Index I. Welcome back activities II. Involvement III. Resources IV. Funding: Scholarships and Grants V. About this newsletter and how to unsubscribe “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity” – Seneca (mid-1st century AD). -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Here is a warm welcome to all! I hope you are enjoying your first day of classes. I am Julie Roa and your Multicultural Student Services Program Coordinator for the Office of the Dean of Students and this is my first newsletter to you. To read about the frequency, layout and purpose of the newsletter, please see section 5 at the bottom of the email. If you are not interested in remaining on this mailing list, you may unsubscribe by following the directions provided there. I hope, however, that you find it useful. Enjoy! I. Community Welcome: Ice-‐cream Social ·∙ Lawn Garden VIII ·∙ Thursday, August 25th, 6:30pm ·∙ Meet other students, Dean Allen Groves, community members, myself and others who are here to support and welcome you! ·∙ See attached invitation Middle Eastern Mentoring Program: Community Welcome ·∙ Shea Language House Lobby ·∙ Post-‐Ramadan – Thursday, September 1st. 9pm ·∙ Free Ice-‐cream! ·∙ Learn about the benefits of having an upper-‐class mentor, sign up! WELCOME WEEK EVENTS: Sponsored by UPC ·∙ Rotunda Sing -‐ 8/24 | 8:00pm-‐10:00pm | The Lawn ·∙ Improv Night -‐ 8/25 | 8:00pm-‐10:00pm | Old Cabell Hall ·∙ Tom Deluca Hypnotist Show + Preshow -‐ 8/26 | 7:00pm-‐10:00pm | Amphitheater ·∙ ServiceFEST -‐ 8/27 | 1:00pm-‐4:00pm | AFC 1st year students: Project Serve ·∙ Learn about service and service learning opportunities ·∙ Saturday, August 27, 2011. All day. ·∙ Sign up at http://www.virginia.edu/orientation/projectserve/index.html II. Outreach Student Admission Committee ·∙ Help with outreach recruitment! ·∙ First years: Come to our information session on Thursday, August 25th at Peabody Hall, 4:30pm ·∙ All other interested students: Come on Thursday, September 1st at 5pm First years: Participate in the First-‐year Leadership Experience ·∙ Information Sessions: o August 29th, 7:30-‐8:30-‐Minor 125 o August 30th, 5-‐6pm-‐O-‐Hill Forum o August 31st, 5-‐6pm-‐Runk Green Room o August 31st, 9-‐10-‐Clark 107 ·∙ Watch the video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ihVEFAreQk Join Honor as a support officer ·∙ Information Sessions: o Tuesday, September 6th, 8 pm o Wednesday, September 7th, 7 pm o Thursday, September 8th, 7 pm ·∙ Monroe 130 ·∙ http://www.virginia.edu/honor Monroe Society ·∙ Did you get to see UVA before you became a Wahoo? ·∙ Provide prospective students with an opportunity to experience the University ·∙ Read more at https://sites.google.com/site/themonroesociety/home III. Julie Roa – Your ODOS Coordinator ·∙ I help you navigate the University – if I don’t know, chances are I can find out, so come ask. ·∙ My office is in Newcomb Hall, first floor across from Bank of America in the Student Activities Center (SAC), second office to your left. Come visit! ·∙ See my office hours at my signature at the end of this message ·∙ I’m also very available by appointment. Email me at [email protected]! Muslim Student Association ·∙ Student run community with a long history, great events, excellent peer-‐ to-‐peer support, and much knowledge about UVA and community resources – such as the Islamic Society of Central Virginia -‐ http://www.charlottesvillemasjid.org/ ·∙ Read about them here: http://student.virginia.edu/msa/ or go to their first general body meeting: TODAY at 7:30pm at Thornton Hall E303 ·∙ Contact president Andaleeb Rahman [email protected] with any questions or to learn more IV. Fulbright Grants ·∙ Due September 19th ·∙ For 3rd and 4th years ·∙ Promote international mutual understanding ·∙ Contact Katherine Walters at the Center for Undergraduate Excellence if you are interested in applying. See the following website Private Scholarships ·∙ Student Financial Services keeps a list of private scholarships that UVA students have earned in the past. ·∙ Browse the SFS list and research those which might match your academic credentials ·∙ Also make use of the scholarship search engines that they recommend on that same link Alumni Association Scholarships ·∙ Unless a geographic region is indicated, the listed scholarships are open to international students ·∙ Deadlines vary. Check often. ·∙ For more information, or to receive an application, please contact Molly Bass at (434) 243-‐9019 or [email protected]. 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To unsubscribe, please visit https://lists.virginia.edu/sympa and click unsubscribe on your individual class list. -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Julie Roa Program Coordinator for Multicultural Student Services Office of the Dean of Students University of Virginia _______________________________________________ *| Office hours: |* *| Tuesdays 11am-‐noon at my office and |* *| Wednesdays 2-‐3pm at Alderman Library Café |* Where to find me: First floor of Newcomb Hall Student Activities Center / 2nd office to your left Phone: (434) 924.7449 Mail: P.O. Box 400708, C’ville 22904 / Fax: (434) 924.3889
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