FALL 2026
Please check this department orientation schedule frequently for updates. If information for your department is not listed below, please contact your department directly.
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Department |
Date(s) and Time(s) |
Location and Details |
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Accounting (MBA and MS) |
Monday, August 17, at 11 am | Appalachian Dining Hall, APP 111 |
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Anthropology |
TBD | TBD |
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Art History |
TBD |
TBD |
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Asian and Asian American Studies |
TBD |
TBD |
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Biological Sciences |
Friday, August 14, at 8:30 am | Science 3, Room 222 |
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Biomedical Engineering (4+1 MS Program only) |
Friday, August 14, at
11:30 am -12:30 pm
|
Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC), Symposium Hall |
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Biomedical Engineering (MS & PhD) |
Friday, August 14, at 12:30-1:30 pm
|
Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC), Symposium Hall |
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Business Administration |
TBD |
TBD |
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Chemistry |
TBD | TBD |
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Cinema |
TBD | TBD |
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Community Research and Action |
Thursday, August 13, at 11 am | University Downtown Center, UDC 201 |
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Comparative Literature |
TBD | TBD |
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Earth Sciences |
Monday, August 17, at noon |
Science 1, Room 162 |
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Economics |
TBD |
TBD |
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Electrical and Computer Engineering |
TBD |
TBD |
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English, General Literature and Rhetoric |
Wednesday, August 19, at 9:45 am |
Library North, LN 2401 |
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Executive Health Systems - Manhattan program |
TBD | TBD |
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Geography |
TBD | TBD |
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Geology |
TBD |
TBD |
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Healthcare Systems Engineering |
TBD | TBD |
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Higher Education and Student Affairs |
TBD | TBD |
| History | TBD | TBD |
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Human Rights |
TBD | TBD |
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Industrial and Systems Engineering |
TBD | TBD |
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Information Systems (School of Computing) |
TBD | TBD |
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Management |
TBD | TBD |
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Materials Science and Engineering |
TBD | TBD |
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Mathematics and Statistics This orientation is for students in the MA/PhD program. The MS program will have an orientation at the same time, location TBD. |
Monday, August 17, at 10 am | Whitney Hall, WH 100E |
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Mechanical Engineering |
TBD | TBD |
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Music |
TBD | TBD |
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Nursing (Graduate Programs, Master of Science, and DNP) |
TBD | TBD |
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Pharmaceutical Science |
Monday, August 17, at 8:30 am | Health Sciences Campus, School of Pharmacy, 1st Floor Atrium |
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Philosophy |
Friday, August 21, at 3 pm | Holiday Inn, 2-8 Hawley Street, 91社区 |
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Physics |
TBD | TBD |
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Political Science |
TBD | TBD |
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Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive, and Clinical) |
Thursday, August 13, at noon | Science 4, Room 171 |
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Public Administration (Master) |
TBD | TBD |
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Public Health |
TBD | TBD |
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School of Computing |
TBD | TBD |
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School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
TBD | TBD |
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Social Work |
Wednesday, August 12, at 8:30 am | University Downtown Center, UDC 220 AB |
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Sociology |
TBD | TBD |
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Speech Language Pathology (Masters) |
TBD | TBD |
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Sustainable Communities (Master of Science) |
TBD | TBD |
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Systems Science |
TBD | TBD |
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Theatre Potluck dinner (students do not need to bring food), followed by orientation meeting |
Monday, August 17, at 4:30 pm | Fine Arts Building, Theatre Department Green Room, FA 121 |
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Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership |
TBD | TBD |
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Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP) |
TBD | TBD |