ISSS-BU News  . 01 January 2007.  ISSS-BU News

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Editor's Note: This is the first issue of ISSS-BU News for the 2007 calendar year. We wish all our readers a joyous New Year! All university offices, including the Office of International Student and Scholar Services, will re-open tomorrow, Tuesday, January 2.

CONTENTS:
  1. National Holidays for January
  2. Are You Assisting New International Students for Spring 2007?

1. National Holidays for January

The following countries are celebrating national holidays during the month of January:

Country
Date

Cuba

1-Jan

Haiti

1-Jan

Sudan

1-Jan

Burma (Myanmar)

4-Jan

Togo

13-Jan

Australia

26-Jan

India

26-Jan

2. Are You Assisting New International Students for Spring 2007?

New students are beginning to arrive to begin their studies for the Spring 2007 semester. If you are assisting a new student, be sure to bring him or her to the Office of International Student and Scholar Services beginning Tuesday, January 2 so that ISSS can give the student early arrival information. ISSS business hours are 9:00am to 4:30pm Monday- Wednesdays and Fridays, and 11:30am to 4:30pm on Thursdays.

Orientation activities begin Thursday, January 18, and orientation packets will be distributed during orientation check-in, Thursday January 18 from 9:00am to 12:30pm in the University Union Tillman Lobby (in front of the Mandela Room in the Old University Union). The orientation program schedule can be viewed on the ISSS website at
http://isss.binghamton.edu/orientation/graduate/program.htm

New international students are asked to register in advance for orientation, and may do so by going to the following link:
http://isss.binghamton.edu/orientation/orient.htm

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