Incoming Students

(central time)

within 15 days of your program start date
International Student Orientation (ISO) and ISS Check-in (Terra Dotta)*

*international students starting in Summer only

TBD
10:30a-4:30p advising appointments

TBD
10a Welcome/Town Hall
11:30a-4:30p advising appointments

July 18 – August 19, 2022
ESL ITA training (mandatory for international students*)
Math ITA training (mandatory for international students*)
Summer Enhancement Program (SEP) (optional)

August 23-26, 2022
qualifying exams (optional)

*ITA Training is mandatory for international students that have not completed 4 years of schooling at an institution where English was the sole language of instruction

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(central time)

Between Monday, August 2nd and Wednesday, September 8th
International Student Orientation (ISO) and ISS Check-in (Terra Dotta)*

*international students starting in Fall only

Wednesday, August 25, 2021
3:00-4:00p Benefits Seminar for Graduate Assistants*
register: https://go.wisc.edu/oje064

*choose one of the following dates: 8/25, 8/27, or 9/2

late August
10:00-11:00a Benefits Seminar for Graduate Assistants*
register: https://go.wisc.edu/oje064

*choose one of the following dates: 8/25, 8/27, or 9/2

Monday, August 29, 2022
9:00a-1:00p New PhD Student Orientation (B130 VV)
2:00p Payroll & Benefits Seminar* (B107)

*only if you did not attend the one in July

Tuesday, August 30, 2022
9:00a-5:00p Mandatory New TA Training (B115)

Wednesday, August 31, 2022
8:30-11:00a Mandatory New TA Training (B115)
11:00a-4:30p New Graduate Student Welcome* (Varsity Hall, Union South)

*optional. Open to all new graduate students at the university

Thursday, September 1, 2022
9a-4p L&S TA Training & Orientation (Zoom)
*registration opens August 1

11:00a-12:00p Benefits Seminar for Graduate Assistants*
register: https://go.wisc.edu/qtf00a

*choose one of the following dates: 8/25, 8/27, or 9/2

Friday, September 2, 2022
9:00a – 1:00p Mandatory New TA Training (B115)

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VISP, MA, PhD Mandatory Orientation
B130 Van Vleck
(central time)

9:00am Welcome

9:15am Introductions
Department Chair (Timo Seppalainen)
Director of Graduate Studies (Betsy Stovall)
Director of Admissions (Tullia Dymarz)
Graduate Coordinators (Kathie Brohaugh, Xin Cui-Dowling)
2nd floor staff

9:45am Area Presentations
Tullia Dymarz (Geometry/Topology)
Amy Cochran (Applied Math)
Mariya Soskova (Logic)
Sigurd Angenent (PDE)
Hao Shen (Probability)
Ananth Shankar (Algebra)
Simon Marshall (Analysis)

11:30am Building Tour / Break

relocate to B107 Van Vleck

11:50am Degree Requirements

12:10pm Graduate Peer Mentoring Program (GPMP)

12:30pm Lunch with GPMP
(box lunches)

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2pm Payroll & Benefits Seminar
*only if you did not attend the one in July