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International Scholar Profiles:
Qing Wang, Ph.D.
Each year the University of Connecticut hosts hundreds of visiting scholars who are experts in their fields to teach, research, and train with university faculty and students. Qing Wang, Ph.D., joined the Neag School of Education for the 2020 spring semester from a UConn partner university, East China Normal University in Shanghai. She teaches graduate Theories of Learning, Cognition, and Instruction and undergraduate Educational Psychology for the Department of Educational Psychology.
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Upcoming Events
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Jan
25
Driving And CT Driver's License Questions For International Students11:00am
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Jan
26
Virtual Involvement Fair (Day 1)12:00pm
Virtual Involvement Fair (Day 1)
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
12:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus UConntact
Tuesday, Jan 26th
12-3: Club Sports, Sports &; Gaming, Special Interest &; Fan Clubs
3-6: Academic, STEM, Business, Health Care &; Wellness, Environment &; Agricultural
The Involvement Fair – UConn’s largest, free event that is open to all students, faculty and staff. Join the +400 student organizations and university programs to find new ways to connect, make friends, and get involved!
The Spring 2021 Involvement Fair is hosted through UConntact – UConn’s Get Involved | Get Engaged platform. You will be able to find clubs and groups participating each day based on their Category, and can connect LIVE with student leaders and members to find out more!
From academic, volunteer, performance, sporting, and many special interest groups, the Involvement Fair offers the opportunity to find out about what great organizations that await! Getting involved can help you make friends, build your resume, expand your horizons, develop your leadership skills, and have fun all while doing something that interests you.
Are you ready to see what UConn has to offer?
Visit http://uconntact.uconn.edu on the day of the fair, login with your NetID and you'll have access to all of the participating organizations and programs!
For more information about the fair please e-mail getinvolved@uconn.edu! -
Jan
26
Post-Completion OPT Workshop2:00pm
Post-Completion OPT Workshop
Tuesday, January 26th, 2021
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Other Online
Do you want to work in the U.S. after you graduate? Are you on an F-1 visa? Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation.
This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2021 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.
How to join:
WebEx Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=m60d7fbbba8a7c4562b156d9f7dcef733
Meeting number:
120 228 1662
Password:
opt21 -
Jan
27
Virtual Involvement Fair (Day 2)12:00pm
Virtual Involvement Fair (Day 2)
Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
12:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus UConntact
Wednesday, Jan 27th
12-3: Gaming, Student Governance, Programming & Campus Media, Honors, Grad Students, University Programs, Military
3-6: Service, Community Outreach, Activism & Advocacy, Political Interest
The Involvement Fair – UConn’s largest, free event that is open to all students, faculty & staff. Join the +400 student organizations and university programs to find new ways to connect, make friends, and get involved!
The Spring 2021 Involvement Fair is hosted through UConntact – UConn’s Get Involved | Get Engaged platform. You will be able to find clubs and groups participating each day based on their Category, and can connect LIVE with student leaders and members to find out more!
From academic, volunteer, performance, sporting, and many special interest groups, the Involvement Fair offers the opportunity to find out about what great organizations that await! Getting involved can help you make friends, build your resume, expand your horizons, develop your leadership skills, and have fun all while doing something that interests you.
Are you ready to see what UConn has to offer?
Visit http://uconntact.uconn.edu on the day of the fair, login with your NetID and you'll have access to all of the participating organizations and programs!
For more information about the fair please e-mail getinvolved@uconn.edu !
Can’t wait? Learn about all of the great opportunities by visiting UConntact today! http://uconntact.uconn.edu -
Jan
28
Virtual Involvement Fair (Day 3)12:00pm
Virtual Involvement Fair (Day 3)
Thursday, January 28th, 2021
12:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus UConntact
Thursday, Jan 28th
12-3: Creating &; Crafting, Tech Building &; Design, Dance, Vocal, Music Performance
3-6: Culture &; Community, Religious &; Spirituality, Greek Fraternities & Sororities
The Involvement Fair – UConn’s largest, free event that is open to all students, faculty & staff. Join the +400 student organizations and university programs to find new ways to connect, make friends, and get involved!
The Spring 2021 Involvement Fair is hosted through UConntact – UConn’s Get Involved | Get Engaged platform. You will be able to find clubs and groups participating each day based on their Category, and can connect LIVE with student leaders and members to find out more!
From academic, volunteer, performance, sporting, and many special interest groups, the Involvement Fair offers the opportunity to find out about what great organizations that await! Getting involved can help you make friends, build your resume, expand your horizons, develop your leadership skills, and have fun all while doing something that interests you.
Are you ready to see what UConn has to offer?
Visit http://uconntact.uconn.edu on the day of the fair, login with your NetID and you'll have access to all of the participating organizations and programs!
For more information about the fair please e-mail getinvolved@uconn.edu !
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Join us on Thursday, January 21, 2021 4-5pm for a knitting night with ISSS staff and students.
Are you stuck inside for the next 14 days and looking for something other than watching Netflix to keep you occupied? Come to ISSS Craft Night and learn how to knit. Meet other students, learn a skill and watch as we all knit, purl, knit, purl, knit the quarantine away. Already know how to knit? Excellent! Come share your skills and socialize with us. Just want to watch? Come join us!
Meeting link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=me6d35e127f4f4fb64018fdfb3a843804 Meeting number: 120 734 1234 Password: crafts
What you will need: 2 knitting needles 1 ball of yarn
You can get your knitting supplies at WalMart, Joanne Fabric or Michael’s Craft supply but as almost everyone will be in quarantine you can also order them online from Amazon or other retailers. Contact arthur.galinat@uconn.edu with questions.
Contact:
ISSS, international@uconn.edu
ISSS Winter Book Club: Come join us to read and discuss three short stories over winter break. We will be reading three short stories from The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. All meetings will take place from 2:00-3:00. You can join one, two or all of the meetings. Please read the story before the meeting and be prepared to discuss. This is a fun way to pass the time over break, “see” people, and enjoy some pleasure reading.
Monday, December 21- Interpreter of Maladies
Monday, December 28- Mrs. Sen’s
Monday January 4- This Blessed House
The book is available from the UConn library in electronic format. You can also visit your local library to get a copy. If you are not able to find the book, please contact Sarah at Sarah.manning@uconn.edu.
Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this stunning debut collection unerring charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. In stories that travel from India to America and back again, Lahiri speaks with universal eloquence to everyone who has ever felt like a foreigner. I hope you will join us and escape for a few hours!
Please fill out this signup sheet to join: https://isssportal.uconn.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=OneStep.Apply&Program_ID=10076
Join ISSS for our annual Cookie Decorating event Friday, December 18 at 2pm. Follow along and learn how to decorate a cookie, you can join us live through WebEx (link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=mfd8402b361edeae3a12c650d92fd855b Password: Cookies20)
Storrs Area Students and Scholars:
ISSS will be provide a limited number of individual cookie decorating kits for you to use during the event for the first 25 participants. Please sign up here to reserve your kit. https://forms.gle/AkkoxFaRbdAXmtzW7
Pick up: International students & scholars are invited to pick up these kits at ISSS (McMahon Hall) on Monday, December 14, Tuesday, December 15, and Thursday, December 17 from 9am-12pm & 1-4pm.
If you are outside of CT or away from campus you can still join us! Email leslie.lawrence@uconn.edu or amina.kader@uconn.edu for a list of supplies that you can pick up at the grocery store or that you can order online.