Quick Guide to Student Life at LSCT

1. Quick Guide to Student Life at LSCT

2. Ngee Ann home page www.np.edu.sg Link to LSCT home page LSCT home page www.np.edu.sg/lsct/ This presentation is downloadable from the LSCT website!

3. Contents • Important people to know • Timetable • Connect Mail • What to do in the first week of school

4. Important people to know Your mentor/advisor! Every student is assigned a mentor/advisor, and he or she is a lecturer at LSCT To find out who your mentor/advisor is: • Check NPAL • Check with General Office

5. Mentor/ Advisor • first line of enquiry for everything • admin matters, health and personal issues • outing with mentor

6. How to find/contact my mentor? Check the timetable files outside Staff offices at Levels 4-6 Use internal phone outside staff offices Pigeon holes for dropping messages Or….

7. Important people to know The friendly General Office Staff (Blk 83 Level 4) Vimala Edna Diana Ivy Chris

8. Important people to know • Computer Service Cluster (Block 73 etc) • Password problems with NPal, MeL • Login problems with NPNet • Student Services (Atrium) • Loss of student card • Lost and Found at atrium • Payment

9. How to get your timetable Go to Ngee Ann Home Page www.np.edu.sg and click on “Student Login” (accessible from home)

10. Click on NPal Student You will see this Your login ID is your student number (with ‘S’ at the front, but without the alphabet behind e.g. S12345678 ) Your password should have been sent to you

11. Click this to see your timetable You will see this screen with lots of information Click this to see who your advisor/mentor is

12. Typical Timetable Advisor’s name and office

13. HOW TO READ YOUR TIMETABLE Your course (BIOMEDIC, MBIO etc) IS – courses run by School of Inter-disciplinary studies Module code – eg 3PROTE stands for Proteomics Name of lecturer LOCATION (IMPORTANT) LT 78 Lecture Theatre 78 BLK 73 #03-18 3rd floor classroom at Block 73 L – type of class 01 – class/group L– Lecture T– Tutorial P – Practical

14. Click on Connect Mail You will see this Your login ID is your student number (with ‘S’ at the front, but without the alphabet behind e.g. S12345678 ) Your password should have been sent to you

15. You will see this Your login ID is your student number (with ‘S’ at the front, but without the alphabet behind e.g. S12345678@connect.np.edu.sg ) Password is set by you

16. 7 THINGS TO PREPARE FOR THE 1st WEEK OF SCHOOL • Writing materials (lectures for most course will start in the first week) • 2. Student card (to register attendance for lectures – do ask your lecturer how to do this at your first lecture) • 3. Money • 4. Laptop (excluding HLM students)

17. 7 THINGS TO PREPARE FOR THE 1st WEEK OF SCHOOL 5. Sweater (if you find lecture theatres or labs too cold) 6. Labcoat, safety glasses and covered shoes (for practicals otherwise you will not be allowed into the labs) 7. Sports attire (for Sports and Wellness)

18. What if I fall ill and cannot attend classes? • If you have a medical certificate, • 1. When you return to school, obtain a pink form from the general office (Blk 83, level 4) • Attach your MC, fill in the details, and get the relevant lecturers and your mentor to sign at relevant places • Hand over to your mentor or hand it to the General Office Staff

19. For CBE Year 1 Students, Special Orientation Programme next Monday! Date: 19 April 2010 Time: 8.30am Venue: LT 77 (located near LSCT Foyer)

20. THANK YOU! 