Fall Newsletter

Calling for volunteers-Contact admitted international students!

Hi all,

Exciting news: Admission offers will be released next Thursday! If you are interested in contacting international admitted students to congratulate them and help answer their questions of coming to UVA, let me know! Anyone is welcome to volunteer, regardless of nationality.

If you decide to volunteer, we will pass you the names and all the necessary details, and you will be contacting the international students through email (and phone/Skype/MSN, up to you) on your own, at your own time. The time commitment will vary widely, depending on how many questions the students ask, how detailed you want to answer them, how fast you type (haha), etc. By default, I will give you 5 names. If you want less (or more), please indicate your preference to me. We will also pass you a "Guideline in contacting students" along with the names if you decide to volunteer.

To volunteer, contact Alyssa at rl2bx@virginia.edu with your name, year and country (if applicable).

This project is proudly brought to you by Global Student Council.

Best,
Alyssa

Facebook Group

Here's the link.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47631801138&ref=ts

Contacts

Name Position Primary email Batkhuu Dashnyam President bd5f@virginia.edu Alyssa Ru Li VP of Internal Affairs rl2bx@virginia.edu Karissa Nanetta VP of External Affairs kn7d@virginia.edu Weiqi Tian Secretary wt5b@virginia.edu Soohyun Park Publicity Officer sp4rt@virginia.edu Yakov S. Medinets Treasurer ysm7f@virginia.edu Arsalan Karamat Assistant Treasurer ak7xy@virginia.edu Alyssa Paredes Social Chair aep9w@virginia.edu Adarsh R. Ramakrishnan Information Technology Officer arr4a@virginia.edu Karen Lee Editor of Newsletter/Photographer jil4b@virginia.edu
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Current Initiatives

UVa Global Publicity

UVA Global Publicity is a project under Global Student Council that seeks to extend publicity about UVA to high school students and employers outside the United States. Some of the sub-projects we have in the pipeline are international High School Visits, participation in overseas education fairs, international students' blog and/or website, and brochures targeted for employers. UVA Global Publicity has received substantial interest from international students and faculty members. With the support of Dean Parke Muth and the Office of Admission, UVA Global Publicity managed to launch the international High School Visits last December, which covered a few high schools in China. The project is expected to continue to grow this semester.

UVA Global Publicity aims to increase UVA's reputation globally, especially among overseas high school students and employers.

GSC Organizational Structure

Here is a layout of the GSC's various branches.

Minutes from Meeting (12-6-08)

GSC Minutes Dec. 6^th, 2008

1. Preparation for the general interest meeting

- Venue: Newcomb Ballroom—we need to book them early

- Brochure/fliers: brief introduction about GSC—we need to come up with the design during the winter holiday since the general interest meeting will be held in the first week of spring semester.

- Funding: we can get funding for Ms. Laura Casteen’s office (i.e. VPSA Student Program Funding), Miloni and Siling will be working on this.

- Introduction about the individual projects

- We shall keep on brainstorming for the programs during the general interest meeting.

2. Preparation for a student activity fair at the beginning of spring semester

3. Nanette’s High School Visit update (Link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36434737279)

- McIntire School of Commerce preferred not to be mentioned specifically during the HSV

- McIntire are working on compiling a spread sheet about the international student alumni—we can share the database with them.

4. We need to build up our blog for GSC

5. Ms. Laura Casteen’s suggestion: include the international student groups

- We could have Ms. Laura Casteen invited the presidents of these groups and talked to them about it.

- We hope that we can automatically include these groups under the umbrella of GSC

- Nanette’s suggestion: we may also want to collaborate with CIOs whose activities are related to the international community, e.g. SEED (Students of Economics and Entrepreneurship Development)

6. Ms. Laura Casteen’s suggestion: Greek life has been a good way for international students to integrate into the local community—we may also work with IFC (Inter-fraternity Council)