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Back-to-school 2011: Key dates

August 30, 2011

TORONTO, ON – The offi­cial count­down to back to school has begun. This Sep­tem­ber, U of T’s three cam­pus­es will come alive as new and return­ing stu­dents par­tic­i­pate in ori­en­ta­tion activ­i­ties, attend their first day of class­es and move into res­i­dence.

Here are a few impor­tant dates to remem­ber:

BACK-TO-SCHOOL START DATES:

August 22, 2011
  • Temer­ty Temer­ty Fac­ul­ty of Med­i­cine (third year stu­dents)
August 29, 2011
  • Temer­ty Temer­ty Fac­ul­ty of Med­i­cine (first and sec­ond year stu­dents)
  • Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
Sep­tem­ber 6, 2011
  • Fac­ul­ty of Law
  • Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Mis­sis­sauga (UTM)
  • Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Education/OISE  (Con­cur­rent B.Ed. Year 3)
Sep­tem­ber 8, 2011
  • Fac­ul­ty of Applied Sci­ence & Engi­neer­ing
  • Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Scar­bor­ough (UTSC)
Sep­tem­ber 12, 2011
  • Lawrence S. Bloomberg Fac­ul­ty of Nurs­ing
  • Fac­ul­ty of Arts & Sci­ence
  • Fac­ul­ty of Music
  • OISE (grad­u­ate pro­grams)
  • OISE (Con­sec­u­tive B.Ed. pro­gram and Con­cur­rent B.Ed. pro­gram)
  • Fac­tor-Inwen­tash Fac­ul­ty of Social Work

 

 

 

RESIDENCE MOVE-IN DATES:

August 29, 2011
  • UTM (first year stu­dents)

 
Sep­tem­ber 3 , 2011
  • UTSC

 
Sep­tem­ber 5, 2011
  • St. Georg

 

 

ORIENTATION EVENTS

Note: Media are invit­ed to attend ori­en­ta­tion events. There will be a num­ber of pho­to oppor­tu­ni­ties avail­able.

Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 7

TIME EVENT LOCATION
10am to 2pm Clubs Show­caseAn excit­ing and inter­ac­tive event that intro­duces over 10,000 stu­dents to more than 300 cam­pus groups and orga­ni­za­tions. Stu­dents can walk around at their leisure, join clubs and gath­er infor­ma­tion about ser­vices and pro­grams for stu­dents Hart House ( 7 Hart  House Cir­cle) & King’s Col­lege Cir­cle

 

Fri­day, Sep­tem­ber 9

TIME EVENT LOCATION
2:30 to 4:00 pm Ori­en­ta­tion Parade Hun­dreds of  stu­dents parade, cheer and chant enthu­si­as­ti­cal­ly around the streets of down­town Toron­to  Starts at King’s Col­lege Cir­cle and ends on field behind Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lege
4 to 7pm Ori­en­ta­tion Con­cert   Back cam­pus

 

 

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

U of T Media Rela­tions Team
416–978-0100
Media.relations@utoronto.ca