New Website for International Students!

Check out INTLconnect.illinois.edu, a new career website for UIUC international students! Visit the website by May 1 and be entered for a chance to win a $50 gift card. Discover job opportunities, international-friendly company list, success stories, CPT/OPT info, and the Job Search Handbook.

SIE Transfer Course List

If you're a student from China interested in taking summer courses from SIE, you can use this list to see which courses have been approved for transfer to the University of Illinois. If you are wishing to take a course at SIE that is not on this list, you will have to request a transfer assessment, which unfortunately may take a long time, preventing you from knowing before summer courses start whether it will transfer or not. I would recommend you take courses on this list for an easier time.

International Student Virtual Career Fair

Are you an international student looking for a job, internship or co-op? Save valuable time and meet recruiters live online January 25 – 26 with the International Student Virtual Career Fair. Students are invited to interact via chat sessions and meet top employers like Apple, EcoLab, Epic, GE, Schneider Electric, and Intel, who are looking to fill positions in both the United States and abroad. New employers are continually being added. This International Student Virtual Career Fair is free for all students to attend. Register now until January 24. 

International Students: Learn How to Get a Job in the US

A flyer is available here.
Interested in getting a job in the US?  Then attend the special international student presentation "What Every International Student Needs to Know to Find U.S Employment".


Join Dan Beaudry, expert author of "Power Ties: The International Student's Guide to Finding a Job in the United States" and former campus recruiter for Monster.com, as he shares the most effective ways international students can find U.S. opportunities. Learn how to best invest your time in the job search, the surprising ways to obtain H1-B sponsorship and how to find positions before anyone else!   


When: Tuesday, November 1st - 6:30-8:00 pm
Where: Mumford Hall, Room 103 


This event is sponsored by The Career Center, Engineering Career Services, Business Career Services, and International Students and Scholars Services. 


Learn about Dan Beaudry's experience and book at http://www.powerties.net/index.php/about/


If you have any questions, please contact Un-Yeong Park at park351 -at- illinois.edu or Tori Spring at vspring -at- illinois.edu

For International Students Needing Writing Help

The Writers Workshop is planning four-week writing group sessions for ESL undergraduate students starting Oct.19, 2011. The sessions will be held on Wednesdays in the Writers Workshop, 251 Undergraduate Library from 10:30 to 11:50am. The groups will discuss challenges of American academic writing for English as a Second Language students and review their writing projects. For more information, see www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop

Power Reading Course

The Power Reading Course is designed to help students improve their reading speed, concentration, comprehension and productivity. This is a non-graded, non-credit, twelve session course that meets for 50 minutes on a M-W or T-TH sequence. Books and materials will be provided. A materials fee of $15.00 will be assessed each student.
Second Session:
M&W Sections: October 24 – December 7  at 12 , 1 and 2 pm in 303 English Building
T&TH Sections: October 25 - December 6 at 10 and 11 am and 12 pm in 307 English Building. 
 More information is available online at   http://www.uiuc.edu/goto/powerreading  
To register online www.illinois.edu/goto/powerreadingregistration  Applications are available now. 

Multilingual Library Tours Sept 7 and 8

Learn about the Library's services and collections in your own language. Library staff members will offer library tours in Arabic, French, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and Taiwanese on Wednesday and Thursday (Sept. 7 and 8). For a schedule of tour times, visit: http://www.library.illinois.edu/news/multilingual_tours_2011.html

Inter-Connect Dinner Workshops for International Students

This is a series of workshops for international students to help in adjusting to life in the US. Dinner is provided. To learn more, please read this flyer.

Career Center Events for Fall 2011

There are so, so many events being hosted by the Career Center this fall. No matter what your career interests, what semester you're in, or even if you have no idea what you want to do after graduation, there are things you can be doing NOW to figure out what you what to do, and to prepare. The full calendar of events is here. Most events are being held multiple times. Be sure to register for the event(s) you want to attend - most are limited to 35 participants. Register at careercenter.illinois.edu/services/workshops
A selected listing of event titles:

• Winning Resumes
• Successful Interviewing
• Finding a Major that Fits
• Career Paths: Making the Next Step
• Career Fairs: Making an Impression
• Freshman Year 101
• Internship Essentials
• Salary Negotiation
• Professional Etiquette Series
• Non-Profit Series
• Peace Corps Info Meeting
• Health Related RSO Fair
• Anatomy of a Successful Pre-Health Student
• Pre-Health Wednesdays
• UIC Pharmacy Dean Visits
• Engineering Career Fair
• Business Career Fair
• Majors and Minors Fair
• ACES and Bio-Sciences Fair
• Multicultural Career Fair
• LAS Exploration Night
• Career Exploration for International Students
• Women of Worth (WOW) Seminar Series
• Navigating the Multi-Cultural Career Fair
• Illinois Medical School Admissions Seminar

ESL Writing Groups for International Students

Navigating Academic Writing:
ESL UNDERGRAD Writing Groups
http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/
Are you confused about US academic writing?
Do you wonder what your writing assignments mean?
Do you struggle to talk with your professors and classmates about writing?
Are you unsure about the US conventions of using sources?
Then you need Navigating Academic Writing, free writing groups hosted by the Writers Workshop. These groups are specifically for ESL writers and will meet in 4-week sessions. Topics include understanding different kinds of writing tasks, understanding instructors' responses, using sources, and reading and note-taking strategies.
In order to participate, you must attend the informational meeting on September 8 (Thursday) at 3:30pm to sign up and you must attend all four sessions. Students who have participated in Navigating Academic Writing in the past are not eligible.
Informational Meeting:
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Email wow - at - @illinois.edu by September 7 to attend the informational meeting.
ESL writing group sessions:
Thursday, Sept 15
Thursday, Sept 22
Thursday, Sept 29
Thursday, Oct 3
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Room 251 Undergraduate Library

New International Undergraduate Orientation Event

If you're an incoming international student, you should have received an invitation to the event described below. If it sounds interesting to you, make sure to respond to the invitation right away - you'll note they only have room for a certain number of students. Here's the blurb I received about this:
We are writing to inform you of a new orientation seminar designed especially for undergraduate international students admitted for Fall 2011.  All newly-admitted undergraduate students are strongly encouraged to attend this orientation program.  We are asking for your assistance in disseminating this information to relevant faculty, staff, and students.

 The program is scheduled for Saturday, August 27 from 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM at the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), with lunch provided.  The topics for the program include:

 .     U.S. university and academic expectations

.     personal safety and security;

.     academic and Student Affairs support services;

.     student rights and responsibilities;

.     cross-cultural understanding and social opportunities.

 Formal invitations and a web registration form for the program will be sent to all new international undergraduate students by email.  Space limitations only allow us to accommodate 700, so students are encouraged to register as soon as they receive the invitation.