{"id":3847,"date":"2012-08-20T10:49:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T14:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2012-08-20T10:50:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T14:50:06","slug":"3847","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/2012\/08\/20\/3847\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, Sept. 3rd at 2pm: Mandatory International Student Orientation and Reception!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>International Student Orientation for Graduate Students<\/strong><br \/>\nMonday, September 3, 2012<br \/>\n2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<br \/>\nJacob Sleeper Auditorium<br \/>\n871 Commonwealth Avenue<\/p>\n<p>immediately following<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate International Students Reception<\/strong><br \/>\n4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.<br \/>\nAgganis Club Room<br \/>\n925 Commonwealth Avenue<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMeet ISSO staff and new international students from different academic programs.<\/p>\n<p>Refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>The ISSO is excited to offer new graduate international students the opportunity to learn about how best to make a successful transition to the U.S. and to the BU community.<br \/>\n<strong>This mandatory orientation session will include the following topics: <\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Navigating the U.S. Classroom: We will address the cultural dynamics of the American classroom: teaching styles, communication, participation, organization and more.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Health Care is Different in the U.S.: How do I find a doctor if I need one? How do I choose health insurance? How do I use that insurance to pay for health services? We will provide you with an overview of where and how to get the health care you need while in the U.S.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Adjusting to U.S. Culture: Learn about culture shock and adjustment to the United States. Put American values into perspective and learn effective ways to communicate in the U.S. context.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Visa and Immigration Responsibilities: Critical information about maintaining your lawful immigration status in the U.S. including full-time enrollment, employment, Social Security Numbers, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Are you a new graduate student? Have you contacted your school or college to find out about new student programs they may be planning for you?<br \/>\nClick <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/isso\/students\/prospective\/admissions\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more admissions and pre-arrival information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Student Orientation for Graduate Students Monday, September 3, 2012 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Jacob Sleeper Auditorium 871 Commonwealth Avenue immediately following Graduate International Students Reception 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Agganis Club Room 925 Commonwealth Avenue \u00a0 Meet ISSO staff and new international students from different academic programs. Refreshments will be served. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5554,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7786],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5554"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3847"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3849,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3847\/revisions\/3849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ghblast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}