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Orientation Friday, August 30, 2019 EVENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS Time Event Location 8:00 am – 8:45 am Check-in and Breakfast All Programs: 700 Albany St. Lobby Breakfast: Courtyard 8:45 am – 10:00 am Graduate Medical Sciences Orientation Check the GMS website (http://www.bumc.bu.edu/gms/ ) for updates relating to Orientation. 670 Albany Street Auditorium PROGRAM-SPECIFIC EVENTS 10:00 am - 10:10 am Turning Point Registration MAMS students 670 Albany Street Auditorium 10:00 am- 12:30 am Resource Fair Under the tent on Talbot Green 72 East Concord Street 10:15 am – 11:00 am PhD Student Session (bring ID for I-9 completion) L 112 ( Instructional Building, 72 East Concord St) 11:00 am – 5:00 pm (times vary by program) Individual Program Orientation See Department and Program Orientations below

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OrientationFriday, August 30, 2019

EVENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS

Time Event Location

8:00 am – 8:45 am Check-in and BreakfastAll Programs: 700 Albany St. Lobby

Breakfast: Courtyard

8:45 am – 10:00 am

Graduate Medical Sciences Orientation

Check the GMS website

(http://www.bumc.bu.edu/gms/) for updates

relating to Orientation.

670 Albany Street Auditorium

PROGRAM-SPECIFIC EVENTS

10:00 am - 10:10 am Turning Point Registration MAMS students670 Albany Street Auditorium

10:00 am- 12:30 am Resource FairUnder the tent on Talbot Green

72 East Concord Street

10:15 am – 11:00 amPhD Student Session

(bring ID for I-9 completion)

L 112

( Instructional Building, 72 East

Concord St)

11:00 am – 5:00 pm

(times vary by program)Individual Program Orientation

See Department and Program

Orientations below

Fun Facts

BU has changed its name multiple times: from Newbury Biblical Institute to Methodist General Biblical Institute of Concord in 1847… to Boston’s Beacon Hill in 1867… to Boston Theological School… and then to Boston University two years later.

Famous alums include Jason Alexander, Geena Davis, Emily Deschanel, Faye Dunaway, Rosie O’Donnell, Julianne Moore, Howard Stern, and Leonard Nimoy aka Spock!

Things to do in Boston

Boston Public Garden

New England AquariumFenway Park Boston Esplanade

South End Open Market @ SOWA

Flour Bakery in the South End

ChinatownCoppa

Student Groups

Student Discounts

$5 off ferry tickets to the Boston Harbor Islands

Fun Facts

In 1917, the Boston terrier became BU’s official mascot. Coincidentally, the Boston terrier was first bred in 1839, the same year that Boston University was founded.

Student DiscountsThe Museum of Science Free Admission

College Night Fridays: September 6, 13, 20, and 27 | 5:00 – 9:00 pm

Free with your BU ID

Harvard Art Museum

Fun Facts

The Boston University bridge is the only spot in America where a plane can fly over a car driving over a train traveling over a boat.

Free with your BU ID

Institute of Contemporary Art

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Celebrating our Diverse and Dynamic

Community

Free with your BU ID

USS Constitution Museum

Fun Facts Sports

BU sends more hockey players from its varsity team to the NHL (National Hockey League) than any other college!

Fun Facts Sports

BU has its own water park. And by that, I mean a lazy river. Located in BU's Fitness and Recreation Center (better knows as FitRec), the lazy river is part of the complex's Recreation Pool, which also includes a 15-person hot tub and water basketball.

Free with your BU ID

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Free with your BU ID

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Fun Facts

Scarlet and white are BU’s school colors. BU’s mascot is named Rhett because of the Gone with the Wind quote: “No one loves Scarlet more than Rhett!”

Free with your BU ID

Kings Dining & EntertainmentFree Tuesday night!

Student Discounts

Discounted Admission to the Prudential Tower 50th

Floor Skywalk Observatory

Student Discounts

15% off at Madewell

Student Discounts

15% off at J. Crew

Student Discounts

15-20% off at Eastern Mountain Sports

Student Discounts

Get a free Boston Symphony Orchestra College Card during the academic year, valid from September to May for free tickets to 80% of concerts throughout their season.

Discount with your BU ID

New England Aquarium

Other BU Student Discounts

Visit http://www.bu.edu/arts/student-discounts/ for a list of other student discounts and deals

Fun Facts

BU is proud to have Martin Luther King Jr. as an alumnus. Martin Luther King attended BU to earn his Ph.D. at the School of Theology.