Aug 2006

Activities on Wednesday, arrival day, are optional. Participation in the scheduled events is required on Thursday and Friday.

All working sessions take place at Colegio .Mayor San Pablo as per the meeting rooms indicated on this program and the work groups sheet.

Breakfast and dinner will be served for participants lodged respectively, at Colegio Mayor (C.M.) San Pablo and Colegio Mayor (C.M.) Jaime del Amo. Lunches on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will be served only in the Comedor of C.M. San Pablo.

Both university residences have a cafeteria on the ground floor for refreshments and snacks during the day.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
10:00-2:00
Patricia Zahniser, Commission, will be at
C. M. San Pablo to meet grantees lodged there, upon their arrival. Paula Ortega, Commission, will be at C.M. Jaime del Amo to meet grantees lodged there, upon their arrival.

2:00-3:00
Lunch (Comedor C.M. San Pablo)

3:00-5:00
Pilar Gómez and Miguel López, Commission, will be in attendance with any pending reimbursements and stipend checks and will collect any travel receipts. (Sala…)

5:00-6:00
Informal welcome (Salón de Actos, C.M.)
Commission staff, former and continuing U.S. grantees

6:00-7:00
Refreshments in the pool area

9:00-10:00
Dinner (respective residences)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

8:00
Breakfast (respective residences)

8:30-10:15
Bank officials will explain banking practices (in Spanish). Grantees may cash stipend checks, open an account, or request any other standard bank transaction.

10:30-11:30
Inaugural Session

11:30-12:00
Coffee Break

12:00-1:00
Discussion: The Fulbright program in Spain

1:00-1:45
Briefing and Discussion of Grant Logistics

2:00-3:00
Lunch

3:00-7:00
Grantees, by grant activity, will meet in concurrent groups as follow:
Full-time graduate researchers:
Teaching assistants and school Coordinators:
Elementary, Secondary, Training for Model UN program

9:00
Dinner

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

8:00
Breakfast

8:30-10:15
Bank officials will explain banking practices (in Spanish). Grantees may cash stipend checks, open an account, or request any other standard bank transaction.

10:30-1:30
Teaching Assistants with school appointments
Visits to elementary and secondary schools as scheduled

2:00
Lunch

9:00
Dinner

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

8:00
Breakfast

Departure: check out before noon

Time is creeping up on me. Before I know it the summer will be over and then I'll be off to Madrid. Currently, I'm searching for a place to live. I've looked at numerous ads, some of which sound good. I've narrowed it down to:

pisos compartidos
cuartos amueblados
ADSL/WIFI
centrico

These are roughly translated as shared flats, furnished rooms, high speed internet and a location in the center of the city.

With any luck, I'll find some really cool flatmates who will help me have the "Auberge Espagnole" experience!

More later...