Welcome to the Ph.D. program at Terry College of Business.

I would like to congratulate you on your admission to the program and inform you of several required graduate student orientations. The 2007 Graduate School's orientation will be held on Monday, August 13 at the Athens Classic Center’s Grand Hall, 300 N Thomas Street, from 9:00 am to 11:30 am (directions). The 2007 Terry College's orientation will be held on Monday, August 13 in 327 Brooks Hall beginning at 1:30 p.m. and should end by 3:30 pm. Information regarding the Graduate School-sponsored events is provided by the UGA Graduate School.

In addition to the orientations and events noted above, the Terry College provides you with the following on-line orientation. This online orientation has been developed to provide you with key information about the Terry graduate program. It is important that you complete each step in the orientation process, as you are responsible for understanding the content provided.

I also encourage you become familiar with the Terry Ph.D. web page. It has links to important program information and provides links to your area of study Graduate Coordinator Page. The Graduate Coordinator Page is the main web resource for your program. If information is not accessible from the Graduate Coordinator Page or the Terry Ph.D. web page, please check with your area's Graduate Coordinator for a hard copy source of your areas Ph.D. information.

Once you have completed the Terry College online orientation, if you still have questions please contact the Graduate Coordinator for your area of study. I would also suggest looking over the New Student To-Do List provided by the Graduate School for helpful hints for getting off to a good start.

Once again, welcome to the Terry College of Business.

James B. Kau
Ph.D. Director
Terry College of Business