ISSS WEEKLY UPDATE FOR 1/17/ 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

New Items

1. THE FIRST SMALL WORLD COFFEE HOUR OF SPRING 2002 IS THIS FRIDAY!!
2. ISSS OFFICE IS CLOSED MONDAY, JANUARY 21ST, AN OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY
3. SPRING 2002 WALK-IN SCHEDULE
4. AUDITED COURSES NO LONGER COUNT TOWARD FULLTIME REGISTRATION

Repeated Items

1. TRAVEL ADVISORIES
2. MAINTAINING STUDENT STATUS (Week of 10/25/2001, Repeated Item #6 entitled "COMPLIANCE WITH INS REQUIREMENTS")
3. CONTINUING J-1 STUDENTS & SCHOLARS: NEW "5 WORKING DAYS" DOCUMENT PROCESSING (Week of 12/20/2001, NEW ITEM #3)

NEW ITEMS

1. THE FIRST SMALL WORLD COFFEE HOUR OF SPRING 2002 IS THIS FRIDAY!!

WHEN: Friday, January 18th, 2002
TIME: 4:00 to 6:00 PM
WHERE: Room 110 Heller Hall
Minneapolis,
West Bank Campus

Welcome to new students and scholars! And welcome back to returning
students and scholars!!! Small World Coffee Hour is a great opportunity to see your friends and to meet new ones! Coffee, tea and snacks will be provided. See you there!

For more information about Small World Coffee Hour, contact Jessica
Schmidt at 626-7452 or schmi208@tc.umn.edu

Monday, January 21st, Martin Luther King Day, an Official University Holiday. The ISSS office is closed

Please check the ISSS websit for the ISSS Spring
2002 walk-in schedules. The only change is in the J-1 Advising Walk-in Schedule:

J-1 Advising Walk-ins - Spring 2002

Monday	1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday	8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday	8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Friday	1:30 - 4:00 p.m.
NO TUESDAY J-1 WALK-INS

As of Fall Semester, 2001, the number of units of audit enrollment will no
longer be displayed on a student’s transcript and thus will not be counted
toward full-time enrollment. In the past international students have been able
to apply enrollment in audit classes toward the registration requirement for
full-time student status.

If you choose to audit any courses in the future, you must be enrolled for at
least 6 additional credits as a graduate student and at least 12 additional
credits if you are an undergraduate, non-degree-seeking or professional school
student. The additional enrollment must be using the A-F or S-N grading scale.

Because this policy change went into effect during Fall semester and without
prior notification, ISSS will accept audit enrollment for Fall 2001 toward the
full-time registration requirement. As of Spring Semester, 2002, however, you
can no longer use audit enrollment to maintain full-time registration for your
legal status.

If you audited any classes in Fall 2001, please keep the following for your
records in case you need to prove full-time status in the future:

1. transcript
2. a letter from ISSS (see an adviser during walk-ins)
3. a copy of the Fall 2001 Class Schedule or other official university documents
indicating credit equivalent of any classes you audited in Fall 2001.