Graduate

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Welcome to the Department! 
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All new graduate students meet with Keith for a preview of Orientation Week.

10 AM - 11:30 AM 
Round Table Introductions 
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The department will meet as a whole, and faculty and graduate students will introduce themselves. Department Chairperson, Ambar Basu, will share his thoughts on the coming year.

All staff, graduate students, and faculty are encoruaged to attend this annual department tradition!

11:40 AM -12:40 PM
Open Door/Walk-in Conversations 
Meet and talk with your temporary advisor and other available faculty members in their offices.
Faculty members are requested to be in their Teams Meeting call by 11:40 AM, and new graduate students will be encoraged to drop by. 

Refer to “Faculty Cheat Sheet” in your Orientation materials.

Aisha Durham
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Ambar Basu
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Diana Leon-Boys
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Joshua Scacco 
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Keith Berry 
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Laurel Friedman
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Mahuya Pal 
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Marleah Dean Kruzel 
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Navita Cummings James
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Patrice Buzzanell
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Patrick McElearney
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Rachel Dubrofsky
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Sonia Ivancic (12 - 12:40pm)
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Steve Wilson
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Graduate Communication Association (GCA) Introductions and Meeting 
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Meet and talk with other graduate students and be introduced to the GCA Executive-board members. A representative from USF Graduate Assitants United  will make a 10-minute presentation during this meeting. Please feel free to eat lunch during this meeting. 

All graduate students are invited and encouraged to attend.

2 PM - 3:45 PM
"Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Degree Requirements But Have Not Asked"
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This session with Keith and JT will provide information about how to prepare a plan of study, what to expect in exams, forming a thesis or dissertation committee ... all you questions answered!

All new and returning students are required to attend. 

Refer to “M.A./Ph.D. Program Timelines” in Orientation materials. 

9 AM - 9:30 AM
Department Office Overview
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JT Johnson and Aaron Castillo will meet with all new students for an overview of the work room, office procedures, and computer lab.

Second year and newer faculty are welcome.

10 AM - 11:15 AM
SPC 2608 Staff Meeting 
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Director of Public Speaking, Aubrey Huber, will answer questions on teaching SPC 2608 within the USF system. Prior to the meeting, please review the "SPC 2608 2021-2022: Requirements & Expectations for Staff" handout, common syllabus, and shell. You may e-mail Aubrey (aubreyahuber@usf.edu) with questions you would like addressed during the meeting or ask them when everyone is assembled.

All SPC 2608 Staff Members (Tampa, St. Petersburg, & Sarasota-Manatee) are required to attend. 

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Meet Your Peer Mentor for (Virtual) Lunch 
All mentors are asked to set up their own Teams meeting for this session.

 

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
INTO & SPC 2608 Info Session
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During this session, instructors assigned to teach INTO sections of SPC 2608 will be introduced to the INTO program.
(INTO USF helps students from around the world study at the University of South Florida by offering specialist degrees and pathway programs.
(https://www.usf.edu/intousf/)

Instructors will also have an opportunity to ask any questions about how better to adapt SPC 2608 for INTO students.

All SPC 2608 Staff Members assigned to INTO sections are required to attend.

All instructors interested in teaching INTO sections of SPC 2608 in the future are also invited to attend.

12 PM - 1:30 PM
SPC 3301 Staff Meeting with Steve Wilson
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All SPC 3301 instructors are required to attend.

12 PM - 1:30 PM
COM 3014 Staff Meeting with Sonia Ivancic 
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All COM 3014 instructors are required to attend.

3 PM - 4 PM
COM 2000 Staff Meeting with Laurel Friedman 
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All COM 2000 instructors are required to attend.

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
"Joys and Challenges of Teaching Public Speaking at USF" 
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Assistant Director of Public Speaking, Mike McDowell, will speak with the new cohort of SPC 2608 Public Speaking teachers about teaching SPC 2608 at USF. The new cohort includes any GTAs, adjuncts, or faculty teaching SPC 2608 Public Speaking at USF in 2021-2022. The assistant director will follow up on lingering questions from the earlier staff meeting. 

All SPC 2608 Staff new to teaching SPC 2608 at USF. 

4 PM - 5:00 PM
COM 4958 Staff Meeting with Laurel Friedman 
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All COM 4958 instructors are required to attend. 

10 AM - 11:30 AM
"The Nuts and Bolts of IRB: Submitting your First Application" 
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Josh Scacco and Marleah Dean Kruzel, our department's Institutional Review Board (IRB) liaisons, will introduce you to key components and steps involved with submitting a research proposal to the IRB at USF. The session will also include time for Q&A. 

All graduate students are welcome to attend this session, especially those students who are in the process of proposing thesis and dissertation projects or think they will need IRB review for a research project at some point.

1 PM - 3:00 PM
Mandatory Title IX Training with USF Title IX Coordinator Maggie Denney
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Required for all incoming students and every two years for faculty and students 

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Campus Tour 
Mike McDowell will take graduate students on an optional tour of the USF campus! Out of an abundance of caution this tour will take place entirely outside.

Please email Mike (mamcdowell@usf.edu) ASAP if you plan on attending the campus tour.

All new and second-year students are invited to attend.

7 PM - 9:00 PM
Graduate Student Social Event
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The GCA E-Board has planned several virtual activities and games for graduates students to gather, relax, and unwind after orientation week!

All graduate students are invited and encouraged to attend.

9 AM - 10:00 AM
Executive Committee Meeting 
Please refer to the e-mail sent to you by Aaron Castillo for the Executive Committee Meeting link.

10 AM - 3:00 PM
Faculty Retreat/Faculty Meeting 
Please refer to the e-mail sent to you by Aaron Castillo for the Faculty Retreat/Faculty Meeting link.