October 18, 1999
Phone: 662 915 7404
Fax: 662 915 7486
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If you will be traveling overseas and need to renew your visa, NAFSA the Association of International Educators has advised that international students and scholars apply for visa renewals as far in advance of January 1 as possible. This is to avoid potential problems arising from the so-called Y2K bug.
All new international students who were not able to attend any one of the six mandatory orientation sessions must come to the Office of International Programs to watch the video-tape of the session(s). Please allow at least 45 minutes to watch each video. We recommend that you watch no more than two videos in one sitting.
You need to bring a complete application form, your I-20 or IAP-66, and your passport. Application forms are available in the office.
A lot of your social security problems can be solved over the phone. You can call the Tupelo office at 662 842 6582 or fax them at 662 841 2895.
All International Students, Scholars and their families and the Students, Faculty and Staff affiliated with the Croft Institute for International Studies are invited to share an afternoon in Avent Park on Sunday, October 24th from 4:00-6:00p.m. A Potluck is a meal in which everyone brings a dish to share that would serve six to eight people. You are strongly encouraged to bring some games or any fun stuff along with you.Avent Park is located at the Intersection of Bramlett Drive and Sisk Avenue.
Student Paper Selected for Publication
Lia Ricalde is an Graduate Student in the Department
of Civil Engineering from Peru.
Writing
Center Workshop
University of Mississippi Writing Center
Workshops are being offered in Kinard Hall 106.
No Registration necessary.
October 18, Monday, 7:00pm, Reading Listening, and Note-taking:
When to listen, when and how to write notes,
how to read and understand a text, and how these processes are linked in
creating knowledge.
Melvin Manickavasagam, Senior, Telecommunications
major
October 21, Thursday, 7:00pm, Avoiding Plagiarism:
Practical Guidelines for using sources effectively
and correctly, review what to cite.
Harold Moman, Senior, Computer Science major
and
Gregory O'Neal, Sophomore, Finance major
October 26, Tuesday, 6:00pm, Writing for
the Web:
What is different about what you read in the
Internet? What is different about the audience you write for on the Internet?
Discover some ways to reach the fast-paced audience of the World Wide Web
as you write for the Web. Andy James, Junior, History major
October 27, Wednesday, 7:00pm, Writing
with Clarity and Eloquence:
Writing clearer, more eloquent prose that says
exactly what you mean, chisel through wordy, complicated sentences to reveal
the meaning concisely and effectively, explore ways to vary sentence beginnings,
lengths, and types without making common sentence structure errors.
Jeremy Dobbins, Junior, English/Journalism major.
November 1, Monday, 6:30pm, Demystifying Poetry:
Baffled? This workshop will offer you the survival
skills needed to understand how to critically analyze a poem for yourself.
Salita Bryant, Doctoral Candidate, English
Please call 915-7686 or e-mail writingc@olemiss.edu for more information.
Melvin Manickavasagam from
Malaysia is now working at the Writing Center. Please say Hello to him
if you go there.
