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August 28, 2025 9:00 am - 2:00 pm ET
Students
Design Building Atrium

The Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning welcomes incoming graduate students for orientation on Thursday, August 28th. Please see the full orientation schedule below. Questions? Please get in touch with your program director or the Academic Programs Manager, AJ Pion ([email protected]).

 

9:00 AM–9:45 AM

Check-in and coffee meet-and-greet

- Design Building (DB) Atrium

 

9:45 AM–10:15 AM

Introduction to shops and Design Building tour

- Leave from and return to the DB Atrium

 

10:15 AM–11:15 AM

W.E.B. Du Bois Library tour with LARP Librarian Rosalind Lao-Brooks

- Leave from the DB Atrium and walk to the Library Lobby

 

11:15 AM–11:30 AM

Walk back to the Design Building

 

11:30 AM–12:00 PM

Student group presentations

- DB Room 170

 

12:00 PM–1:00 PM

Lunch with faculty and staff (RSVP in advance)

- DB Atrium

 

1:00 PM–2:00 PM

Program-specific discussions

(Curriculum, Handbook, Q&A)

  • Landscape Architecture - DB Room 225
  • Regional Planning - DB Room 221

 

2:00 PM–6:30 PM *Optional

Misc. meetings and trainings (Sign-ups during lunch)

  • Individual meetings with Program Directors (20 minutes)
  • Woodshop Training – Atrium (2 hours)
  • Fab Lab Training – Atrium (2 hours)
  • Computer Lab/Print Training – DB Room 260 (20 minutes)