Mandatory BME Graduate Student Orientation
Fall 2024 - Schedule of Events

Below is the list of activities and information sessions being held during orientation.  Please pay attention to the "mandatory" information in italics to know what sessions you will need to attend.  There are several different graduate programs that are meeting from BME this week.  Please note that this schedule is tentative and may be subject to change as needed.  

Prior to Orientation

 

Monday, August 12, 2024--Welcome to Campus

 

11:30 am- 1:30 pm

Welcome to Campus BBQ with Current BME Graduate Students

Location: MJIS South Lawn

Mandatory for all students

2:00 pm 4:00 pm

BoilerChallenge Course

Room: MJIS 1097

Mandatory for all Students

Tuesday, August 13, 2024--PhD Training; Professional MS Professional Development Training

PhD Training

    Breakfast on Your Own
9:00am- 10:00am

Coffee Chat with Current Grad Students

Room: MJIS 2001

All new and current students welcome

10:00am- 11:00am

PhD, BME and IBSc Program Overview
Room: MJIS 1097

Mandatory for all West Lafayette PhD thesis students

11:00am- 12:00 pm

Peer Mentor Meet and Greet
Room: MJIS 1097

Mandatory for all West Lafayette PhD thesis students

12:00 pm- 1:00pm  

PhD Peer Mentor Lunch
Room: MJIS Atrium

Mandatory for all  West Lafayette PhD thesis students

1:00pm- 2:00pm

PhD Wrap-up Session (Q&A, Ice Breakers, Mentoring Discussion)
Room: MJIS 1097

Mandatory for all  West Lafayette PhD thesis students

Professional MS Professional Job SearchTraining (Bring Resume)

8:30 am- 9:00 am

Success in Industry and Career Overview
Room: WALC  B074

Speaker: Bev Mentzer

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

9:00 am 9:15 am

Elevator Speech Expectations 
Room: WALC  B074

Speaker: Bev Mentzer

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

9:15 am 10:15 am

Elevator Speech Practice
Room: WALC  B074

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

10:15 am Noon

3 in 1 Approach to Market your Skills Including Practice Session
Room: WALC  B074

Speaker: Bev Mentzer

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

12:00 pm 12:30 pm

Lunch

12:30 pm 1:30 pm

Converting Your CV to a Resume 
Room: WALC  B074

Speaker: Amruta Inamdar, CCO Senior Career Consultant

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

1:30 pm 2:15 pm

Resume Review and Job Interview Practice

Room: WALC  B074

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

2:15 pm 2:45 pm

Internships, Co-ops & OPP Resources

Room: WALC  B074

Speaker: Jenny Strickland

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

2:45 pm 3:15 pm

CCO (Center for Career Opportunities) Services & Toolkit Demonstration: MyCCO, VMock, Big Internview

Room: WALC  B074

Speaker: Stephen Roach

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

 

3:15 pm 3:45 pm

September Industrial Roundtable & Career Fair Plus App

Room: WALC  B074

Speaker: Bev Mentzer

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

3:45 pm 4:15 pm

Internships, Co-ops & OPP Resources

Room: WALC  B074

Speaker: Jenny Strickland

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

4:15 pm 5:00 pm

Guidance for International Students

Room: WALC  B074

Speaker: Shihling Chui-Dwyer

PMP Only Event; Optional for PMP students (RSVP Required)

Wednesday, August 14, 2024--Professional Master's Training

    Breakfast on Your Own
9:00am- 10:00 am

PMP Program Overview
Room: MJIS 2001

Mandatory attendance for all West Lafayette Professional Master's students. Optional for BS/MS (5th Year Master's) students.

10:00 am 11:00 am

Resume Do's and Don'ts

Room: MJIS 2001

Mandatory attendance for all West Lafayette Professional Master's students. Optional for BS/MS (5th Year Master's) students.

11:00 am 12:00 pm

Navigating a Career Fair PMP Student and Alumni Panel

Room: MJIS 2001

Mandatory attendance for all West Lafayette Professional Master's students. Optional for BS/MS (5th Year Master's) students.

12:00 pm 1:00 pm

Lunch with Current PMP Students

Room: MJIS 2001

Mandatory attendance for all West Lafayette Professional Master's students. Optional for BS/MS (5th Year Master's) students.

7:30 pm 9:30 pm

BMEGSA Social Event--TBD

 

Thursday, August 15, 2024--MS Thesis and Indianapolis Campus Day

9:00 am- 10:00am

Professional Photos
Room: MJIS 1083

Mandatory for all students. (Indianapolis students may submit a photo if they do not want to come to West Lafayette for this).

Business professional attire; these photos will be used for our website and other announcements during your training at Purdue.

10:00 am- 11:00 am

MS Thesis Program Overview

Room: MJIS 2001

Mandatory attendance for all West Lafayette thesis students. Optional for BS/MS (5th Year Master's) students.

1:00 pm 2:30 pm

Indianapolis Student Meet and Greet and Program Overview

Location: SL 165

Mandatory attendance for all Indianapolis students. 

Friday, August 16, 2024--Purdue Graduate School Orientation Day

8:30am- 4:00pm

 

Graduate School New Student Orientation (different than BME student orientation)

https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/admitted/orientation/orientation-schedule.php

 

Monday, August 18, 2024--BME TA Training

5:30pm- 7:30pm

BME TA Training

Location: MJIS 1097

Mandatory for all Fall 2024-Spring 2025 TA's (you would have received an email if you are supposed to attend.

Friday, August 23, 2024

11:00 am 1:00 pm

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Indianapolix Ice Cream Social

Location: SL 220

1:00 pm 2:00pm

 

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering West Lafayette Ice Cream Social

Location: MJIS Lawn