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International Student Orientation Schedule
 
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
 
Please make sure that your ticket is to Lafayette, Louisiana (airport code is LFT). If you plan to stay on campus, please make arrangements with the Housing Office prior to your arrival in Lafayette, LA. The telephone number at the Housing Office is (337) 482-6471. The e-mail address is housing@louisiana.edu.
 
 
FALL 2008 SEMESTER
AUGUST 18 - 22, 2008

 
Monday, August 18
 
9:00 a.m. Math Placement Test ONLY for undergraduates in Maxim Doucet, room 211. Bring soft lead pencils, your passport, and a calculator. All undergraduates not having transfer credits from a U.S. Institution must take the math test.
1:00 p.m. MANDATORY International Student Orientation in the Bayou Bijou in the Student Union for all new incoming international students (graduate and undergraduate).
3:00 p.m. - MANDATORY Immigration Session. At the end Handouts will be given out.
- Datasheets will be collected and verified at the Office of International Affairs. Clearance cards necessary to register will be given out to students who attend orientation.
 
Tuesday, August 19
 
8:00 a.m. Campus-wide orientation for all undergraduates will be held in the Ballroom of the Student Union. Attendance is MANDATORY.
 
Wednesday, August 20
 
11:00 a.m. MANDATORY workshop for sponsored students (students sponsored by government,
agencies, organizations, companies, etc.) at the Office of International Affairs.
1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. - MANDATORY Orientation session (women only) at the Bastille Room in the Student Union (across from the University Bookstore).
- MANDATORY Orientation session (men only) at the Bastille Room in the Student Union (across from the University Bookstore).
 
Thursday, August 21
 
12:30 p.m. MANDATORY orientation for all Graduate Students at H.L. Griffin Hall Auditorium.
 
Friday, August 22
 
9:00 a.m. MANDATORY for graduate students with assistantships report to H.L. Griffin Hall Auditorium.
Please bring your immigration documents.
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Welcome reception at the OIA Lobby (everyone is invited).
12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Trip to Wal-Mart (transportation provided by the OIA).
 
Monday, August 25
 
Check your schedule Classes begin
 
 
       
Friday, August 29
       
                 
       
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Block party on Rex Street.
1:00 p.m. First Coffee Hour; sponsored by the International Student Council.
       
                 
                 
     
   
   

Document last revised Monday, August 11, 2008 10:55 AM

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