9:00 - 10:00 AM Foundational Principles | Incoming Grad Student Meeting - Virtual

• Professor Christopher Vanderwal, Vice Chair for Graduate Affairs

10:00 - 11:00 AM Graduate Student Funding and Employment - Virtual

• Morgan Sibley, Student Affairs Manager

Campus-wide Graduate Welcome and Orientation

• All domestic and international students
• Registration required: you should have received information on how to register from GradOrientation@uci.edu If you have issues registering please contact GradOrientation@uci.edu

School of Physical Sciences - NSF GRFP Workshop

Tuesday, September 3

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Department of Chemistry Orientation Day 1 (Zoom recording timestamps below)

• Establishing California Residency - Erika Montano, Senior Residency Officer (00:00:06)
• UCI CARE - Madelinne Verdin, Violence Prevention Coordinator (00:16:00)
• Counseling Center - Dr. Suangsmorn Stapatyanon, Senior Counseling Psychologist (00:49:32)
• UC SHIP - Jennifer Burdick, Insurance Coordinator (01:11:18)
• Becoming anti-Racist in The Physical Sciences - Amanda Holton, Professor (00:00:03)
• Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity - Beverly Falco, Senior Investigator, and Kate Nespeca, Investigator (00:28:42)
• Academic Counseling - Kaeleigh Hayakawa, Assistant Academic Counselor (00:58:00)
• Graduate Writing Hub - Dr. Hosna Sheikholeslami, Graduate and Postdoctoral Writing Coordinator (01:05:38)

Wednesday, September 4

11:00 AM - 2:15 PM Department of Chemistry Orientation Day 2 (Zoom recording timestamps below)

• Office of Access, Outreach, and Inclusion - Ash Hormaza, Program Coordinator (00:00:01)
• ChemUNITY - Graduate Students, Jan Rodri Ragadi and Jordan Thompson (00:06:23)
• Graduate Safety Team - Graduate Safety Fellow, Ethan Raffman (00:17:36)
• Iota Sigma Pi - Graduate Students, Camryn Wallace and Antoinette Antonucci (00:24:15)
• Mass Spectrometry Facility Virtual Tour - Felix Grun, Director (00:00:01)
• Science Library - Mitchell Brown, Research Librarian (00:20:39)
• UCI SACNAS - Graduate Student, Edgar Manriquez (01:03:43)

Thursday, September 5

1:00 - 3:00 PM Faculty Presentations - Virtual

1:00 - 2:00 PM Faculty Presentations - Virtual

Tuesday, September 10

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Environmental Health and Safety Training (TANGO) - In-Person

• Location: RH 293

Wednesday, September 11

8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Chemistry Lab TA Training - In-Person

• Location: RH 251
• Required item(s): laptop
  • UCInet Mobile Access (Wi-Fi)

4:00 - 7:00 PM Welcome Event

• Location: Aldrich Park

Thursday, September 12

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Chemistry Lab TA Training - In-Person

• Location: RH 251
• Required item(s): laptop, PPE (long pants [not yoga pants or ripped pants], sturdy closed toe and heel shoes, lab coat, safety glasses)
  • UCInet Mobile Access (Wi-Fi)

Friday, September 13

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Chemistry Lab TA Training - In-Person

• Location: RH 251
• Required item(s): laptop
  • UCInet Mobile Access (Wi-Fi)

9:00 - 11:00 AM Faculty Presentations - In-Person

• Location: NS2 2201

1:00 - 2:00 PM OEOD Training - In-Person

• Location: NS2 2201

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Faculty Presentations - In-Person

• Location: NS1 4112

Tuesday, September 24

8:00 - 9:30 AM Individual and Group Photos - Laurel Hungerford Photography 

• Location: Outside Frederick Reines Hall
• Dress: Business Casual

1:00 - 5:00 PM TA Professional Development Program (TAPDP)

• All students, In-Person Sessions
• Location: ALP 1300

Wednesday, September 25

1:00 - 4:00 PM TA Professional Development Program (TAPDP)

• All TAs, In-Person Sessions
• Location: ALP 1700