Department of Physics Orientation/Graduate School Orientation Fall 2020 (Virtual)
Monday, August 10
9:00 - 9:30 am | Welcome, Professor Steffen Bass, Chair, Department of Physics |
9:30 - 10:15 am |
HR/Payroll and Departmental Business Practices - Katherine Siler, Administrative Coordinator, Physics Graduate Studies & Darlene McCain, Business Manager |
10:30 am - 5:10 pm | Individual 20 minute meetings with Professor Stephen Teitsworth, Director of Graduate Studies |
10:30 - 10:50 am | Chiles |
10:50 - 11:10 am | Delooze |
11:10 - 11:30 am | Open |
11:30 - 11:50 am | Higgins |
11:50 am - 12:10 pm | Matousek |
12:10 - 12:30 pm | McEneaney |
3:30 - 3:50 pm | van Nieuwenhuizen |
3:50 - 4:10 pm | Pecar |
4:10 - 4:30 pm | Open |
4:30 - 4:50 pm | Kang |
4:50 - 5:10 pm | Open |
Tuesday, August 11
9:00 – 10:30 am | Graduate School Orientation: Faculty and Graduate Student Panel |
11:00 am - 12:00 n | Graduate School Orientation: Staff Meet and Greet |
1:00 - 2:00 pm | TA Roles and Responsibilities General Presentation followed by individual meetings with Professor Kate Scholberg, Associate Chair for Teaching (see individual schedule below) |
2:00 - 2 :15 pm | van Nieuwenhuizen |
2:15 - 2:30 pm | Open |
2:30 - 2:45 pm | Pecar |
2:45 - 3:00 pm | Chiles |
3:00 - 3:15 pm | Delooze |
3:15 - 3:30 pm | Break |
3:30 - 3:45 pm | Goetting |
3:45 - 4:00 pm | Higgins |
4:00 - 4:15 pm | Matousek |
4:15 - 4:30 pm | McEneaney |
4:30 - 4:45 pm | Open |
4:45 - 5:00 pm | Kang |
Wednesday, August 12
8:00 am - 2:00 pm | Departmental TA Training - Ken McKenzie and Derek Leadbetter, Lab Managers |
8:00 - 9:30 am | Intro to Teaching |
9:30 - 10:00 am | Lab Paradigm & Software |
10:00 - 10:15 am | Break |
10:15 am - 12:15 pm | Mock Lab Session (on-line) |
12:15 - 1:00 pm | Lunch |
1:00 - 2:00 pm | Intro to Grading |
Thursday, August 13
9:00 am - 12:00 n | Graduate School Orientation - RCR Training |
1:30 - 3:00 pm | Computing Practices , Policies and Accounts, Jimmy Dorff and Barry Wilson, IT Analyst |
Friday, August 14
1:00 - 2:00 pm | Welcome, Graduate Student Organization |