SKED: International Orientation
International Orientation 2005 – 8/3; 8/4; 8/5
Wednesday, 8/3 (601B)
9:00-10:00 a.m.: Welcome/coffee & pastries
1. Josh Friedman
2. David Klatell
3. Sreenath Sreenivasan
4. Melanie Huff
5. Elizabeth Fishman
6. Robert Mac Donald
10:00 a.m.: Students travel via bus to
Josh Friedman’s home:
435 Rt. 9W
Palisades, NY 10964
10:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Students have picnic lunch, introductory discussion at Prof. Friedman’s home and a peek at a typical American suburb.
4:30 p.m. - Students leave Palisades for return trip home
Thursday, 8/4 (601B)
9:30 a.m.: *ISSO Presentation and paperwork
11:00 a.m. Journalism Computers/E-mail/Meningitis/Biz Cards
Abraham – Lee: Room 601A
Lo – Vieira: Room 607C
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Box Lunches provided
1:00-4:00: Grammar & Writing Diagnostic
Friday, 8/5 (601B)
9:30 a.m.: Josh Friedman will present an overview of local and national politics, education and religion
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Box Lunches provided
1:00 p.m. Walking tour of the city
7 p.m.: Group dinner at a downtown restaurant
*If you have not had the opportunity to report to the ISSO before Thursday’s meeting , you are required to bring your passport, I-20 or DS-2019 and I-94 card (white card usually stapled into the passport) along with a photocopy of the I-20 or DS-2019 that was used to enter the United States. Be sure that it is legible, because it will be scanned into your computer file. The ISSO will be collecting information regarding your documents, as well as your local address.
