New Graduate Student Orientation
Welcome to Virginia Tech!
Fall 2025 Blacksburg Orientation for New Graduate Students
Friday, August 22, 2025
9:00am, Graduate Life Center (GLC) Auditorium
8:30am, Coffee, tea and snacks, GLC Multipurpose Room
Graduate Orientation Agenda
Register for Fall 2025 orientation!
Students will hear from Graduate School Dean, Dr. Aimee Surprenant, learn about services and opportunities for graduate students, and receive tips and advice from their peers during a graduate student panel.
You can also view the checklist for grad students, check out events and activities, learn how to get started as a student, and view the pre-recorded resource videos below.
How to Find Community, Zoom session, June 2025
Accepted, Now What? Zoom session, March 2025 (View the workshop slides)
Academic Progress
Graduate School Ombuds for students
University Libraries
Managing Expectations in a Research Program
2025 Summer Session Slides
June 4: Getting Started as a Student
(Graduate School) (Bursar's Office)
Q&A from session
June 13: I Have an Assistantship. Now What?
June 23: Graduate Student Life: How To Find Community
July 10: Living in Blacksburg