| Friday, September 15 (optional) | |
|---|---|
| 10:00 - 16:00 | OSU Campus-Wide Graduate School Orientation, (CH2M Hill Alumni Center) |
| Tuesday, September 19 (Weniger 305) | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Department Overview (Prof. William Warren, Graduate advisor) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Introduction to Office Staff and Procedures (Paula Rhodaback, Verna Paullin-Babcock, and Debbie Snow) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Payroll Paperwork Completion (Paula Rhodaback) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Keys (Debbie Snow - Wngr 301) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Break |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | TA Orientation (Prof. Janet Tate, Andy Jameson) |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch with graduate mentors (Matt Leyden, Jared Stenson, Mike Low) |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Know your students (Tate, Matt Price, Skye Dorsett, Sasha Govyadinov) |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Break |
| 14:45 - 16:00 | The first day (Tate, David Bannon, Vince Rossi, KC Walsh) Requests for TA assignments due |
| Wednesday, September 20 (Weniger 304) | |
| 8:45 - 11:00 | Conceptual reasoning (Prof. Ken Krane, Zlatko Dimcovic) (With short break at 10:00) |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Lab tours (Jim Ketter, Skye Dorsett) |
| 12:00 - 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15 - 15:30 | Effective teaching (Prof. Corinne Manogue, Vince Rossi, Dona Hertel) (With short break at 14:00) |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Discussion with experienced TAs (Justin Elser, KC Walsh) |
| Thursday, September 21 (Weniger 305) | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | The graduate program, courses (Prof. William Warren, Graduate advisor) |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | The graduate program, research (Prof. Henri Jansen, Chair) |
| 11:00 - 14:00 | Physics Advising (Warren, Wngr 313) |
| (12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch) |
| 14:00 - 14:45 | Physics Computing Facilities (faculty) |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Coalition of Graduate Employees (CGE rep) |
| Friday, September 22 | |
| 9:00 | TA assignments posted in Wngr 301) |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Photos, Communications/Media Center, Valley Library, 4th Floor |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Physics Advising (after CMC) (Warren, Wngr 313) |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | TAs meet with course instructors |
| PH211 Wngr 305; PH212 Wngr 377; PH201 Yunker Library; PH104 Wngr 206 | |
| 13:00 - 17:00 | Physics Department Picnic (Avery Park, Lions Kitchen Shelter *** note change***) map |
| Tuesday, September 26 | |
| 16:00 - ? | PacificSource Benefits Meeting (campus-wide meeting, Wngr 149) |
