The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the Upstander Project are proud to present the 2018 Upstander Academy, an inquiry-based professional development opportunity for educators focusing on genocide and human rights education to foster upstanding and address complex historical and current issues.

The Academy will be held for six days, from July 29 - Aug. 3, 2018, at the University of Connecticut-Storrs campus. Additionally, Academy participants will spend time on sacred Tribal lands, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, home of our principal partner.


Teachers and museum educators interested in themes such as post-genocide Rwanda and genocide against Native peoples are encouraged to register. These content areas provide a framework for learning new teaching methods and approaches, and about the values and skills of upstanders. The Academy will feature experienced genocide and human rights educators, documentary filmmakers, museum educators and guest presenters.

For more information and to register, visit http://s.uconn.edu/UpstanderAcademy

Registration deadline - April 22, 2018

The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the Upstander Project are proud to present the 2018 Upstander Academy, an inquiry-based professional development opportunity for educators focusing on genocide and human rights education to foster upstanding and address complex historical and current issues.

The Academy will be held for six days, from July 29 - Aug. 3, 2018, at the University of Connecticut-Storrs campus. Additionally, Academy participants will spend time on sacred Tribal lands, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, home of our principal partner.


Teachers and museum educators interested in themes such as post-genocide Rwanda and genocide against Native peoples are encouraged to register. These content areas provide a framework for learning new teaching methods and approaches, and about the values and skills of upstanders. The Academy will feature experienced genocide and human rights educators, documentary filmmakers, museum educators and guest presenters.

For more information and to register, visit http://s.uconn.edu/UpstanderAcademy

Registration deadline - April 22, 2018

The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the Upstander Project are proud to present the 2018 Upstander Academy, an inquiry-based professional development opportunity for educators focusing on genocide and human rights education to foster upstanding and address complex historical and current issues.

The Academy will be held for six days, from July 29 - Aug. 3, 2018, at the University of Connecticut-Storrs campus. Additionally, Academy participants will spend time on sacred Tribal lands, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, home of our principal partner.


Teachers and museum educators interested in themes such as post-genocide Rwanda and genocide against Native peoples are encouraged to register. These content areas provide a framework for learning new teaching methods and approaches, and about the values and skills of upstanders. The Academy will feature experienced genocide and human rights educators, documentary filmmakers, museum educators and guest presenters.

For more information and to register, visit http://s.uconn.edu/UpstanderAcademy

Registration deadline - April 22, 2018

The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the Upstander Project are proud to present the 2018 Upstander Academy, an inquiry-based professional development opportunity for educators focusing on genocide and human rights education to foster upstanding and address complex historical and current issues.

The Academy will be held for six days, from July 29 - Aug. 3, 2018, at the University of Connecticut-Storrs campus. Additionally, Academy participants will spend time on sacred Tribal lands, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, home of our principal partner.


Teachers and museum educators interested in themes such as post-genocide Rwanda and genocide against Native peoples are encouraged to register. These content areas provide a framework for learning new teaching methods and approaches, and about the values and skills of upstanders. The Academy will feature experienced genocide and human rights educators, documentary filmmakers, museum educators and guest presenters.

For more information and to register, visit http://s.uconn.edu/UpstanderAcademy

Registration deadline - April 22, 2018

Join us for a special screening of the new feature length documentary, Dawnland.

For most of the 20th century, government agents systematically forced Native American children from their homes and placed them with white families. As recently as the 1970’s, one in four Native children nationwide were living in non-Native foster care, adoptive homes, or boarding schools. Many children experienced devastating emotional and physical harm by adults who mistreated them and tried to erase their cultural identity.

Now, for the first time, they are being asked to share their stories.

In Maine, a historic investigation—the first government-sanctioned truth and reconciliation commission (TRC) in the United States—begins a bold journey. For over two years, Native and non-Native commissioners travel across Maine. They gather testimony and bear witness to the devastating impact of the state’s child welfare practices on families in Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribal communities. Collectively, these tribes make up the Wabanaki people

The feature-length documentary DAWNLAND follows the TRC to contemporary Wabanaki communities to witness intimate, sacred moments of truth-telling and healing. With exclusive access to this groundbreaking process and never-before-seen footage, the film reveals the untold narrative of Indigenous child removal in the United States.

The TRC discovers that state power continues to be used to break up Wabanaki families, threatening the very existence of the Wabanaki people. Can they right this wrong and turn around a broken child welfare system? DAWNLAND foregrounds the immense challenges that this commission faces as they work toward truth, reconciliation, and the survival of all Indigenous peoples.

Living at the easternmost edge of Turtle Island, the Wabanaki people are the first to see the new day’s light. If harmony and justice begin in the east, as some prophesize, surely the TRC is a sign of this beginning.

The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the Upstander Project are proud to present the 2018 Upstander Academy, an inquiry-based professional development opportunity for educators focusing on genocide and human rights education to foster upstanding and address complex historical and current issues.

The Academy will be held for six days, from July 29 - Aug. 3, 2018, at the University of Connecticut-Storrs campus. Additionally, Academy participants will spend time on sacred Tribal lands, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, home of our principal partner.


Teachers and museum educators interested in themes such as post-genocide Rwanda and genocide against Native peoples are encouraged to register. These content areas provide a framework for learning new teaching methods and approaches, and about the values and skills of upstanders. The Academy will feature experienced genocide and human rights educators, documentary filmmakers, museum educators and guest presenters.

For more information and to register, visit http://s.uconn.edu/UpstanderAcademy

Registration deadline - April 22, 2018

The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center and the Upstander Project are proud to present the 2018 Upstander Academy, an inquiry-based professional development opportunity for educators focusing on genocide and human rights education to foster upstanding and address complex historical and current issues.

The Academy will be held for six days, from July 29 - Aug. 3, 2018, at the University of Connecticut-Storrs campus. Additionally, Academy participants will spend time on sacred Tribal lands, including the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, home of our principal partner.


Teachers and museum educators interested in themes such as post-genocide Rwanda and genocide against Native peoples are encouraged to register. These content areas provide a framework for learning new teaching methods and approaches, and about the values and skills of upstanders. The Academy will feature experienced genocide and human rights educators, documentary filmmakers, museum educators and guest presenters.

For more information and to register, visit http://s.uconn.edu/UpstanderAcademy

Registration deadline - April 22, 2018

J-1 Scholar Orientation

ISSS will host its final New Student Live Chat of the summer:

Live Chat 3 Monday, August 6th 8:15 AM EST

This Live Chat is optional, but a great chance for you to ask your burning questions to students who have been in your shoes before. They will be hosted by ISSS along with a few of our Orientation Representatives, who will also be around during Storrs Campus Orientation. It should last about 1 hour and will cover various topics about preparing for arrival that you may wish to learn about directly from students.

We will cover the following topics: Housing, Pre-arrival information, Life at UConn- what to do, and ISSS Business

If you cannot attend this Live Chat, there will be one final Live Chat this summer:

Login details will be emailed to students prior to August 6th.

This workshop is for J-1 visa holders in the Student categories (no visiting scholars)!

If you are on a J-1 visa and want to do an internship or work in a job related to your field of study then you need to have Academic Training authorization. J-1 students can get Academic Training that takes place before or after completing your program. Visit this workshop to learn more!

Sign-up is required. Please register for this session through this website: http://icworkshops.uconn.edu

More information available at: http://www.isss.uconn.edu

International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) International Graduate Student Orientation:

This orientation is for all international graduate students attending the Storrs Campus to provide the necessary information to navigate life at UConn.

8am-11am: One Card Office (OPTIONAL), Husky One Card Pick-up
9:00am- 11:00 am, International Student & Scholar Services Lounge, McMahon Hall, Main Level (9am-11am is OPTIONAL)

11:30am-4:00pm Rome Commons Ballroom (11:30am-4:00pm is REQUIRED)

Mandatory retreat for all AMP Mentors.

Orientation

Learn more about living and driving in CT. This optional session will include information on driving in the U.S., obtaining a CT license and buying a car, followed by information on banking, housing and general life in the U.S. This session is intended for new F-1 and J-1 students at the Hartford campuses.

Mandatory retreat for all AMP Mentors.

Mandatory retreat for all AMP Mentors.

AsACC/AMP Open House and Mini-Involvement Fair to introduce freshmen to services and organizations affiliated with AsACC.

Welcoming event for all those Asian/Asian American freshmen & transfers who have asked to join the AMP mentoring program.

Fall 2018 classes begin.

AASI 3998 class for AMP mentors and Asian American studies minors meets weekly for the Fall 2018 semester.

Are you an international student? Do you have an on-campus job, or are you interested in obtaining a driver's license? Attend our Social Security Services Day- this is the one day of the semester that the Social Security Administration comes to campus.

Requirements to participate:
1.) You must CHECK-IN at the ISSS Office (NEW Students Only)
2.) You must have your JOB or GAship OFFER LETTER - (1 paper photocopy)
3.) You must have your MOST CURRENT I-20 (if you are an F-1 student) or DS-2019 (if you are a J-1 exchange visitor) – (original and 1 paper photocopy)
4.) You must have your ELECTRONIC I-94 ADMISSION RECORD – https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home (1 paper photocopy)
5.) You must have your PASSPORT ID PAGE with PHOTO and VISA PAGE - (original and 1 paper photocopy)
6.) You Must Have PROOF OF FULL-TIME REGISTRATION HISTORY (Enrollment verification w/ full history from the Office of the Registrar, Wilbur Cross Bldg.)

ISSS will begin reviewing applications at 12:30pm, but Social Security staff will not arrive until 1:00pm. Please do not arrive before 12:30pm to participate in the Social Security Services Day Event.