Incoming Students—Start Your Freshman Year Off Right by Spending the Day with Us!
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To welcome our new freshman to the College of Design, we invite students and their parents to spend the day with us learning about the design experience. The day's programs include lectures by award-winning faculty, sketching demonstrations hosted by faculty and alumni, tours given by our student leaders, a student advising session, and more. Lunch in the college is available on a limited basis. Parents will have the opportunity to spend time with the dean and get answers to their most frequently asked questions.
The following is a brief agenda for programs taking place in the College of Design as part of our Fall Welcome. This schedule is subject to change. An updated schedule including locations will be made available on Friday, August 22 at 8:30 in the Gallery of Design.
Students and Parents: Plan to attend the school or department meeting held according to your major. Important information about your programs will be given and you will have the opportunity to meet the director of each of the programs.
| 8:30 am |
Welcome Coffee
Gallery of Design
CDS, first floor
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| 9:00 |
Dean's Welcome and
Design Awareness
Dean Wellington Reiter and sample lecture by Jacques Giard, Director of Cross-College Programs
Neeb Hall |
| 10:00 |
Tours of the College
Provided by student ambassadors. School and department meetings, demonstrations of the Blackboard online tool used by instructors for course announcements and online work, and sketching demonstration
Various locations |
| 11:00 |
Tours of the College/ Department Meetings Continue
Study Abroad opportunities and panel presentation with Professors Ted Cook, Mookesh Patel, and Jose Bernardi. They will share their summer study abroad experiences from 2008.
Various locations |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch in the College
Dine and chat with professors, student leaders, and staff. Lunch will take place in CDN 269, one of our work studios. Seating is limited. There is a $10.00 charge per person for lunch. To download a registration form click below.
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Deadline to register is Friday, August 15, 2008 or when space is sold out. |
| 1:00 |
Tours of the College
Barrett Honors College student meeting for Architecture and Landscape Architecture students with Dr. Renata Hejduk; lecture with Professor Max Underwood, "This is Arizona"; Study Abroad presentation; sketching demonstration; Blackboard demonstration.
Various locations
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| 2:00 |
Parents Meet the Dean
(parents only please)
Red Square and CDN 60 (lower level CDN)
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| 2:00 |
Student Advising Session
(students only please)
Meet with academic advisors and get last minute questions answered.
Neeb Hall |
| 3:00 |
Closing remarks by Dean Reiter and lecture with Dr. Wil Heywood, "Finding Purpose"
Students and parents reconvene to end the day.
Neeb Hall |
| 4:00–7:00 |
The Sun Devil Welcome
All student and guests are encouraged to attend The Sun Devil Welcome event at Wells Fargo Arena followed by dinner for all students and a reception for parents |
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