October 8 , 2008

International Transfer Seminar | Visa Lottery | E-mail accounts for ACC students | Free barbeque!
WCC meeting update | COMPASS test prep class

Reminder – Transfer Seminar this Friday @ NRG

In case you couldn’t make it to the first one, we’re bringing it back for you! Please join us for this special seminar for international students about transferring to another college/university and graduation this Friday, October 10th 4:00 – 5:00 PM at the Northridge campus, room 2121. This workshop is free and open to all international students at ACC.

Don’t miss out on important e-mails from the ISO!!

ACC now provides personalized e-mail accounts to students through the new ACCmail service. All e-mails sent to students by the college will go to this ACCmail address, including important Immigration information from the International Student Office. For information about activating and accessing your ACCmail account, please go to http://www.austincc.edu/google/.

If you know that you will not check or use this ACC e-mail account, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT that you log in to the ACCmail at least once and set it to forward messages to the e-mail account that you check most often. You can go to http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=10957 for instructions on forwarding your ACCmail to your primary e-mail address. If you have other questions regarding the ACCmail, please contact the Student HelpDesk at 223-INFO(223-4636)

Fun and free food at the WCC barbeque

WCC meeting postponed

The World Community Club meeting scheduled for this Friday October 10th has been cancelled. The club will meet again on Friday, October 17th from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM in room 122 at the Rio Grande Campus. Hope to see you there!

Permanent Resident Visa Lottery has started

The 2010 Diversity Visa Lottery application period began on October 2, 2008 and will end on December 1, 2008. The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, known as the “visa lottery,” gives 50,000 permanent resident visas every year to people from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Winning applications are drawn by random selection. The program carries strict eligibility requirements.

For more information on the visa lottery program and to see which countries are eligible to apply, please go to http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/sept/110467.htm.

• The instructions to apply for the lottery are posted online at http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1318.html.
  

House of Tutors offers COMPASS prep class

House of Tutors learning center in Downtown Austin is now offering a 3 ½ week course to help students prepare for the COMPASS test (known as the T-COM at ACC). For more information, contact (512) 472-6666 or go to www.houseoftutors.com.

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