{"id":339,"date":"2020-07-28T09:28:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/graduate-students\/?page_id=339"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:59:15","slug":"arts-sciences-graduate-orientation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/graduate-education\/arts-sciences-graduate-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts and Sciences: Graduate Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dean-s-welcome\">Dean\u2019s Welcome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My heartfelt welcome to Clark University, where we are uniquely positioned to deliver research excellence in various disciplines in the arts and sciences. Collaborations are increasingly crucial for knowledge production today in any academic discipline, and at Clark we provide an intimate, tight-knit community of faculty and students. We promote creative, synthetic thinking that advances our society as you build your expertise in a supportive, collaborative environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John G. LaBrie, Ed.D.<\/strong><br><em>Dean and Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and International Programs<\/em><br><em>Dean of the School of Professional Studies<\/em><br><em>Clark University<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fall-2026-orientation-dates\">Fall 2026 Orientation Dates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, August 17, 2026:<\/strong><br>Doctoral Student Orientation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friday, August 21, 2026:<\/strong><br>TA Orientation \u2013 mandatory for all incoming graduate students with a TA assignment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A full schedule of events will be sent to your Clarku.edu email address.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact Email: <a href=\"mailto:gradschool@clarku.edu\">gradschool@clarku.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean\u2019s Welcome My heartfelt welcome to Clark University, where we are uniquely positioned to deliver research excellence in various disciplines in the arts and sciences. 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