Advisor's Workshop on Education Abroad:
Sharing Challenges, Finding Solutions
Spring 2010 Date TBD
This workshop is designed to give WSU academic advisors and faculty who do advising the information and tools they need to initiate a dialogue on studying abroad with their advisees.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty and Advisors
Cultural Competency Training
First/last Wednesdays each month
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The Division of Student Affairs, Equity and Diversity offers three-hour Cultural Competency classes that give participants a competitive edge in today’s multicultural labor market. Participants will learn how to deal with different cultural, values, norms, customs and expectations in today’s workplace using best practice techniques and real world leadership skills.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty, Students and Staff
Employing H-1B Workers at WSU and Working in the H-1B
Nonimmigrant Category
Spring 2010 Date TBD
This informational session is presented by the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) for departmental representatives who would like to learn more about the process of employing international scholars in the non-immigrant category of H-1B worker. Topics will include working with OISS, the difference between J-1 and H-1B, process time lines, other WSU offices providing assistance, contracts and termination.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty and Staff
Course materials:
Presentation Notes
PowerPoint Presentation
Employing J-1 Exchange Visitors at WSU
Spring 2010 Date TBD
This informational session is presented by the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) for departmental representatives who would like to learn more about the process of employing international scholars in the non-immigrant category of J-1 exchange visitor. Topics will include working with OISS, the difference between J-1 and H-1B, process time lines, other WSU offices providing assistance, contracts and termination.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty and Staff
Course materials:
Presentation Notes
PowerPoint Presentation
Global Citizenship 101 Workshop
Spring 2010 Date TBD
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This workshop is designed to prepare students to get the most out of their international experience living and studying with people from different cultures – whether here at WSU or while studying abroad. The workshop takes an in-depth look at real-life cross-cultural interactions that WSU students face and encourages participants to think critically about the cultural values and belief systems that come in to focus while living within a global community.
Target Audience: WSU Students returning from study abroad or thinking about going abroad and WSU International Students
How to Support ESL Students in Your Classes
Spring 2010 Date TBD
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Learn about some characteristics of "typical" English as a Second Language (ESL) students and some of the challenges they face in their classes. Discover campus-wide resources as well as teaching strategies to help ESL students get the most out of your course.
Target Audience: WSU Students and Faculty
Joys and Challenges of Working and Living Abroad
11/19/09 | 1:30pm
and 3/25/10 | 1:30pm
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Learn about the experience of living and working in another country. Find out about practical ways of initiating an overseas job search. Discover what areas must be considered in a developing and changing global culture and economy.
Target Audience: WSU Students. Faculty and Staff
Mentoring Your Non-Native English Speaking
Graduate Student
Spring 2010 Date TBD
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As researchers, writers, and TAs, graduate students who use English as a Second Language (ESL) often require different kinds of support from domestic students in becoming full members of their academic discipline. During this workshop we share strategies for helping your ESL graduate students cope with the challenges of post-graduate work and preparing them for success in the profession. Ample time for discussion will be provided in order to allow you an opportunity to discuss your specific concerns, as well as to share strategies that have been successful for you.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty
Academic and Professional Writing
It's Not My Job to Teach Them How to Write
Non-Immigrant Scholars and Students and the
Process of Becoming a Permanent Resident
Fall2010 Date TBD
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This course is devoted to information regarding the assistance provided to departments and international scholars by the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) and outside council in the permanent residency process. It is presented by OISS staff and Janet H. Cheetham, Attorney/Member RYAN SWANSON & CLEVELAND PLLC, an experienced firm in Seattle that represents departments and international scholars with cases that OISS does not provide assistance with.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty, Staff and International Scholars and Students
Videostream Available
Presentation Notes
PowerPoint Presentation
Supplemental Materials
Panel Discussion: Being a Non-Native English Speaker at WSU
Spring 2010 Date TBD
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Come hear from a diverse group of undergraduates, graduates, faculty and staff about the challenges of being a non-native English speaker in our academic community. Panelists will discuss their experiences and take questions from the audience.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty and Staff
Panel Discussion: Employing International Students
and Scholars at WSU
Spring 2010 Date TBD
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This workshop features a panel of representativesfrom various offices that assist with employment processes for international students and scholars, including I-9, payroll, immigration, non-immigrant taxation, travel payments, social security number issuance and use. It is an opportunity to hear briefly from each of these offices and to meet those who assist with the various related processes.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty and Staff
Tips and Strategies for Communicating with Non-Native
English Speakers in the University Workplace
Spring 2010 Date TBD
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Do you . . .
- Regularly interact with non-native speakers of English in your workplace or classroom?
- Sometimes have trouble understanding and making yourself understood in these situations?
- Sometimes feel frustrated in these situations?
This workshop features strategies for effective oral communications between native speakers of English and non-native speakers of English in a variety of settings.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty and Staff
Handout
Your ESL Graduat Student's Academic and Professional Writing:
How to Ensure a Successful Process and Product
Spring 2010 Date TBD
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Navigating proposals, theses, dissertations, and journal articles is challenging for all graduate students, but even more so for those who use English as a Second Language (ESL). Disciplinary writing conventions are often not discussed explicitly and are more accessible to students educated within the US undergraduate system. In addition, many students who are immigrants to the US also find it challenging to decipher the implicit norms of academic/professional writing. This workshop provides an opportunity to learn about strategies and discipline-specific resources for supporting your ESL graduate students in writing for academic and professional purposes.
Target Audience: WSU Faculty
Academic and Professional Writing
It's Not My Job to Teach Them How to Write
