September 1, 2006 Source: :
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/media/releases/2006/mr-06-092.html UBC Vancouver Holds Two of Canada's Largest Orientations for Parents and Students Event: UBC Parent Orientation Date/Time: Sun. Sep. 3, 2006, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Place: Chan Centre Welcome: 1:00-1:45 p.m., Chan Centre Faculty Session: 2:00-2:45 p.m., Various Locations Information Fair: 3:00-4:30 p.m., Buchanan Courtyard UBC’s Vancouver campus welcomes more that 900 parents to the largest parent orientation in western Canada on September 3. Parents will learn strategies and resources for supporting their children from students, faculty and administrators – including a welcome by UBC President Stephen Toope – on all aspects of campus life, including studying, socializing, and living in residence. Also, for the first time in the seven-year history of UBC Parent Orientation, more than 400 parents of international students will take part in GALA-International Orientation, a separate, three-day initiative designed specifically for international students and their parents, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2.
Media Contact Sarah Sims, UBC Student Development: 604-822-6077, 778-862-4116 (cell), or sarah.sims@ubc.ca. Event: Imagine UBC: Vancouver campus first-year student orientation Date/Time: Tue. Sep. 5, 2006, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Place: Students Assemble: 8:30-9:15 a.m., Main Mall, north end Morning Meetings & Student Success Workshops: 9:30 a.m.– 5:00 p.m., students meet in groups organized by faculty across campus Pep Rally: 2:15 – 3:00 p.m., War Memorial Gym Main Event Carnival: 3:00 – 4:30 p.m., Koerner Plaza (on Main Mall facing Koerner Library) Interactive information booths with games and giveaways; main stage with demonstrations and performances; barbeque UBC’s Vancouver campus welcomes more than 5,100 new first-year students with Imagine UBC -- the largest one-day orientation program in Canada -- when classes resume September 5. This campus-wide orientation, offers help and advice on how new students—dubbed the "Class of 2010," as many will graduate just three months after the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver-Whistler—can adjust to and succeed in university life. During morning meetings, new students are assigned to small groups with students they share at least one lecture or tutorial with, so that they can get to know their fellow classmates ahead of time. Faculty members will also be on hand to greet students and answer questions, and UBC President Stephen Toope, Vice President, Students Brian Sullivan, and Thelma Wright, UBC alumna and former Canadian Olympian, will speak at the afternoon Pep Rally. Late afternoon, new students will join in a march towards the Main Event Carnival, which showcases student life with booths run by clubs and student services. Imagine UBC was created 10 years ago by UBC students, and will be run by more than 800 volunteer student leaders this year. For more information on this or other UBC orientation programs for parents, mature and transfer students, graduate students and international students, please visit: http://www.students.ubc.ca/newtoubc/orientations.cfm. For information about student orientation programs at UBC’s Okanagan campus, visit: http://okanagan.students.ubc.ca/orientations.
Media Contacts Sarah Sims, UBC Student Development: 604.822.6077, 778.862.4116 (cell), or sarah.sims@ubc.ca. Steve Ng, UBC Student Development: 604.822.6077, 604.723.4609 (cell), or steve.ng@ubc.ca. - 30 -
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