gallman
3:00-4:30: Session: how to write papers in graduate school
Dr. Nina Caputo
Dr. Lillian Guerra
Dr. Mitchell Hart
Friday August 21 @ Keene-Flint Hall
9:00-9:45: Breakfast for incoming graduate students, 05 Keene-Flint Hall
10-12:00: Session: Teaching in the History Department (Keene-Flint 105)
Dr. Steve Noll
PLEASE NOTE: This session is required for ALL new Ph. D. students and ALL continuing students who are teaching in 2015-16
11-12:00: Session: Strategies for the MA and 4-1 program @ 05 Keene-Flint
Timothy Blanton
Rachel Walkover
12:15-1:15: Lunch for all new students @ 05 Keene-Flint
1:15-1:45: History Graduate Society (Matt Koval) and Graduate Assistants Union (Kyle Bridge) introductions
1:45-3:30: Session: Library resources and strategies
Advanced graduate students (and one recent graduate) will discuss the research tools the library offers, including databases, special collections, inter-library loan, bibliographic software, microfilm and digital collections.
Jorge Gonzales
Rebecca Devlin
Robert Taber
Amanda Beyer-Purvis
5:00: Welcome back reception. Ustler Hall