- Your country sash for graduation
- The WSU International Center is hiring
- IMPORTANT! Phone scam alert!
- Spokane shopping trip – sign up now! Join us for meditation
- ISSS student portal
- Career Services workshop series
- Your country sash for graduation
Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! In connection with the Graduation Celebration, IP-International Student and Scholar Services (IP-ISSS) will be offering a graduation sash to any international student who is graduating this semester and participating in the graduation ceremony for a price of $15. The graduation sash represents your home country.
You must submit a Sash Request to receive the sash on Graduation Celebration Day. To submit your request:
- Open an internet browser and go to myPassport.wsu.edu.
- Select the blue “Login” button.
- Enter your WSU Network Identification (NID) number and password. Select the “Sign in” button.
- Select Graduation Sash Request.
- Enter the required information.
- Once complete, hit “Submit.”
The deadline to submit your request is Monday, Nov. 10. Students will receive an email confirmation upon successful submission. Students will need to check myWSU for the amount due and pay it in advance to collect the sash.
Pullman campus students must pick up their sash at Bryan Hall 206 by Dec. 9 no later than 4 p.m. but ideally before. Students outside of Pullman will be able to pick up their sashes from a WSU staff member at their location. Questions may be directed to ip.intlservices@wsu.edu and/or to the DSO at the respective campuses.
Thank you and congratulations from all of us in IP-ISSS!
- The WSU International Center is hiring
The WSU International Center is looking for a paid Graduate Staff Assistant (must be a current graduate student), for a 20-hours-per-week position from Jan. 3, 2022 until May 15, 2022. If interested, please email cover letter and resume to ISSS Director Dr. Kate Hellman at khellmann@wsu.edu.
- IMPORTANT! Phone scam alert!
If someone claiming to be a U.S. government official or law enforcement officer calls threatening you with deportation or any other negative immigration consequences – hang up immediately! This is a sophisticated scam (fraud)!
USCIS and other government agencies will NEVER contact you over the phone to request payment immediately or to ask for identifying information.
Recently, students in our area began receiving calls from a phone number that looks like a legitimate government number. When you answer, the person on the phone poses as a USCIS, FBI, IRS, or other government official or law enforcement officer. The scammer or scammers will say that there is a problem with your application or that additional information is required to continue the immigration process. Then, they will often ask for sensitive personal and financial information, demand payment, and threaten you with deportation, arrest, or other negative consequences if you do not comply immediately.
The scammer will then order victims to make a payment – and will often order them to go to a nearby bank or store and withdraw money or purchase a prepaid card, Steam card, Apple gift card, Google Play gift card voucher, or money order or make some other wire transfer, money exchange, payment, or withdrawal. (Note that the scammers are often able to direct victims to nearby banks or stores by using online maps to study the area in which a victim resides.) Again – if you receive a call like that, hang up immediately!
If you receive a suspicious email or voice message and are not sure if it is a scam, please contact ISSS at ip.intlservices@wsu.edu. Also, please visit the USCIS Avoid Scam page at https://www.uscis.gov/avoid-scams
If you have been a victim of one of these please contact our office and report it to the Federal Trade Commission online: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/GettingStarted?OrgCode=USDOEVCC
Spokane shopping trip – sign up now!
ISSS and the International Center are offering a shopping trip to Spokane this month. Seats are still available for Saturday, Nov. 13 | 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
- Reserve your spot by paying a $15 fee at Bryan Hall 108 on Wednesday, Nov. 10, from 8 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Join us for meditation
Relieve stress. Lengthen your attention span. Improve sleep. Get in touch with who you are. Decrease pain.
Thursdays
Nov. 11 and Dec. 2 and 16
2 sessions each Thursday 4:10-4:20 p.m. | 4:30-4:45 p.m.
Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center Turtle Room
ISSS student portal
The ISSS office has a portal page for our international students. You can find links to our website as well as a permanent Zoom link you can use Monday-Friday, 1-3 p.m. (U.S. Pacific time) to speak with an advisor. We encourage you to take advantage of this great new resource.
Career Services workshop series
Are you about to start your career? Do you know how to package your international experience to help you stand out? Enhance your education by attending one or more workshops offered by International Programs Career Services.
Thursday, Dec. 2 | 3:30 p.m. | Kruegel G-10
Optional Practical Training (OPT)
Learn about your post-graduation work opportunities and take steps toward your future career prospects.
Learn more about how IP can help you prepare for your career at ip.wsu.edu/ip-career-services.