ISSS-BU News 03 August 2009   ISSS-BU News

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CONTENTS:
1. National Holidays for the Month of August
2. Fall 2009 Student Bills Notification to Be Sent Later This Week
3. Limited Availability of Some ISSS Staff During August
4. Binghamton University Placed On Princeton Review’s 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll
5. Arrival of New International Students

1. National Holidays for the Month of August

The following countries are celebrating national holidays during the month of August:

2. Fall 2009 Student Bills Notification to Be Sent Later This Week

Students who have already registered for the Fall 2009 semester will receive an email message to their Binghamton.edu account on August 5 of this week, announcing that Fall 2009 charges have been posted to their student account.  Similar email notifications will be sent to any authorized user that you have setup on your student account.

The bill statements can be viewed on BU Brain http://bubrain.binghamton.edu under “Current Account Activity” within the “Student Accounts” and then “My accounts” tab.

Students who have not yet registered for the Fall 2009 semester will receive their student bill at their email address only after course registration has been made.

For complete details on payment information and procedures, visit:
http://studentaccounts.binghamton.edu/paypro.htm

If you have questions, contact the Office of Student Accounts at 607-777-2702 (phone), stuaccts@binghamton.edu (email) or http://studentaccounts.binghamton.edu/

3. Limited Availability of Some ISSS Staff During August

During the next several weeks (August 3 - August 28), Ellen Badger, Karen Keefe-Guzikowski and Amelia Shafer will be devoting most of their time to international student orientation, both preparation and presenting at the actual program, which starts August 24. Thus, their availability for appointments will be limited as we get closer to Orientation. Please keep this in mind when sending e-mails or requesting appointments with them.

4. Binghamton University Again Receives Top Recognition On Princeton Review’s 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll

To view the news release, visit:
http://www.binghamton.edu/calendar/newsline/news.cgi?id=11948

5. Arrival of New International Students

Although it is still several weeks until the Monday, August 24 start of international student orientation, new international students have begun to arrive. If you happen to meet a new student, please be sure to direct them to the office of International Student and Scholar Services. Although ISSS will not be photocopying visa documents until International Student Orientation August 24-26, 2009, the ISSS is recording new student arrivals and distributing their very helpful early arrival information packet. ISSS looks forward to welcoming another large class of international students this Fall!

The Fall 2009 International Student Orientation Program will be posted very soon on the ISSS website at: http://isss.binghamton.edu 

ISSS also thanks the many current international students who have been in contact with new students and are helping them in the first days of their arrival at Binghamton. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

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