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Fall
2008 Orientation Schedule for
New International & Exchange Students
 
Monday,
August 18, 2008
- 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Arrival & Check-In - Port Sky Café for
all on campus students. If you will be living off-campus check in at your
specific
apartment or housing facility
- 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
New residence hall students arriving
after 5:00 p.m. may pick up keys and check-in packets in Port Sky Café (Housing Office)
- 5:30 p.m.
Dinner - Port Sky Café
 
Tuesday,
August 19, 2008
- 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast - Port Sky Café
- 9:00 a.m.
University Photo ID’s issued - Port Sky Café (you will need to bring your passport to have your
PSUID+ card issued)
- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Arrival & Check-In - Port Sky Café for on campus students or specific off campus
apartment/housing facilities
- 12:00 noon
Lunch - Port Sky Café
- 1:00 p.m.
University Photo ID’s issued - Port Sky Café (you will need to bring your passport to have your
PSUID+ card issued)
- 2:00 p.m.
Welcome and overview of Orientation activities by Office of International
& Exchange Student Affairs staff & ISA officers
- Slep Student Center
- 2:30 p.m.
Penn State’s Expectations of Successful Students - Slep Student Center
Career Services - Ms. Rebecca Maguda, Director, Career Services
Student Life & Student Activities and Opportunities for Community Involvement
-
Ms. Ashley Shoenfelt and
Ms. Jessica Bayer, Assistant
Directors, Office of Student Life
Judicial Affairs - Dr. L. Jay Burlingame, Associate
Director, Division of Student Affairs
Healthcare, Health & Wellness Services, and Health Insurance
- Ms. Christine Ritchey, Nurse Practitioner, Health & Wellness Center
Faculty, Classroom Behavior, and Academic Integrity
- TBA, Office of Academic Affairs
- 3:30 p.m.
Break
- 4:00 p.m.
Diversity & Religious Affairs - Mr. Sean Kelly,
Director, Division of Student Affairs
International Student Information Session - Slep
Student Center
Establishing a Bank Account - Dr. Burlingame
Working in the United States/Social Security/ITIN Numbers - Dr. Burlingame
Transportation/Travel - Dr. Burlingame
Visas, I-20’s & DS 2019’s - Dr. Burlingame
Host Families - Dr. Burlingame
Student ID Cards (PSUID+)...What can you do with them? - Dr. Burlingame The Differences Between High School & College Life - Dr. Burlingame
A Brief History of Altoona and Blair County - Dr. Burlingame - Immediately following 4:00 p.m. program -
Campus Tour
- 5:30 p.m.
Dinner - Port Sky Café
- 8:00 p.m.
Free Campus Shuttle to Wal-Mart Plaza to shop or pick
up any items you may have forgotten - returns to Penn State Altoona at 11:00
p.m.
 
Wednesday,
August 20, 2008
- 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
- 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Document check-in - please stop in 103 Slep during this time with your passports, visas, I-94’s, and I-20’s
(F-1) or DS 2019’s (J-1).
We will make photocopies of each document to send one to the Office of
International Students and Scholars (OISS) at University Park and keep one for our files here in case you lose yours.
It will make replacing them much easier!!
- 12:15 p.m.
Lunch - Port Sky Café Large Dining Room
Mr. Sean Kelly, Director, Division of Student Affairs
Dr. L. Jay Burlingame, Associate Director, Division of Student Affairs Mrs. Lori Robinson - Staff Assistant
- 1:45 p.m.
How to Stay Healthy at Penn State Altoona - Ms.
Essie Auker, Assistant Director, Health & Wellness Center -
Slep Student Center T.V. Lounge
- 2:30 p.m.
Break
- 3:00 p.m.
Staying Safe on Campus - Chief Michael Lowery,
University Police Services - Slep Student Center T.V. Lounge
- 4:00 p.m.
Eiche Library, Learning Resource Center, &
Computer Center
Tour - Eiche Library/Computer Center in Hawthorn
- 5:00 p.m.
Dinner - Port Sky Café
- 6:00 p.m.
Free Time
 
Thursday,
August 21, 2008
- 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
New Student Move-In Day
- 1:00 p.m.
FTCAP Interpretation and Course Scheduling - all new (first-year)
international and exchange students must attend - please refer to location in
information received from the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS).
- 4:30 p.m.
Send Off BBQ - Laurel Pavilion - 6:30 p.m.
Lion
Chats - Group meetings with your Orientation leader - locations to be announced
7:00
p.m. Orientation Student Program -
CASINO NIGHT - Adler Athletic Complex
10:00 p.m. Residence Hall Floor/Building Meetings - your residence hall if living on
campus
 
Sunday,
August 24, 2008
- 5:30 p.m.
New International & Exchange Student Welcome Picnic
 
Fall 2008 New
Student Orientation Schedule
"Roar Like Never Before!"
Please click on link below for additional information on
programs beginning on August 21-August 24, 2008...
http://www.altoona.psu.edu/stulife/orientation/2008/2008 main menu.htm
For more
information about general New Student Orientation, please contact the Student Life Office at (814)
949-5064.
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