LARP & ARCH Graduate Orientation
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
551 N Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Welcome to UMass!
The UMass Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning and the UMass Department of Architecture will co-host an orientation for all incoming LARP, ARCH, and dual degree graduate students.
The orientation will take place in the John W. Olver Design Building on Wednesday, August 28th from 9:00am until approximately 5:00pm. See the orientation schedule below for more details. Should you have any questions, please contact LARP's Academic Programs Manager, AJ Pion (apion@umass.edu).
LARP & ARCH Graduate Orientation
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9:00 AM - 9:45 AM |
Welcome and breakfast with students, faculty, and staff - Design Building Atrium |
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9:45 AM - 10:15 AM |
Design Building tour and walk to the W.E.B. Du Bois Library - Design Building Atrium |
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10:15 - 11:00 AM |
Library tour with LARP and ARCH Librarian Madeleine Charney - Library Lobby |
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11:00 AM - 11:15 AM |
Return to the Design Building |
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11:15 AM - 11:45 AM |
Meet with GEO and GSS representatives - Design Building Room 170 |
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11:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Break |
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM |
Lunch - Design Building Atrium and Room 170 |
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1:00 PM - 2:30 PM |
Program specific discussions (including student groups: AIAS, PSO, JEDI, WiA, WiD, NOMAS, BSLA) Architecture - DB Room 170 Landscape Architecture - DB Room 225 Regional Planning - DB Room 221 |
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2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Break |
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
Optional campus tour with Professor Ethan Carr - Meet in the Design Building Atrium |
More Orientation Events
Our department will host a Downtown Amherst and Regional Tour for incoming LARP and Architecture graduate students on Thursday, August 29th.
"Welcome to the UMass Graduate School" (WUGS) will take place on Friday, August 30th.