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WELCOME to UBC Rits 28 Students!
UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Programs STUDENT WELCOME ORIENTATION
• Please help yourself to lunch
• Find a place to sit
• the orientation session
will start shortly…
WELCOME to UBC Rits 28
UBC-Ritsumeikan Academic Exchange Program STUDENT WELCOME ORIENTATION
UBC-Rits AEP 25 – June 2015
THIS IS YOUR HOME
WELCOME TO UBC
We hope UBC will be a inspiring place to learn, play, study and shape your future.
Welcome by Sheri Wenman – Program Manager
Welcome by Eriko Okamoto– Rits On-Site Coordinator
THANK YOU!
UBC- Rits Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/ubcritsEvents/
Reminders
Follow-us on Twitter – We have been trying this out -
@UBCRits - we have a link on our Rits Website
Vantage College Facebook Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/UBCVantage
Japanese Language Table Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/ubcJapaneseLanguageTable12345
First JLT -Friday, Sept 14 at 3:30 to 4:50 pmLocation TBA
UBC Free Agents Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/ubcintramuralsfreeagents
ICEBREAKER
Group Activity
Go to
pollev.com/regds815
On your phone
Resources to Network and Improve Your English
UBC Tandem Language Learninghttps://tandem.ubc.ca/
(Not yet open for applications)
English Conversation Group at UBC
Meetuphttp://www.meetup.com/UBCVan/events/223864181/
General Orientation to Academic Life = GOAL
GOAL Workshop – Ponderosa Commons- Oak House –
Rm 2012
(Attendance Taken)
Session 1
10:30 – 12:30 PM
(Check your name in list on MANABA)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 31st
GOAL Workshop – Ponderosa Commons- Oak House –
Rm 2012
(Attendance Taken)
Session 2
1:30 – 3:30 PM
(Check your name in list on MANABA)
2 hours – 10:30-12:30
2 hours – 1:30-3:30
Reminders
Schedules & Classes – Look at time-table and online schedule
http://rits.ubc.ca/students/current-rits-students/
Reminders
Schedules & Classes – Look at time-table and online schedule
Attend all classes – Attendance is important!
- 6 hours missed – Email alert
- 9 hours missed – meet Academic Director
- Don’t miss classes or you may fail the course
Check Your Emails Regularly
Use English at all times
Reminders
Remember to check your emails so that you receive all vital
program information!
Rits Website - Resources for Students
Reminders
Make sure you are registered in Term 1: 12 credits
Rits Flexible Learning Space - RFLSStudent Support Associates
Amber Moore
Simangele Mabena
Yuya Takeda
Limited Printing ( 3 Print
Stations) Available
YOU HAVE PAY FOR PRINT
ON YOUR UBC CARD
Reminders
Textbooks – Only some courses need a textbook. Go to
your first class/lecture and your instructors will give you
details about Textbooks.
Important – All Rits Classes Start on Tuesday, September
4th.
Reminders
(ASTU)– For first class EDUC 210 on Wednesday, September
5th at 12:30 PM go to Frederic Lassere Building Room 102.
You will also receive an email reminder on this.
Your electronic schedule will only list classrooms not the
lecture hall.
Wellness While at UBC - Sheri
Announcements from Eriko Okamoto
Q&A– Any Questions?
THANK YOU!
HAVE A GREAT YEAR AT UBC
Thanks also to Instructors, Staff and Everyone involved in making this
event possible.
This material prepared by:
Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman, Dr. Reg D’Silva & Ms. Sheri Wenman
Photo credits: Dr. J. Hollman, Dr. Sandra Hollman, Jen Ritchie, Don Erkhart
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