Fall 2008 New Graduate Student Orientation Schedule:Attendance at the Graduate School's orientation is mandatory for students new to graduate school at UF. It serves year to acquaint students with UF personnel, services, policies and procedures as a newcomer to the University of Florida. Student Services and Organizations Table DisplaysThursday, 21 August 2008 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Grand Ballroom, J. Wayne Reitz Union, UF campus General Graduate Student Orientation (non-international students) Thursday, 21 August 2008 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Grand Ballroom, J. Wayne Reitz Union, UF campus International Graduate Student Orientation Thursday, 21 August 2008 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Grand Ballroom, J. Wayne Reitz Union, UF campus Academic Written English Screening Test and SPEAK tests** for International Students TBD *The Academic Written English Screening test is required for all non-US or Puerto Rican students whose verbal GRE score is below 320 or TOEFL score is below 80 (Internet version), 213 (computer version) or 550 (paper version). Those who do not pass it must take and pass EAP 5845 Academic Written English during their first semester at UF. **This test is required by Florida law for all non-US students who are receiving a graduate teaching assistantship, but have not submitted TSE (Test of Spoken English) scores to UF.FRED Graduate Student Departmental Orientation (mandatory for students new to UF and those moving from one graduate program to another) Friday, 22 August 2008 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Room 1151 A&B McCarty Hall-A |
