ORIENTATION
A note about colours!
Big Pond hosts several colleges each year. This student site uses colour coding to indicate which activities are available to you. Some are college-specific and some are for everyone.
Black means it's for Everyone
Red means it's for for First year Dublin experience students
Gold means its for Denison University students
Green means it's for Study + Internship stream students
🏡 = Highfield House Reception / Basketball Court area
MONDAY 7TH Sept
TCD students only
Meet Mark in the Big Pond Office at 8am
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TCD Module Enrolment Information and Q&A
Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Building
9am-10am
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School of English Welcome Meeting (optional)
Davis Lecture Theatre, Arts Building
11am-12 noon
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Let's talk about...Positive Sexual Experiences (optional)
1pm-1:30pm
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Let's talk about...Managing Conflict in Shared Housing (optional)
2pm-2:30pm
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TCD Campus Tours running all week (optional)
Meet on Arts Building Concourse
Various times
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FIRST YEAR STUDENT ARRIVALS
Airport pickup
9am -11am
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Welcome lunch
1pm-2pm
Highfield House 6th Floor
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Big Pond Welcome talk / residence briefing
2pm-2:30pm
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Immediate neighbourhood essentials walk
2:30pm-4:30pm
Nina & Alannah
TUESDAY 8TH Sept
TCD students only
Meet Mark in the Big Pond Office at 8am
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TCD General Orientation
Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Building
9am-10am
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Immigration and Health Insurance (optional)
Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Building
10am-10:30am
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TCD Library Complex Tour (optional)
10:30am-11:30am
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Applying for Reasonable Exam Accommodations with the disAbility Service (Optional)
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TCD Campus Tours running all week (optional)
Meet on Arts Building Concourse
Various times
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BIG POND ORIENTATION
Walk to DBS, Room AS 1.6
10am-12:30pm
Meet at Alannah at 9:15am 🏡
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Under 18s session
AS 1.6, 12:30am-1pm
Shane
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Big Zero 1 -The Climate & Me
DBS AS 1.6
2pm-4pm
Karl
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RA Talk
DBS AS 1.6
4pm-4:30pm
Nina & Alannah
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Pizza & Pints RA Social
Egan's
4:30pm-6pm
Nina & Alannah
WEDNESDAY 9TH Sept
Consent workshop, delivered by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
10am-12 noon, DBS AS1.2
Meet Alannah at 9:15am at 🏡.Travel via LUAS
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Big Zero 2
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Doughnuts & Scavenger Hunt Awards
6th Floor Common Room
8pm-9pm
Nina & Alannah
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Study Abroad Student Q&A (optional)
12noon-1pm
Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Building
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Let's talk about....being LGBTQ+ in TCD and Dublin (optional)
Synge Theatre, Arts Building
12noon-12:30pm
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TCD Campus Tours running all week (optional)
Meet on Arts Building Concourse
Various times
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School of Social Sciences and Philosophy and Trinity Business School Orientation (optional)
Accessed via Zoom (Note: The session will be recorded and available for students opting for Big Zero)
1pm-2pm
THURSDAY 10TH Sept
TCD students only
TCD Living in Dublin & Cultural Adaptation (optional)
Ed Burke Theatre, Arts Building
9am-10am
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FDE - Meeting DBS staff (PDF summary & welcome video from DBS here)
All sessions today are at DBS Castle House CH4.7
Meet Alannah for the LUAS to DBS
8:45am: 🏡
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FDE Programme Talk with Academic Director
9:30am-10:30am
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Meet the Student Experience Team
10:45-12 noon
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Lunch
12noon-1pm
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Welcome to Dublin, Welcome to Marist FDE
1pm-2pm
Shane
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Welcome Reception
The Market Bar, Fade Street
6pm-9pm
All
FRIDAY 11TH Sept
Big Zero 3
9am-11am, via Zoom (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81170576677?pwd=I8GatqLLoS0CA5miFc...
(Kate & Mark)
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Study & Internship stream student orientation
Big Pond office
9:30am - 10:45am
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Henrietta Street Museum (mandatory: ECI co-curricular)
14 Henrietta Street
12:30pm-1:45pm Travel with Alannah who is leaving at 12pm from 🏡
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Insight Matters
Outhouse, Capel Street
2pm-3pm
Karl walking with the group from 14 Henrietta Street
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Support meeting for study & internship stream students
4pm-4:30pm
Remote meeting. Link:
https://meet.google.com/hqz-nshe-pqe
SATURDAY 12TH Sept
Howth Day Trip (mandatory!)
Come along for a day trip to Howth, a little coastal village just outside of Dublin City Centre.
Enjoy a coastal hike with stunning views, explore the historic harbour, and pick your lunch spot to try some Irish seafood from a huge selection of local restaurants! You might even see a seal or two 🌊
We’ll take the LUAS to Marlborough then the DART to Howth. We will be in Howth from approximately 11:30am - 4:30pm.
Bring your LEAP card!
11:30am: 🏡
Sunday 13TH Sept
FREE DAY
