Anouncements - International Student Society


	Announcements This page serves as the ISS online noticeboard for all students to frequently visit and stay current with the latest ISS related information. All ISS events including meetings, social events, dinners etc. will be listed here in due course of time.


	Apr 1, 2010 The International Students Society is taking 30 full time international students for a bowling night at Bowlero Family Centre, Canada Largest 10 pin bowling centre on Friday, April 2, 2010. First 30 students to reply to this e-mail will be eligible to take part in this event. When: 8:30 PM, Friday, April 2, 2010 Where: Bowlero Cost: Free for First 30 Students(Including the cost of transportation) Mar 30, 2010 The International Students Society would like to invite you for a dinner this Wednesday. When: 6 PM, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Where: Basement Pub Cost: FREE Salad, pasta, chicken parmesan, dessert, and pop would be served. First 30 students to reply back to this email would be eligibe for the free dinner. It gives us a great pleasure to announce that the International Students Society will be providing 7 bursaries to students from diverse backgrounds on-campus. Only full time international students are eligible for these bursaries. Each bursary is valued $300. Students must submit a separate application form for each of the bursary with required supporting documents which involve academic transcripts, reference letter from faculty/staff/employer/colleague, student statement on campus involvement, certificates and any other documents you feel will help the committee make a decision. Listed below are the bursary details- 1. Most Active 1st Year International Student of the year (1 Bursary) Candidate must have completed 1 academic year at the University of Windsor. Minimum GPA of 8.0 and must have reasonable campus/community involvement. 2. International Student of the Year (1 Bursary) Applicant must be a 3rd or 4th year student - must have minimum GPA of 8.0 and reasonable campus/community involvement. 3. International Scholar of the Year (3 Bursary) Students with minimum GPA of 10.0 and with reasonable Campus/Community Involvement. 4. Need Based Award for Graduate Students (1 Bursary) Students with minimum GPA of 10.0. Applicants must submit relevant supporting documents demonstrating financial need. 5. Most Active International Student of the Year (1 Bursaries) Candidate must be in their 2nd to 4th year of studies at the University of Windsor. Minimum GPA of 8.0 and must have reasonable campus/community involvement. Students are required to submit their application package to Ms. Kelly Dagenais at the International Student Centre by 4:00 PM April 9, 2010. All applications will be assessed by the bursary committee and only selected candidates will be notified. Please note that: We DO NOT need an official transcript: Any document/reference letter submitted will NOT be returned back to the student. The application form for the Bursary can be found on the ISS website, under the documents section. Your application for the bursary would not be considered without the application form. Mar 9, 2010 ISS Election Documents Uploaded Mar 2, 2010 International Student Society would be having its General Elections for the Academic year 2010-11on March 26, 2010. The time line for the 2010 Society Elections is as follows: March 3, 9:00 am - Nominations Open March 19, 12:00 pm - Nominations Close March 20, 2:00 pm - All Candidates Meeting March 21 - Campaigning starts March 25 - Campaigning closes March 26- Voting Day March 26 - Unofficial Result Positions Available : President (Must have been on 2009/10 ISS Executive Team) VP of Administration VP of Finance VP Opertations VP of External Affairs VP of Internal Affairs VP Public Relations VP Accessibility Position Type : Elected This is a tremendous opportunity for you to be recognized on campus, get involved, gain career related experience and take initiatives to make a difference for students. We encourage you to please come forward and nominate yourself. All Nominees must be Full time Undergraduate International student, with the exception of students in their last semester. If you are interested ,please send an email at iss@uwindsor.ca before the deadline and include the following information given below Name, Student ID, contact Information and desired Position. Voting is open to all international students at the University of Windsor along with Student ID and election will take place at the AGM. Jan 14, 2010 Details:International Students Society will be taking Students for a trip to Montréal and Ottawa. The trip is during the family day long weekend ( weekend before reading week) Montreal is the cultural capital of Quebec and the main entry point to the province. The second largest city in Canada, it is a city rich in culture and history. It is one of the most beautiful and serene places in Canada. Montreal is home to the second-largest population of native French speakers in the world, only behind Paris. Ottawa is the capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ottawa is located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of the province of Ontario. I.S.S. plans a trip for the International Students every semester and this is our way of making you more familiar with Canadian Culture. In the past we have taken students to Montreal, Ottawa, Muskoka, Niagara Falls and Blue Mountains. Please check the ISS website for some pictures from the trip. We would be taking 55 students on this trip. The cost of the trip is a nominal fee of $170. NOTE: The cost only includes bus travel to Montreal and Ottawa and stay in Montreal (2 nights and 3 days). All other expenses must be paid for by the student. We would be leaving for Montreal at 11 PM on Friday 12th Feb. and will reach Montreal on Saturday morning. You all are free to explore places in Montreal all day Saturday. We would leave for Ottawa on Sunday, 14th Feb. in the morning and spend the whole day in Ottawa and then come back to Montreal by night. We would have all day Monday to explore the beauties of Montreal, and leave for Windsor at 6 PM on Monday, Feb. 15, 2010. Once all the seats have been filled up a more detailed itinerary would be given.Reservation of seats starts Monday January 18, 2010 To reserve a seat on the trip you please deposit $170 with Kelly Dagemais at the International Student Center, Cody Hall and also fill a trip Wavier form.The last date for Reservation/ Cancellations is Jan 30, 2010. Jan 12, 2010 Location :Palace Cinemas, Windsor Time : 7:30pm Details:ISS has decided to take 30 international students for a movie on Tuesday January 12, 2010. The cost of the transpotation as well as the movie ticket will be sponsored by the ISS, Details about the event would be send out to the first 30 students to reply back to this email. Oct 28, 2009 The International Student Society is primarily oriented in promoting diversity and support people from different cultures, backgrounds, ethnicity at the University of Windsor. As a result we take a step forward in announcing our annual 'Festival of Lights' event this Fall. The overwhelming support from all students on campus has helped to inspire and motivate to organize this event again. This year the Festival of Lights is on Friday Nov 20, 2009. This event is a multicultural extravaganza which celebrates the diverse cultures represented on our campus, the City of Windsor and Canada and involves highly skilled students from different ethnic cultures display their talents in the midst of people from different culture. Let us take advantage of this event in celebrating happiness, renewing friendship and work towards collective unity. In order to make this event successful (bigger and better than previous years), we need your contribution and participation. If you would be interested in performing or displaying any skills (Singing, Dancing, Group Performance, musical instruments, Stand up Comedy etc) you are good with - you can contact us at iss@uwindsor.ca with the details. All participants will be given a certificate and the best performance wins a hard-disk as a token of appreciation. Festival of lights is the celebration of diversity. We are looking at having atleast one performance from each country. Come forward and represent your Country in front of everyone . If you are interested in performing at the Festival of Lights, please send us an email at iss@uwindsor.ca by Friday Nov 6, 2009. Oct 22, 2009 Oct 10, 2009 Location :Comfort Inn, Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls Details: The cost of the Trip is $55 which includes Transportation to and from Niagara Falls and one night stay at Comfort Inn, Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls which is ranked amongst the best hotels in Niagara Falls. We will be leaving Windsor by Bus on Saturday, October 10, 2009 early in the morning for Niagara Falls and spending two days and one night in Niagara Falls. We would leave Niagara Falls late in the evening on Sunday, October 11, 2009. This would give all of us enough time to visit the various tourist attractions in Niagara, including the Maid of Mist, Journey behind the falls, and MarineLand etc. More details about the trip would be send out as we get closer to the trip. Sep 28, 2009 Thank you for coming out to vote for the ISS By-elections. the result of the election is as follows: VP External: Longgang Hu VP Accessibility: Saqib Sachani Please join me in congratulating them on their success. Sep 18, 2009 Location :XS Family Fun Centre, 930 Ambassador Drive, Windsor Time : 5:30pm Nov 21, 2008 Location : CAW Commons Area Time : 7 pm - 10 pm Oct 8, 2008 Digvijay Singh elected Vice-President Operations Sidharth elected Vice-President External Sep 1, 2008 ISS Distributed 500 T-Shirts to new international students Mar 15, 2008 ISS is having annual general elections for the 2008/2009 academic year. The details are: Date: Wednesday, April 9th 2008 Time : 5.00 PM Location : Clubs room, CAW Nomination Deadline : April 2nd, 2008 Positions Available : President (Must have been on 2007/08 ISS Executive Team) VP of Administration VP of Finance VP Opertations VP of External Affairs VP of Internal Affairs VP Public Relations VP Accessibility Position Type : Elected This is a tremendous opportunity for you to be recognized on campus, get involved, gain career related experience and take initiatives to make a difference for students. We encourage you to please come forward and nominate yourself. All Nominees must be Full time Undergraduate International student, with the exception of students in their last semester. If you are interested ,please send an email at iss@uwindsor.ca before the deadline and include the following information given below Name, Student ID, contact Information and desired Position. Voting is open to all international students at the University of Windsor along with Student ID and election will take place at the AGM. The international Student Society (ISS) and Business International Student Club (BISC) cordially invites you on "The International Students Dinner Night" Date: Saturday, March 15th Time : 7.30 PM Location : Ambassador Auditorium CAW Dress Code : Business Casual/Traditional Attractions : Multicultural Performances Food (Veg & Non- Veg options are available) Awards Ceremony & TD Canada Trust Award DJ Mix, dance session Door Prizes (Mp3 players and many more..) AND IT'S ALL FOR FREE! Free tickets are available at International Student center (ISC) on the "First come first serve" basis. So hurry up and collect your tickets to have an enjoyable evening with the ISS team (Sold Out). NOTE: Special Thanks to Alumni Association (AA) & International Student Centre (ISC) for tremendous support. Feb 6, 2008 The Business International Student Club (BISC) is organizing a workshop, "Improving presentations skills", this Friday in association with Odette Toastmasters. This is an excellent opportunity for students to learn new techniques of public speaking and presentations! If you get anxious delivering speeches in public or struggle during class presentation, this is your chance to know how to improve in those areas! If you are interested please send an email to bisc@uwindsor.ca . It's FREE for all Business Students! " Date: Friday, Feb 8th, 2008 Time : 2.30-3.30 PM Location : OB B02 To celebrate Chinese New Year BISC and ISS are organization the Odette International Lunch. It's Free for all Business Students , Faculty and Staff! Date: Thursday, February 13th Time : 11.30 AM Location : Odette Lobby Theme : Chinese Jan 21, 2008 Since many of the current executives of our board are graduating, ISS is holding an Annual General Meeting (AGM) to fill vacant Executives positions for the Winter 2008 Semester. Date: January 28, 2008 Monday Location: TBA Time: 5:00 p.m. Nomination Deadline: January 26th, 2008 Positions available: VP Operations , VP Internal, VP External Affairs, VP Accessibility Position Type: Elected position All positions are Voluntary , but this is a tremendous opportunity for you to be recognized on campus, get involved, gain career related experience and take initiatives to make a difference for students. We encourage you to please come forward and nominate yourself. All Nominees must be Full time Undergraduate International student, with the exception of students in their last semester. If you are interested ,please send an e-mail at iss@uwindsor.ca before the deadline and include the following information given below Name, Student ID, contact Information and desired Position. Voting is open to all international students at the University of Windsor along with Student ID and election will take place at the AGM. For Details of Job Responsibilities please check the Constitution in the Documents Section. Nov 20, 2007 Date: Sunday, December 2nd Time: 12 noon Location : Board Room, CAW Center ISS has accomplished its goals set for the semester and in this process we have realized that we have some things in our constitution that we need to revise and require some modifications. Every International student is eligible to vote on the decisions during the AGM. So if you have any suggestions or ideas that can support society to achieve its goals, please feel free to contact us before Nov 28th, 2007 at iss@uwindsor.ca Nov 7, 2007 After the huge success of last years Festival of Lights, we are here again to continue with our celebration of diversity. Date : Monday, November 12 Time : 7 PM Location: CAW Commons Area We are having multicultural performances on the evening, followed by Dandia Session ( Indian traditional group dance) and a jam session. Those of you who were here during last years event , must remember the kind of blast we had! And yes we are back this year with even more! This year's performances include: Latin Dance, singing performances, magic show, group dances, henna decoration and more! Be there with us and have a very enjoyable evening. Remember everyone is invited and it's free of cost, so don't forget to bring your friends along. Date: Friday, November 9th Time: 3-5 pm Location : Erie Hall, Room 2125 Refreshments will be served.The purpose of this session is to guide Business Students ( specially first and second year students) to plan their academic life in order to have a successful university experience. Date: Friday, November 16th Time: 10 am -12 noon Location : OB 110 This will be our closing event for the Education Week ; A presentation skills workshop. We are having this workshop to help students improve their presentation skills. So do join us to learn new techniques of public speaking and ace all your presentations! Seats are limited so please RSVP to bisc@uwindsor.ca . Refreshments will be served. Oct 25, 2007 Awards and Bursaries: ISS offers bursaries to six international students annually of $ 1800 in total. $ 300 will be given to each student; three students will be selected in Fall and three in winter respectively. If you are interested please visit the Documents section, download the application form and submit the completed form before the deadline to Kelly, office coordinator at International student centre, Cody Hall. Oct 21, 2007 Oct 23rd, 2007: The Odette International Lunch, Odette School of Business The theme for this lunch has been selected as 'South-east Asian' in order to celebrate after Eid and for the upcoming Diwali function, the festival of lights. The event is organized by the extended team of ISS called Business International Student Club and sponsored by the Odette School of Business. Time: 11.30 AM Location: Odette school of Business, commons area. *FREE FOR ALL BUSINESS STUDENTS!* An Executives Dinner was held on Sep 21st, 2007 to discuss the initiatives of the years with the administration. Pictures are uploaded on the Gallery section. Click Here ISS Trip: ISS took a two day trip to Muskoka with 28 international students from Sep 28 to Sep 30 2007. Pictures are uploaded on the Gallery section. Click Here ISS Volunteer Dinner held on Sep 9th. Pictures are uploaded on the Gallery section. Click Here Clubs Day: ISS held a booth outside of UWSA on Sep 12th. Pictures are uploaded on the Gallery section. Click Here Job Fair session and Resume Clinic: ISS held a special resume clinic for International students supported by Centre for Career Education on Sep 21st and organised a Job Fair session on Sep 28th, at which Sutherland Global Inc was invited to accept applications on the spot.