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July
STUDENTS ARRIVE!
Welcome & Dorm Tour
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August
English Placement Tests & Orientation
1pm- Introduction to VIA
7pm: Coordinator group meeting
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
2:30-5pm: Welcome & Landmark Tour
7-10pm: Rockclimbing in Stanford Gym
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3
8:45am-11:35am:
English class
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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4
8:45am-10:35am:: English class
10:45am-11:35am: Sociology lecture on Social Stratification
1:15-2:05pm or 2:15-3:05pm: Group discussion
6-7:30pm: Jazz at the Stanford Shopping Center
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
(Due: Project proposal)
10am: WASEDA STUDENTS ARRIVE!
12noon: Lunch & Dorm Tour
1:00 pm: Waseda student welcome
3:15-3:45pm: Money collection for musical, baseball
7-9pm: Tour of Downtown Palo Alto
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San Francisco Day with the Stanford coordinators
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Make-up English class for late arrivals
11am-12noon: Farmer's Market on California Avenue
11am: Glide Memorial Church in SF
4pm: Stanford Memorial Church
7-9pm: Prepare for Lytton Gardens concert
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
1:15-3:15pm: Coordinator presentations
7-8pm: Silicon Valley and the Software Industry
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
6-8pm: Volunteer at the SF Food Bank
5:20-5:30pm: Learn baseball game cheers and songs
7:15pm: Major League Baseball- SF (Giants vs. Pirates)
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:20am: Group photo
8:45am-11:35am:
English class
(Due: English project source summaries)
1-2pm: Coordinator presentations
2-4pm: Company Visit: Survey Monkey
3-4pm: Company Visit: Google
7-9 pm: Talk Graduate Study in the United States Panel
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-10:35am:: English class
10:45am-11:35am: Sociology lecture on Gender
1:15-2:05pm or 2:15-3:05pm: Group discussion
6-7:30pm: Jazz at the Stanford Shopping Center
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
1:15-2:30pm: Coordinator presentations
3:30-5pm: Company Visit: PayPal
6-8pm: Rehearsal for Lytton Gardens concert
8pm: Taiwan Culture Night
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10am-12noon:
Palo Alto Farmer's Market
1:10pm: Major League Baseball- Oakland (A's vs. Rangers)
8pm:Karaoke
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2-4pm: Volunteer concert at Lytton Gardens
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
2-4pm: Company Visit: Google
5pm: NGO Visit: Global Fund for Women
7-9pm: Working in the U.S. Panel
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
2-4pm: Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
3pm: Company Visit: Box.net
4-7pm: Rockclimbing at the Stanford Gym
7pm-9pm: QLGBT Panel
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
3pm-5pm: Half Moon Bay Volunteer Habitat Restoration
7-9pm: Inter-cultural Relationship Panel
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-10:35am:: English class
(Due: English project rough draft)
10:45am-11:35am: Sociology lecture on Asian American Identity
1:15-2:05pm or 2:15-3:05pm: Group discussion
4-5pm: YouTube Company Visit
6-7:30pm: Jazz at the Stanford Shopping Center
9:30-11pm: Study hour with coordinators
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
1-2:30pm: Lunch at Apple with ALC alumnus
2pm: Company Visit: Agilent
4pm: Introduction to songs from Billy Elliot
8pm: Musical (Billy Elliot)
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9-12pm Volunteer Activity: San Jose Recovery Kitchen
3-10pm: Great America
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1 pm: Santa Cruz Beach Trip
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
1 pm: Intel Tour
1 pm: Japan Culture Night
(Due: English project final draft)
1 pm: UC Berkeley Tour
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
4-7pm: Rockclimbing at the Stanford Gym
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
2pm-4pm: Company Visit: IMVU
9:30-11pm: Talent Show
(Oral presentations)
9 pm: Orientation about final days at Stanford and Yosemite
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8:45am-11:35am:
English class
9-11pm: Prom
1 pm: UC Berkeley Tour
(Oral presentations)
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Last day of classes!
12noon-2pm: Graduation ceremony
Pack!
4pm: Leave Stanford campus
5pm: Arrive at Crowne Plaza Hotel
6:30-8pm: Final dinner
8-9:30pm: Farewell banquet
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9:30am: Leave for Yosemite National Park
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