last updated, July 29, 2008
| Monday, August 11 | ||
| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Welcome and Introduction to 1st Year Program, VIGRE Groups, Teaching Seminar, Computer Support, Libraries Introduction | Room 304 |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Paperwork, Office Assignments | Room 453 |
| 3:00 PM | Department Tea | Room 409 |
| Tuesday, August 12 | ||
| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Prelim Exam | Room 303 |
| 1:30 PM – 2:10 PM | VIGRE Presentation: Ming-Jun Lai, "How to Cut Large Data Small" | Room 304 |
| Wednesday, August 13 | ||
| 11:20 AM – 12:00 PM | VIGRE Presentation: Sa'ar Hersonsky, "Circle Packing Investigations" | Room 304 |
| 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Department Welcome Lunch (with returning students, faculty) | Room 409 |
| 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Advising for New Graduate Students | Room TBA |
| Thursday, August 14 | ||
| 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM | New Graduate Student Orientation (presented by the Graduate School) | Athens Classic Center, 300 N. Thomas St. |
| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Topology Qualifying Exam (for those signed up) | Room 303 |
| 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Graduate Student Association Reception for New Students | Student Learning Center, 4th Floor Rotunda |
| 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Algebra Qualifying Exam (for those signed up) | Room 303 |
| Friday, August 15 | ||
| 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM | New TA/LA Orientation | Student Learning Center, Room 101 |
| 9:00 AM – 11:00AM | Real Analysis Qualifying Exam (for those signed up) | Room 303 |
| 2:00PM-4:00PM | Complex Analysis Qualifying Exam (for those signed up) | Room 303 |
| 5:45 PM | Dinner in downtown Athens for interested new students. | Doc Cheys, 320 E. Clayton Street |
| Monday, August 18 | ||
| 8:00 AM | Classes start! | |
| 3:30 PM – 4:10 PM | VIGRE Presentation: Neil Lyall, "Geometry, Combinatorics and Fourier Analysis" | Room 304 |
| Tuesday, August 19 | ||
| 2:00 PM – 2:35 PM | VIGRE Presentation: Caner Kazanci, “Modeling the Health of Ecosystems” | Room 304 |
| 2:40 PM – 3:15 PM | VIGRE Presentation: Jason Cantarella, “Tabulating Composite Links” | Room 304 |
| Friday, August 22 | ||
| 5:00 PM – 7:45 PM | Picnic | Memorial Park Shelter #1 |