#  Orientation and Lunch for New GSAS Students 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **August 25, 2016** 

 09:30AM - 09:30AM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street**  



 

 



 

Morning ceremonies provide essential information for graduate students followed by a luncheon for you and members of your department. Following the Orientation Luncheon, students can attend workshops, visit a resource fair, and learn about student groups. The afternoon ends with the Graduate School Alumni Association Social Hour outside Dudley House.

### Orientation

**9:30 a.m.**  
Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall

**Welcoming Speeches**  
Garth McCavana, *Dean for Student Affairs (moderator)*  
Drew Gilpin Faust, *President of Harvard University*  
Michael Smith, *Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences*  
Xiao-Li Meng, *Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences*  
James Hogle, *Master of Dudley House*  
Eliza Gettel, *Coordinating* *Dudley Fellow*  
Darcy Frear, *President of the Graduate Student Council*

**10:30 a.m.**  
**Becoming a New Professional in Your Field**   
Mahzarin Banaji, *Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics*  
Seth Avakian, *Program Officer for Title IX and Professional Conduct*  
Maike Isaac, *Education Specialist for Graduate and Professional Schools, Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (OSAPR)*

### **Lunch**

**11:30 a.m.**  
Join faculty, department administrators, and classmates for lunch under the tent on the Science Center plaza  
*(see map in your Orientation folder)*

[GSAS Website Info](https://gsas.harvard.edu/events/orientation-and-lunch-new-gsas-students)



 

 



 

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