Please complete the orientation response form as soon as possible. It is strongly recommended by students who have participated in the program in the past, and by our office, that you make every effort to attend. This orientation will supplement your other orientations (Freshman, Exchange and Graduate Orientations). It is designed to allow you to meet both American and other international students, and to provide you with useful information about Boston College and the facts you should know as an international student in the United States.
Schedule Subject to Change*
Saturday August 23
9:00 AM-5:00 PM Returning International Assistants meet freshmen and exchange students at airport and help them check into housing
6:00-7:30 PM Optional dinner for freshmen and exchange students with IAs in Lower Campus Dining Hall
Sunday, August 24-All Students
11:00 AM-1:00 PM Mandatory meeting just for Exchange Students with the
Higgins 300 Office of International Programs
12:00-1:00 PM Freshmen/International Assistant Meetings
Campus Green
Rain location: Lyons Hall
1:00 PM.-2:30 PM Welcome BBQ/Social for All Students
Campus Green Sign-Up for Harbor Cruise ($11)
Rain location: Lyons Hall Bank of America available to open accounts?
2:30-4:00 PM Undergraduates: Icebreakers with International Assistants
Graduates: Graduate Student Panel with GISA and current BC international students
4:00 PM Campus Tour
5:15 PM Meet at Boston College Train stop
7:00-8:30 PM
Boat leaves at 7 PM sharp from 1 Long Wharf-Take “T’ to
Monday, August 25-All Students
Devlin 008
8:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Welcome and review orientation agenda
Adrienne Nussbaum, Director, OISS
9:30 AM Intro
10:00 AM Welcome Address:
Fr. William Leahy, President,
10:15 AM Everything you need to know about immigration!
Susan Shea, International Student Advisor
10:45 AM Introduction to
Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah, Manager, O’Neill Library
11:00 AM Small Group Discussions with Faculty/Deans on
American Values and the
12:30-2:00 PM Faculty/Student Reception
2:00 PM Ups/Downs
Devlin Hall 008
2:15 PM Importance of Health Care in the
On-Campus
Dr. Arnold Mazur, University Health Services
2:30 PM University Counseling Services:
Dr. Craig Burns
2:45 PM Safety Inside and Outside of
Boston College Police Department
3:00 PM English Courses for International Students at BC
Lynne Anderson, Instructor
3:30- 5:00 PM All Undergraduate and Exchange Students Mandatory English McGuinn 121 Placement Test for students whose native language is not
English
Graduate Students:
*Library Tour-O’Neill Library
*Campus Tour
*Bank of
7:00 PM Dinner in Downtown
Meet at B.C. "T" stop Assistants and Graduate Orientation Assistants
Tuesday August 26th- Undergraduate and Exchange only
8:45 AM Breakfast
9:15 AM Review Orientation Agenda
9:30 AM Welcome from Don Hafner, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies
9:45 AM Clubs and Organizations at
Karl Bell, Asst. Dean for Student Development
10:00 AM Student Panel and Discussion of
Undergraduate/Exchange Student Issues
Panel of International Students and International Assistants
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM-1:00 PM International Assistant Skits on Life as a
B.C. Student