Fall 2024 New Graduate Student Virtual Orientation

Welcome to the Biological Sciences Department, everyone!

We’re looking forward to welcoming you all to the university. The Biological Sciences new graduate student orientation will be held virtually on August 28th, and we will discuss the Biological Sciences program and answer any questions you may have! Most other new student/employee orientations and trainings will be virtual as well (with in-person social events), and we’ve included links to each of these below.

The Graduate Organization of Biological Sciences is also holding an informal in-person social event/picnic on Friday, August 30th, and we are looking forward to seeing you all there!

Orientation Information

New Employee To-Do Items

Student Resources

Biological Sciences New Student Orientation Information

  • Wednesday, August 28th 10:00 – 11:30 AM CST (Click here to join)
    • 10:00 – 10:20 AM Introductions
      • Dr. Gerlinde Höbel (Bio Sci Graduate Program Representative)
      • Rhianna Driebel (Bio Sci Graduate Program Coordinator)
      • Jamil Ahmed
      • Matin Ali
      • Sagnik Das
      • Noel Evumude
      • McKenzie Henkelman
      • Angela Mish
      • Thi Nhat Linh Nguyen
      • Sami Ur Rehman
      • Jefferson Sosa
      • Bailey Stokke
      • Muhammad Ali Tahir
      • Nathaniel Wells
      • Nery Zamudio Bautista
    • 10:20-10:30 AM Overview of Bio Sci Facilities from our Facilities Manager, Jordan Gonnering
    • 10:30 – 10:45 AM Program Overview & Guidelines
    • 10:45 – 11:00 AM Discussion with GOBS (Graduate Organization of Biological Sciences)
    • 11:00 – 11:30 AM Q&A and Closing Statements

Fall 2024 Orientation & Training Schedule

  • Thursday, August 22nd
    • New International Students Only: 9:30 am – 3:30 pm CST – International Student Orientation (On Campus in the 4th floor conference room of the Golda Meir Library – registration is open now and is available in your ISSS Connect portal)
      • If you aren’t able to make it to this orientation, there will be another orientation on August 29th (the 8/22 session is specifically for students with assistantships, the 8/29 session for all other graduate students).
    • 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm CST – Benefits Review Session (On Campus – Please Register Online) – not required, but strongly recommended for all new employees. As a reminder, all new employees have to apply for benefits within 30 days of August 19th (the start of your contract)
      • If you aren’t able to make it to this review session, there is another session on September 11th from 4:00-5:30 pm.
  • Monday, August 26th
    • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CST – New Graduate Assistant Orientation, presented by the UWM Graduate School (Virtual – Please Register Online) strongly recommended for all new TAs/RAs
    • 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm CST – New Graduate Student Orientation, presented by the UWM Graduate School (Virtual – Please Register Online) strongly recommended for all students
  • Tuesday, August 27th
    • 9:00 am – 4:30 pm CST – Teaching Assistant Orientation, presented by the UWM Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) (Virtual – Please Register Online) required for new Teaching Assistants only
  • Wednesday, August 28th
  • Friday, August 30th
    • 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm CST – Graduate Organization of Biological Sciences Picnic (In person – outdoors on campus, next to the Sandburg Residence Hall – shown on the map below) there will be food, drinks and games provided – we can’t wait to meet you all there!

  • Please sign up to have your student photo taken on August 29th or August 30th (sign-up form was sent via email)

Online Asynchronous Trainings and Orientations

New Employee To-Do Items

 

  1. ASAP: Schedule an appointment with HR to complete I-9 employment authorization and other hire documents, if you haven’t completed this in the past.

    • The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee has a centralized on-boarding process with campus Human Resources, and the required forms and instructions for this process and additional next steps can be found here. You will meet in Engelmann Hall, Room 125 (Map). Angela Broderick, UWM HR Coordinator, should be reaching out to schedule an appointment if you need to complete this step, if she hasn’t already.

  1. Review UWM’s Graduate Assistant appointment fact sheet for general appointment information and to answer many FAQs.
  2. Submit your Benefits application. You have thirty days from your start date (8/19/24) to submit your benefits application. Click here for more information.
  3. Review new employee onboarding page here.
  4. If you’ll be on campus, review parking and transit information here.
    • There are several options for parking on campus, including Pay by Phone Parking (Parkmobile), Ride Sharing, Staff Permits, Prowl Line (campus shuttles), discounted Milwaukee Country Transit bus passes, and more. For complete information, please see the Parking & Transit website.

Student Resources