*This event has been postponed to 8/1 due to weather.*

The ISSS Family Playground Outing is a casual and fun event to bring your family and meet new people. Meet other international families while your kids have fun!

ISSS Hartford will be closed on 8/2/19

J-1 Scholar Orientation

Visit Lyman Orchards this summer with ISSS for their annual Sunflower Maze! Orchard visits are a Connecticut tradition - get lost in a field of sunflowers or pick your own blueberries and raspberries. ISSS will provide free transportation to the orchard - sign up in required at http://www.icworkshops.uconn.edu > Events > ISSS Outings: Sunflower Maze. You are responsible for the cost of the maze ($7) and any other purchases you make at the farm.

Check in with ISSS online after arriving in the US.

https://isss.uconn.edu/check-in/

Feel free to call or come into our office for questions!
UConn Hartford Students: https://isss.uconn.edu/hartford/
UConn Stamford students see: https://isss.uconn.edu/stamford/

Check in with ISSS online after arriving in the US.

https://isss.uconn.edu/check-in/

Feel free to call or come into our office for questions!
UConn Hartford Students: https://isss.uconn.edu/hartford/
UConn Stamford students see: https://isss.uconn.edu/stamford/

Check in with ISSS online after arriving in the US.

https://isss.uconn.edu/check-in/

Feel free to call or come into our office for questions!
UConn Hartford Students: https://isss.uconn.edu/hartford/
UConn Stamford students see: https://isss.uconn.edu/stamford/

Check in with ISSS online after arriving in the US.

https://isss.uconn.edu/check-in/

Feel free to call or come into our office for questions!
UConn Hartford Students: https://isss.uconn.edu/hartford/
UConn Stamford students see: https://isss.uconn.edu/stamford/

Check in with ISSS online after arriving in the US.

https://isss.uconn.edu/check-in/

Feel free to call or come into our office for questions!
UConn Hartford Students: https://isss.uconn.edu/hartford/
UConn Stamford students see: https://isss.uconn.edu/stamford/

International Student and Scholar Services is sponsoring an airport shuttle to pick international students up at Bradley Airport and bring them to Storrs campus. Pick up at Door 6 outside the Baggage Claim at the following times: 10 am, 12:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:30 pm, 8 pm.

International Student and Scholar Services is sponsoring an airport shuttle to pick international students up at Bradley Airport and bring them to Storrs campus. Pick up at Door 6 outside the Baggage Claim at the following times: 10 am, 12:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:30 pm, 8 pm.

This orientation is for all international graduate students attending the Storrs Campus to provide the necessary information to navigate life at UConn. Please note that it is required for all incoming international students to attend this mandatory Orientation. We look forward to seeing you there!

Check back for a more detailed schedule of events for the day.
8:00am: Optional Campus Tour/ Optional One-Card Pick up
8:30am: Check-In, Student Union Theater
9:00am: Introductions & Orientation Sessions begin, Student Union Theater
9:20am: Safety with Campus Police
9:55am: Counseling and Mental Health Presentation
10:40am: F-1/J-1 Visa Regulations
11:45am: Lunch for Graduate Students, Student Union Ballroom
Lunch for Exchange Students, Meet with Gabriella
12:30pm: Break-out Sessions begin, Student Union, various rooms
There will be 5 afternoon blocks (12:30-1pm, 1-1:30pm, 1:30-2pm, 2-2:30pm, & 2:30- 3pm)
There will be 5-6 different sessions offered during each block. Students should choose which session they would like to attend. Each session will be offered 2-3 times throughout the afternoon. All sessions will take place on the third floor of the Student Union.
3pm: Ice cream social for all returning and new students, Student Union Ballroom
4:15pm: Walmart Trip (Optional)

This is a social gathering for new and returning students. UConn's very own Dairy Bar ice cream and desserts will be served. Join us to meet new people and decompress after a long day of Orientation!

ISSS will host a free bus trip to Walmart for new international graduate and exchange students on the Storrs campus on Monday, August 19th at 4:!5pm. Walmart is a large department store that carries a variety of different items, from food to household supplies to electronics. If you need to furnish your new home in Connecticut this will be a great opportunity to pick up many supplies. Space is limited on the bus so please sign up in advance.

Students will gather in the Student Union Ballroom and walk to the bus together. The bus will pick students up in the bus circle outside of the Student Union along Hillside Road.

The bus will drop students at Foster Drive and the Student Union on the way home.

Human Rights through Interdisciplinary Inquiry: Developing our Social Scientists

Join us for a teacher workshop on that will introduce participants to an interdisciplinary curriculum designed to build student empathy and civic skills. Using human rights education approaches and methods, this strategy combines social studies, language arts, and performing arts through writing original, multi-perspective plays based on historical moments of human rights tension and change. Participants will explore the underlying theory and research basis for the curriculum, walk through the step-by-step elements of the curriculum process, and have the opportunity to apply the method to their own classroom context with the advice and mentorship of the workshop leader. This workshop is most appropriate for grades 4-8, but would benefit a variety of educators.

For more information, visit:
https://thedoddcenter.uconn.edu/upcoming-events/

Retreat for all confirmed AMP Mentors for 2019-2020.

Retreat for all confirmed AMP Mentors for 2019-2020.

Retreat for all confirmed AMP Mentors for 2019-2020.

Welcome to UConn Art freshman and welcome back returning students!
Visit the Benton with your student ID and pick up a free T-shirt (limited supply).
Do a scavenger hunt in our galleries with new friends, or create some chalk art on our patio.

AsACC and AMP Welcome Dinner for those invited first year and transfer students to meet their AMP mentors and learn about UConn's Asian/Asian American community.

Good luck this semester from all of us at ISSS!

AAASI/AsACC Asian American Experience class - a requirement for all AMP mentors and an introductory class for those pursuing an Asian American minor.

If you have an on-campus job or graduate assistantship, you will need to apply for a Social Security Number (SSN). Come to ISSS between 1:00-3:30 on Wednesday, 8/28/2019 to meet with a Social Security officer and apply for a Social Security Number.

Visit Husky Print for the locations of printers and copiers on campus.

1.) You must Check In at the ISSS Office (NEW Students Only)

2.) You must submit the SOCIAL SECURITY LETTER REQUEST online in the ISSS Portal. You will need to upload your job offer letter with this request.

3.) You must have a paper copy of your JOB or GAship OFFER LETTER - (1 paper photocopy)

4.) 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)

5.) You must have your I-94 ADMISSION RECORD – (1 paper copy) Print online: https://i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/#/home

6.) You must have your PASSPORT PHOTO PAGE and VISA PAGE -(original and 1 paper photocopy each)

7.) You must have PROOF OF FULL-TIME REGISTRATION HISTORY (Enrollment verification w/ full history from the Office of the Registrar, Wilbur Cross Bldg.)

Dr Nkoli Ijeoma Aniekwu is currently a Scholar in Residence at the Africana Studies Institute, University of Connecticut at Storrs. She is a Professor of Law at the University of Benin, Nigeria, and a Martin Flynn Global Law Professor at the UConn School of Law at Hartford.

Dr Aniekwu will present a paper; ‘The Globalization of African Studies: An Affirmative Approach’ at the Babbidge Library on the 29th of August, 2019 at 4.30pm.