16 orientation week timetable 19 to 26 February 2010 All Day Events Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 Koori Centre Visit the Koori Centre 9am to 5pm each day (see page 9 for details). Library See the Library website for details of their orientation tours (sydney.edu.au/library). ICT Access Labs Open 9am to 5pm each day. See sydney.edu.au/accesslabs for details of their info sessions. O-Week See page 13 for full details of the University of Sydney Union O-Week activities. University Welcome date Start Finish location All new students Wednesday 24 February 10am 11am Great Hall, the Quadrangle
17 faculty Welcomes Faculty date Start Finish Location Economics and Business Monday 22 February 10.30am 1.30pm Seymour Centre, City Road Bachelor of Commerce Monday 22 February 2pm 3.15pm Seymour Centre, City Road Bachelor of Economics Monday 22 February 2pm 3.30pm Merewether Lecture Theatre 1 Nursing and Midwifery Tuesday 23 February 10am 3pm Room C3.01, Building C, Mallet Street International student lunch Monday 22 February 1pm 2pm Room C4.12, Building C, Mallet Street Pharmacy Wednesday 24 February 11am 2pm Footbridge Lecture Theatre, Holme Building Science Wednesday 24 February 11am 12pm Eastern Avenue Auditorium Law Wednesday 24 February 12pm 1pm Lecture Theatre 1, New Law School Building Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Excursion to the university farms & research centres, followed by a barbeque Thursday 25 February 9am 2pm Lecture Theatre N395, Woolley Building Friday 26 February 8.30am 5pm Meet at 8.30am at Ross Street gates, Camperdown Campus Veterinary Science Day trip by coach to Camden Thursday 25 February Friday 26 February 9am 9am 5pm 5.30pm Webster Lecture Theatre, Vet Science Conference Centre Meet at 9am at Veterinary Science Conference Centre Regimental Crescent Arts Thursday 25 February 10am 11am Wallace Theatre Architecture, Design & planning Education & Social Work Engineering & Information Technologies Thursday 25 February 11.30am 12.30pm The Hearth, Level 2, Wilkinson Building Thursday 25 February 12pm 1pm Room 424, Education Building Friday 26 February 11am 2pm PNR and Farrell Lecture Theatres, PNR Building, Engineering Precinct, Maze Crescent
18 school welcomes and activities School date Start Finish Location Chemistry Thursday 25 February 10am 11am Lecture Theatre 1, School of Chemistry Building Biological Sciences Thursday 25 February 11am 2pm DT Anderson Lecture Theatre, Heydon Laurence Building Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Friday 26 February 2pm 2.30pm Lecture Room 2, Chemical Engineering Building, Maze Crescent Civil Engineering Friday 26 February 2pm 3.30pm Lecture Room 1, Civil Engineering Building, Shepherd Street Electrical and Information Engineering Flexible First Year in Engineering and IT Friday 26 February 2pm 3pm Room 450, Electrical Engineering Building, Maze Crescent Friday 26 February 2pm 3pm Farrell Lecture Theatre, PNR Building, Maze Crescent Information Technologies Friday 26 February 2pm 2.30pm Foyer, School of IT Building, Cleveland Street Aeronautical Engineering and Aeronautical (Space) Engineering Friday 26 February 2.15pm 3.15pm Aeronautical Lecture Room N311, Aeronautical Engineering Building, Blackwattle Creek Lane Biomedical Engineering Friday 26 February 2.15pm 3.15pm Mechanical Engineering Drawing Office S319, Mechanical Engineering Building, Maze Crescent, Blackwattle Creek Lane Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering; and Mechanical (Space) and Mechatronic (Space) Engineering Friday 26 February 2.15pm 3.15pm Peter Nicol Russell Lecture Theatre, PNR Building, Maze Crescent
19 orientation events activity date Start Finish Location Broadway scheme students Welcome Friday 19 February 1pm 4pm Lecture theatre, Eastern Avenue Indigenous Australian students Koori Centre open days Wednesday 24 February to Friday 26 February 9am 5pm Room U223, Old Teachers College International Students Adjusting to life and study in Sydney Mature-age and part-time students Welcome Country and interstate students Welcome International Students Adjusting to life and study in Sydney Wednesday 24 February 1pm 2pm Lecture theatre, Eastern Avenue Wednesday 24 February 6pm 8pm Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue Thursday 25 February 12pm 2pm Room 310, Eastern Avenue Thursday 25 February 1pm 2pm Lecture theatre, Eastern Avenue
20 academic skills & transition talks title date Start Finish Location Casual employment Wednesday 24 February 11am 12pm Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue Coping with stress Wednesday 24 February 11am 12pm Room 310, Eastern Avenue Friends and contacts Wednesday 24 February 11am 12pm Room 312, Eastern Avenue Overseas study opportunities Questioning course choice Wednesday 24 February 12pm 12.30pm Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue Wednesday 24 February 12pm 1pm Room 311, Eastern Avenue Succeeding at uni Wednesday 24 February 1pm 2pm Room 312, Eastern Avenue Developing critical thinking skills Wednesday 24 February 1pm 2pm Auditorium, Eastern Avenue Happiness Wednesday 24 February 2pm 3pm Room 312, Eastern Avenue Successful essay writing Wednesday 24 February 2pm 3pm Auditorium, Eastern Avenue Accommodation information Wednesday 24 February 2.30pm 3.30pm Room 310, Eastern Avenue Successful report writing Wednesday 24 February 3pm 4pm Auditorium, Eastern Avenue Learning about plagiarism Wednesday 24 February 4pm 5pm Auditorium, Eastern Avenue Successful essay writing Wednesday 24 February 5pm 6pm Auditorium, Eastern Avenue
21 title date Start Finish Location Lectures and how to use them Thursday 25 February 10am 11am Auditorium, Eastern Avenue Casual employment Thursday 25 February 11am 12pm Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue Coping with stress Thursday 25 February 11am 12pm Room 310, Eastern Avenue Money matters Thursday 25 February 11am 12pm Room 311, Eastern Avenue Overseas study opportunities Questioning course choice Thursday 25 February 12pm 12.30pm Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue Thursday 25 February 12pm 1pm Room 311, Eastern Avenue Succeeding at uni Thursday 25 February 1pm 2pm Room 312, Eastern Avenue Strategies for successful learning Thursday 25 February 1pm 2pm Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue Happiness Thursday 25 February 2pm 3pm Room 312, Eastern Avenue Developing oral presentation skills Accommodation information Thursday 25 February 2pm 3pm Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue Thursday 25 February 2.30pm 3.30pm Room 310, Eastern Avenue Collaborative learning Thursday 25 February 3pm 4pm Lecture Theatre, Eastern Avenue drop-in sessions title date Start Finish Location Think beyond your degree (Careers Centre) Wednesday 24 February to Friday 26 February 12.30pm 2pm Level 5, Jane Foss Russell Building, Darlington Campus Maths Learning Centre Thursday 25 February 10am 2pm Room 455, Level 4, Carslaw Building, Camperdown Campus