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Orientation Schedule for
Semester Study Abroad Programs

Spring 2013 Programs Abroad 

A successful semester and summer abroad is dependent upon adequate preparation. Students will participate in a series of mandatory orientations during the semester prior to studying abroad. These orientations will address issues of academic, cultural, logistical, financial, and personal preparation, as well as health and safety. Failure to participate in the required orientations will result in dismissal from the program.  Any financial losses incurred by this dismissal, including program fees and international airfare, will be fully the responsibility of the student.

Course Planning Sessions
Required for All Semester Students
(Except Elon Centre [Costa Rica, Florence London] Students)

  • Friday, September 14th 10:30-11:30 am, Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Thursday, September 20th 4:00 – 5:00 p.m., Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Monday, September 24th 9:30-10:30 am, Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Friday, October 5th 1:30 -2:30 p.m., Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Tuesday, October 9th 11-12 am, Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Friday, October 26th 3-4 p.m., Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Thursday, October 30th  10:30-11:30 am, Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Thursday, November 8th 4-5 p.m., Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Monday, November 12th 9:30-10:30 am, Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Tuesday, November 20th 4-5 p.m., Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Tuesday, November 27th 10:30-11:30 am, Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)
  • Friday, December 7th 1:30-2:30 p.m., Carlton 113 (Drop-in Session)

Note: If you have already attended a Course Planning session or you have already met with Robin Straka, Assistant Registrar, about the courses you plan on taking abroad, you do not need to attend.

Orientation Sessions -
Required for All Semester Students

Students must complete three sets of orientation modules and assessments through their Elon Abroad homepage by the following dates:

October 7

  • GEC General Orientation - Communicating While Abroad
  • GEC General Orientation - Financial Matters
  • GEC General Orientation - Travel Documents

November 7

  • GEC General Orientation - Academics
  • GEC General Orientation - Health and Safety Prior to Departure
  • GEC General Orientation - Health and Safety While Abroad 

December 7

  • GEC General Orientation - Culture
  • GEC General Orientation - Packing and Arrival
  • GEC General Orientation - Resources 

Program-Specific Sessions -
Students Must Attend
All Sessions for Their Programs

ProgramDay, Date, Time and Location
 Argentina, Buenos Aires: Liberal Arts (CIEE) Tuesday, September 25, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
Australia, Perth: Curtin University

Tuesday, October 22, 2012 
4:15-5:15 p.m.
To be announced

AUSTRALIA, Sunshine Coast:University of Sunshine Coast Thursday, October 25, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
AVAS 206
AUSTRIA, Wiener Neustadt: University of Applied Sciences To be announced
CHILE, Santiago:Liberal Arts (CIEE) Tuesday, September 25, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
CHINA, Beijing: (TBC) Tuesday, November 12, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Carlton 209
CHINA, Shanghai: (CET) Thursday, November 29, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA
COSTA RICA, San José: Elon Centre Abroad

Orientation 1
Tuesday, October 9
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206

Academic Orientation
Thursday, October 18
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206

Orientation 2
Tuesday, December 4
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Moseley 217
COSTA RICA, San José: ICDS Tuesday, September 25, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
COSTA RICA: Global Health (OTS)

Tuesday, November 6, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m. 
Carlton 113

COSTA RICA: Sustainable Development Studies (SFS) Tuesday, October 30, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m. 
Carlton 113
COSTA RICA: Tropical Biology on a Changing Planet (OTS) Tuesday, November 6, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m. 
Carlton 113
DENMARK, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) Tuesday, October 2, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Carlton 209
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Santiago: Liberal Arts (CIEE) Tuesday, September 25, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, Santiago: Service - Learning  (CIEE) Tuesday, September 25, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
ECUADOR, Quito: Universidad San Francisco de Quito (NC Consortium) Tuesday, September 25, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
EGYPT, Cairo: The American University of Cairo (AUC) Thursday, October 11, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA
ENGLAND, Brighton: University of Sussex Thursday, November 8, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 209
ENGLAND, London: Elon Centre Abroad

Thursday, September 20, 2012
4:15-5:30 p.m.
Belk Pavilion 208
(Course Planning and visa)

Mid-October
Small group sessions
to work on Visas.

Thursday, November 29, 2012
4-6 p.m.
Location TBA

FRANCE, Lyon: ESDES School of  Business & Management

Mandatory France Visa Session
Thursday, September 20, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA

Mandatory Program Orientation
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Carlton 209

FRANCE, Montpellier: UNC in Montpellier

Mandatory France Visa Session
Thursday, September 20, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA

Mandatory Program Orientation
TBA
UNC Chapel Hill, FedEx Center

FRANCE, Paris: NC Consortium Paris

Mandatory France Visa Session
Thursday, September 20, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA

Mandatory Program Orientation
Thursday, November 8, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA

GERMANY, Heidelberg: The University of Heidelberg Thursday, October 25, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 209
GHANA, Accra: University of Ghana (CIEE) Thursday, September 27, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
INDIA, Manipal (Alliance) Tuesday, October 23, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA
INDIA, Mumbai: International Business & Culture (CIEE) Tuesday, October 2, 2011
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
INDIA, Pune (Alliance) Tuesday, October 23, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA
INDIA, Varanasi (Alliance) Tuesday, October 23, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA
IRELAND, Dublin: Dublin Business School and School of Arts  (FIE) Tuesday, October 9, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 209
IRELAND, Dublin: Trinity College Dublin (FIE) Tuesday, October 9, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 209
IRELAND, Dublin: University College Dublin (FIE) Tuesday, October 9, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 209
ISRAEL, Haifa: University of Haifa - International School

Tuesday, October 9, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
TBA

ISRAEL, Jerusalem: Dance Jerusalem Thursday, October25, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Carlton 113
ITALY, Florence: Elon Centre Abroad

Visa Session A
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Belk Pavilion (AVTL) 201

OR

Visa Session B
Thursday, October 4, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Lindner (AVAS) 206

Mandatory Orientation
Friday, September 21, 2012
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Belk Pavilion (AVTL) 200

Faculty Orientation
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
4:00-5:00
Location TBA

JAPAN, Osaka: Kansai Gaidai University Tuesday, October 2, 2011
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
JORDAN, Amman: Diplomacy & Policy Studies (CIEE) TBA
On-line through CIEE
JORDAN, Amman: Language and Culture (CIEE) TBA
On-line through CIEE
KENYA and TANZANIA: School for Field Studies (SFS) Tuesday, October 30, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 113
NEW ZEALAND, Dunedin: University of Otago (Arcadia)

Thursday, November 8, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 113

NEW ZEALAND, Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington (Arcadia) Thursday, November 8, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 113
POLAND, Krakow: Crakow University of Economics Tuesday, October 2, 2011
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
SCOTLAND, St. Andrews - University of St. Andrews Thursday, November 15, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 209
SEMESTER AT SEA, Multiple Countries Thursday, October 4, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Carlton 209
SENEGAL, Dakar: All Programs (CIEE) Thursday, September 27, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m
Lindner 206
SINGAPORE - Nanyang Technological University Tuesday, October 2, 2011
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town: Arts & Sciences (CIEE)

Thursday, September 27, 2012
4:15-6:00pm
Lindner 206

SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town: Service - Learning  (CIEE) Thursday, September 27, 2012
4:15-6:00pm
Lindner 206
SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg: Intenrational Human Righs Exchange (Bard) Thursday, September 27, 2012
4:15-6:00pm
Lindner 206
SOUTH AFRICA: Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) Tuesday, November 6, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 113
SOUTH AFRICA, Stellenbosch: Sustainability & Community (CIEE) Thursday, September 27, 2012
4:15-6:00pm
Lindner 206
SPAIN, Alicante: Language in Context  (CIEE) Thursday, September 20, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
SPAIN, Barcelona: All Programs (CIEE) Thursday, September 20, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
SPAIN, Seville: All Programs (CIEE) Thursday, September 20, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
SPAIN, Toledo: Fundación José Ortega (Arcadia) Thursday, September 20, 2012
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
Tanzania: Dar Es Salamm: Arts & Sciences (CIEE) Thursday, September 27, 2012
4:15-6:00pm
Lindner 206
TURKEY, Istanbul: Koç University Tuesday, October 2, 2011
4:15-6:00 p.m.
Lindner 206
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS - School for Field Studies (SFS) Tuesday, October 30, 2012
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Carlton 113
Note: Dates and locations are subject to change. Updated 6/28/2012