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Newly Admitted Students

Welcome and Congratulations!

Checklist for New Admitted Students

Respond to Your Offer of Admission (deadline in parentheses)
- PhD (April 15)
- Full Time MSIM (April 15)
- Mid-Career MSIM (April 15)
- MLIS (April 15)
- Informatics (TBD)

Please refer to your offer letter regarding the procedures and requirements for accepting your offer of admission.

Additional resources

UW Office of Student Financial Aid
UW Housing and Food Services (HFS) - On campus housing
Learn about Seattle and find housing (off campus)
Apply to Childcare Assistance Program by 4/30/2012
Get a Husky Card/Student ID
Attend Program Orientation see details below
International Students should attend International Student Orientation. More info here about the event and $70 orientation fee.

Important Dates

September 21st - attend All iSchool Orientation and Fair
September 24th - 1st day of Autumn classes
September 24-28th - attend iWelcome Week events

heck this page for enrollment updates and schedule changes for orientation events.

Questions?

If you have remaining questions after reading the material here, please contact the iSchool's Office of Student Services.

iSchool Student Services

PhD in Information Sciences: iphd@uw.edu
Master of Library and Information Sciences: mlis@uw.edu
Master of Science in Information Management: msim@uw.edu
Bachelor of Science in Informatics: informatics@uw.edu
Phone: 206-616-5541

Student to Student

Connect with other newly admitted students and current students through our Facebook page: http://facebook.com/uwioss
Ask questions and discuss housing, financial, Visa and other topics on our Facbook Discussion Boards.

Resources

All iSchool New Student Welcome and Fair

Friday, September 21, 2012
1:00-4:00pm
Kane Hall 120

The all iSchool New Student Welcome and Fair provides new students with the opportunity to hear from Dean Harry Bruce and a number of other faculty and current students. This event is designed to welcome new iSchool students from all four programs (MLIS, MSIM, PhD Information Science, and BS Informatics). Immediately following the Welcome, the iSchool will host a Resource Fair - the perfect time to chat with student groups, iSchool faculty and staff, and other new students. Refreshments served at the Resource Fair.

iWelcome Week events

September 24-28, 2012

iWelcome Week is the iSchool's annual set of events to help orient all new iSchool students as well as welcome back the returning ones. Events are posted on the main iWelcome Week Calendar.

Program Orientations and Program Events

PhD in Information Science	BS in Informatics
PhD Orientation 2012 Date TBA Time TBA Location TBA The PhD Orientation event will help orient new PhD students to program requirements and resources and welcomes new students to the iSchool. PhD Reception Date/Time/Location TBD Faculty, staff and current PhD students welcome incoming PhD students. *Attendance is mandatory for all incoming PhD students.*	Small Group Orientations You will sign up for a small group orientation when you receive your offer of admission. These orientations will meet over the course of the summer, and will be by sign-up only. *Attendance at one small group orientation is mandatory for all incoming BS in Informatics students.*
Full-Time & Mid-Career MSIM	International Students
MSIM Orientation Friday, September 21, 2012 8 am - 1 pm Location TBA Basic program requirements will be covered and student handbooks will be handed out. *Attendance is mandatory for all incoming MSIM students.*	International Student Orientation Wednesday, September 19, 2012 1:30 - 4 pm Location TBA Information and guidance will be provided to incoming international students. Students from all programs welcome.
Residential & Law MLIS	Online MLIS Orientation Session
Friday, September 21, 2012 8 am - 12 pm Required one-day orientation MGH 241 Each fall we host an orientation session specifically for new residential MLIS students to introduce some of the requirements, guidelines and other "nuts and bolts" of the MLIS program. The 2012 orientation occurs on Friday morning, September 21, and is followed by the All iSchool New Student Welcome that afternoon. *Attendance on September 21 is required for all incoming Residential & Law MLIS students.*	Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Thursday, September 20, 2012 Friday, September 21, 2012 Required three-day orientation View the Online MLIS Orientation Session Calendar for more details, including times sessions run each day. Each fall the newly admitted Online MLIS students gather together in Seattle for a face-to-face orientation and series of workshops to acclimatize them to life as online student learners. More information on events taking place over this three-day timeframe will be posted online and provided to all new students. After the Orientation Session, Online MLIS students return home to begin their courses online. *Attendance is mandatory all three days for all incoming Online MLIS students.*