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Graduate Student Orientation (GSO) helps new graduate students connect to university life and their colleagues through program-specific orientation sessions, workshops to acclimate them to campus resources available to them, and vibrant and enjoyable activities like the Bison Walk, Personal Discovery team-building activities, or a Gallaudet Trivia Night.

GSO will take place on Gallaudet University campus from Tuesday, August 19 to Friday, August 22 and is open to all incoming graduate students.

Students who will be living on campus are encouraged to move in on Tuesday, August 19*. Orientation activities will be held from Wednesday, August 20 and last through Friday, August 22.

*Graduate Languaculture Immersion Program (GLIP) participants will move in on Sunday, August 3.

International graduate students who will be living on campus will move in on Sunday, August 17.

Orientation Schedule

9:00 AM — 4:00 PM
Student Move-In Day
Information Center
6:00 PM — 7:00 PM
Welcome Presentation

Optional

11:30 AM — 12:00 PM
Bison Walk

Optional

12:00 PM — 1:30 PM
Community BBQ

Optional

5:00 PM — 7:00 PM
Dinner at Hanson Plaza
Hanson Plaza
5:00 PM — 7:00 PM
Belonging & Engagement

Optional

9:00 PM — 11:00 PM
Late Night Programming

Optional

All Day
Graduate Program Orientations
11:30 AM — 1:30 PM
Lunch at Hanson Plaza
Hanson Plaza
11:30 AM — 1:30 PM
Belonging & Engagement

Optional

5:00 PM — 7:00 PM
Dinner at Hanson Plaza
Hanson Plaza
5:00 PM — 7:00 PM
Belonging & Engagement

Optional

7:00 PM — 9:00 PM
ASL SLAM!

Optional

9:00 PM — 11:00 PM
Late Night Programming

Optional

10:00 AM — 11:00 AM
Graduate Services and Resources - Meet and Greet with the Associate Dean of Graduate School
SAC 2221
11:30 AM — 1:30 PM
Lunch Reception with University President
Multipurpose Room (MPR) in Student Academic Center (SAC)
3:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Personal Discovery Program
5:00 PM — 7:00 PM
Dinner at Hanson Plaza
Hanson Plaza
5:00 PM — 7:00 PM
Belonging & Engagement

Optional

7:00 PM — 9:00 PM
Gallaudet Trivia Night

Optional

9:00 PM — 11:00 PM
Late Night Programming

Optional

Program Orientations Schedule

9:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

Departmental Orientation

All Day
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

Departmental Orientation

9:00 AM — 12:00 PM
Ph.D. and Certificate in Educational Neuroscience

Departmental Orientation

9:30 AM — 10:30 AM
Au.D. in Audiology

Departmental Orientation

9:30 AM — 10:30 AM
Ph.D. in Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences

Departmental Orientation

9:30 AM — 10:30 AM
M.S. in Speech Language Pathology

Departmental Orientation

10:00 AM — 12:00 PM
M.A. in Interpretation

Departmental Orientation

10:30 AM — 12:00 PM
Ph.D. in Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences

Program Orientation

10:30 AM — 5:00 PM
M.S. in Speech Language Pathology

Program Orientation

12:00 PM — 2:00 PM
M.A. in International Development

Departmental Orientation

1:00 PM — 3:00 PM
M.S. in Accessible Human-Centered Computing and Policy
SLCC 1125

Departmental Orientation

1:00 PM — 3:00 PM
M.A. and Certificate in Deaf Studies

Departmental Orientation

1:00 PM — 3:00 PM
Ph.D. and M.A. in Linguistics

Departmental Orientation

3:00 PM — 4:40 PM
M.S.W. in Social Work

Departmental Orientation

5:00 PM
M.P.A. in Public Administration

Departmental Orientation

6:00 PM
Ed.S in Deaf Education

Departmental Orientation

6:00 PM
Ph.D. in Education (Critical Studies in the Education of Deaf Learners)

Departmental Orientation

6:00 PM
Ed.D and Certificate in Transformational Leadership and Administration in Deaf Education

Departmental Orientation

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Graduate Student Orientation

Kendall Hall 201

(202) 524-9646

(202) 651-5085

Monday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Friday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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