2012 OIS Schedule

Monday, August 20

9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Phelps Gate/
Old Campus

Arrival and Registration 
Meet your OIS counselors at Phelps Gate on Old Campus, 344 College Street.   Campus tours and trips to bank and post office will be offered throughout the afternoon.

4:00 p.m.
SSS 114, Sheffeld- Sterling Strathcona Hall

Welcome Meeting and Reception 
Mary Miller, Dean of Yale College and OISS Director, Ann Kuhlman will welcome OIS participants and family members. Enjoy the sounds of the Dukesmen, one of Yale’s a cappella groups. Reception for parents to follow at 5 p.m.

5:30 p.m.
Old Campus

Getting to Know Each Other
Icebreakers.

7:45 p.m.
International Center, 421 Temple Street

Dinner
Come to the International Center (home to the OISS) to pick up a picnic dinner.  OIS counselors will take their groups to their favorite spot on campus.

9:30-11:00 p.m.
Old Campus
(LC 211 rain site)

Social Time
Relax and get to know your peers with music and some late night snacks. Or get to bed early and catch up with your jet lag.  Counselors will be around to answer any of your questions and help you get settled in.

Tuesday, August 21

8:00-8:45 a.m.
Calhoun Dining Hall

Breakfast

9:00-9:30 a.m.
LC 101

Campus Safety Resources

Yale Police Department officers will explain the campus safety resources available to Yale students.

9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
LC 101

Academics at Yale
Yale College Assistant Dean, George Levesque, and Dean of Timothy Dwight College, John Loge will provide an overview of the various programs of study and discuss the process and procedures of course selection, academic advising, and placement tests, as well as issues of academic integrity. Students will then break up into 5 smaller groups so that questions may be answered on an individual basis. Dean of Trumbull College, Jasmina Besirevic Regan, Dean of Morse College, Joel Silverman and Dean of Pierson College, Amerigo Fabbri will join in leading these discussion sections.

11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Calhoun Dining Hall

Lunch

1:00-4:00 p.m.
Meet in the Vanderbilt Courtyard

Taking Care of Business
Open your bank account and set up your mailbox and get a new cell phone.

4:00-6:00 p.m.
Meet in Vanderbilt Courtyard

Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt around Yale Campus and surrounding New Haven area.

7:45 p.m.
Vanderbilt Courtyard

Dinner
Enjoy Middle Eastern Cuisine under the stars on Old Campus!  Hosted by the Yale Chaplain’s Office.

9:00-11:00 p.m.
LC 102

Social Scene at Yale
This is the one part of orientation that you certainly don’t want to miss: from stories about disastrous situations and crazy roommates to stories about exams going well, roommates becoming best friends and relationships actually working out.

Wednesday, August 22

7:30 a.m.
Vanderbilt Courtyard

Continental Breakfast will be delivered

8:00-10:00 a.m.

Move to permanent rooms
Return your temporary room key and proxy card for your permanent room key and ID cards. Vans to Silliman and Timothy Dwight will be available.

10:30-11:45 a.m.
LC 101

Writing at Yale. 
Alfred Guy, Director and Ryan Wepler, Assistant Diretor,  The Center for Writing Instruction, will present a workshop and demonstration about writing at Yale, including information on good writing classes available to first-year students. Please bring paper and pen to this workshop. 

12:00 p.m.
Dwight Hall/
Old Campus

Pizza lunch with Cultural Connections, Freshmen Counselors and Peer Liaisons

1:30-3:00 p.m.
LC 101

Intercontinental Transitions
Jane Edwards, Yale College Dean for International and Professional Experience will address the topic of transitions through interactive activities and discussion.  

3:15-6:30 p.m.
Old Campus

Talent Show Rehearsal
Rehearsal for the epic OIS talent show. Bring international dress for the fashion portion of the show.

6:30-7:30 p.m.
CalhounDining Hall

Dinner

8:30 p.m.
SSS 114

International Talent Show
Participants and counselors will have a chance to show off their hidden talents.

Thursday, August 23

8:00-9:00 a.m.
Calhoun Dining Hall

Breakfast

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.   
Meet at Phelps Gate

Shopping Trip
Off to Target where you will have the opportunity to buy small items that you may need in your dorm room, including household goods, lamps, electronics, etc.  (The bus will return to campus to drop off your purchases before heading to the beach.)

12:15-1:00 p.m.
Calhoun Dining Hall

Lunch

1:30-5:30 p.m.
Meet at Phelps Gate

An Afternoon at the Beach
Enjoy Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven’s Beach on the Long Island Sound.  Bring a towel and bathing suit and get ready to relax and enjoy the New England shore. It’s not the ocean, but you can enjoy an afternoon of swimming, sunning, and walking on the beach. A bag lunch will be provided. Enjoy the warm sun because it doesn't last forever. But we do make nice snowmen around here! By the way, all the above… weather permitting! But your swimming suit won’t go to waste. Yale has swimming pools!

7:30 p.m.
Calhoun Dining Hall

Closing Dinner
In celebration of a great OIS and the beginning of your career as Yale College students we will share a closing dinner. You will be entertained by one of Yale's favorite improv groups, Just Add Water. Dress — semi-formal attire.