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graduate student
Congratulations and welcome to the University of Minnesota, one of the top-ranked research institutions in the
nation. Our distinguished faculty, outstanding resources, and proud tradition will provide you with a graduate
education of the highest caliber. The campus-wide Graduate Student Orientation program serves as your official
welcome to the University of Minnesota.
There are four options offered in the Graduate Orientation Program, a Welcome Day, Writing Workshops, University
Libraries Presentations and Tours. Combine any of these programs to create your own orientation experience.
Welcome Day:
The Welcome Day is offered on August 22 or 23 and covers
a variety of topics including: Academic Integrity, Benefits,
Working with Your Adviser and Graduate Faculty, and so much
more! Both days are identical. Pre-Registration is required.
Schedule Overview
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Check-in, Resource Fair, and Obtain
U Card
10:00 – 10:20 a.m. University Welcome
Morning Presentations Available (times vary)
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Guarding Your Academic Integrity
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Navigating the U
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Health Benefits
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Graduate School Academic and
Professional Development
Opportunities
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch, Minnesota Marketplace
Afternoon Presentations Available (times vary)
1:20 – 2:10 p.m. Graduate Panel on Involvement
2:15 – 3:00 p.m. Academic Incivility, Harassment and the
Graduate Student Experience
2:15 – 3:00 p.m. University Libraries
3:10 – 3:35 p.m. Health Benefits
3:10 – 3:35 p.m. Parking & Transportation
3:45 p.m. Optional Tour
*Schedule subject to change
Orientation
A Proud Tradition, A Bright Future • August 22-26
Writing Workshops for Native and
Non-Native Speakers of English:
As a graduate student, writing may be one of the
greatest challenges you face. Attending one of
these workshops may help you prepare for this
upcoming challenge. Pre-Registration is required.
For Native Speakers of English:
August 25 or 26
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
In this one-day workshop you will explore these
problems: understanding the academic audience;
finding, organizing, and supporting your ideas;
documenting your work; writing clear prose; and
preparing for and writing essay exams.
For Non-Native Speakers of English:
August 24 or 25
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
In this one-day workshop you will analyze
examples and practice strategies for research
writing, critiques, abstracts, and essay exams
in small and large-group sessions. Discussions
will also include documentation, vocabulary,
and verb tenses used in graduate writing at U.S.
universities. As a general guideline, Northern
Europeans generally find the native-speaker
section more useful than this section.
University Online Resources
Bookstores. ......... www.bookstores.umn.edu
Boynton Health Service. .... www.bhs.umn.edu
Center for Teaching & Learning ...............
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Computer Resources. .......... 1help.umn.edu
Council of Graduate Students. ................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.cogs.umn.edu
Disability Services. ................ds.umn.edu
Graduate Assistant Employment Services. .....
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . umn.edu/ohr/gae
Graduate & Professional Student Assembly. ...
(GAPSA). ..................... gapsa.umn.edu
Graduate School. ...............grad.umn.edu
Graduate School Catalog. ....................
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.catalogs.umn.edu/grad
International Student Orientation Program. ....
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . isss.umn.edu/new/ISOP
International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS).
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . isss.umn.edu
Libraries. .........................lib.umn.edu
One Stop Student Services .. onestop.umn.edu
Orientation & First-Year Programs (OFYP). ....
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.ofyp.umn.edu
University Counseling and Consulting Services
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ucs.umn.edu
Directions and Parking
Orientation. .... www.ofyp.umn.edu/directions
Reduced-rate parking coupons ($6.00 per day)
will be available for each orientation option
Parking & Transportation Services
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.pts.umn.edu
Options for enrolled students, maps, parking
lottery
Metro Transit. ................ metrotransit.org
Twin Cities public transportation
Campus Visitor Information
. . . . . . . . . www.umn.edu/twincities/parking.html
To visit the Twin Cities campus
Graduate Student Orientation is funded through a mandatory
$50 Orientation Fee assessed to all Graduate School students
new to the University of Minnesota. This fee (assessed at the
time of class registration) is non-refundable, regardless of your
participation in Graduate School Orientation.

University Libraries:
Research is integral to Graduate School success.
Select any of these 50-minutes presentations all
designed to save you time by teaching you how to
use the University Libraries system. Each workshop
is limited to 230 people. No Pre-Registration is
required.
Wednesday, August 24
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. Intro to Citation Managers
10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Plagiarism and Copyright:
What you need to know
11:00 - 11:50 a.m. Grant Funding Search tools
Thursday, August 25
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. Intro to Citation Managers
10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Literature Reviews 101
11:00 - 11:50 a.m. Intro to Data Management
for Grads
Tours:
Whether you are new to Minneapolis or just the
U of M campus these tours will help learn your
way around and make yourself at home. No Pre-
Registration is required.
Campus Tours, August 22 at 3:45 p.m.
You select the campus tour that best fits your needs.
Options include East Bank, West Bank or St. Paul
Campus tour.
Twin Cities Sightseeing Tour, August 23 at 3:45 p.m.
During this professionally delivered tour on air
conditioned coach buses, visit cultural, social, and
historic sights of Minneapolis and St. Paul, including
the Walker Art Center and Sculpture Garden, the
Cathedral of St. Paul, and Minnehaha Falls. Limited
seats (100) are available; seating is on a first-come,
first-serve basis for eligible graduate students only.
Each of these options are intended to
complement program-specific orientations
offered by graduate programs, and will
acquaint you with the many exciting
opportunities and resources available at the
University of Minnesota. Please review the
tentative schedule and register as soon as
possible. Space is limited.
Orientation & First-Year Programs is here to
assist you with your transition. We hope you
will take advantage of both the campus-wide
and graduate program-specific orientations.
A bright future awaits you here at the U of M.
Best of Luck!
How to register for Graduate
Orientation:
If you would like to attend the Welcome Days
and/or the Native and Non-Native Writing
Workshops, you must pre-register by August 17.
Click here or visit http://www.ofyp.umn.edu/en/
grorientation/registration.html
The University Libraries Presentations
and the Campus Tours do not require preregistration.
More details about the sessions available at
Graduate Orientation can be found on the
Orientation & First-Year Programs website
http://www.ofyp.umn.edu/graduate-students.html
Living in the Twin Cities
Housing & Residential Life: Off-Campus Housing
https://rentals.tc.umn.edu/
Council of Graduate Students Publications
Staying on Course and Survival Guide
www.cogs.umn.edu/publications.html
Select the “Publications” link to download, then refer to
the “Living in the Twin Cities” section
Additional Graduate Student Program Options:
Center for Teaching and Learning
Teaching Enrichment Series Workshops
August 29 – September 1
Concurrent Workshops at 9:00 a.m. and repeated at
10:30 a.m. each day
Each workshop is 75 minutes in length. Participants
choose among 12 workshop topics including:
Teaching Critical Thinking, Learning in Large Classes:
What You Can Do With 50 Students That You Can’t
Do With 15, Making the Grade. Located in the Carlson
School of Management (West Bank, Minneapolis
Campus).
New Teaching Assistant Orientation
August 29 from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
The morning session begins with a Theater for
Teaching & Learning performance that explores a TA’s
first day of class. The following breakout sessions will
focus on a TA’s joint role as a teacher and a student.
Located at the Willey Hall (West Bank, Minneapolis
Campus).
Registration and more information about the
Center for Teaching and Learning:
http://www.teaching.umn.edu
teachlrn@umn.edu or (612) 625-3041
www.ofyp.umn.edu/gradstudents