Prospective Grad Student Visit Weekend

Dated: 02 Feb 2016 | Tags:

General Info

  • March 5-7
  • Don’t use BART stations as meeting locations.

Emails

  • Want to do these
  • Should break it down by lab group/advisor?
  • Should probably have the first year grad students contact their advisor’s new students.
  • We will get a list of the students and assign them to people.
  • Content: offering yourself as a resource.

Activities

Happy Hour

Should advertise to p-grad students if they are here early or in the area already.

Hike

  • Time: 1:00
  • Saturday midday
  • Location - get Maria the info. Is it close to where the hike was last year.
  • Food - should pack some lunches to take, make sandwiches, etc.
  • Drivers - need to know how many people are going.
  • Participants - will determine via an email to the prospective students.
  • Make spreadsheets.

Bar Crawl

  • Time: Dinner: 7:30 pm, bar crawl: 9:00 pm
  • Saturday night after the hike
  • Dinner - separated from dinner, need a reservation.
  • Location: Free house - large outdoor area; Jupiter has a big upstairs area that would be good.
  • Maybe if we can call ahead to some places
  • Crawl: East Bay Spice Company ->(?) Jupiter ->(?) Triple Rock
  • Give them rides up to the guest house afterwards - do we have enough designated drivers?

Campus Tour(s)

  • Sunday morning
  • Time: one at 11:00, one at 1:00.
  • Tour guides - James, Maria
  • Times

BBQ

  • Sunday evening
  • Time: 4:30 pm
  • Location - April/Chris’s place
  • Food - people can bring stuff