Vet school orientation began today! We met at 9AM in Summerhall, where my classes will be for the next year. This is the outside
It was an amazing welcome, followed by picking out which veterinary school's sports teams to try out (I'm going to investigate the Dick Vet Dixens, which is soccer, er football, and the women's rugby team), then on to the Southsider pub by 11am for pints and lunch with the Professor and my class. There is also a univerity women's mountain biking team, which I will find out more about later this week.
I came back around 1230 and rested up. This evening, we meet back at the Southsider at 7pm for a pub crawl. I may last a few hours, but imagine some of the young guns will be out quite late.
Here is my Fresher's Induction Programme for the Vet School
Monday, 13 September
0900 Welcome Lecture by Professor Simon and 5th Years
1000 Dick Vet Sports Fair
1030 Pick up University ID Card
1100 Southsider Pub - Pints and Lunch
1330 Treasure Hunt around Edinburgh (not attending)
1900 Southsider Pub - 5-legged Pub Crawl (no clue what this means)
Tuesday, 14 September
1000 Welcome Head of School, Professor Elaine Watson
1020 Director of Teaching/Chair of Vet Education Prof Susan Rhind
1030 Director of Student Affairs Dr Geoff Pearson
1045 Coffee in the Main Hall
1115 Fire Safety
1145 Crime Prevention Officer - Community Safety
1215 Health and Safety
1230 Fundraising
1300 Edinburgh Dungeons Trip (not attending)
1800 Safari night - dinner, wine and dancing
Wednesday, 15 September
1000 Career and Research Opportunities in Vet Med (looking forward to this)
1030 EUSA Representative
1045 Disability Office
1100 Coffee in Main Hall
1130 Student Counsellor
1140 President of the Veterinary Students Council
1150 Association of Veterinary Students
1205 History of the Dick Vet
1300 Edinburgh Zoo Trip (not attending)
1300 Sports Teams Events - try teams out
I will be at my flat from 1300-1800 waiting on British Telecom to hook up my internet, land line and TV. Hopefully, they will come early enough so I can check out some of the sports teams.
Thursday, 16 September
The Pope is visiting Edinburgh, so there are no activities until
1600 Stags and Hens School Disco (ummmm, no thank you)
Friday, 17 September
1900 Southsider - Beach Attire for Pub Crawl (huh?)
Saturday, 18 September
All Day - Sports Day with teams in the Meadows
Sunday, 19 September
Dick Vet Ceilidh at Teviot
As you can see, it's a fun-filled, packed week. I will also be looking at any other University clubs I may want to join this week.
Glad to be here and glad to finally be started!