Fall 2014 Orientation Week

 MON, 8 SEPTEMBER

TUE, 9 SEPTEMBER

WED, 10 SEPTEMBER

THU, 11 SEPTEMBER

FRI 12, SEPTEMBER

9.30 am

Welcome Coffee 

Information Pack + Student Guide distribution 

Room 1-G 

 10.00 am

Introduction to the Globalization Program

by the Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Prof. Luca Pes 

Room 1-G 

9.15 am

Residency Permit Meeting with NON-EU students 

Tutoring for filling out of the forms regarding the Residency Permit 

(Remember to bring all the necessary documents!) 

Room 9-A 

11.00 am -1.00 pm

Tutoring Desk 

Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition. 

Room 2-G 

8.30 am

Visit to Venice city libraries* 

Ferry at 8.25 am from S. Servolo or appointment at San Zaccaria line 20 boat stop at 8.30 am 

-Asac – La Biennale Library and Archive 

- Giorgio Cini Foundation Library, the so-called "Manica Lunga"

- Querini Stampalia Foundation

-CFZ Zattere – Ca’ Foscari Library of Humanities and Languages 

-BAUM – Ca’ Foscari Library of Humanities 

10.00 am

Historical Guided tour of San Servolo Island: Museo della Follia

San Servolo’s asylum and the figure of Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia.

Meeting point: VIU Front Office at 9.45 am

11.00 am-1.00 pm

Tutoring Desk 

Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution. 

Room 2-G

 09.00 am

Italian for Foreigners Placement Test 

Room 9-A, 9-B

11.00 am

OPENING CEREMONY

of the Fall 2014 Term 

Lectio Magistralis 

Auditorium

12.30 pm

Welcome Reception 

Sala Basaglia

12.00 - 1.00 pm

VIU Facilities Tour 

Meeting point: Front Office at 11.50 am

-PC rooms and Xerox/scanning machines 

-VIU Library and VIU card 

-Classrooms, Front Office, Cafeteria, Canteen, Sport Fields 

12.00 pm

Faculty Meeting 

VIU Meeting Room 

(followed by faculty lunch in the cafeteria) 

1.00 pm

Get-together Lunch in Campo Santa Margherita 

Caffè Margaret Duchamp 

(confirm your participation by e-mail to: intern@univiu.org by Tue 9, 3pm)

3.10 pm

San Lazzaro Island tour* 

Meeting point: San Servolo boat stop (line 20) at 3.00 pm

2.00 pm

Video interview session for professors 

Room 2-G

2.00 pm

Friday Trip

Fortuny Showroom and Factory

Meeting point: Palanca boat stop at 2.00 pm

(confirm your participation by e-mail to: intern@univiu.org by Wed 10, 5pm)

2.30 pm

Courses presentation 

by the faculty of the Fall 2014 Term 

Room 1-G

2.30-4.00 pm

ACTV Imob Transportation Card at Piazzale Roma 

And also: 

-Bank 

-SIM Mobile Phone Card 

-Supermarket 

-Post Office 

Meeting point: 2.30 pm at VenEziaUnica agency, Piazzale Roma

2.30-5.00 pm

Tutoring Desk 

Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution. 

Room 2-G 

3.00 pm 

Venice in the Movies 

Room 9-A  

3.00 pm Summertime 

5.00 pm Pane e Tulipani 

2.30-5.00 pm

Tutoring Desk 

Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution. 

Room 2-G 

4.00-5.00 pm

Tutoring Desk 

Q&A to the VIU staff on study plan, courses, accommodation on/off campus, credit recognition, VIU card distribution. 

Room 2-G 

5.00 pm

Staff Movie Proposal

Io sono Li (Shun Li and the poet)

by Andrea Segre, 2011

Room 9-A