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A warm welcome to the Office of International Student Affairs (OISA)! We provide advice and counsel on every aspect of your adjustment to life at Wesleyan--cultural, academic, personal, financial, and immigration. We organize International Student Orientation when you arrive and on-going orientation programs on issues of particular interest to international students, and coordinate support for undergraduate international students who choose to remain on campus during official university breaks. Our goal is to smooth your way into U.S. academic culture, and to help you integrate on all levels into the vibrant and challenging intellectual and social community that is Wesleyan University. Incoming international students should arrive on campus on Friday, August 22, 2008 and participate in activities throughout the weekend. The general student body will arrive on Tuesday, August 26, 2008. New Student Orientation, which all students are expected to attend including international students, begins at 3:00 pm on the 26th and continues through Monday, September 1st. Click here for more information on New Student Orientation In addition, OISA works closely with many other offices on campus to ensure that your needs are met. We have included the more relevant offices for incoming and prospective international students below.
We look forward to seeing you on campus! Alice B. Hadler |
October 12, 2008 Peer Health Advocate Information Session Description: Attend this information session to learn the specifics of being a WesWELL Peer Health Advocate from current PHAs -- including our application and interview process, training expectations, outreach efforts, leadership opportunities, and snacks snacks snacks! Location: Usdan University Center 110 Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM Sponsor: Wes Well/ Health Education URL: More Information Contact: Lisa Currie, 860.685.2466, lcurrie@wesleyan.edu Exam Taking Workshop Description: Come meet with a peer advisor to learn about and practice exam taking strategies. Location: Usdan 136 Time: 07:00 PM - 08:15 PM Sponsor: SARN Peer Advisors URL: More Information Contact: sarnadvisors@wesleyan.edu October 13, 2008 Time Management Workshop Description: Homecoming Weekend is just around the corner! Have you figured out how you are going to spend time studying, celebrating and being with family and friends? Come meet with a SARN peer advisor to learn techniques to manage your time for the semester. Bring your course syllabi and your WesPlanner or calendars. Bring a pen! In this workshop you will discuss goals for the rest of the semester, how to reach them and begin to map out your study plan. Location: Usdan 136 Time: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM Sponsor: SARN Peer Advisors URL: More Information Contact: sarnadvisors@wesleyan.edu October 14, 2008 Etsy - this first time vendor specializes in the visual arts Description: A new to campus vendor featuring the visual arts Location: Usdan Center Time: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM Sponsor: Student Affairs Contact: Frank Marsilli October 15, 2008 Never Say Goodbye - Cothing from a simpler time Description: Location: Usdan center Time: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM Sponsor: Student Affairs Contact: Frank Marsilli - X3559 Wesleyan Writing at the Russell House: Michael Palmer Description: Born in Manhattan, poet and translator Michael Palmer has lived in San Francisco since 1969. Palmer has worked with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company for over thirty years and has collaborated with many visual artists and composers. His most recent collections are Codes Appearing (Poems 1979-1988) and Company of Moths. A prose work, The Danish Notebook, was published in 1999, and his selected essays and talks, Active Boundaries, appeared in July of 2008. Among his awards, Palmer has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Writer's Award, two National Endowment for the Arts grants in poetry, the Shelley Memorial Award of the Poetry Society of America and, in the fall of 2006, the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. He has taught at various universities in the United States and Europe, and his writings have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Location: Russell House - Russell House Millett Room Time: 08:00 PM Admission: Free Sponsor: Elizabeth Willis URL: More Information Contact: Event Information: Lucia Pier, Russell House Arts Fellow, 860.685.3448, RussellHouse@wesleyan.edu Russell House Program Information: Anne Greene, Director of Writing Programs and Director of the Russell House Series, 860.685.3604 October 16, 2008 Nan Vechitto - bead and crystal wonders Description: This local artisan performs miracles with bead and crystal Location: Usdan Center Time: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM Sponsor: Student Affairs Contact: Frank Marsilli - X3559 Take Back the Night Description: Take Back the Night is an annual march that occurs at colleges all over the country. The march raises awareness about sexual assault, as well as providing a safe environment in which survivors can share their stories if they wish to speak. This year, the march will begin on the steps of Olin at 7pm, and we will stop three times for speak-out circles and a candlelight vigil. Location: Olin Library steps Time: 07:00 PM - 10:30 PM Sponsor: WesWell, WSA, Adelphic Education Fund URL: More Information Contact: Elizabeth Weisman (eweisman@wesleyan.edu) or Carolyn Ariori (cariori@wesleyan.edu) October 17, 2008 Ambrosia - Accessories for the upcoming chill Description: Leanne features sweaters, scarves, hats, and much more. Visit and take a look. Get ready for Fall. Location: Usdan Center Time: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM Sponsor: Student Affairs Contact: Frank Marsilli X3559 October 18, 2008 Festival on Foss Hill and Taste of Middlesex County Lunch Description: An annual tradition during Homecoming/Family Weekend. Visit www.wesleyan.edu/hcfw for more details. Location: Athletic Fields - Andrus Field Time: 12:00 PM - 03:00 PM Sponsor: University Relations URL: More Information Contact: Alumni and Parent Relations x2828 Green Street Arts Center Benefit featuring Wesleyan A Cappella Groups Description: Once called the "singing college of New England," Wesleyan still boasts a strong musical tradition. The many a cappella groups provide an extraordinary showcase of the vocal talent and stage presence of Wesleyan undergraduates. Please join us for this annual event to seeand hearthe a cappella phenomenon firsthand! This years Homecoming/Family Weekend a cappella concert will support scholarships at the Green Street Arts Center (GSAC). The Green Street Arts Center is a project of Wesleyan University created in collaboration with the City of Middletown and the North End Action Team to serve as an anchor to the revitalization efforts underway in the North End of Middletown. Programming in the former schoolhouse at 51 Green Street includes a vibrant after school program, as well as classes and workshops for adults and children in music, dance, visual arts, sound recording, theater, videography, and creative writing. Proceeds from this event will benefit the scholarship fund providing assistance for neighborhood children to attend the AfterSchool Program. For more information, visit www.greenstreetartscenter.org. Location: Memorial Chapel Time: 08:00 PM - 11:00 PM Admission: Tickets: Wesleyan Box Office, (860) 685-3355 or www.wesleyan.edu/boxoffice. $10 per person (general admission for the concert only), $50 per person (includes reserved seating for the concert and a post-concert reception). Sponsor: GSAC and University Relations URL: More Information Contact: (860) 685-3355 or www.wesleyan.edu/boxoffice  |