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Fall
2009 Orientation Schedule for
New International & Exchange Students
Monday,
August 17, 2009
- 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Arrival & Check-In - Port Sky Café for
all on campus students. If you are living off-campus check in at your
specific
apartment or
housing facility
- 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
New residence hall students arriving
after 5:00 p.m. may pick up keys and check-in packets in Port Sky Café (Housing Office)
- 5:30 p.m.
Dinner - Port Sky Café
Tuesday,
August 18, 2009
- 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast - Port Sky Café
- 9:00 a.m.
University Photo ID’s issued - Port Sky Café (you will need to bring your passport to have your
PSUID+ card issued)
- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Arrival & Check-In - Port Sky Café for on campus students or specific off campus
apartment/housing facilities
- 12:00 noon
Lunch - Port Sky Café
- 1:00 p.m.
University Photo ID’s issued - Port Sky Café (you will need to bring your passport to have your
PSUID+ card issued)
- 2:00 p.m.
Welcome and overview of Orientation activities by Office of International
& Exchange Student Affairs staff & ISA officers
- Slep Student Center
- 2:30 p.m.
Penn State’s Expectations of Successful Students - Slep Student Center
Career Services - Ms. Tanya Palovich-Scott, Assistant Director, Career Services
Student Life & Student Activities and Opportunities for Community Involvement
- Mrs. Ashley Martin, Director of Student Life
Judicial Affairs - Dr. L. Jay Burlingame, Associate
Director, Division of Student Affairs
Healthcare, Health & Wellness Services, and Health Insurance
- Ms. Christine Ritchey, Nurse Practitioner, Health & Wellness Center
Faculty, Classroom Behavior, and Academic Integrity
- Ms. JoAnn Shaffer, Senior DUS Coordinator, Office of Academic Affairs
- 3:30 p.m.
Break
- 4:00 p.m.
Diversity & Religious Affairs - Ms.
Yolanda Avent, Director of Institutional Equity and Diversity
International Student Information Session - Slep
Student Center
Establishing a Bank Account - Dr. Burlingame
Working in the United States/Social Security/ITIN Numbers - Dr. Burlingame
Transportation/Travel - Dr. Burlingame
Visas, I-20’s & DS 2019’s - Dr. Burlingame
Host Families - Dr. Burlingame
Student ID Cards (PSUID+)...What can you do with them? - Dr. Burlingame
The Differences Between High School & College Life - Dr. Burlingame
A Brief History of Altoona and Blair County - Dr. Burlingame
- Immediately following 4:00 p.m. program -
Campus Tour
- 5:30 p.m.
Dinner - Port Sky Café
- 8:00 p.m.
Free Campus Shuttle to Wal-Mart Plaza to shop or pick
up any items you may have forgotten - returns to Penn State Altoona at 10:00
p.m.
Wednesday,
August 19, 2009
- 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
- 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Document check-in - please stop in 103 Slep during this time with your passports, visas, I-94’s, and I-20’s
(F-1) or DS 2019’s (J-1).
We will make photocopies of each document to send one to the Office of
International Students and Scholars (OISS) at University Park and keep one for our files here in case you lose yours.
It will make replacing them much easier!!
- 12:15 p.m.
Lunch - Port Sky Café Large Dining Room
Dr. Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry, Chancellor
Dr. Ken Womack, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Mr. Sean Kelly, Director, Division of Student Affairs
Dr. L. Jay Burlingame, Associate Director, Division of Student Affairs
Mrs. Lori Robinson -
Administrative Assistant
- 1:45 p.m.
How to Stay Healthy at Penn State Altoona - Ms.
Essie Auker, Assistant Director, Health & Wellness Center -
Slep Student Center T.V. Lounge
- 2:30 p.m.
Break
- 3:00 p.m.
Staying Safe on Campus - Chief Michael Lowery,
University Police Services - Slep Student Center T.V. Lounge
- 4:00 p.m.
Eiche Library, Learning Resource Center, &
Computer Center
Tour - Eiche Library/Computer Center in Hawthorn
- 5:00 p.m.
Dinner - Port Sky Café
- 6:00 p.m.
Free Time
Thursday,
August 20, 2009
- 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New Student Move-In Day
- 1:00 p.m.
FTCAP Interpretation and Course Scheduling - all new (first-year)
international and exchange students must attend - please refer to location in
information received from the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS).
- 4:30 p.m.
Send Off BBQ - Laurel Pavilion
- 6:30 p.m.
Lion
Chats - Group meetings with your Orientation leader - locations to be announced
7:00
p.m.
Residence Hall Floor/Building Meetings - your residence hall if living on
campus
10:00 p.m.
Orientation Student Program
- TBA
Sunday, August 23, 2009
- 5:30 p.m.
New International & Exchange Student Welcome Picnic
at the Burlingame home (please sign up in 103 Slep by Thursday, August 20,
2009)
Fall 2009 New
Student Orientation Schedule
Please click on link below for additional information on
programs beginning on August 20-August 30, 2009...
http://www.altoona.psu.edu/osl/orientation.asp
For more
information about general New Student Orientation, please contact the Student Life Office at (814)
949-5064.
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