We ask students to arrive on campus several days before classes begin to take care of paperwork and get settled in. During this time tours of the campus and the museum are arranged.   Working with Penn Museum faculty and staff, classes will be chosen from among the extensive listing of Penn courses and will meet the needs of each student. There will also be an advisor at the College of General Studies (CGS) who will help you with selecting classes appropriate for you.   Students will live in Undergraduate housing at Penn. A number of options for the type and location of residence are available and all are on campus located close to the Museum.   Each student will be partnered with a Penn undergraduate student who will serve in a number of capacities within the program. Each working group will meet once a week with the Museum team to discuss the research agenda.

Studying at Penn entails much more than simply studying a lot and spending long hours at the library and Museum. A lot is learned from fellow students, friends for life. Penn offers numerous venues for social interaction. One of these is the Greenfield Intercultural Center (GIC). It is at the GIC that Six Directions, is housed. Six Directions, founded in 1994, is the undergraduate student association for students interested in Native American issues. The two founding students were Bryan Brayboy (Lumbee) and Desiree Martinez (Gabrielieño). This organization works with faculty and staff to increase the presence of Native American students at Penn and to support various Native American activities on campus.  It also articulates with the Ivy Native Council (INC). Six Directions is based at the Greenfield Intercultural Center.