2010 MPS/RE ORIENTATION
Welcome new PRE students! We are delighted to have you join the Cornell Program in Real Estate community and look forward to great things from you in the two years ahead.
The PRE program is intensive and you will find that Orientation is as well. To prepare you for the fast pace of the semester to come, we have arranged many activities that will acquaint you with your new classmates, the faculty and staff, as well as Cornell’s campus and Ithaca. Please check this webpage frequently for changes in the schedule. Details of locations will be provided on the first day.
New this year, we are offering Pre-Orientation activities which are optional and are as follows:
Saturday, August 14, 2010
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Financial Modeling with Microsoft Excel, Session 1
Sunday, August 15, 2010
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Financial Modeling with Microsoft Excel, Session 2
Monday, August 16, 2010
9:00 am to 11:00 am
Hiking the gorges of Ithaca
noon to 1:00 pm
“Mindful Eating” Lunch
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
“History of Cornell” campus tour
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
8:30 am to 11:00 am
Golf on Cornell’s Robert Trent Jones course
4:00 am to 6:00 pm
‘Floating Classroom’ Boat tour
PROGRAM IN REAL ESTATE ORIENTATION – MANDATORY FOR ALL INCOMING STUDENTS
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
8:30 am
Welcome and Breakfast refreshments
9:00 am
Introductory sessions
11:00am
Faculty introductions
Noon
Lunch
1:30 pm
RE 101
3:30 pm
Photographs – Business Dress
Thursday, August 19, 2010
8:00 to 10:30 am
Morning Refreshments / Career Services
10:45 am to Noon
Case Study
Noon to 2:00 pm
Business Etiquette Lunch
2:00 to 3:00
Student Services (overview of Program, University)
3:00 to 4:30 pm
Career Services Continued
Friday, August 20, 2010
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Bus Tour of various Real Estate product types in Ithaca area – meet at the bus stop in front of Sage Hall bus will leave at 8am sharp. Lunch will be provided.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
1:00pm to 5:00pm
Hoffman Challenge teambuilding course – meet at the bus stop in front of Sage Hall – Cornell Outdoor Education vans will pick you up.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Open Day
Monday August 23, 2010
9:00 am to Noon
Grad Student Registration in Bartels Field House
Afternoon
Myers Briggs Workshop
8am to 5pm
Individual Resume Critiques - 114 W. Sibley Hall
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
8:00 am
Morning Refreshments
8:30 am to noon
Internship Presentations
12:30 to 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30 to 2:30 pm
Computer Lab Orientation - Geddes Computer Lab – 305 W. Sibley Hall
2:30 to 3:30 pm
GTRS Placement Session – Sibley 115
3:30 to 4:30
Book Sale Sibley 105
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Barbeque for students and families – 6 Mile Creek Winery