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Class 2008-09 PEPM Orientation
July 7, 2008

Kellogg Center
International Affairs Building 15th Floor
420 West 118th Street
Columbia University

9:00 – 10:00

Registration and Breakfast

10:00 – 10:30

Welcome Remarks by PEPM Director Guillermo Calvo, Dean of Students Sara Mason and PEPM Executive Director Arvid Lukauskas

10:30 – 12:00

Introduction of PEPM Faculty and Staff

Remarks:
Energy Concentration - Jeanene Mitchell, Staff Associate, Center for Energy, Marine Transportation and Public Policy
Career Services – Meg Heenahan, Executive Director, SIPA Office of Career Services

SIPA IT - Dr. Harpreet Mahajan, Executive Director, SIPA IT, Mr. Daniel Schultz, Systems Coordinator, SIPA IT
Office Matters – David Caughlin, Deborah Wilson
Honor Code – Prof. Arvid Lukauskas

Q & A

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch

1:00 – 1:30

Medical Insurance options and CU Health Services—Diann Prizeman, Asst. Dir. of Insurance and Immunization and Tracy Parker, Communications Specialist

1:30 – 2:30

Introduction to the Libraries System at Columbia – Jerry Breeze, Librarian

2:30 – 3:30

Meeting with the Ellen Cohen, Associate Director of International Students & Scholars Office (ISSO) – international students only