ORIENTATION: Schedule for Friday, May 18
Two days after the 2007 Graduation, we begin the cycle all over again, with 32 new students doing RWI in the Part-time Program.
Part-Time May 2007 Orientation
Friday, May 18, 2007
8:30 am: Pick up IDs and Orientation Folders World Room (3rd floor)
Coffee and pastries
9:00 am: Welcome - World Room
* David Klatell, Vice Dean
* Sree Sreenivasan, Dean of Students
* Bruce Porter, director-designate, Part-Time Program
* Ernest Sotomayor, Director of Career Services
10:30 am: Break
11:00 am: Computer Activation - Cabral/601A; Reisig/607C
11:30 am: Rebecca Castillo, J’06, SPJ Class President, and student panel:
“Being a Part-Time Student” - World Room
A group of Part-Time students discusses life at the J-school
12:30 pm: Box lunch - World Room
1:15-1:45 pm: Trip to Kent Hall for ID collection
1:45 pm—3:45 pm First session with professors: Reisig/602; Cabral/601C
4-5 pm: Reception - Lobby
Reminder: Saturday morning bus/reporting trip to the Bronx - meet at northeast corner of 116th St & Amsterdam Ave. at 8:30 a.m. for 8:45 a.m. departure.
Week of May 21:
Monday, May 21, 2007
7-10 pm - First class: Cabral/501A; Reisig/602
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
7-10 pm - *Cabral Research: 601A
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
7-9 pm - Second class: Cabral/501A; Reisig/602
Thursday, May 24, 2007
7-9 pm - *Reisig Research: 601A
* This two-hour session includes an introduction to Columbia University’s library system, with an emphasis on the many electronic sources of information you can access from anywhere with your UNI. The rest of the session is devoted to learning how to search two major news databases, LexisNexis and Factiva, in a strategic way. Even if you are already familiar with these resources, you will learn new tricks that will help you search smarter. Time permitting, there will also be an introduction to Infoshare Online, a database that enables you to retrieve data about NYC at the neighborhood level.
