It All Begins Soon
New Student Orientation begins on Thursday, January 19th! Start your undergraduate experience at the Liberal Studies Convocation, a special welcome event for new students with deans, professors, advisors and alum! Throughout orientation, we will welcome you to NYU with activities that familiarize you with Liberal Studies, the university, and the city. Check out the links below and the checklists to help prepare for your arrival later this month. These are the last steps before your NYU journey begins!
NYU READS
Spring Liberal Studies NYU Reads
Klara and the Sun Assignment
All incoming students are asked to read the NYU Reads 2022-2023 common reading selection, Klara and the Sun, by Kazuo Ishiguro. We will convene over on Friday, January 20th, from 12:15–2:00 p.m. EST for the Liberal Studies common reading program, which will include a panel discussion featuring LS faculty and undergraduate students, as well as a chance to share reading reflections. The discussion will provide an important opportunity to begin building academic connections with peers and professors! Please read the book and complete the following writing assignment in advance of the program.
Select one of the following questions to explore in a readin response, which you will share with a small group of peers at our LS NYU Reads discussion on January 20th. You may choose to complete your response in a creative or analytic mode of your choice, such as a written reflection, a character “diary,” a collage, a sketch or cartoon strip, an infographic, or any other
mode you choose. One page maximum.
The following questions might help guide your writing:
- What aspect of the story seems most relevant to our society today? Why?
- Which character resonated most with you? Why?
- What is one theme in the novel that most interested you?
- What did the novel seem to say about it?
- What are the benefits and the costs of artificial intelligence?
- What does it mean to be human?
Be ready to share this reflection with a small group during the program on Friday, January 20th.
PRE-ARRIVAL CHECKLIST
January To-Do's
IMPORTANT LINKS
YOUR ADVISING GROUP
Your advising groups will be your *team* during orientation, each named after a critical text or author from the LS curriculum. Find your group below:
- Gilgamesh Advising Group (last name A - Car)
- Iliad Advising Group (last name Cat - Fen)
- Odyssey Advising Group (last name Fit - Huang, W.)
- Aeneid Advising Group (last name Huang, Y. - Lee)
- Shahnahmeh Advising Group (last name Lev - Mak)
- Homer Advising Group (last name Mal - Ren)
- Plato Advising Group (last name Ric - Tay)
- Aristotle Advising Group (last name Tho - Yan)
- Voltaire Advising Group (last name Yaq - Z)
*note: athletes will be assigned to either the Homer or Plato Advising Groups. Questions? Please contact Nadine Griffith (email address below)
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