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Center for Global Engagement

International & TCK Student Orientation Schedule

August 16-22, 2019

Friday, August 16, 2019

8 a.m.	Breakfast	Phelps Dining Hall
9 A.M.	Welcome and Introductions with Families	Martha Miller Center (MMC) – 1st Floor Rotunda
10 a.m.	Student Expectations and Icebreakers	MMC – Room 239
11:30 a.m.	Explore Michigan Meeting	MMC – Room 239
12 p.m (NOON)	Lunch	Phelps Dining Hall
1 p.m.	Logistics & Immigration Session I: bring your passport, I-20 or DS-2019, and I-94	MMC – Room 239
2p.M.	Health & Safety Session I: Campus Safety Briefing	MMC - Room 239
3 p.m.	Campus Scavenger Hunt
6 P.M.	Welcome Dinner	Haworth Center
8 p.m.	Shopping at Meijer/Free Time (optional)	Meet at MMC – 1st Floor Rotunda

Saturday, August 17–Monday, August 19, 2019

Explore Michigan!

Meet in MMC 1st Floor Rotunda with your bag for Explore Michigan packed! Explore Michigan itinerary will be distributed at the Explore Michigan meeting.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

8 a.m.	Breakfast	Phelps Dining Hall
10 a.m.	Immigration Session II: On-Campus Employment Social Security Number Driver's License Note: concurrent TCK session	MMC – Room 239
11 a.m.	Break	MMC – Room 239
11:10 a.m.	Academic Session I: Plagiarism	MMC – Room 239
12 p.m. (noon)	Lunch	Phelps Dining Hall
1 p.m.	Academic Session II: International & TCK Student panel (returning student's perspective on classroom culture, assignments, faculty interactions, academic expectations, etc.)	MMC – Room 239
2:30 P.M.	Calendar & Student Activities: IRC, IMAGES: A Reflection on Cultures, International Food Fair, etc.	MMC – Room 239
3 p.m.	Cultural Adjustment Session I: Host Family	MMC – Room 239
4 P.M.	OAs and International Students Activity	MMC – Room 239
5 p.m.	Dinner	Phelps Dining Hall
7–10 p.m.	Shopping trip to Wal-Mart (optional)	Meet in MMC – 1st Floor Rotunda

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

8 a.m.	Breakfast	Phelps Dining Hall
9 a.m.	Academic Session III: Faculty Panel	Martha Miller Center (MMC) – Room 239
10 a.m.	Break and OA/OD Activity	MMC – Room 239
11 a.m.	Academic Session IV: 11–11:15 a.m. – Academic Success Center 11:20–11:35 a.m. – Library	MMC – Room 239
12 p.m. (Noon)	Lunch	Phelps Dining Hall
1 p.m.	Health & Safety Session II: Health Fair Counseling & Confidentiality	MMC – Room 239
2 p.m.	Cultural Adjustment Session II: Cultural Differences Campus Life in America Cultural Intelligence	MMC – Room 239
3 p.m.	Purchase Books & Pay Your Bills	MMC – Room 239
4 p.m.	Free Time
5:00p.m.	Whitecaps Baseball Game in Grand Rapids (optional)	Meet in MMC – 1st Floor Rotunda

Thursday, August 22, 2019

8 a.m.	Breakfast	Phelps Dining Hall
9 a.m.	Health & Safety Session III: Title IX Training	Martha Miller Center (MMC) – Room 239
9:30 a.m.	Immigration Session III: traveling, PDSO/DSO roles, maintaining status Note: concurrent TCK session	MMC – Room 239
10:00 a.m.	Academic Session V: Academic Success and Setting Academic Expectations	MMC – Room 239
11:00 A.M.	Business Services & Finances	MMC - Room 239
11:30 a.m.	Learn about Freshmen Orientation	MMC – Room 239
12 p.m. (noon)	Lunch	Phelps Dining Hall
1 p.m.	Academic Session VI: Klooster Writing Center	MMC – Room 239
2 p.m.	International Orientation Wrap-up Session	MMC – Room135
4 P.M.	Dinner at Kollen Park	Meet at MMC – 1st Floor Rotunda
8 p.m.	Shopping trip to Meijer (optional)	Meet at MMC – 1st Floor Rotunda
	Join the 2019 Freshmen Orientation on Friday, August 23.

View the Hope College student orientation schedule for all students

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18 Oct

Campus-Life

International Studies Alumni Panels

International Studies Alumni Panels

Date: Thursday, October 18
Location: Maas Center

16 Oct Academics

Lecturer to Discuss Influence of Conflict and Reconciliation Work in Northern Ireland

Jon McCourt, who has been a peace activist in Derry, Northern Ireland, for more than 30 years, will present “The Force of Argument is Greater Than the Argument of Force: How 40 Years of Conflict and Community Reconciliation Work in Northern Ireland Influenced Government” on Monday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in room 102 of VanderWerf Hall.

Hope CollegeCenter for Global Engagement

Martha Miller Center257 Columbia AvenueRoom 107Holland, MI 49423

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offcampusstudy@hope.edu.