Orientation Information

Fall 2012: August 20 - 24, 2012

**All the following held in CEM 138 unless noted**

 

Notes:

 

Attendance at the Chemistry Orientation Program is MANDATORY for ALL incoming students.

 

Individuals may obtain parking permits, keys and Student IDs throughout the week. 

 

Lunch with Orientation Committee Members throughout the week is at the individual’s expense, so you may want to bring money with you if you plan to go to lunch. 

 

You should stop by the laboratory in which you have received your desk assignment to meet some of the students in the lab and find your desk.  It is important to use your desk and become acclimated to your major area and the Chemistry Department.

 

Fall 2012 Orientation Committee Co-Chairs: 

Cassie Fhaner & Larry Morris

 

                                                                                       

 

Fall 2012 Orientation Schedule – currently being updated

Everything here will be held in Room 138 Chemistry unless otherwise noted.

 

Sunday, August 19

 

6:00 p.m.

Pizza Party to Meet the Members of the Orientation Committee (Room 481W)  Orientation Committee members and incoming graduate students

Monday, August 20

 

8:00 a.m.

   8:20 a.m.

Refreshments

Welcome and Brief Introduction (Cherie Nelson, Graduate Office)

8:30 a.m.

Placement Exams (Analytical and Physical)

10:30 a.m.

After completing the A/P Placement exams, there will be a half hour break in Room 481W for refreshments.

 

11:00 a.m.

Placement Exams (Inorganic)

12:00 p.m.

 

Placement Exams (Organic)

1:00 p.m.

Lunch with Orientation Committee Members  (Meet outside Room 138 Chemistry)

(Students will buy their own lunch)

 

2:30 p.m.

How and Where to Get Started (Cherie Nelson, Graduate Program Administrator)

3:30 p.m.

Building Utilities (Melissa Parsons, Building Manager, and Bill Flick, Receiving)

 

3:40 p.m.

 

Accounts and Purchasing (Beth McGaw & Rick Rogacki, Business Office)

3:45 p.m.

Campus Errands & a Trip to the MSU Dairy Store

Tuesday, August 21

 

8:30 a.m.

Refreshments

9:00 a.m.

Welcome by Professor John McCracken

9:30 a.m.

Degree Requirements, Graduate Level Courses, Integrity in Research

by Professor Gary Blanchard, Graduate Program Director

 

10:00 a.m.

Advisor Selection  (Professor Babak Borhan, Graduate Admissions Chairman)

 

10:30 a.m.

Fellowships for Graduate Students (grad student)

10:40 a.m.

Council of Graduate Students (Janelle Bradley)

Younger Chemists Committee (Cassie Fhaner & Kelley Hutchins

 

 

11:00 am

Department of Chemistry Photos taken (Room 383 Chemistry)

Photos must be taken prior to lunch

Lunch with Orientation Committee Members,  Meet outside Room 383 Chemistry

(Students will buy their own lunch)

 

1:00 pm.      

Computer Useage, MSU Mail Accounts & Enrollment (Tom Carter, ITT Support)

1:40 p.m.

Younger Chemists Committee (grad student)

 

1:50 p.m.

Association for Women in Science (grad student)

 

2:00 p.m.

Biomedical & Physical Science Library (Judy Matthews, Librarian)

2:30 p.m.

Graduate Employee Union (Dan Clark, GEU representative)

2:45 p.m.

 

Health Insurance Coverage (Benefits Office Representative Ann Eure)

3:15 p.m.

 

Break

 

3:30 p.m.

 

Computer Enrollment Instructions (grad student)

4:00 p.m.

Employee Assistance Program (Lisa Davidson)

4:15 p.m.

Health 4U Program (Nancy Allen or Derek Dubuque)

Wednesday,  August 22

 

9:00 a.m.– 11:00 a.m.

YCC Welcome Breakfast; Graduate Lounge 585 CEM

8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Advising Appointments in your Initial Advisor’s office

Some Advising Appointments may be held during the noon hour.

 

1:00-4:30 p.m.

Advising Appointments in your Initial Advisor’s office

7:30 p.m.

Graduate Student/Faculty Social Gathering (Sponsored by Younger Chemists Committee)

 

Thursday, August 23

 

8:45 a.m.

Refreshments

9:00 a.m.

TA Training

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

TA Training, Continued

11:00 a.m.

Small Group Discussions

12:00 noon

Lunch with Orientation Committee Members at Individual’s expense

 

1:15 p.m.

TA Assignments and TA Meetings (Cherie Nelson)

1:30 p.m.

General Chemistry Courses  (Amy Pollock)

 

2:00 p.m.

Organic Chemistry Labs (David Voss, Assistant Safety Officer)

 

2:20 p.m.

AP Labs (Kathy Severin)

 

2:40 p.m.

Break

 

2:50 p.m.

Mass Spec Facility (Professor Dan Jones)

 

3:10 p.m.

NMR (Dr. Dan Holmes); Glass Shop (Scott Bankroff); Machine Shop (Glen Wesley); Fume Hood Safety & Energy Savings (Bob Rasico)

 

3:30 p.m.

Sexual Harassment Issues at MSU (Dr. Jayne Schuiteman, The Women’s Resource Center)

 

 

 

Friday,      August 24

 All Teaching Assistants must receive ORCBS certification in order to teach a lab course.

 

8:00 a.m.

MSU-EHS (Environmental Health & Safety), Hazardous Waste Removal, and Fire Extinguisher Training **Must attend entire session to be certified including fire extinguisher training** Be on Time! **

12:30 p.m.

End of Orientation Program

7:00 p.m.

Wine & Cheese Social; 481 E & W

 

Saturday, August 25

1:00 p.m.

Department of Chemistry Orientation Picnic will be provided at Nancy Moore Park  in Okemos