{"id":12728,"date":"2011-08-31T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?p=12728"},"modified":"2012-08-29T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T20:21:46","slug":"fall-2011-new-international-student-information-session-for-gms-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/2011\/08\/31\/fall-2011-new-international-student-information-session-for-gms-students\/","title":{"rendered":"New International Student Information Session September 5th for GMS Students."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All new incoming International students should attend the information session on\u00a0\u00a0 Monday, September 5<sup>th<\/sup>, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Topics will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Navigating the U.S. Classroom<\/strong><br \/>\nWe will address the cultural dynamics of the American classroom: teaching styles, communication, participation, organization and more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health Care is Different in the U.S.<br \/>\n<\/strong>How do I find a doctor if I need one?\u00a0 How do I choose health insurance?\u00a0 How do I use that insurance to pay for health services?\u00a0We will provide you with an overview of where and how to get the health care you need while in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Adjusting to U.S. Culture<br \/>\n<\/strong>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.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visa and Immigration Responsibilities<\/strong><br \/>\nCritical information about maintaining your lawful immigration status in the U.S. including full-time enrollment, employment, Social Security Numbers, and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For further information contact\u00a0 Beatrice M. Karam<br \/>\nAssistant Director for Admissions and Student Support ServicesInternational Students and Scholars Office<\/p>\n<p>Boston University<br \/>\n888 Commonwealth Avenue, 2nd Floor<br \/>\nBoston, MA 02215<br \/>\nTel: 617-353-3565 &#8212;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fax: 617-358-1170<br \/>\nE-Mail: bkaram@bu.edu &#8212;\u00a0 Website: www.bu.edu\/isso<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All new incoming International students should attend the information session on\u00a0\u00a0 Monday, September 5th, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue. Topics will include: Navigating the U.S. Classroom We will address the cultural dynamics of the American classroom: teaching styles, communication, participation, organization and more. Health Care is Different in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2491,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[803,795],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2491"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12728"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21332,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12728\/revisions\/21332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}