Office of International Student Services Newsletter

 Volume IV, Number 19

· Flag Bearer information for students graduating May 2007

Important Information

· Immigration fees likely to increase after April 2, 2007
· Information about 2006 taxes
· Did you travel during J-term? Please bring in your travel documents to OISS!

Upcoming Activities

· Feb 21- Multicultural Forum Career Fair
· Feb 23 - Mardi Gras Party at the Wellness House
· Feb 27 - Film and Discussion to Focus on Racism and White Privilege
· Mar 2-9 - St. Thomas Heritage Week events
· Mar 9 - Heritage Week Community Service Project

Interesting Articles

· Assistantships available for Graduate Students
· Center for Writing helps students with the writing process
· Free Princeton Review MBA forum will be held March 1
· Looking for a place to call home in 2007-2008?
· Photo exhibit at St. Thomas captures Lake Superior’s North Shore
· STAR offers swing dance lessons

Personal Ads

· Free appliances at OISS!
· Salsa Dance lessons at the U of M (Word document)

Center for Writing helps students with the writing process

From the Center for Writing

The UST Center for Writing, located in Room 361, John R. Roach Center for the Liberal Arts, is open for the semester.

Hours are:

• 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays
• 9 a.m. - noon Fridays
• 6-9 p.m. Sundays in the O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Center

The Center for Writing provides important assistance to your students as they write for your courses. Our peer writing consultants provide free one-to-one individualized conferences for students. Please tell your students that the Center for Writing is for all writers at all levels of expertise and experience.

Our staff of education, biology, English, business and history majors (among others) provide insightful responses and probing questions for students at any stage of the writing process. The consultants help with understanding an assignment, researching a topic, reading assigned texts, and identifying rhetorical issues unique to different disciplines.

Ask students to access the Center for Writing Web site, where they can find our favorite links to information on research, documenting sources and the writing process. They can also “Ask a Consultant” and submit drafts in process.

On our Web site, faculty also will find information on how we work, how to encourage students to come to the center, and how to incorporate the center into courses.

Call the center at (651) 962-5601 or, for more information, contact Dr. Susan Callaway, director, (651) 962-5602.