Time/Day

Location

Program Information

Presenter(s)

Thursday 08/21

9:15 am

Bartlett Center

Continental Breakfast and Welcome

Admissions Staff

10:00 am

Higgins Lab, 116

Welcome and overview of Orientation

Tom H Thomsen, Director OISS and Shikar Saxena, Chair ISC

10:30 am

Campus Tour and ID Cards in small groups

12:30 pm

Morgan Commons

Lunch

1:30  pm

HL 116

Introduction to West Street House

Charles Morse, Director Student Development and Counseling Center

2:00 pm

HL 116

Keeping Yourself Safe

Sergeant Ring, Campus Police

2:45 pm

Busses leave from Institute Road

Shopping at Wal-Mart and Greendale mall

5:30 pm

Morgan Commons

Dinner

7:00 pm

Campus Center

Worcester and WPI Trivia

ISC Officers

Friday 08/22

8:00 am

Morgan Commons

Breakfast

9:00 am

HL 116

Government Regulations. Please bring your passport to this session.

Tom H Thomsen, Director OISS

10:00 am

HL 116

Academic Honesty Policy

Philip Clay, Dean of Students

11:00 am

HL 116

Academic Advising

Dale Snyder, Director Academic Advising

11:30 am

HL 116

How to get credit for high level secondary school work.

Tom H Thomsen, Director OISS and ISC Peer Mentors

12:00 noon

Morgan Commons

Lunch

1:15pm

HL 116

Academic Support @ WPI
Introduction to Peer Mentor Program

ISC Officers and Peer Mentors

1:45 pm

HL 116

Health Services and Health Insurance

Regina Roberto, Director
Health Center

2:30 pm

HL 116

Working in the US on and off campus

Tom H Thomsen, Director OISS and Maggie Becker, Assistant Director Career Development Center

3:00 pm

HL 116

Everything you need to know about registration/enrollment

Chris Love, Operations Coordinator, Registrar's Office

3:30 pm

HL 116

SEVIS Registration.

4:00 pm

Free time

5:00 pm

TBA

Dinner

7:30pm

Busses leave from Institute Road

ISC Social at Café Spiritual Haze

Saturday 08/23

8:30 am

Morgan Commons

Breakfast

9:30 am

HL 116

WPI Projects, IQP and MQP

Tom H Thomsen, Director OISS

10:00 am

HL 116

Humanities and Arts Requirements at WPI

Professor Jeffrey Forgene, Humanities and Arts Department

10:30 am

HL 116

What You Really Need to Know to get Started

ISC Officers and Peer Mentors will share experience and answer questions

11:00

HL 116 and HL 230

Review  of academic schedule

Peer mentors will review schedules in small groups. Computer lab will be open for those needing to make changes.

12:00 Noon

Morgan Commons

Lunch

1:30 pm

Busses  leave from Institute Road

Rutland State Park

6:30 pm

Higgens House

BBQ with Peer mentors