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Orientation Schedule

2019-2020 CEE New Graduate Student Orientation

Wednesday, August 21th

PRE-ORIENTATION

1:00 PM

A Brave New World

(International Students Only)

 Hamerschlag Hall
(B103) 

Check-In Fair

2:00 PM 

to

4:00 PM

CEE Check-In Fair

(All New Graduate Students)

 Tung Au

Thursday, August 22th - Day One

8:30 AM

Light Breakfast

Outside of Gregg Hall

PH 100
9:00 AM

Welcome

Dave Dzombak
Hamerschlag University Professor and Department Head

Gregg Hall
PH 100
9:30 AM

Meet the CEE Faculty & Staff

Gregg Hall
PH 100
10:00 AM

Break

 
10:10 AM

Our Responsibility - Zero Waste Game

 Gregg Hall
PH 100
10:30 AM

Our Facilities - CEE Department Tour

 Gregg Hall
PH 100
11:00 AM

Our Campus - Treasure Hunt

You will need to have atleast one member of your group use Instagram for the game. 

 Campus-Wide 
12:30 PM

Lunch

 Flagstaff Hill - Upper Tent
Rain Location: Tung Au Lab 
2:00PM

Our Community

Gregg Hall
PH 100
2:30PM

Our Student Groups

  • Carnegie Mellon Graduate Student Assembly (GSA)
  • CEE Graduate Student Assembly
  • Public Communication for Researchers (PCR)
  • CEE Graduate Student Advisory Committee (GSAC)
  • Intramural Sports
  • Chi Epsilon (ChiEp)
  • American Society of Civil Engineergs - CMU Chapter (ASCE)
  • Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
  • Journal Club
 Gregg Hall
PH 100
3:55PM

Our New Engineers - Info Session

Information session is offered to students with a non-engineering background  		 Gregg Hall
PH 100
TBD

GSA Meet-Up

Check your email for details

 TBD

**remember to bring your nametag back on Friday!

Friday, August 23th - Day Two

9:15 AM

 Breakfast 

Tung Au Lab
Ph 107E

10:00 AM

Authorship and Integrity

Gregg Hall
PH 100
11:00 AM

Break and Pittsburgh Trivia Game

Take a quick break and come back to play the Pittsburgh Trivia Game 

 Gregg Hall
PH 100
11:30 AM

University Resources and Let's Make a Deal

  • Engineering & Science Library
  • University Police
  • Global Communication Center
  • Intercultural Communication Center

Gregg Hall
PH 100
12:30 PM

Life as a Masters Student Luncheon

(MS students)

Flagstaff Hill Tent
12:30 PM

Life as a PhD Student Luncheon

(PhD students)

  • Academic Milestones
  • What’s it Really Like?

Schatz Dining Room

CUC
1:30 PM

Masters Student Specific

  • Expanding your Horizons: CEE Dual-degree Programs
  • Life After the MS: Thinking of a PhD?
  • Life After the MS: Career Search Preparation
  • Back to the Future: MS Student Panel
 Gregg Hall
PH 100
2:45 PM

What Did We Forget?

Final Q&A  

Gregg Hall
PH 100
3:00 PM

Soul Mates

ALL students gather back on Flagstaff for one last hurrah - you’ll be glad you did!

 Flagstaff Hill
4:00 PM

GSA Sponsored Social

Check your email for details

 TBD

Friday, August 23

9:00AM - Breakfast

All Graduate Students

9:30AM - CEE Orientation

The morning session includes presentations about academic integrity, university resources, and information about Pittsburgh.

All Graduate Students

Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)

12:15PM - Lunch

All Graduate Students

Porter Hall 107E (Tung Au Lab)

1:30PM - CEE Orientation

MS and PhD students will split off into groups to learn more about their specific degree program. 

All Graduate Students

MS Students: Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)
PhD Students: Porter Hall A7F

2:45PM - Q&A Session

What did we forget to tell you? Bring your questions for a Q&A session with Maxine Leffard. 

All Graduate Students

Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)

3:00PM - Sole Mates

All Graduate Students

Flagstaff Hill

4:00PM - GSA Social

Optional

Porter Hall 107E (Tung Au)