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| Dates and Deadlines
Commencement
June 8, 2007
Commencement Update!
Pre-Orientation for International Students
September 17, 2007
New Student Orientation for Undergraduates
September 24, 2007
Fall Classes Begin
October 1, 2007
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| Housing Updates
Check-Out Information
Housing contracts terminate at noon on Saturday, June 9,
2007. Students without summer housing contracts must
have made alternative arrangements and be moved out of
their rooms by noon, otherwise late fees and penalties
will apply. Please note that storage is not provided
at Caltech over the summer. Local storage companies have
information to assist students in making their own summer
arrangements.
Summer Housing Information
Parents, please help your students with summer housing arrangements
as necessary. Summer housing on campus is available if
needed. Students will receive email announcements regarding
the May 7th application deadline for a summer space. Also,
please remember that personal belongings are not insured
through Caltech. Students and/or parents should purchase
renter's insurance to secure their items if desired.
Questions?
Please contact Institute Housing at (626) 395-6176 or housing@caltech.edu |
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LETTER from the Dean
 Dear Parents —
This newsletter is the first of what will be three issues a year. Since summer is almost upon us, we have included several articles about transitioning into summer, which we hope you will find useful. If your son or daughter will be on campus this summer doing research or other projects, they will find the pace to be more relaxing than when classes are in session. The same is true for us in Student Affairs, although there will be many programs to plan and preparations to make for the coming year.
As I look back on the year that is coming to a close, I recall our new President Jean-Lou Chameau and his wife Carol Carmichael getting used to Caltech life and really hitting it off with the students; the opening of the South Houses as celebrated by the return of the Interhouse party, with the House courtyards transformed by fanciful construction projects; the enthusiasm and attention that surrounded our athletics teams that reminded everyone what sport is really about; our students excited about harvesting olives in the fall and making Caltech's first batch of extra virgin olive oil (covered by National Public Radio); the Churchill, Marshall, Gates, and two Watson fellowships our students were awarded, as well as many other successes; and most recently, the prank newspaper that our students and alumni passed out at MIT during their pre-frosh weekend. Ask your son and daughter what they recall, and they will probably mention... click to full article |
London Calling
London Calling is the first of a series of articles Mayra
Sheikh wrote for the California Tech  while an exchange
student at University College London during the first term
of her senior year. Mayra Sheikh received her BS in Chemistry
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