August 17, 2000
Phone: 601.232.7404
Fax: 601.232.7486
Email: ipdept@olemiss.edu
Welcome Letter from the Director
On behalf of the Office of International Programs staff, I would like to welcome all international students and scholars to the University of Mississippi. We hope our international student orientation was a helpful beginning to your University career. We are pleased to have more than 175 new students joining us from all over the world this fall. This represents more than a 16% increase in international student enrollment from the Fall 1999 semester.
The University of Mississippi has a long tradition dating back more than 150 years of providing academic excellence. We are looking forward to a year which will see each of you succeed in your academic goals and participate in culturally enriching activities. Please check our electronic student and scholar newsletter regularly for information about upcoming events of interest to all international students and scholars. Please remember that Jean, Andrew, Susanne, Kay, Alisha, Ian, Shannon, and I are here to assist you.
Best Wishes,
Michael Johansson, Acting Director
Office of International Programs
AT&T is again sponsoring an Asian Leadership Awards Program
All citizens/ permanent resident students from
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Japan, Korea, Thailand,Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore,
Philippines, India
and Australia are eligible to apply if they were a first year
undergraduate
or graduate student in the U.S. starting in the spring or fall
2000
semesters. The
application deadline is Sept. 15, 2000. The award is $5,000
per student.
This year 36 awards will be made.
Applications can be downloaded from: http://ap.att.com
Diversity Visa Lottery Program
Each year, 50,000 immigrant visas are made
available through a lottery to
people who come from countries with low rates of immigration to
the United
States. The State Department's National Visa Center holds the
lottery every
year, and chooses winners randomly from all qualified entries.
Anyone who is
given a visa through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program will be
authorized
to live and work permanently in the United States. Winners are
also able to
bring their spouse and any unmarried children under the age of 21
to the
United States. Applications must be received between
October 2, 2000 and
November 1, 2000.
You can download information and the materials needed to apply
from the
following websites:
http://travel.state.gov/dv2002.html
http://www.visalaw.com/lottery_page.html
Optional Practical Training (OPT) Application Process
Any students graduating by the end of the Fall 2000 semester and wishing to apply for optional practical training are encouraged to visit the Office of International Programs to receive an OPT application and watch the mandatory video. Please gather all OPT application materials listed on page one (1) of the "Optional Practical Training" application packet (i.e., photos,