Orientation
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Orientation Dates
Academic Year 2024 – 2025
Please refer to the schedule below for upcoming orientation dates in the 2024-2025 academic year. Detailed orientation schedules will be provided in advance. Students are required to attend all scheduled days of orientation programming.
June Orientation
Monday, June 3, 2024
Who should attend? All new MPH in Epidemiology students beginning their program in June 2024 should attend this Orientation.
Summer Orientation
Monday, July 8, 2024
Who should attend? All new degree and non-degree students starting their program in July 2024 (summer session) should attend this Orientation.
Fall Orientation
Wednesday, August 28 through Friday, August 30, 2024
Who should attend? All new fall students (SM, MPH, PhD, and any other degree-seeking students) beginning their program on campus in August 2024 should attend this Orientation. Students in online programs will receive information about orientation from your program.
New MPH students (excluding those in the Clinical Effectiveness field of study) who started their program in the summer and will continue in the fall must also attend. DrPH students that started their program in summer are invited to attend.