Table of Contents. 1. Greeting

Table of Contents 1. Greeting 2. Important Announcements - Career Workshop for International Students - Application open for Spring 2018 ISSS Orientation Assistant - Save the date - International Celebration - December Graduation 2017 - Updated I-765 form - International Fair - International Educational Week - International Student Organizations Wanted

3. Other ISSS Updates and Events - Day Light Saving Time Ends - 5th November 2017 - ISSS Thanksgiving Dinner Sign-Up - Immigration Reminder: SEVIS USA Address in MYUAlbany Must be Accurate - CPT and OPT Workshops - ISSS Advising Hours - East Campus Fall 2017 - Call for Photographers! Click, send and get it published in ISSS newsletter. 4. University at Albany Events - A Celebration of The New Yorkers Cartoons with Roz Chast and Robert Mankoff - ISO Diwali Night 2017 - Men's Soccer in an America East Quarterfinal Match - Editing with imovie - Night at MOSA 5. Capital District Events - Albany Auto Show 2017 - Raphael Xavier: Point of interest at The UAlbany Performing Arts Center - Shakespeare: The Remix - Erie Canal Networking 1. Greetings! This is the Weekly ISSS Newsletter that we send out every Friday. It includes very important updates that you must be aware of, as well as information about events happening on campus and in the area. 2. Important Announcements Career Programs for International Students Cultural Insights into the US World of Work (Nov. 14 from 4:30-5:30 in LC 23)

This presentation aims to assist international students in gaining a clearer understanding of US business culture and includes topics such as attitudes toward work, business protocol the benefits of volunteering and insights into both verbal and written communication styles used in the US business sector. Wanted to share your experience participating in the workshop's panel? Mail ISSS@albany.edu with the Subject, "Panel Application for Career Workshop" Application open for Spring 2018 ISSS Orientation Assistant Apply here: https://goo.gl/forms/qf3k9ydzxgx4zivf2 by November 7th!

Save the date - International Celebration The Center for International Education and Global Strategy will host a ceremony for graduating international students, study abroad students who are graduating, as well as exchange students and scholars who are returning to their home countries at the end of the semester. To RSVP for this event, please go to: http://goo.gl/ct5rgk. RSVP will close on November 14, 2017. If you RSVP for this event and don t attend, you will NOT receive a sash. We look forward to seeing you at the International Celebration and Reception! Date: Thursday, December 7, 2017 Time: 2:30 p.m. Location: Campus Center Ballroom, reception immediately following in Assembly Hall/Fireside Lounge See: https://www.facebook.com/isssatualbany/videos/10154786951486793/

December Graduation 2017 Applying for graduation and attending the commencement ceremonies are two different processes. All student who plan to graduate this December must apply for graduation through the Registrar s Office. This is not the same as the ceremony. Commencement is the ceremonies that students participate in to have their graduation publicly recognized. The University at Albany will not hold Commencement ceremonies in December. All students who graduate in the 2017-2018 academic year will be invited to May Commencement. The ISSS office recognize that this could be a burden for some international students, so we invite you to participate in our International Celebration this December. Here is more information on each process: Apply for Graduation: Students completing all of their degree requirements and graduating this December, 2017 should apply for graduation You will apply through MyUAlbany. Instructions can be found here: http://www.albany.edu/registrar/degree-application.php. This is how you ensure that you get your degree. December 2017 International Celebration: Graduating students are invited to the 4 th Annual International Celebration on December 7, 2017 at 2:30. This ceremony celebrates the students who have helped promote internationalization at the University at Albany. Your name will be called as you walk across the stage and receive a special sash. More information can be found here: http://us11.campaignarchive.com/?e=&u=f7d562eaac2bd0bbfcc957420&id=58bf81b381 Register for Commencement:

Students who graduate during the 2017-2018 academic year will be invited to attend the Commencement Ceremonies May 18-20, 2018. There are no university wide commencement ceremonies in December. Commencement registration is not open yet, but information will be sent to all students who apply for graduation in the 2017-2018 academic year. You can find also out more about Commencement here: http://www.albany.edu/commencement/. Updated I-765 Form This week USCIS issued an updated I-765 form. The I-765 is used by F-1 students to apply for work authorization, most commonly OPT. The new form is designed to allow applicants to begin the process for requesting a Social Security Number while applying for an EAD card. The previous I-765 will still be accepted through December 3, 2017 by USCIS. Any application received after December 3, 2017 must use the updated I-765 form, or else the application will be denied. Students can access the new I-765 on USCIS's website, here: https://www.uscis.gov/i- 765 International Fair - International Education Week November 13-17, 2017 Do you want to meet with people from 25+ different countries? Do you want to know different languages, lifestyles, fashions, arts, or sports games? Do you want to try some free food or drinks from different countries? Come and join us at the International Fair! The International Fair will be on Wednesday, November 15th from 10AM-3PM in the Lecture Center Concourse. Interested in tabling? Your student organization can sign-up to table; You (and your friends!) can also sign up to table and represent your home country, in this link. http://bit.ly/2y5mup0

Application to perform as International Student Organization at International Celebration Would your International Student Organization like to support our graduating students? Here s a way you can make a difference! The Office of International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) is accepting applications from International Student Organizations to perform at our

International Celebration, Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. The performance should be between 5-7 minutes (which could also be two shorter performances). For your service, your organization will receive a donation of $150 from ISSS. If your International Organization is interested in this great opportunity, please complete the application at the following link: https://goo.gl/cynxkr. In addition to the form, we require a video of your organization s performance (which you may have already have from a previous performance). Please send the video to Tara Evans, Associate Director of ISSS at: tevans3@albany.edu. You may also submit the video in person. Please note, your application will not be considered if we don t receive a video. The deadline to apply is November 17, 2017. See: https://www.facebook.com/isssatualbany/videos/10154786951486793/ 3. Other ISSS Updates and Events Daylight Saving Time Ends - 5th November 2017 Sunday, November 5, 2017, marks the end of Daylight saving a twice-a-year occurrence that we, Americans, collectively partake in, changing our clocks forward an hour in the spring and back an hour in the fall. To remember, think "springing forward" and "falling back." The change on Nov. 5 this year will occur at 2 a.m. Note: When local daylight time is about to reach, Sunday, November 5, 2017, 2:00:00 am, clocks are turned backward one hour to Sunday, November 5, 2017, 1:00:00 am local standard time instead.

ISSS Thanksgiving Dinner Sign-Up Your are cordially invited to join your ISSS family in an American holiday tradition- Thanksgiving dinner!

ISSS will host its annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, November 16th from 4pm-7pm in the SEFCU Arena Hall of Fame Room. Enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving buffet, games, and prizes! Cost of attendance is only $5 per person (plus an additional $5 per guest you bring-- guests are welcome). To register, sign up here! (link is: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1faipqlscb_m7i8bm1c4sz35zxhoiugeilgcbcw82rfpuf qoxx6iyhog/viewform) Immigration Reminder: SEVIS USA Address in MyUAlbany Must be Accurate One of the most important federal requirements for international students is that their contact information is up to date in SEVIS. Please check your SEVIS USA address, SEVIS foreign address, phone number and email in MyUAlbany for accuracy. Your SEVIS USA address must be your physical residence within the United States. If you move (even if you just change residence halls) you must update this information within 10 business days of the change. Addresses should be detailed, and include apartment number or residence hall number, if applicable. Please do this immediately: Log-in to MyUAlbany In the middle box on the left, click on Demographic Data Check your SEVIS USA Address: On the tabs, click on addresses If you have a SEVIS USA Address listed, check that it is your correct United States address If you do not have a SEVIS USA Address, click the Add a new Address button Type in the address where you live in the US. Press OK. Check SEVIS USA from the list of Address Types Click Save Check your SEVIS Foreign Address: On the tabs, click on addresses. If you have a SEVIS Foreign Address listed, check that it is your correct address OUTSIDE the US

If you do not have a SEVIS Foreign Address, click the Add a new Address button Click the Change County link and chose your home country Type in your address outside the US. Press OK. Check SEVIS Foreign from the list of Address Types Click Save Check your Phone Number: On the tabs, click on phone numbers Look at the phone number you have checked as preferred If it is a US based phone number, be sure it is formatted like this (but with your phone number): 999/999-9999. Make sure that there are is not a 1 or + or other number in front. There should be nothing in the Country box If it is a number from outside the US, put the County Code in the box that says Country and put the rest of the number in the box that says Telephone Click Save OPT/CPT Workshops The OPT filling period is now open of December graduates! Start the process for applying for OPT early! Students applying for OPT are required to attend one of the below mandatory workshop sessions. Students who are applying for CPT are strongly encouraged to attend a workshop as well.

ISSS Advising Hours - East Campus Fall 2017

Call for Photographers! Click, send and get it published in ISSS Newsletter Do you want your photographs published in the header block in the ISSS newsletter? You can send us a landscape picture of any On-Campus attractions, buildings, diversity oncampus and more. You can email your entry to ISSS@albany.edu with a subject "Newsletter Photograph Entry" 4. University at Albany Events A Celebration of The New Yorkers Cartoons with Roz Chast and Robert Mankoff When: Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM Where: Science Library - Standish Room Description: Join Roz Chast and Robert Mankoff for an informal craft talk. Chast is the author of the bestselling graphic memoir, Can t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (2014) and

Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York (2017). Robert Mankoff, cartoonist, former cartoon editor for The New Yorker, is the author of the memoir, How About Never Is Never Good For You?(2014). Cosponsored by the NYS Office of Cultural Education and the Friends of the New York State Library. See: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/programpages/vws.html ISO Diwali Night 2017

Men's Soccer in an America East Quarterfinal Match Men's Soccer vs. UMBC When: Saturday, November 4, 2017 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Where: Tom & Mary Casey Stadium (Bob Ford Field) Description: Men's Soccer hosts UMBC in an America East quarterfinal match. Editing with imovie When: Monday, November 6, 2017 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Where: LI B16 University Library

See: http://albany.libcal.com/calendar/ilearn_workshops/ Description: Import video into imovie. Learn how to crop video clips, add transitions, sound, images, special effects,and text. Create movies in many formats including MP4 and QuickTime. Add video to a PowerPoint presentation and upload directly to websites such as YouTube. Skills acquired are transferable to other video editing applications like Final Cut. Walk-ins welcome. Contact: http://library.albany.edu/imc/contact/ Night at the MOSA When: Monday, November 6, 2017 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Where: Campus Center West B90-92 See: https://myinvolvement.org/organization/upb Description: Kicking off our inaugural diversity week is the Night at the MOSA! Come out an enjoy an art exhibition of works completed by our own students! If you are interested in participating as an artist be sure to fill out the sign up form on our MyInvolvement Page or send us an email at programmingboard@albany.edu. @UAlbanyGO Contact: UAlbany Programming Board 518-442-4269

For more UAlbany Events, https://events.albany.edu/cal/main/showmainend.rdo 5. Capital Region Event Albany Auto Show 2017 When : Friday, November 4th, 2017 from 3:00pm - 5:00pm Where : Times Union Center, Albany Description: More than 160 new vehicles (cars, trucks, SUVs, and minivans) representing 34 manufacturers and exhibitor booths featuring auto-related products and services. See: http://www.timesunioncenter-albany.com/albany-auto-show Raphael Xavier: Point of interest at The UAlbany Performing Arts Center When: Tuesday November 7, 2017, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Where: UAlbany Performing Arts center Description: Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for choreography in 2016, this alumnus of world renowned hip-hop dance company, Rennie Harris Puremovement, is creating new ways to expand the vocabulary of the break dance form. In his newest work, he tackles the natural, humorous and, at times, painful change of the maturing breaker. See: http://events.timesunion.com/event/raphael-xacier-point-of-interest5975f74fca325 Shakespeare: The Remix When: Saturday November 4, 2017, from 11:00am Where: Capital Repertory Theatre, 111 N Pearl St, Albany, NY 12207

Description: Move over, Hamilton! Aaron Jafferis & Gihieh Lee's Shakespeare: The Remix, one of therep's most beloved touring productions, is heading your way. A hip teenage girl finds herself in a verbal battle with the Bard himself, while tackling some of the powerful women in Shakespeare's lexicon. Students will experience excerpts from Hamlet, Macbeth, Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream. The piece highlights the power of language found in Shakespeare's works and compares it with that of early hip-hop and slam poetry. Erie Canal Networking When: Tuesday, Nov 7, 2017-5:00 PM to 7:30 PM Where: Mabee Farm Historic Site, 1100 Main Street Schenectady, NY 12150 See: https://www.albany.com/event/erie-canal-networking---schenectady-157144/ isss@albany.edu albany.edu/isss

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