Pre-arrival Informational and Engagement Meetings

Dear Admitted Student,

Welcome to the University of North Texas!

We are so excited to meet you in Fall 2024! To prepare for your arrival, we have set up many fun and engaging informative meetings through which you can earn digital points, leading to badges, and ultimately prizes once you arrive. We invite you to look over the schedule of meetings and choose meetings that interest you. The Monday before each Friday's meeting, a registration link will be sent out via email.

Looking forward to meeting all of you virtually and hopefully in-person in the future!

Schedule of Meetings

Date	Topic	Special Guest	Badge Winners
September 6^th 3-5 pm CST Discovery Park, Room G150 (Agora Room) 3940 N. Elm St. Denton, TX 76207-7102	Student, Faculty and staff Welcome mixer- in person RSVP to ci-events@unt.edu	In person event at Discovery Park- all welcome- Meet your cohort, professors, and support staff

More Interview practice with Lisa and team slots can be added if these time slots fill up.
Students will earn digital points, leading to Badges, with each meeting they attend, which can be exchanged for some UNT goodies at the fall kick off new arrivals mixer in September. Prizes get bigger with the more digital badges the student acquires.
Times, dates and activities subject to change based on interest and availability. Please be sure to check your emails for updates on meetings. Links will be added as meetings make.

Archived Meetings

Date	Topic	Special Guest	Badge Winners
April 5th 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Get Going on your Visa	Justin Permenter, Senior Immigration Advisor assigned to College of Information	Game #1 1st place: JYOTHI SWAROOP 2nd place: Vinay Dangeti 3rd place: Megh Shyani Game #2 1st Place: Vaishnavi Goud Kandyanam 2nd Place: Hemanth Kumar Gunda 3rd Place: Shivashankar Keingadarane
April 12^th at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Friday Visa Interview Practice with Lisa and team	4 time slots to get feedback on your interview skills
April 26^th at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Friday Visa Interview Practice with Lisa and team	4 time slots to get feedback on your interview skills
May 3^rd at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Why Choose UNT’s College of Information Programs resources offered by the college. Student experiences	Lisa Hollinger, AD of Marketing and Outreach Student panel of current graduate students in data science, information science, health informatics, learning technologies, and linguistics	1st place Badge (100 Digital Points): Raja Nithin Batchu, Navya Boddula, Venkatta Sai Srinivas Pulivarthi 2nd place Badge (75 Digital Points): Vedavathi Surada, Sunitha Byrapaka, Vinay Dangeti, Keshavapriya Sunkara, Manideep Chinnamsetti 3rd place Badge (50 points): Nishith Mareddy, Baddam Bharathwaj, Abhigna Rathana, Manne Sreeya Chowdary
May 10^th at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Friday Visa Interview Practice with Lisa and team	4 time slots to get feedback on your interview skills
May 24^th at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Housing- Where do Students Live?	Laura Beck, Director of Off-Campus Student Services	20 digital points for all attendees 20 additional digital points for roommate match ups
May 31^st 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Friday Visa Interview Practice with Lisa and team	4 time slots to get feedback on your interview skills
June 7^th at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Getting Involved in Research How to be a researcher Where to do research How to find opportunities	Dr. Haihua Chen, Assistant Professor of Information Science Dr. Junhua Ding, Program Director and Professor of Data Science and Lab Director Dr. Sharad Sharma, Professor of Data Science, Program Director and Lab Director	1st place Badge (100 Digital Points): Veronica Broadway, 1st Place Badge Winner
June 21^st at 8 AM CST 6:30 PM IST	Success after the Program Alumni stories Meet an alum	Alumni panel	First place badge winners Nirali Z. and Yashas B.
June 28^th at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	How to land an internship/job hunt/and other related career resources	Anna Motes, Career Coach	Yashas B. 1st place Badge (100 points) Nirali Z. and Prakhar R. Tie for 2nd place Badge: (75 points) Jahnavi K. 3rd place Badge (50 points)
July 2nd at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	How to be Successful in your Classes Resources for students Academic Integrity	Professors from each department	1st place Badge (100 Digital Points): Istharla S. Yashas B Nirali Z.
July 19^th at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Let’s Have Some Fun too! Student organizations Online and in person events	Student Org Leaders Lisa Hollinger, AD Marketing and Outreach	1st place Cuicui Z. 2nd place Yashas 3rd place Sathwika
August 9^th at 8 am CST 6:30 pm IST	Get Advice on Classes	Our Advising Staff	Yashas B – first place Badge Nirali Z- second place Badge