iWelcome Week Begins
iWelcome Week celebrates incoming Informatics, MLIS, MSIM and Ph.D. students and invites them to connect with all that our iSchool community has to offer. Don't forget to tag your posts and photos with #iSchoolWelcome!
A schedule of events is listed below. For a schedule of student-led events during iWelcome Week, click here.
Monday, Sept. 18
The iSchool International Graduate Student Orientation is from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Odegaard Library, Room 220. The combined residential and online MLIS orientation is from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in HUB 211. An MSIM bowling social will be held from noon to 2 p.m. in the HUB games area.
Tuesday, Sept. 19
The All iSchool Welcome, open to iSchool students, faculty and staff only, is from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in Kane Hall, Room 120. Online MLIS workshops will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in MGH 241, while residential MLIS workshops will be from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in OUGL 220. Full-time MSIM student orientation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Intellectual House. Informatics orientation is from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in JHN 102, and an Informatics bowling social follows from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the HUB games area.
Wednesday, Sept. 20
Online MLIS workshops will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon in MGH 231. MSIM Career Prep Day is 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in MGH 241. The All iSchool Fair is from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Mary Gates Hall Commons.
Thursday, Sept. 21, and Friday, Sept. 22
Residential MLIS, MSIM and Ph.D. tech workshops will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in MGH 334, with an additional evening session on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. A career prep session, Resume and Cover Letter Basics, will be held Friday from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in BLD 070. (No mandatory events are scheduled on Thursday or Friday due to Rosh Hashanah.)
Monday, Sept. 25
Residential MLIS and MSIM tech workshops continue from 8:30 a.m. to noon in MGH 334. Ph.D. orientation is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in BLD 070. Mid-career MSIM orientation is from 4 to 7 p.m. in BLD 070. Mid-career MSIM tech workshops follow from 6 to 9:30 p.m. in MGH 334.
Tuesday, Sept. 26
A career session, Advanced Resume Workshop, is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. to 1:20 p.m. in BLD 070.
Wednesday, Sept. 27
Autumn quarter begins.