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December 14, 2007
Housing for International Students
The time is NOW to sign up for your 2008-2009 housing!
Attend this information session to learn how!
Date: Friday, January 18th
Time: 11am-12pm
Location: SAU Clark A
Pizza lunch will be provided!
If you plan on attending, please RSVP to iss@rit.edu by January 11th.
If you cannot attend this session, please email iss@rit.edu to make alternative arrangements.
A Message From the RIT Leadership Institute
To All Students,
Winter quarter is a great time to get involved with the RIT Leadership Institute and Community Service Center. Come to our first big event - The Leadership Challenge - or start working on a certificate. If you have questions, email lead@rit.edu - we hope you get involved! These activities are very helpful things to add to your resume, employers are paying attention!
1. The Leadership Challenge: Jan. 12th, 10am-3pm
Test your leadership and team skills, compete in teams of 4-5 in fun challenges to win a dinner with the Vice President for Student Affairs at RIT, Dr. Mary-Beth Cooper. You can either sign up with a team of 4 or 5, or we can place you into a team. This will count as certificate sessions: Leadership Roles and Styles, Ethical Leadership, and Interpersonal Communication. If you are interested please sign up on our website by January 8, 2008: http://campuslife.rit.edu/leadership/calendar_event.php?id=1010&type=main
2. It is not too late to start a leadership certificate.
To get info go to www.rit.edu/lead and click on leadership certificates. You can begin working on the Personal Success Skills or Leading Others Certificates at anytime - just submit your online registration and start attending workshops!
Upcoming Certificate Sessions:
Jan 11th, 2/4pm @ SAU Clark C: LO "Cultural Communication"
Jan 9th, 6-8 pm @ SAU Clark A: PSS "Emotional Intelligence"
3. Spring Break Community Service Trip to Appalachia in W Virginia - sign up now! Contact ppwccl@rit.edu for more details or check out the web site at www.rit.edu/lead!
4. Save the date for our Spring Overnight Adventure March 28-29 and our on campus 4th Annual Connectology Leadership Conference - April 11 and 12 and see Judson Laipply - creator of The Evolution of Dance video on u-tube and Keith Wann - Hearing Child of Deaf Parents (CODA), comedian, and Dion Jordan, motivational speaker on leadership- more great ways to get involved!
More information, email lead@rit.edu
December 10, 2007
DISA Holiday Dinner
A message from RIT's Deaf International Student Association (DISA):
DISA's 5th Annual Holiday Dinner will take place Thursday, December 13 from 6:30 pm until 10:00 pm in the SAU Cafeteria.
If you would like to attend please e-mail ntidisa@gmail.com and pick up a ticket in the Student Development Center (Bldg. 55) Room 2030.
Interpreters have been requested
December 3, 2007
Will you be graduating at the end of Winter or Spring quarter? Did you know that you may be eligible to work for one year in the U.S. following your graduation, under what’s known as Optional Practical Training, or OPT? And did you know that you must apply 2-3 months before you graduate?
If you are an F1 student who would like to learn more about the application process for OPT, we strongly encourage you to attend one of our upcoming information sessions. To register for one of the winter quarter sessions below, please RSVP to iss@rit.edu.
Winter Quarter OPT sessions:
Friday, December 14, 10am – 11am, Clark A
Thursday, January 10, 3pm – 4pm, Clark A
Spring Quarter OPT session:
Dates and times will be announced the first week of March 2008
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