Orientation Week Bachelor & Master in North American Studies 2022/23

Oct 10, 2022 - Oct 14, 2022

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This year's orientation week at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies will take place on the following dates:

Bachelor: Monday and Tuesday, October 10th & 11th, 2022

Master: Wednesday and Thursday, October 12th & 13th, 2022

Newly enrolled students can just attend the orientation days without prior registration or notification.

Welcome to the John-F.-Kennedy Institute!

It is highly recommended that first semester students attend both days of their respective degree orientation. It is designed as an in-person event at the JFK Insitute. We will try to provide a live stream for students who cannot attend the event in-person. However, this might come with restrictions in content and can at this point not be guaranteed. The streaming access will also be published on this website.

The continuously updated schedule can be found below.

Newly enrolled students will receive an official invitation via email. If you did not recieve an invitation, but are enrolled regardless, you are of course welcome to join your degree orientation as well.

Please let us know if you require wheelchair access or any type of assistance at t.prange@fu-berlin.de.

Bachelor Programs:

Monday, 10. & Tuesday, 11. Oktober - Room 340

Monday
	10:00 am	Welcome to the Institute	Dr. David Bosold, Dean of Studies
	10:30 am	Program Overview	Prof. Dr. Sönke Kunkel, BA Coordinator
	11:30 am	Mentoring Program	WS22/23 Mentors
	12:00 pm	Break	-
	01:00 pm	Department Introductions	Dpt. Representatives

Tuesday
	10:00 am	Introduction to ZEDAT, Blackboard & Campus Management	Thilo Prange, Cohort Advisor
	11:00 am	Student Politics & Opportunities	Student Representatives, FU AStA, Equality Officer, JFK-Interviews
	12:00 pm	Break	-
	01:00 pm	Studying Abroad: Direct Exchange & Erasmus+	Deitra Myers (FU Direct Exchange) & Gabi Bodmeier (Erasmus+)

IMPORTANT for students in the BA programs "North American Studies": As BA students you have to take a mandatory language course called “Oral and Writing Skills A”. Unfortunately, this course has an earlier registration deadline (Tuesday, 11. October, 9am) and a different registration mechanism than your other courses, hence we advise you to already sign up to this course before the orientation even begins.
You may find the available options here and the special registration process here (ger/eng).
If you are struggling with how to fill out the form correctly, check out this cheat-sheet here!

Master Program:

Wednesday, 12. & Thursday, 13. Oktober - Room 304

Wednesday
	10:00 am	Welcome to the Institute	Prof. Dr. Christian Lammert, Institute Director
	10:30 am	Program Overview	Prof. Dr. Julia Püschel, MA Coordinator
	12:00 pm	Break	-
	01:00 pm	Department Introductions	Dpt. Representatives

Thursday
	10:00 am	Introduction to ZEDAT, Blackboard & Campus Management	Thilo Prange, Cohort Advisor
	11:00 am	Student Politics & Opportunities	Student Representatives, FU AStA, Equality Officer, JFK-Interviews
	12:00 pm	Break	-
	01:00 pm	Studying Abroad: Direct Exchange & Erasmus+	Gesa Heym (FU Direct Exchange) & Gabi Bodmeier (Erasmus+)

Join the event digitally via WebEx!

Simply click on the link and join the video-conference at the beginning of the event each day from 9:45am onwards! The program starts at 10am, so no worries.

Bachelor Program(s) Orientation - Mo., 10. & Tu., 11. Oct., 10am - 3pm:
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=meacb6ac52404b698ec4442f0a76b78d8 Master Program Orientation - Wed., 12. & Thu., 13. Oct., 10am - 3pm:
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin-en/j.php?MTID=md97bda9281a718fefb02564bb403398a

Time & Location

Oct 10, 2022 - Oct 14, 2022

John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies
Room 340
Lansstraße 7-9
14195 Berlin