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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
Refer to the Program Orientations Schedule
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
Zoom
Departmental Orientation
5:00 PM
M.P.A. in Public Administration
Zoom
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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