Virtual BGS Fontaine Event

On behalf of the University of Pennsylvania, the Office of Research and Diversity Training, and BGS, we would like to invite you to attend the virtual BGS Fontaine event for newly admitted diversity graduate students. Information about Penn's Fontaine Society is available here: https://gsc.upenn.edu/fontaine.


Virtual BGS Fontaine Event
Thursday, March 18, 2021, from 4-6 PM Eastern Time
RSVP by March 16 to receive log-in information

  • Student Group Panel | 4PM - 5PM Eastern Time 
  • Social Hour | 5PM - 6PM Eastern Time

We will send log-in details to all students who RSVP.
The graduate groups have planned additional Fontaine activities, which are listed on the second page of the response form. Please indicate if you will attend the events listed for your graduate group.

During this event, you will have a chance to meet a larger community of students, faculty, and administrators within your graduate program and across BGS. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to meet newly admitted students from graduate programs across all of Penn’s Schools who will also be your colleagues at Penn.   


You also should have received an email from the Provost's Office with more information regarding the University activities on March 19, 4 – 6:30PM Eastern Time. Please see the full schedule of BGS and Penn Fontaine activities here

We hope you can join us to learn more about BGS, our graduate programs, the Fontaine Society, Penn resources for graduate students, and the City of Philadelphia. We look forward to connecting with you!