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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250811
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Orientation Week at MBZUAI is designed for new undergraduate students. \nParticipants: 300+ new undergraduate students. \nOrientation Week is dedicated to welcoming students and helping them settle into university life. Throughout the\n    week\, they’ll be introduced to academic\, legal\, and cultural expectations\, while also exploring the campus\, meeting\n    peers\, and discovering key resources. \n\n\n\nWelcome Weekend\nOrientation\nO-Week Wrap Up\n \n \n\n\n\n\nSaturday – 9 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n8:00 AM to 10:00 PM\n \n\nRegistration/Welcome Pack\n                                        Collection\n \n\nArrival Zone/Visitor Center\n \n\n\nKatie / Valtina / Volunteers\n \n \n\n2:00 PM to 5:00 PM\n \n\nTrip to IKEA / Yas\n                                        Mall\n \n\nOff Campus\n \n\n\n \n\n6:00 PM to 8:00 PM\n \n\nDrop-in: Dinner \n                                \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nCatering\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nSunday –\n                10 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n8:00 AM to 10:00 PM\n \n\nRegistration/Welcome Pack\n                                        Collection\n \n\nArrival Zone/Visitor Center\n \n\n\nKatie / Valtina\n \n \n\n2:00 PM to 5:00 PM\n \n\nTrip to IKEA / Yas\n                                        Mall\n \n\nOff Campus\n \n\n\n \n\n6:00 PM to 7:00 PM\n \n\n Intro Graduate Student Council + AMA\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nIshita / Hamad Al Shehhi\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nMonday – 11 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n8:30 AM to 09:45 AM\n \n\nRegistration/Welcome Pack\n                                        Collection\n \n\nArrival Zone/ Visitor Center\n \n\n\nKatie / Valtina\n \n \n\n10:00 AM to 10:30 AM\n \n\nCohort Welcome with\n                                        Provost\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nTim / Thamar\n \n \n\n10:30 AM to 11:15 AM\n \n\nWelcome to the UAE\n                                        Session\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nEman\n \n \n\n11:15 AM to 11:45 AM\n \n\nHigh Performance Computing\n                                        Session\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nJinlei Wang\n \n \n\n11:45 AM to 12:00 PM\n \n\nLife in Abu Dhabi: Cultural +\n                                        Living in\n                                        Masdar\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nJinlei Wang\n \n \n\n12:00 PM to 1:00 PM\n \n\nLunch\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nCatering\n \n \n\n1:00 PM to 1:30 PM\n \n\n Emirates ID Process Session\n                                \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nValentina\n \n \n\n1:30 PM to 2:30 PM\n \n\n“What I Wish I Knew My First\n                                        Year” Panel Session\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nThamar / GEPA\n \n \n\n2:30 PM to 6:00 PM\n \n\n Explore on your own time\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n \n\n6:00 PM to 8:00 PM\n \n\nDrop-In Social Event: Game\n                                        Night\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nXavi / Thamar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nTuesday – 12 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n09:00 AM to 9:30 AM\n \n\nBrew and\n                                        conversations\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nOGSEPA\n \n \n\n9:30 AM to 10:15 AM\n \n\nCareers and Internships\n                                        Portal\,\n                                        Services\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nEmma Blakemore\n \n \n\n10:15 AM to 11:00 AM\n \n\nPreparing for your internship:\n                                        online\n                                        programming\,\n                                        LeetCode\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nDr. Aji\n \n \n\n11:15 AM to 11:45 PM\n \n\nFrom Day One to Impact –\n                                        Reflections and advice \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nAlumni Relations\n \n \n\n11:45 AM to 12:15 PM\n \n\nDeveloping Your Research\n                                        Persona\n                                    \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nAlumni Relations\n \n \n\n12:15 PM to 1:15 PM\n \n\nLunch\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nCatering\n \n \n\n1:15 PM to 2:30 PM\n \n\nCareer Pathways Panel:\n                                        Academia\,\n                                        Industry\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nDez\, Elizabeth\, Ian\, Aji\n                                        TS: Moderator\n \n \n\n2:30 PM to 3:00 PM\n \n\nInnovation and\n                                        Entrepreneurship\n                                        in the\n                                        UAE\,\n                                        with\n                                        IEC\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nInnovation and Entrepreneurship Center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nWednesday – 13 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n12:00 PM to 2:00 PM\n \n\nOrientation Mini Fair\n                                \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nProvost Office\n \n \n\n2:00 PM to 3:00 PM\n \n\nID photoshoot\n \n\nROOM 10 B1\n \n\n\nMarcomms\n \n \n \nMini Fair Participants\n\nFacilities Health & Safety\nAcademic Affairs / Registrar’s Office\nAlumni Affairs\nCareer Services\nIT\nWellbeing\nLibrary\nGraduate Student Council\nMarcomms\nGSEPA\nDepartment Coordinators\nIncubation and Entrepreneurship Center\nEmirates NBD Bank\nADCB Bank\nFAB Bank\nEmirates NBD Bank\nMIRAL\nLockton Insurance Brokers\n\n \n \n \n\n\n                Thursday – 14 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n9:00 AM to 9:30 AM\n \n\nBrew and\n                                        conversations\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nThamar and Xavi\n \n \n\n9:30 AM to 9:45 AM\n \n\nMeet The Library: Your Best\n                                        Resource\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nOlga Ayoub\n \n \n\n9:45 AM to 10:00 AM\n \n\nIT Session\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nOlga Ayoub\n \n \n\n10:00 AM to 10:20 AM\n \n\nMeet the Registrar’s\n                                        Office\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nHanan’s Team\n \n \n\n10:20 AM to 10:45 AM\n \n\nHow to Choose an advisor                                   \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nThamar\n \n \n\n11:15 AM to 11:45 AM\n \n\n Achieving Research Excellence: Advice I\nWish I Had Received at the Start of Graduate School\n                                    \n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nSteve Liu\n \n \n\n11:45 AM to 12:15 PM\n \n\nAcademic Integrity\n                                        Session\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nCharles Grim\n \n \n\n12:15 PM to 1:30 PM\n \n\nLunch\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nCatering\n \n \n\n1:30 PM to 2:00 PM\n \n\nJourney to completing the\n                                        MS/PhD\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nDezhen Song\n \n \n\n2:00 PM to 2:45 PM\n \n\nHow to write a research\n                                        paper\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\nEran Segal\n \n \n\n3:00 PM to 5:00 PM\n \n\n Department Led Programming with\nDepartment Chairs (CS)\n \n\n Classroom 7\n \n\n\nEran Segal\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\nFriday – 15 Aug\n\n\n\n\nTime\nSession\nLocation\nPresenter\n\n10:00 AM to 12:00 PM\n \n\nDepartment Led Programming\n                                        with\n                                        Department Chairs\n \n\n1B\n \n\n\nDepartment Chairs\n \n \n\n12:00 AM to 2:30 PM\n \n\n OPTIONAL TO EXTEND – Department program \n \n\n1B\n \n\n\nDepartment Chairs\n \n \n\n2:30 PM to 4:00 PM\n \n\nO-Week Wrap Up\n \n\nMulti-Use Hall\n \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n            Directions to MBZUAI  
URL:https://mbzuai.ac.ae/event/graduate-student-orientation/
LOCATION:MBZUAI Campus\, Masdar City\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
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