Pre-Orientation for International Students (PO4IS) 2009
Tuesday, September 1 (afternoon)
- Airport Pick Ups begin at noon (complete online arrival form)
- Check into dorms
- Get ID
- Shopping if needed
Wednesday, September 2
- Airport Pick Ups until 4 p.m.
- Check into dorms
- Informal orientation to the community
- TB Testing
- Shopping and bank trips
Campus Center @ 7:00 p.m.
Overview of PO4IS
Introductions of ISP staff, Mentors and you
Mentor Mediation I: The Basics
Thursday, September 3
Campus Center
8:45 to 10:00 a.m.
Government regulations paperwork session
- Complete employment and tax documentation (W4, I-9)
- Hand in passports and I-20s (or DS2019s) for copying.
- Receive host family assignments
10:00 a.m. to noon
Aaron Colhapp, International Student Program Coordinator
Jimm Crowder, Director of International and Transfer Admissions
- Immigration and Others Laws affecting International Students
- Cultural Adjustment: The Student Experience, America, Academics, Finances, Health, and other
- Q and A
Noon to 1:00 p.m.
Lunch with Mentors
1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Host Family Orientation
2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Mentor Mediation II: Adjusting to Studying and Living in America
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Dinner with Mentors
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Mentor Mediation III: Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Friday, September 4
Campus Center
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Cultural Assimilation with Yankees
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Mentor Mediation IV: Theory becomes Practice
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch with Mentors
1:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Drop-off
6:00 p.m.
Orientation Begins
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