Opportunities for Students

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Date	Contact	Announcement	Replies
10/9/07	University of Alaska Anchorage	UAA has won a five thousand dollar grant for a student who would like to attend The Scholar Ship. The Scholar Ship is a semester long academic program aboard a passenger ship that traverses the globe as an oceangoing campus. The winner of this essay contest may apply the funding towards the Jan. or Sept. 2008 voyage. Click here for more information.
8/20/07	Steven Johnson Dept. of Communication 786-4391	Members of the University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolf Debate program recently returned from a trip to China to promote academic debating. Supported by a grant from the Alaska International Education Foundation, the trip took the team from Beijing to Xi’an to participate in two different debating events. Details on the trip are available online.
5/25/06	UAA International Student Association	The International Student Orientation Notebooks are now online. It can also be accessed from the UAA homepage at www.uaa.alaska.edu by using the “A to Z” option at the top to navigate to the letter “F”, “Forms (Student)”, and “International Services” for the notebooks. Happy reading! Remember, YOU are responsible for maintaining your visa status!
4/30/07	UAA International Student Association	The International Student Association announces its new myspace page! http://www.myspace.com/isa_uaa
4/18/07	www.daad.org Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst German Academic Exchange Service	This website is here to help students, researchers and faculty in the USA and Canada on their journey to study or research in Germany. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is a publicly-funded independent organization of higher education institutions in Germany. Our 14 international offices provide information as well as financial support to over 50,000 highly-qualified students and faculty per year for international research and study. One of the largest of those international offices is at DAAD New York, where we help students, faculty and current DAAD fellows in the US and Canada.
2/9/07	Alaska International Education Foundation 279-1380	Rooms available for international faculty and/or students in subsidized housing. The Alaska International Education Foundation (AIEF) provides subsidized housing for international faculty and students in a house on Westchester Lagoon. The living arrangements include full kitchens and bathrooms, a shared living room with a great view of downtown Anchorage, and Cook Inlet. The house is close to the bike trails, bus routes and West High School. The AIEF charges residents a monthly fee to help cover part of the house’s utilities bill. The average utility contribution is $250 a month. For more information check the AIEF website www.akinternationalef.org or call the Foundation’s house manager during working hours at 279-1380.