Tentative Schedule for InSight 2011
This agenda is for planning purposes only. Times and activities are subject to change.| July 6, 2011 | ||
| DAY ONE (Wednesday) | ||
| 10:00 am | Registration and Check In | |
| 10:30 am | Welcome from Admissions and Student Life | |
| 11:00 am | Getting to Know You: Icebreaker Activity | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch Keynote Speaker |
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| 1:30 pm | Campus Tour by Student Ambassadors | |
| 2:30 pm | Lecture: “Gaining InSight into Vision and Optometry” Dean Jennifer Smythe, Dr. Lorne Yudcovitch, Dr. Fraser Horn | |
| 4:30 pm | Free Time | |
| 5:00 pm | Optometry Panel: Modes of Practice | |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:00 pm | Activity with Ambassadors Possible activities include: softball game, frisbee golf at McMenamins, bowling | |
| July 7, 2011 | ||
| DAY TWO (Thursday) | ||
| 9:00 am | Class Sit-In Observe a College of Optometry Third Year Class | |
| 10:30 | Admissions Overview: What Should I Do Now to Prepare? | |
| 11:00 am | Career Workshop Networking, Creating a Resume & Applying to Graduate School | |
| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm | Transportation to College of Health Professions Campus | |
| 1:30 pm | Case Conference: Optometry and the other Allied Health Professions | |
| 3:00 pm | Transportation to College of Optometry | |
| 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 4:00 pm | Free Eye Exams | |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:00 pm | Activity with Ambassadors Possible activities include: board games, billiards, movie night at McMenamins | |
| July 8, 2011 | ||
| DAY THREE (Friday) | ||
| 9:00 am | Writing a Personal Statement Lecture & Exercise | |
| 10:30 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am | Financing a Graduate School Education | |
| 11:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30 pm | Current Student Panel | |
| 1:30 pm | Standardized Testing: How to Prepare | |
| 2:30 pm | Time Management Expert Time management techniques to help you succeed | |
| 4:30 pm | Closing Draft “Goal Letter” to be mailed to you in one year | |
| 5:00 pm | Depart for Dinner and Celebration | |
| July 9, 2011 | ||
| DAY FOUR (Saturday) | ||
| 9:00 am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 10:00 am | Load shuttles | |
| 10:30 am | Depart for airport | |