Office of International Student Services Newsletter

 Volume III, Number 4

· Mentor Activity: The Other Side of Winter
· Scavenger Hunt Winners!

Important Information

· Search for companies who applied for H-1b visas
· Apply for OPT if you are graduating this December

Upcoming Activities

· Sep 28 - Lecture by President Pierre Buyoya
· Sep 30-Oct 1 - The Other Side of Winter
· Oct 4 - OISS Ongoing Session:  "All about Off-campus Work Permission"

Interesting Articles

· Life/Work Center Newsletter
October 2005
· Personal Counseling announces four free counseling groups for fall

Photo Galleries

· Walker Art Museum

Invitation to a Lecture by

The Honorable Pierre Buyoya
Former President
Burundi, Central Africa

 “Burundi: the Path from Instability to Democracy”

4:00 PM, Wednesday, September 28, 2005
University of St. Thomas
304 Murray Herrick Campus Center
St. Paul Campus

Mr. Buyoya served two terms as president of Burundi from 1987-1993 and from 1996-2003. In the interim between his presidential terms, he created and served as head of the Foundation for Unity, Peace, and Democracy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to studying the institutional judicial and security systems of Burundi, studying issues related to peace and reconciliation in Burundi, and to further education and aid orphan children in Burundi. He also served as a member and advisor of the Council for Africa, which studies African development at the World Bank. Moreover, he was an African Union observer of the first democratic elections in South Africa. Mr. Buyoya is the author of Mission Possible (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998).

Parking is available on the R2 level of the Ramp under Morrison Hall.