We’ve put together a full program of activities to bring you up to speed as a Tulane SPHTM student, including introductions to our deans and other key personnel, a tech workshop, a success fair, a virtual campus tour, department breakouts, and much more!
Click on the link to the right, Orientation Zoom Rooms, to access all the zoom links for today's events.
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| 8:45–8:55 AM | Join the Orientation! |
| 8:55–9:15 | Icebreaker |
| 9:15–9:25 AM | Welcome with Thomas A LaVeist, PhD Dean, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Presidential Chair in Health Equity |
| 9:25–10:15 AM | Special Programming: Racism, Health Equity, and Social Justice
Introduced by Alicia Battle, PhD, MCHES, Associate Dean for Online Programs |
| 10:15–10:25 AM | Academic Policies and Procedures
Dr. Christine Arcari, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Introduced by Dr. Patty Kissinger, Epidemiology |
| 10:25–10:35 | Career Services
John B. Nonnamaker, PhD , Director, SPHTM Career Services
Introduced by Erica Whitiker-Valenzuela, EdD, Assistant Dean for Student Experience
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| 10:35–10:45 AM | Break & Poll |
| 10:45–11:00 AM | Campus Health
An overview of the services provided by Campus Health Shone Scretchings, BA, Clinic Manager Introduced by Dr. Richard Oberhelman, MD, Dean of Global Health. |
| 11:00–11:10 AM | Online students should join:
Overview of university level support for online students Residential students should join:
Introduced by Suzanna Chase, MS |
| 11:10–11:20 AM | Tulane University Police Department (TUPD)
Lieutenant Roger Barnes, TUPD Introduced by Susan Barrera, MBA, Assistant Dean of Finance |
| 11:20–11:30 AM | Donald Veals, Emergency Management, who will talk about Tulane's emergency planning strategies.
Introduced by Dr. Joe Keating, PhD, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education. |
| 11:30–11:45 AM | COVID-19 Classroom Protocols
Admissions Survey | Your feedback helps shape our work! |
Eat some food and drop in to any of the info sessions below:
Click on the link to the right, Orientation Zoom Rooms, to access all the zoom links for today's events.
Check out the video tour of Tidewater, the SPHTM's "vertical campus." SPHTM-IT have also put together a video on getting started with the many services available to you as a student. Click below to view the tour and the IT orientation video.
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1:00–1:30 PM |
Virtual Campus Tour | IT Orientation Video |
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Departmental Breakouts for Residential, Online Programs, and Doctoral Students
The Online MHA, Online MPH and online environmental health sciences program students should attend the Online Programs Zoom Room, and doctoral students across all departments should join the Doctoral Students Breakout room.
Breakout rooms will feature SPHTM alumni and community speakers sharing information about how they're using their degrees and/or what it's like working in the public health sector.
Departments or programs not represented here today are planning speaker sessions with field professionals working on the front lines. Please stay tuned to your department or program for more information! And remember, public health is flexible–if your program isn't represented there will be other opportunities to hear from those who took the same path you’re taking, and hopefully you’re inspired by the many possibilities!
For Fall 2021, the movie selected for the common watch experience is Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011 / PG-13). For more information about the common watch program, click on the link in the side menu: The Common Watch Program.
Join the movie discussion with department chairs and faculty via the Orientation Zoom Rooms, Movie Discussion button. Dean LaVeist will be moderating the discussion and will be joined byJohn Lefante, PhD (BIOS), Charles Miller, PhD (EHS), Ronald Blanton, MD (TRMD), Lizheng Shi, PhD (HPM), Tanika Kelly, PhD (EPID), and David Hotchkiss, PhD (IHSD), and Alicia Battle, PhD (SBPS) to discuss the movie's themes from their unique department perspectives.
