Schedule For Induction
Schedule Information for the Induction Onsite Training
Schedule for Cohort 3: Induction
This page is your go-to place for the 2025 IRIS Summer Onsite Training schedule.
Important Dates (subject to change)
Last updated on May 1, 2025.
Residence Hall Check In (8:00am – 3:00 pm)
- Check in at the Turner Hall desk
- Give yourself enough time to adjust to your new time zone / environment
Welcome Social (4:00 – 6:00 pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
- Light refreshments provided
- Facilitator(s): IRIS Leadership
Yoga (Optional) (7:00 – 7:30 am)
- Location: Turner Hall Lounge
- Facilitator(s): Naomi Sheneman
Breakfast (8:00 – 9:00 am)
- Location: Harrison Den
Orientation to IRIS Induction (9:00 am – 12:30 pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
- Instructor(s): Naomi Sheneman and Kelly Decker.
- Facilitator(s): Glenna Cooper, Daniel Gough, Margaret Haberman, LaShawnda Lowe, Akeya Peoples, Laurie Walcott, Summer Waldrip, Donna Walker, and Shannon Wheeler.
- Bring with you: Personal computing device
Lunch Break (12:30 – 2:00 pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
(Re)Orientation to Canvas (2:00 – 5:30 pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
- Instructor(s): Naomi Sheneman and Kelly Decker.
- Facilitator(s): Glenna Cooper, Daniel Gough, Margaret Haberman, LaShawnda Lowe, Akeya Peoples, Laurie Walcott, Summer Waldrip, Donna Walker, and Shannon Wheeler.
- Bring with you: Personal computing device
Dinner & Evening On Your Own (After 5:30 pm)
Yoga (Optional) (7:00 – 7:30 am)
- Location: Turner Hall Lounge
- Facilitator(s): Naomi Sheneman
Breakfast (7:30 – 8:00 am)
- Location: Harrison Den
Work Sample Submission (8:00 – 10:00 am)
- Location: Individual dorm room
- Bring with you: Personal computing device with a webcam
- Coda/hearing participants will need earbuds or headphones
Break
Induction programming (10:30 am – 12:30 pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
- Instructor(s): Naomi Sheneman
- Facilitator(s): Glenna Cooper, Daniel Gough, Margaret Haberman, LaShawnda Lowe, Akeya Peoples, Laurie Walcott, Summer Waldrip, Donna Walker, and Shannon Wheeler.
- Bring with you: Paper & pen
Lunch Break (12:30 – 2:00 pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
Induction programming (2:00 – 5:30 pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
- Instructor(s): Naomi Sheneman
- Facilitator(s): Glenna Cooper, Daniel Gough, Margaret Haberman, LaShawnda Lowe, Akeya Peoples, Laurie Walcott, Summer Waldrip, Donna Walker, and Shannon Wheeler.
- Bring with you: Paper & pen
Dinner & Evening On Your Own (After 5:30 pm)
ASLEI/TASL/IRIS social hour (optional) (6:00 – 7:00 pm)
- Location: TBD
- Light refreshments provided
Yoga (Optional) (7:00 – 7:30 am)
- Location: Turner Hall Lounge
- Facilitator(s): Naomi Sheneman
Breakfast (8:00 – 9:00 am)
- Location: Harrison Den
Induction programming (9:00 am – 12:30 pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
- Instructor(s): Naomi Sheneman
- Facilitator(s): Glenna Cooper, Daniel Gough, Margaret Haberman, LaShawnda Lowe, Akeya Peoples, Laurie Walcott, Summer Waldrip, Donna Walker, and Shannon Wheeler.
Lunch Break (12:30 – 2:00pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
Induction programming (2:00 – 5:30 pm)
- Location: Harrison Den
- Instructor(s): Naomi Sheneman and Kelly Decker.
- Facilitator(s): Glenna Cooper, Daniel Gough, Margaret Haberman, LaShawnda Lowe, Akeya Peoples, Laurie Walcott, Summer Waldrip, Donna Walker, and Shannon Wheeler.
Dinner & Evening On Your Own (After 5:30 pm)
Residence Hall Check Out (Before 3:00 pm)
- Unless other arrangements have been made with IRIS Project leadership team.
August 10, 2025
Online program begins
- Sunday, August 10
- 4-6pm PT/ 5-7pm MT/ 6-8pm CT/ 7-9pm ET – Online required synchronous session
- Zoom link to be posted in Canvas
Logistics
In addition to the schedule above, see information on the program, campus, and resources on the Summer Logistics for IRIS Onsite Session page.