Spring Orientation Schedule

Spring Semester 2008

 Foreign Student and Scholar Services (FSSS)

The University of Montana-Missoula

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15

Meeting place unless otherwise noted: University Center (UC building),  3^rd Floor, Rooms 330-331

8:30 A.M.       Sign-up and Distribution of Orientation Materials

Welcome and Introductions, Coffee and Cake

9:00 A.M.       Welcome to The University of Montana – Missoula          

                                    Dr.Charles Couture, Dean of Students, Division of Student Affairs

                                               
9:15 A.M.       Knowing the Cultural Rules Means Academic Success – A Guide for Successful Cultural Adaptation

Dr. Udo Fluck, Director of Multicultural Learning Solutions (MLS), College of Arts and Sciences

10:00 A.M.     Security and Safety Tips

                                    Captain Gary Taylor, Office of Public Safety

 10:15 A.M.     International Peer Assistant Program and Missoula
                          International Friendship Program

Mona Mondava and Mary Nellis, FSSS

 10:30 A.M.    ESL Requirements and Academic Support Services at UM

                                    Dr. Mary Groom-Hall, Multicultural Advisor, Undergraduate Advising Center

 11: 15 A.M. Campus E-Mail Set (Required Meeting)

                        Place: This meeting to be held in Liberal Arts Computer Lab, in LA 240-242

                                    Lorrie DeYott, Information Technology, Client Support Services

 12:00 A.M.     Immunization and TB Testing Check-In (required for
                         afternoon schedule)

                        Place:    Liberal Arts 243

                                    Mona Mondava, FSSS             

12:15 A.M.    Short Lunch Break (Food is available in the University
                        Center)

1:00   PM.     Green & Yellow Folders Holders:   TB Tests and Immunization for those students identified as requiring these.   If not required for you, you have free time now.

                                   Place: Curry Health Center (see campus map) or meet us at 12:45  P.M. at the bottom of the stairs in University Center on first floor, and we’ll take you there.

                       Red and Blue Folder Holders:    Continue Lunch   &  Griz Card Application

                                   Go to Griz Card Center on first floor of UC and apply for your Griz Card (=University of Montana Student Identification Card). Cost of card is $15.

2:00 PM        Red and Blue Folder Holders: TB Tests and Immunization for those students identified as requiring these.   If not required for you, you have free time now.

                                   Place: Curry Health Center (see campus map) or meet us at 1:45 P.M.  at the bottom of the stairs in University Center on first floor, and we’ll take you there.

                                   Green and Yellow Folder Holders: Griz Card Application

                                   Go to Griz Card Center on first floor of UC and apply for your Griz Card (=University of Montana Student Identification Card). Cost of card is $15.

3:00 P.M.     Undergraduate Student Enrollment (Required Meeting)

                                   Place: Curry Health Center Conference Room (see campus map) or meet us at 2:45 P.M.  at the bottom of the stairs in University Center on first floor, and we’ll take you there.

                                    Julie Cahill, Enrollment Services

            Graduate Student Enrollment (Required Meeting)

                        Place:    Curry Health Center Meeting Room   (see
                        directions above)

                                               Mary Kamensky,, Graduate School

4:00 P.M.       Tour of Student Health Facilities and Explanation of Services

Place: Curry Health Center

                                    Curry Health Center Staff

5:00 P.M.        Welcome Dinner hosted by the Missoula International Friendship Program

            Place: International House, 659 South 5^th East

WEDNESDAY, January 16

Please consult with the Academic Orientation Schedule today as well for other meetings and events for new student orientation.

9:00 A.M.       Immigration Regulations and Student Benefits for
                        F-1 and J-1 visa  holders (including maintaining legal
                        status, work authorizations,  transfers, etc.).

                        Place: University Center (UC Building), 3^rd Floor,
                        Rooms 330-331

                                    Effie Koehn, FSSS                 

10:00 A.M.     Shuttle-van Service to Downtown Banks

- 12 noon        For rides to downtown banks, meet at the Foreign
                          Student & Scholar Service’s front lounge at the
                         following times:

                                    10:00 A.M.     11:00 A.M.     12:00 A.M.    

            The van will also pick you up downtown and bring you back          

                        Meet Place: Lommasson Center 219 (FSSS Office)

2:00-4:00 PM  VISA DOCUMENTATION FOR ALL NEW FOREIGN
                           STUDENTS

                            Bring passport & visa documents for this meeting. 
                            Return "gold" personal data form and blue 
                           questionnaire.

                        Place: Lommasson Center 219 (Office of Foreign
                        Student & Scholar Services)

            Please Come According to this Schedule:

            2:00 – 3:00 PM:    Green and Yellow Folder Holders

            3:00 – 4:00 PM:     Red and Blue Folder Holders

4:30 -  5:30 PM Orientation and Sign-Up for International Peer

                             Assistant Program

                             Place: Lommasson Center 226 (down the hall

                             from FSSS)

                       Mary Nellis,  FSSS

                             Come find out more about this program. This

                             meeting is mandatory for those wishing to

                             participate

 7:00 P.M.          Orientation and Sign-Up for MIFP: Missoula

                            International Friendship Program (“Community

                            Friends”). Rides home will be provided to those living

                           off-campus.

                                     Place:University Center 330 – 331

                           Adair Kanter, MIFP Executive Board Member 

                           This is a meeting for students wishing to find out more

                           about being matched with a Community Friend. This

                           meeting is mandatory to join the program.

 THURSDAY, JANUARY 17

Refer to your “WEEK OF WELCOME” schedule for academic

advising appointments and other general orientation activities on

Thursday and Friday during the day.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18

Refer to your “WEEK OF WELCOME” schedule for academic

advising appointments and other general orientation activities on

Thursday and Friday during the day.

2:00 – 3:00 P.M.      Foreign Student Orientation to the services

& repeated again   available in UM’s library.   Meet in the Lobby of the

 3:00 – 4:00 P.M.     Mansfield Library at 2:00 P.M. sharp

                                   Megan Stark and Kate Zoellner,  Mansfield Library

(A follow-up session on how to use specific library resource, like the on-

line catalog, electronic databases and subject specific resources, will be

 held on Thursday: February 1^st from 4:00 – 5:00 P.M. in Room LIB283,

led by Librarian Charlie Potter.  You should first attend today’s session.)

 SATURDAY, JANUARY 19

Meet at: International House, 659 South 5^th East

10:00 – 2:30 P.M.      Shopping Trips…for the essentials you need to

                                     get started!

                                    The orientation assistants will take you to one large, inexpensive store that has everything you need – Shopko. There is also a grocery store nearby and a fast food restaurant (Taco Bell). (Lewis and Clark Students will be picked up from Lewis and Clark – see your pick-up schedule.)

Departure times from International House: 10 A.M. & 12 noon

Return times from designated meeting place: 12:30 P.M. & 2:30 P.M.

            It is your responsibility to catch the last shuttle. If you miss it,

you may need to take a taxi back to campus, as it is quite far to walk.

Monday, January 21

Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day     No School

Tuesday, January 22

First day of instruction, Spring Semester 2008 

Wednesday, January 23

Meeting Place: International House, 659 South 5^th East

5:00 – 6:30 P.M.        Introduction to your Peer Assistant with Dinner

                                                International Peer Assistant Program

                                                            If you signed up for the peer program, this is where you’ll meet your peer!        

                                                            This is a mandatory meeting for foreign students who signed up for the peer program. Please meet promptly at 5:00 P.M.

                                                            An informal reception with a pizza dinner (vegetarian or meat options available) for Peer Assistants and their foreign students will follow the introductions.                                                Mary Nellis, Foreign Student and Scholar Services