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Orientation Schedule

fall 2008 - August 18-20

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 18
9:00-10:00 Breakfast
(Academic Village, 234 Eggers)
10:00-10:05

IR Staff Team introductions

> Ambassador Donald J. Planty, IR Chair, and Matt Bonham (220 Eggers)

10:05-10:45

Warm-up/ice breaker

> Robert Alexander, CMC Coordinator (220 Eggers)

10:45-11:00

Welcome to Maxwell and IR

> Ambassador Donald J. Planty (220 Eggers)

11:00-11:30

IR Program Overview: advising procedures: degree requirements, course plan

> Ryan Williams, Associate Director IR (220 Eggers)

11:30-1:00

Lunch (Maxwell Patio)

1:00-1:45 Student panel discussion (220 Eggers)
1:45-2:00 The practicalities: things you need to know
> Deanna Phillips, Assistant Director IR (220 Eggers)
2:30-5:00 Open advising with Ambassador Planty, Ryan and Samantha - Please sign up in IR Office
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19
9:00-9:30

Maxwell Career and Alumni Services

(220 Eggers)

    > Jennifer Potter Hayes, Director
    > Alexandra Bennett, Associate Director
    > Kelli Young, Assistant Director
9:30-10:15 Presentation of IR requirements (220 Eggers)
  Quantitative Skills for International Relations
    > Christine Mahoney, Assist. Prof. Pol. Science
  Qualitative Skills for International Relations
    > John Mathiason, Prof. IR
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Matt Bonham, Prof. Political Science and IR
  Microeconomics for IR
    > John McPeak, Assoc. Prof. Public Administration
  History of International Relations
    > James Bennett, Prof. Political Science and IR
  Comparative Foreign Policy
    > Matt Bonham, Prof. Political Science and IR
  Culture in World Affairs
    > Robert Rubinstein, Prof. Anthropology and IR
  IR Capstone Seminar
    > John Mathiason, Prof. IR
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15

IR Career Tracks and options outside Maxwell

(220 Eggers)

  Global Markets and joint IR/ECN degree
    > Stuart Brown, Prof. IR
  Global Development
    > Deborah Pellow, Prof. Anthropology
  Global Security/Certificate in Security Studies
    > Keli Perrin, Assistant Director, INSCT
  Transnatl Orgs & Leadership/Civil Soc Org Cert
    > Tosca Bruno, Moynihan Institute
  College of Law
    > Tomas Gonzalez, Assistant Dean, College of Law
  Certificate in Information, Technology, Policy, and Management
    > Stuart Thorson, Prof. Political Science
11:15-11:35

Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC) and discussion of ICN Career Track

(220 Eggers)

    > Catherine Gerard, Co-Director
    > Rosemary O'Leary, Co-Director
11:35-1:00 Lunch (Academic Village) and
individual photos (Eggers 220)
1:00-1:30

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

(Eggers 220)

    > Bruce Dayton, Associate Director
    > Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Middle East Center
    > Tom Perreault, PLACA
    > Anand Dwivedi, Kasturi Gupta, South Asia Center
    > Bartosz Stanislawski, CES and EU Center
    > Hongying Wang, East Asia Center
1:30-2:00

Graduate Assistants meet with Deanna and Ryan

(IR Conference Room, 225 Eggers)

3:00-5:00 Open advising with Ambassador Planty, Ryan and Samantha - Please sign up in IR Office
5:30-7:00

Barbeque dinner at the Inn Complete

(South Campus)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20
9:00-9:15

Welcome to the Maxwell School

> Michael Wasylenko, Maxwell Senior Assoc. Dean (Eggers 010)

9:15-9:45

Off-campus programs (Eggers 010)

> Samantha Clemence, Global Programs Coordinator

  Spring 2009
Contemporary War & Liberal Conscience, London
African Development Seminar, DC
    Latin American Policy Seminar, DC
  Summer 2009
    Geneva Summer Practicum, Geneva
    Washington Summer Practicum, DC
    Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Strasbourg
    Entrepreneurship & Empowerment South Africa
    Foreign Study at ICT, Herzliya, Israel
  Fall 2009
    Global Europe
    Study/Intern in Santiago, Chile
    Global Security and Development, DC
    Hertie School/Freie U. Berlin
    Waseda University, Tokyo
    International University of Japan, Niigata
    Yonsei University, Seoul
    SU in Beijing
    Study/Intern in South India, Mysore
9:45-10:30

Washington, DC Programs (Eggers 010)

> Michael Schneider, Director IR DC Programs

10:30-10:45

Break

10:45-11:45

For international students only - internships and work authorization - IMPORTANT

(Eggers 010)

> Elane Granger, Associate Director, Slutzker Center for International Student Services

11:45-12:30

Lunch (Academic Village) and
individual photos (Eggers 220)

1:00-3:00

Open advising with Ambassador Planty, Ryan, and Samantha - Please sign up in IR Office

3:00-4:30

Maxwell Convocation and Reception

> Michael Wasylenko, Senior Assoc. Dean (Maxwell Auditorium)

5:00-7:00

Dinner (326 Berkeley Drive)

> Hosted by Matt and Martha Bonham

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21
9:30-4:30 Open advising with Ambassador Planty, Ryan and Samantha - Please sign up in IR Office
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
9:30-4:30

Open advising with Ambassador Planty, Ryan and Samantha - Please sign up in IR Office
12:00-4:00

Information & Computing Technology (ICT) open orientation - just stop by (Eggers 220)

ICT staff will configure laptops to the Maxwell network, help with new accounts, and answer general computing questions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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