Dear Penn Staff, Faculty & Campus Partners,
Our office wants to remind you that the deadline to register to host a Preceptorial for New Student Orientation (NSO) and/or Second-Year Orientation (SYO) is tomorrow, August 11, at 11:59pm.
Additionally, the deadline to register as a Penn Reading Project Group Facilitator is next Tuesday, August 17, at 11:59pm.
We hope you will consider hosting a Preceptorial and/or leading a Penn Reading Project Group to enrich the orientation experience for both the Class of 2024 & Class of 2025!
Use the buttons below to register to host an NSO and/or SYO Preceptorial and to be a Penn Reading Project Group Facilitator. Scroll down to learn more information about these opportunities. As always, feel free to reach out to us at provost-nso-ai@pobox.upenn.edu with questions!
For a look at our NSO & SYO schedule-at-a-glance, visit the NSO website.
NSO & SYO Preceptorials
Host a Preceptorial!
We want to make it as easy as possible for you to connect with Penn students! See below for some of the guidelines for 2021 Preceptorials.
• They can be hosted by many members of the Penn community including faculty, staff, resource centers, and/or departments.
• NSO Preceptorials are primarily delivered in-person, on-campus with the option to pre-record or host virtually.
• This year, we are offering Preceptorials to first-year students during New Student Orientation (NSO) on Saturday, August 28 from 11am-2pm.
• For the first time ever, we also are offering Preceptorials to second-year students during our inaugural Second-Year Orientation (SYO) on Monday, August 30 from 11am-4pm.
• Our staff will manage the advertising, registration (if applicable), and video archival process so that hosts can focus on delivering the content of their session(s)
• Our Preceptorial catalog is updated daily on our website and sent to students via email during NSO & SYO.
• Information about how to host a Preceptorial in the fall semester will be released shortly.
• Visit our website to learn more about how to get involved in NSO 2021.
Below you will find a brief overview of the responsibilities of PRP Group Facilitators.
- Group Facilitators will lead small groups of students (generally around 20-25) on campus the afternoon of Friday, August 27 for a discussion of August Wilson’s landmark play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
- By serving as a PRP Group Facilitator, you’ll meet our newest undergraduates and help them along at the very beginning of their Penn journey.
- Ma Rainey is one of ten plays in Wilson’s so-called Pittsburgh Cycle, which explores connections between generations of Black families and their neighborhoods and communities. A particular thematic focus this year will be interaction with the Philadelphia community and beyond on projects that unite and enrich us all. A fuller description of both Ma Rainey and the Theme can found here.
- Since group discussions will be in-person on campus, Group Facilitators will need to be here, and willing and able to meet with small groups in classrooms; beyond that, it is open on a first-come-first served basis to all who would like to participate.
