Tuesday, August 18, 2009

8:00am – 9:15am	Breakfast with your Orientation Group Wiegand Gymnasium, UC
8:30am – 4:30pm	ID Card Photo Carnegie Mellon Card Office, Lower Level Warner Hall A15 All students who did not submit a photo prior to August 11 will have a reminder slip in the Housing check-in packet. Please bring this notice with you to get your photo taken at the Carnegie Mellon Card Office, Lower Level Warner Hall. ID cards will also be available for commuter students.
8:30am – 9:30am	Walk-in Advising for SCS Students Gates Hillman Center 6009 If you have not registered for your fall courses or need to modify your schedule, please stop by and meet with Jacobo Carrasquel.
8:30am – 9:30am	Walk-in Advising for MCS Students Doherty Hall 1324 If you need to revise your schedule or have questions about your AP, IB Cambridge or college transfer credit, please stop by and meet with Eric Grotzinger or Christine Gilchrist.
8:30am – 9:30am	Walk-in Advising for CIT Students Scaife Hall 125 If you need to revise your schedule or have questions about your AP, IB, Cambridge or college transfer credit, please stop by and meet with your advisor, Pam Golubski, Kimberlee Eberle or Kurt Larsen.
9:00am – 6:00pm	Orientation Information Kirr Commons, UC Stop by and get information on where to go and what to do. Orientation staff will be on hand to answer your questions and help you. You can also purchase a ticket for the Gateway Clipper Thursday night cruise.
9:00am – 5:00pm	Computing Services Help Center Cyert Hall 119 Visit the Help Center if you need assistance with configuring your computer, registering your outlet, connecting to the network or other computing related questions. Walk in service hours are 9am – 5pm; telephone support hours are 7am – 7pm.
9:30am – 10:30am	Making Your Mark at Carnegie Mellon Morewood Gardens, Morewood E-Tower, Stever House, Mudge, Resnik, West Wing, Doherty, Woodlawn, Roselawn, Margaret Morrison Residents and Commuter Students Rangos Ballroom, University Center Over 100 years ago, Andrew Carnegie made his mark on Pittsburgh and the world by establishing the Carnegie Technical Schools, now known as Carnegie Mellon University. Explore the rich history and traditions of this university; learn about the achievements and contributions faculty, staff and students are making to the city, the region and the world; and discuss opportunities for making your unique mark on Carnegie Mellon University Community Collage Hamerschlag, Boss, McGill, Scobell, Welch, Henderson, Donner. And Oakland Apartments Residents Baker Lawn Tent The Community Collage is an exciting presentation by your fellow students of their experiences, personal reflections and cultural performances which all help to shape the diversity of the Carnegie Mellon community. The Community Collage will allow you to gain a foundation for dialogue, cross-cultural and cross-community interaction, as well as a sense of the respect and appreciation for cultural differences within our community. The talents and stories of our students will certainly entertain and amaze you!
11:00am - 12:00pm	Making Your Mark at Carnegie Mellon Morewood Gardens, Morewood E-Tower, Stever House, Mudge, Resnik, West Wing, Doherty, Woodlawn, Roselawn, Margaret Morrison Residents and Commuter Students Rangos Ballroom, University Center Over 100 years ago, Andrew Carnegie made his mark on Pittsburgh and the world by establishing the Carnegie Technical Schools, now known as Carnegie Mellon University. Explore the rich history and traditions of this university; learn about the achievements and contributions faculty, staff and students are making to the city, the region and the world; and discuss opportunities for making your unique mark on Carnegie Mellon University Community Collage Hamerschlag, Boss, McGill, Scobell, Welch, Henderson, Donner. And Oakland Apartments Residents Baker Lawn Tent The Community Collage is an exciting presentation by your fellow students of their experiences, personal reflections and cultural performances which all help to shape the diversity of the Carnegie Mellon community. The Community Collage will allow you to gain a foundation for dialogue, cross-cultural and cross-community interaction, as well as a sense of the respect and appreciation for cultural differences within our community. The talents and stories of our students will certainly entertain and amaze you!
12:00pm – 1:30pm	Lunch Wiegand Gymnasium, UC
12:00pm - 1:30pm	Sign-up for Pittsburgh Connections Kick-Off Events Wiegand Gymnasium, UC
2:00pm – 3:30pm	The Last Lecture – A Conversation about College and Life How can your Carnegie Mellon experience best position you to “really achieve your childhood dreams”? Members of the faculty and staff will join the entire first-year class in small group discussions centered around the core themes in Randy Pausch’s book The Last Lecture. These personal, meaningful conversations ‘Unleashed’ on this community, while setting the stage for the type of dialogue about life’s big questions that you can expect to engage in at Carnegie Mellon. Your OC will tell you the location where you should plan on meeting:
3:30pm – 5:30pm	Campus Sampler – Special Events and Activities Take advantage of this special time to see how alive Carnegie Mellon is with new knowledge and activities. Faculty, staff and students from a variety of disciplines will share research, teaching and artistic creation.
3:30pm – 4:30pm	Sign-up for Pittsburgh Connections Kick-Off Events Wiegand Gymnasium, UC
3:30pm – 5:00pm (3:30 and 4:15pm)	Library Tours Hunt Library Get connected to information now! Tour Hunt Library or the Engineering & Sciences Library, meet the librarians and learn how to access information.
3:30pm – 5:30pm (every 30 minutes)	Fitness Tours Meet at the UC Equipment Desk Learn about all the places on campus that are available to you to keep fit and healthy. Everyone taking the tour will receive a free gift.
3:30pm – 5:00pm	Tepper School of Business Pre Schedule Individual Meetings with Individual Advisors Tepper 130
3:30pm – 4:30pm	‘A Conversation with Herb Simon’ – A Nobel Laureate Who Spent Half a Century at Carnegie Mellon McConomy Auditorium, UC How does one find a career? What does it mean to be an expert? How does one becomes an expert in something? What is it like to win the Nobel Prize? These are the kinds of questions that college students around the world have asked as they enter young adulthood. And who better to ask than the world’s leading authority on the subject of decision-making? During the film interview, Herb Simon answers these and many other questions. Deborah Kelly, HNZ ‘94 & Past President, Andrew Carnegie Society will facilitate the program.
3:30pm – 4:30pm	Freshman Wanted: Discover Carnegie Mellon’s Undergraduate Research Office (URO) and the Fellowships and Scholarships Office (FSO) McKenna Peter Wright Room, UC Interested in getting to know a professor well? Want to work on a groundbreaking research project? Or do you have an interesting research idea of your own? Then consider participating as a freshman or any year in our Undergraduate Research Office (URO) programs: Small Undergraduate Research Grants, better known as SURG, or Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships, better known as SURF. In addition, come and hear about the many competitive opportunities available through the Fellowships and Scholarships Office (FSO), many of which are open to undergraduates. This is a great time to learn more about the unique programs that Carnegie Mellon offers from Stephanie Wallach, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research and Fellowship Resources and Jennifer Keating-Miller, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Research.
3:30pm & 4:15pm	Intelligent Workplace Tour Margaret Morrison MMCH410 Limited to 15 students per tour The Intelligent Workplace is a living laboratory for research, demonstration and teaching of high performance workplaces. The facility demonstrates the economic and technical feasibility, as well as social desirability, to design, engineer, construct and operate buildings which consume a small fraction of the energy, while providing significantly improved user satisfaction.
3:30pm – 4:30pm	Walk-in Advising for MCS Students Doherty Hall 1324 If you need to revise your schedule or have questions about your AP, IB Cambridge or college transfer credit, please stop by and meet with Eric Grotzinger and Christine Gilchrist.
3:30pm – 4:30pm	Intellectual Tour of Campus Meet at University Center Patio Dr. Stephen Pajewski, Associate Director of Information Systems Program, will take you around campus to unique places where extraordinary people did fascinating work. Find out where actress Holly Hunter signed her name, see the Nikola Tesla statue, learn about the university’s rare book collection and understand more about ‘Walking to the Sky.’
4:00pm – 5:00pm	Explore the World! How Study Abroad Can Work for You! Connan Room, UC Discover the who, what, when, where and why of study abroad and why freshman year is the perfect time to begin planning! Whether it is over spring break, summer, a semester or for an entire year, everyone at Carnegie Mellon can and should study abroad. One recently returned student said, “If I could do it again, I'd do it immediately! I think everyone should get the chance to study abroad once in his life!" Emily Half and Chris Menand, Coordinators for Study Abroad in the Office of International Education will present an information session about study abroad at Carnegie Mellon. Returned students will be available to answer questions and talk about their experiences abroad. Where will your adventures take you?
4:00pm – 5:30pm	Reception for Varsity Athletes Danforth Lounge, UC Meet incoming varsity athletes or stop by if you are interested in being on an intercollegiate team.
4:00pm – 5:00pm	A Historical Tour of Pittsburgh McConomy Auditorium, UC Dr. Joel Tarr, Caliguiri Professor from the Department of History will present the history of Pittsburgh through a series of images that highlight critical events during the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the themes that will be explored are the rise of the iron and steel industry, labor strife, urban growth, environmental issues, and the redevelopment of the city beginning after World War II as the 19th century city known as "hell with the lid lifted" became the "most livable city in the United States."
4:30pm – 6:00pm	Talent Show Auditions Baker Lawn Tent Stage Do you have hidden talents waiting for the perfect opportunity to surface? This is it! It’s your chance to ‘unleash’ yourself.
4:30pm – 5:30pm	Freshman Wanted: Discover Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Opportunities at Carnegie Mellon McKenna Peter Wright Room, UC See 3:30 pm
5:00pm – 7:30pm	Dinner- Tastes of Pennsylvania Wiegand Gymnasium, UC Join members of the Greek community for dinner and conversation! Fraternity and sorority members are excited to meet you and share with you all of the great opportunities that Greek Life has to offer. Dinner will provide you the opportunity to ask questions about fraternity and sorority life. Members from the Greek community will also be providing a walking tour of the Greek Areas on campus throughout the dinner hour. Ask whatever questions you have about Greek Life and join in on the walking tour !
5:30pm – 7:30pm	Sign-up for Pittsburgh Connections Kick-Off Events Wiegand Gymnasium, UC
6:00pm – 7:30pm	Science and Humanities Scholars Program Dinner Schatz Dining Room, UC New students in the Science and Humanities Scholars Program attend dinner together, where they will meet Director William Alba, other faculty and deans associated with the program and upperclass students.
7:30pm – 8:30pm	Floor Meetings
8:30pm – 11:00pm	Dessert with Fraternities and Sororities and Craig Karges- Mentalist, Illusionist and More Baker Lawn Tent If you are interested in fraternity and sorority life or simply have a sweet tooth, stop by the Baker Lawn Tent, for desserts with the Greeks. You will have the opportunity to talk with sorority and fraternity members about their experiences in a fraternity or sorority and at Carnegie Mellon. Stick around after dessert for an evening of entertainment. Experience the Extraordinary! You will not believe your eyes. Craig will keep you spellbound with tables afloat and minds being read! Brought to you by the Orientation staff and the Carnegie Mellon fraternity and sorority community