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PhIOS 2009 Tentative Schedule


Sunday (9 August )

  • 12:00-2:00 PM - Check-in for students needing housing
  • 1:00-3:00 PM - Program Check-in
  • 3:30 PM - Group work (Team Building)
  • 5:30 PM - Program Dinner
  • 7:00 PM - Introduction, Content Lecture 1

Monday (10 August)

Morning

  • 7:00 AM - Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - Content Lecture 2
  • 10:00 AM - Break
  • 10:30 AM - Study Skills Discussion 1

Afternoon

  • 12:00 PM - Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - Study Skills Discussion 2
  • 2:00 PM - Study Time/Group work
  • 4:00 PM - Content Lecture 3
  • 5:30 PM - Dinner
  • 6:30 PM - Research Presentations

Tuesday (11 August)

Morning

  • 7:00 AM - Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - Exam 1
  • 9:30 AM - Break
  • 9:45 AM - Content Lecture 4
  • 11:00 AM - How to be a Student Session 1, "College of Basic Sciences" and "Student Organizations"

Afternoon

  • 12:00 PM - Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - Discussion of Exam Results
  • 2:00 PM - Visit LIGO Gravitational Wave Observatory and Science Center
  • 5:30 PM - Dinner
  • 6:30 PM - Research Presentations

Wednesday (12 August)

Morning

  • 7:00 AM - Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - Content Lecture 5
  • 9:45 AM - Break
  • 10:00 AM - How to be a Student Session 2, "What is the Center for the Freshman Year?" "How to manage my schedule" and "What is the College of Basic Sciences?"

Afternoon

  • 12:00 PM - Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - Study Time/Group Work
  • 3:00 PM - Break
  • 4:00 PM - Content Lecture 6
  • 5:30 PM - Dinner
  • 6:30 PM - Research Presentations
  • 7:30 PM - Lab Tours

Thursday (13 August)

Morning

  • 7:00 AM - Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - Exam 2
  • 9:30 AM - Break
  • 9:45 AM - Content Lecture 7
  • 10:45 AM - Break
  • 11:00 AM - How to be a Student Session 3, "Money Matters and Wellness"

Afternoon

  • 12:00 PM - Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - Discussion of Exam Results
  • 2:00 PM - Study Time/Group work
  • 4:00 PM - Content Lecture 8
  • 5:30 PM - Dinner
  • 6:30 PM - Research Presentations
  • 7:30-8:30 PM - Lab Tours

Friday (14 August)

Morning

  • 7:00 AM - Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - Review
  • 9:00 AM - Exam 3
  • 10:00 AM - Break
  • 10:30 AM - How to be a Student Session 4, "Undergraduate Research, What comes after you graduate?"
  • 11:30 AM - Final Exam Results

Afternoon

  • 1:00 PM - Awards Luncheon and Closing Ceremonies (Cotillion Ballroom)
  • 3:00 PM - Check-out of rooms

 

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