Presentation given on August 24, 2013 for new graduate students.

3. • Luncheon at Hebert Hall Suite 300
Agenda
Saturday, August 24, 2013
• Welcome & Introductions
• Academics & Regulations
• Q&A (followed by 5 minute break)
• Student Support & Engagement
• Technology & Connectivity
• Q&A
• Events & Activities
• Lay of the Land (followed by a 5 minute break)
• Welcome Guide to New Orleans
• Optional Campus Tour and
Personal Time for Administrative Matters
• Questions & Close
10:30am
11:30am
3:00pm
12:00pm
1:30pm
3:30pm

4. The Payson Center: History & Today
Brief Personal Introductions of Faculty, Staff and
Students
Icebreaking Activity – “What have you done that
no one else here has done?”
Payson project work and upcoming events
Colin Crawford, Executive Director
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Welcome & Introduction

5. MS & MS/JD requirements
Core & Elective Courses
Summer Institutes
University Policies & Academic Standards
Q&A
5 minute break
Sheila Favalora, Senior Program Manager for Academics
4
Academics & Regulations

6. Advising Meetings
Research Interests
Jobs
Internships
TA positions
Career Panels
Dauphine Sloan, Graduate Studies Advisor
5
Student Support & Engagement

7. Website
People Bio
Blogging
Connect with Social Media
Payson Computer Lab
Sheila Joy, Instructional Technology Specialist
6
Technology & Connectivity

8. Blackboard
GoTo Meeting
TechConnect vs. Technology Services
http://tulane.edu/tsweb/
Registering your computer/mobile devices/campus
wireless
Q&A
Sheila Joy, Instructional Technology Specialist
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Technology & Connectivity

10. • Luncheon at Hebert Hall Suite 300
Agenda
Saturday, August 24, 2013
• Welcome & Introductions
• Academics & Regulations
• Q&A (followed by 5 minute break)
• Student Support & Engagement
• Technology & Connectivity
• Q&A
• Events & Activities
• Lay of the Land (followed by a 5 minute break)
• Welcome Guide to New Orleans
• Optional Campus Tour and
Personal Time for Administrative Matters
• Questions & Close
10:30am
11:30am
3:00pm
12:00pm
1:30pm
3:30pm

11. Payson Graduate Student Association (PGSA)
Upcoming Events:
Library-use/Research & Citation Management Tools Workshop
(Wednesday, Sept. 11 1:30-2:30 – Room 309 in the Library)
Internal Review Board (IRB)
Faculty Research Presentation
International Development Colloquium Series (IDCS)
Happy Hours
Current student activities
Kami Bruner, Academic Program Coordinator
10
Events & Activities

12. Overview of Facilities
ID Card
General safety - specific to living/being active around
campus, Hurricane Plans
Campus Food options: LBC, Bruff, secret 24 hour
diner, Hillel, PJs locations, Drawing Board - deli in
Richardson Memorial, library basement
Graduate Carrels
Sheila Favalora, Kami Bruner and student guests
11
Lay of the Land

13. Bike assistance - Tulane & others
Overview of shuttles/parking/safe ride services
Legal aid
Discounts – e-academy, printing through FedEx
Sheila Favalora, Kami Bruner and student guests
12
Lay of the Land

14. Helpful Tulane Organizations
GAPSA,
OGPS (workshops & link to potential funding sources,
travel grants), http://tulane.edu/ogps/
Student Affairs - http://tulane.edu/studentaffairs/
Career Services - http://tulane.edu/hiretulane/
University Services –
http://tulane.edu/universityservices/index.cfm shuttle,
car rental & car share
Sheila Favalora, Kami Bruner and student guests
13
Lay of the Land (continued)

15. Julie Hernandez, Research Assistant Professor
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Guide to New Orleans

16. Targeted Tour (&/or Personal Time for
Administrative Matters)
Uptown Square (+ shuttle waiting room),
Bruff Commons, Post Office/ID card,
Lavin Berncik Cener for Student Life (LBC)
Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT)
15
Questions & Close

17. Boggs (for computer access)
Howard Tilton Memorial Library (HTML)
Reily, student health center/counseling
Financial Aid
Career Services
16
Questions & Close