Get a good start to your first semester at UT as a graduate student with our fall orientations.

Orientations 2024

The New Graduate Student Orientation took place virtually on August 6 from 8:30am–2:30pm. The New Graduate Student Orientation is designed to provide all new graduate students with the information they need to get a good start in their program. This program includes presentations and breakout sessions on financing graduate education and research, student health insurance, the UT Libraries, professional development, and much more.

The New Graduate Teaching Assistant/Associate Orientation is designed to prepare graduate students (most of whom are new to the university) to succeed as an instructor. There are sessions on inclusive teaching processes, library resources for instructors, student conduct, student success, and others. This orientation took place virtually on August 8, from 8:30am–2:30pm.

Recordings of the sessions are accessible through the New Graduate Student Orientation and New GTA Orientation agendas. If you did not get the Grad Vols Orientation Guide, you can download a copy of the guide.

Got questions about the 2024 GradVols Orientations? Contact grad-orientations@utk.edu.