Welcome to Rutgers! We look forward to welcoming you this semester. Please review and complete the checklist items below to help you with a seamless transition to your graduate studies.

1. Bookmark this handbook to your browser . When looking to answers for your questions, many of them can be found in this handbook!

2. Follow instructions on how to "take care of business" with special emphasis on the following:

   • Setting up your ID card

   • Registering the night of orientation (Part-Time students). Full-Time students will be registered automatically.

3. For questions about the student experience and moving to Newark, connect with your fellow students on Facebook.

4. Become familiar with our website, academic policies, and student organizations!

5. Please review all the information in this handbook and online orientation. And know who your advisor is. If you are a Part-Time student, your Academic Advisor is Jillian Ryan (973) 353-1130 RM-671, 1-Washington Park, Newark. She will be sending out her appointment calendar during the first two weeks of class so that students can sign up for a mandatory in person or phone appointment. If you are a part-time student in New Brunswick your advisor is Kathleen Price (KPrice@business.rutgers.edu). If you are a Full-Time student, you will be working with Marc Limata (973) 353-1129 RM-670, 1-Washington Park.

6. Please bookmark this page: http://myrbs.business.rutgers.edu/mba This is our official website with all the information you need.

7. Office of MBA Student Services Contact Information: http://myrbs.business.rutgers.edu/mba#contact

8 Watch both the online orientation video and academic integrity videos.

9. Complete the orientation quiz and academic integrity quiz. Both quizzes are required.

10. Please print the first pages of each quiz (we only need the scores), and bring that to orientation.

11. Part-Time students, you will register the night of orientation.

12. Questions about the SS&C Learning Institute On-Line Modules (formerly known as Zoologic modules) please contact admissions 973-353-1234. Please bring your printed out scores to orientation (scores 80% or higher) if you want to register for the following: Managerial Economics, Operations Analysis, or Data Analysis and Decision Making.

13. Please go on Facebook and join: Rutgers Part-Time MBA: Newark & New Brunswick

14. Please follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn!

15. Always remember to check your Rutgers email or forward your RU email to your personal account. Your Scarletmail email is how we officially contact with our students.

16. WEBREG Registration tutorial https://registrar.newark.rutgers.edu/webreg-instructions-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk8AGLJgJWM

17. If you are a student who wants to qualify for financial aid, remember you must always carry 6 or more credits per semester

18. Faculty & Staff Directory http://myrbs.business.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/deans-office/fac-staff-directory.pdf

19. Starting in the fall 2018, 373:592 Law & Legal Reasoning will be renamed 140:592 Business Law for Managers. They are the same course.

20. RU-Newark Photo ID Office & ID Photo Submission Information https://businessoffice.newark.rutgers.edu/ru-id-card

21. New Part-Time MBA Students are strongly encouraged to take no more than six credits (2 courses) per semester. The max amount of credits a part-time student can carry at any semester is 11 credits.

22. Information on student parking and permits https://myrun.newark.rutgers.edu/commuter-transit-and-parking

23. To view all your online information such as grades, online courses, etc., please bookmark https://my.rutgers.edu/portal/

24. Set up your school email. If you need any assistance please contact the help desk at helpdesk@business.rutgers.edu or https://email.rutgers.edu/

25. Course evaluations https://sirs.ctaar.rutgers.edu/ The Student Instructional Rating Survey (SIRS) is a University-wide survey of students for their comments about their experiences in the classroom. The results are used by the individual instructors, departments, schools and the University for the assessment and improvement of teaching. Faculty members are asked to provide summaries of the student survey statistics for personnel decisions, such as tenure, promotion or merit-based pay. SIRS is conducted at the end of every semester by the Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research. It is important to fill the evaluation out to provide feedback for our program.

26. Please fill out the following forms and bring to your Advisor at orientation.