The UWM Graduate School will host their New Graduate Student Orientation on Thursday, August 26th, 2021. The event will be hosted virtually from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Orientation is designed to serve as a general overview of topics related to graduate student life at UWM.
The Graduate School’s orientation is different from any new graduate student orientation that may be offered by your academic program. Please check with your department for program-specific information.
Register before 1:00pm (CDT) on Thursday, August 26 to receive your link to the event.
New Graduate Student Orientation Agenda
- 1:00pm – 2:00pm: Main Presentation – Welcome to Graduate School
- Welcome – Chancellor Mark Mone
- Welcome – Johannes Britz, Provost & Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs
- Welcome & Keys to Success – Jason Puskar, Dean of the Graduate School
- Campus Resources
- Michelle Schoenecker, Office of Sponsored Programs
- Carrie Fleider, Director, University Counseling Services
- Dana-María Baldwin, Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Coordinator
Please check out our Graduate Resource page for all resources on campus that are here to support you during your graduate education experience! Graduate School and Campus Resources
Registration is closed for this event.
Other graduate student orientations
Aside from the Graduate School’s New Graduate Student Orientation, the following orientations are specifically for students that are admitted to the listed program or department. Please contact the program or department for more details.
Graduate Program Orientations Fall 2021 | ||||||
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Program | Date | Time | Format | Location | Link | Contact |
Architecture | Wednesday, August 25 | 4:00-5:00 PM | Face-to-Face | AUP 110 | N/A | Kyle Reynolds (reynol54@uwm.edu), Tammy Taylor (ttaylor@uwm.edu) |
Art History Orientation | Thursday, August 19 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM | Face-to-Face | Mitchell Hall, Room TBA | N/A | Richard Leson (leson@uwm.edu), Ina Kielley (ikielley@uwm.edu) |
Art History Orientation Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation & Training (TAs ONLY) | Thursday, August 19 | 1:00-3:00 PM | Face-to-Face | Mitchell Hall, Room TBA | N/A | Richard Leson (leson@uwm.edu), Ina Kielley (ikielley@uwm.edu) |
Certificate in Chamber Music | Thursday, August 26 | 9:00-11:00 AM | Face-to-Face | Music 320 | N/A | Tim Noonan (tpnoonan@uwm.edu) |
Chemistry and Biochemistry | Monday, August 16 - Thursday, September 2 | 9:00 AM-5:00 PM | Face-to-Face | Chemistry Building, Room TBA | N/A | Elise Nicks (elise@uwm.edu), Nick Silvaggi (silvaggi@uwm.edu) |
College of Nursing Graduate Orientation (DNP, MSP, MN, and PhD Students) | Thrusday, August 26 | 9:00 AM-4:30 PM | Face-to-Face | Cunningham Hall G40 | N/A | Jennifer Daood (daood@uwm.edu) |
Criminal Justice & Criminology | Wedneday, September 8 | 1970-01-01 17:30:00 | Virtual (it will be recorded) | N/A | Danielle Dagenhardt (dmromain@uwm.edu) | |
Cultural Foundations MS | Monday, August 23 | 1970-01-01 18:00:00 | Face-to-Face & Virtual | Enderis 546 | https://uwm-edu.zoom.us/j/83853602296 | Aaron Schultz (schutz@uwm.edu) |
English - Teaching First-Year Writing | Monday, August 23 - Wednesday, August 25 | 8:30 AM-4:30 PM | Face-to-Face | Curtin 368 | N/A | Shevaun Watson (watsonse@uwm.edu) |
Thursday, August 26 -Friday, August 27 | 8:30 AM-4:30 PM | Virtual | N/A | Shevaun Watson (watsonse@uwm.edu) | ||
Monday, August 30 - Wednesday, September 1 | 8:30 AM-4:30 PM | Face-to-Face | Curtin 368 | N/A | Shevaun Watson (watsonse@uwm.edu) | |
French Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation | Wednesday, Augst 25, Friday, August, 27, & Tuesday, August 31 | Anita Alkhas (alkhas@uwm.edu) | ||||
History Meet & Greet | Friday, August 27 | 1:00-3:00 PM | Face-to-Face | Holton Hall 341 | N/A | Joe Austin (jaustin@uwm.edu) |
History Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation (TAs only) | Friday, August 27 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM | Face-to-Face | Holton Hall 341 | N/A | Joe Austin (jaustin@uwm.edu) |
Information Science & Technology (MSIST) - Orientation | Saturday, August 28 | Face-to-Face | TBA | https://uwm.edu/informationstudies/event/graduate-orientation-fall-2021/ | Toby Deutsch (deutsch@uwm.edu) | |
Information Science & Technology (MSIST) - Professional Immersion Day | Friday, August 27 | 12:30-4:00 PM | Face-to-Face | TBA | https://uwm.edu/informationstudies/event/professional-immersion-day-fall-2021/ | Toby Deutsch (deutsch@uwm.edu) |
Kinesiology MS & PhD | Tuesday, August 24 | 8:30-9:30 AM | Virtual | N/A | Jinsung Wang (wang34@uwm.edu) | |
Kinesiology MS & PhD Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation | Tuesday, August 24 | 10:00-11:00 AM | Virtual | N/A | Jinsung Wang (wang34@uwm.edu) | |
Language, Literature & Translation (MALLT) | Tuesday, August 24 | 1970-01-01 16:00:00 | Face-to-Face | Curtin 766, Outside | N/A | Sarah Davis Cordova (cordovas@uwm.edu) |
Library & Information Science (MLIS) - Orientation | Saturday, August 28 | 9:00 AM-3:00 PM | Face-to-Face | TBA | https://uwm.edu/informationstudies/event/graduate-orientation-fall-2021/ | Toby Deutsch (deutsch@uwm.edu) |
Library & Information Science (MLIS) - Professional Immersion Day | Friday, August 27 | 12:30-4:00 PM | Face-to-Face | TBA | https://uwm.edu/informationstudies/event/professional-immersion-day-fall-2021/ | Toby Deutsch (deutsch@uwm.edu) |
Linguistics MA & TESOL, Applied Linguisitics MA | Thursday, August 26 | 10:00 -11:00 AM | Virtual | N/A | Microsoft TEAMS (TBD) | Hanyong Park (park27@uwm.edu) |
Linguistics PhD | Thursday, August 26 | 10:30AM - 11:30AM | Virtual | N/A | Microsoft TEAMS (TBD) | Hanyong Park (park27@uwm.edu) |
Lubar PhD Student Orientation | Tuesday, August 24 | 3:30-4:30 PM | Face-to-Face | Lubar S341 or N120 | N/A | James Hardy (jhardy@uwm.edu) |
Lubar Teaching Assisstant (TA) Orientation | Tuesday, August 24 | 1:00-3:30 PM | Face-to-Face | Lubar S341 or N120 | N/A | James Hardy (jhardy@uwm.edu) |
Mathematical Sciences | Tuesday, August 26 - Tuesday, August 31 | TBA | Face-to-Face | Enginnering & Math Science (EMS), 4th Floor | N/A | Katie Wehrheim (wehrheik@uwm.edu) |
Music MM | Thursday, August 26 | 9:00-11:00 AM | Face-to-Face | Music 320 | N/A | Tim Noonan (tpnoonan@uwm.edu) |
Philosophy | TBA | TBA | Virtual | TBA | TBA | Miren Boehm (boehmm@uwm.edu), Natachia Attewell (attewell@uwm.edu) |
Physics | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | Kate Valerius (katev@uwm.edu) |
Political Science | Wednesday, August 25 | 1:00-5:00 PM | Face-to-Face | 6th Floor Bolton Conference Room | N/A | Paru Shah (shahp@uwm.edu) |
Pyschology | Tuesday, August 24 | 1:00-2:30 PM | Virtual | N/A | Microsoft TEAMS | Hanjoo Lee (leehj@uwm.edu) |
Public and Nonprofit Administration | Friday, August 27 | 1970-01-01 16:00:00 | Virtual | N/A | Douglas Ihrke (dihrke@uwm.edu) | |
Sociology MA & PhD | Wednesday, August 25 | 10:00 AM-3:15 PM | Virtual | N/A | Microsoft TEAMS | John Roberts (jmrob@uwm.edu), Sarah Weidner (sarahw@uwm.edu) |
SOIS PhD Program in Information Studies | Tuesday August 24 & Wednesday, August 25 | 9:00 AM-4:30 PM | Face-to-Face | NWQB, Room TBA | N/A | Laura Meyer (lauram@uwm.edu), Dietmar Wolfram (dwolfram@uwm.edu) |
Spanish Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation | Tuesday August 24 | 9:00 AM-3:30 PM | Face-to-Face | TBA | N/A | Allison Libbey (libbey@uwm.edu) |
Wednesday, August 25 | 9:00 AM-2:00 PM | Face-to-Face | TBA | N/A | Allison Libbey (libbey@uwm.edu) | |
Friday, August 27 | 10:00 AM-3:00 PM | Face-to-Face | TBA | N/A | Allison Libbey (libbey@uwm.edu) | |
Monday, August 30 | 9:00 AM-12:00 PM | Face-to-Face | TBA | N/A | Allison Libbey (libbey@uwm.edu) | |
Translation & Interpreting Studies | Friday, August 27 | 1970-01-01 13:00:00 | Virtual | N/A | Microsoft TEAMS | Lorena Terando (terando@uwm.edu) |