Film Screening and talk with Director Iryna Tsilyk and Producer Anna Kapustina Sundance Best Director World Documentary Cinema Award 2020 Thursday, February 13, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. Powell Family Cinema College of Film and the Moving Image, Wesleyan University The event is FREE! A feature-length debut by Iryna Tsilyk that follows a family living on the front lines in Donbas…
WesInAction: What We Need To Know About the Coronavirus
WesInAction is a group of Wesleyan students concerned about the Coronavirus (nCoV-2019) and its impact on the Wesleyan community. Students who are involved in this project include Huiqin Hu ’20, Maria Tan ’22, Oliver Cho ’22, Shaoxuan Tian ’22, Shuo Wang ’20, Linus Mao ’23, Sanni Zhang ’22, Tianxin Chen ’21, Zhuo Chen ’20, Jinjia…
NSO Peer Advisor Application 2020
Want to help incoming first-year international students? Apply to be an NSO peer advisor as someone who also holds the international identity! Academic Peer Advisors allows you to work closely with Wesleyan faculty and administrators to provide well-informed, personal and confidential support to all students. Support new students and get paid for $11 per hour.…
Academic Peer Advisor Application 2020-2021
Interested in helping Wesleyan students? Become an Academic Peer Advisor. You would work closely with Wesleyan faculty and administrators to provide well-informed and confidential support to students throughout the academic year. Seeing a friendly face that shares similar experiences can make all the difference in helping someone in need. Support your community through becoming…
Upcoming Event: Affording Study Abroad Informational Session
RSVP Here! Wesleyan University and the Office of Study Abroad believe meaningful cross-cultural experience to be an integral part of a liberal arts education. As such, studying abroad is considered an essential component of achieving the intercultural expertise and multilingualism that our students will need for exercising leadership in an increasingly interconnected world. Central to this mission is to make study abroad as feasible and accessible…
Curricular Practical Training (CPT) Workshop
Monday, February 17, 12:15-1:15 p.m. @ Gorden Career Center Wednesday, February 26, 12:15-1:15 p.m. @ Gorden Career Center Wednesday, March 25, 5:00-6:00 p.m. @ Gorden Career Center The four sessions are exactly the same. You only need to attend one. Each session is limited to 20 students. First come, first served. Registration not required. Intended…
Optional Practical Training (OPT) Q&A
Wednesday, February 12, 5:00-6:00 p.m. @ Gorden Career Center Monday, February 24, 5:00-6:00 p.m. @ Gorden Career Center Wednesday, April 1, 12:15-1:15 p.m. @ Gorden Career Center The three sessions are exactly the same. You only need to attend one. Each session is limited to 20 students. First come, first served. Registration not required. Intended…
International Students Tax Information Sessions
For International Students: Even if you did not receive income, but were physically present in the US anytime in 2019, you must submit Form 8843 to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by June 30, 2020. To help you fulfill your IRS obligations, Wesleyan provides you with FREE access to the easy-to-use Sprintax Tax Preparation online software. Sprintax will determine your residency,…
IIE Emergency Student Fund to Assist Students Studying in the U.S Affected by Recent Crises
The IIE has set up an emergency grant of between $2,000 – $5,000 to help students with urgent financial needs due to current crises so that they may continue their studies in the U.S.The Fund was creates to support students whose ability to continue their studies during the current academic year has been affected by…
Boston Career Trek
APPLY BY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Explore your career interests, learn more about an industry area, make connections with employers and alumni, and develop critical networking skills by taking part in the Gordon Career Center’s Boston Career Trek program during spring break March 18-20. Industry Areas and Employer Site Visits: Education: Museum of Science, Big…
Japanese Language Table
Italian Board Game Nights
DEADLINE EXTENDED: The Power of Language Conference
Deadline Extended for the Power of Language Conference! Saturday, April 15, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EST Seeking submissions and presentations on language learning and multilingual living The Power of Language Conference seeks to bring awareness to the many benefits of language learning and to promote the study of languages other than English across campus. It…
Upcoming Study Abroad Provider Visits
Several study abroad providers are visiting Wesleyan in February. Drop by their tables in Usdan, attend an information session, or meet with them one-on-one during open advising hours. They can’t wait to meet you and share more about their program offerings! The Swedish Program Tuesday, February 11 Info Table in Usdan, 11am – 2pm…
Wesleyan-Fudan Summer Session
Wesleyan-Fudan Summer Session: The Foundations of Cinema In conjunction with Fudan University’s International Summer Session in Shanghai, China, Wesleyan is offering a one credit Film Studies course taught by our own Professor Lisa A. Dombrowski. “The Foundations of Cinema” is a 24-person, seminar-style immersion in narrative and stylistic analysis featuring discussion of films from around…
OISA Spring 2020 Immigration Workshops
Check out the Events and Programs page on the Office of International Student Affairs (OISA) website. There are CPT, OPT, OPT Q&A, OPT STEM extension info session workshops. For the first time, OISA will also offer “Life after Wes: Managing Your Immigration Status After Graduation” workshops for seniors who are F-1 visa holders. Come to…