This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! Did you know you live in customer service paradise? Maybe you haven’t noticed, because you’ve always been greeted with a smile in the supermarket, your food has been cheerfully bagged for… read more
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Test-taking Tips and Coping with Test Anxiety
Students in the UT Austin KAUST Foundation Year Program have been busy taking SAT and TOEFL exams this month. To prepare for the exams, they attended a Test Preparation and Test Anxiety Workshop developed by the UT Sanger Learning Center. Here are some tips they found most helpful: Don’t cram.… read more
Bem-vindos(as) ao Brazil Center! (Welcome to the Brazil Center!)
The Brazil Center at UT Austin will celebrate 20 years in 2015! Read the message below from Carla Silva-Muhammad, the Center’s coordinator, to learn more about their exciting upcoming events, field research opportunities, and grants. Please accept our warmest welcome to the Brazil Center of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American… read more
International Voices: The Power of Conversation
This post is a part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT students. Enjoy! From the lady in line at the grocery store, to the new student you met in class, to the musician at the bus stop, to the exchange scholar at an ISSS… read more
Sponsored Student Meet & Greet
On September 12, we held a Meet & Greet networking event for newly arrived sponsored students at UT. New students enjoyed interacting with returning students and forming new connections among their peers. This annual event provides the opportunity for students to meet others in their same academic programs or who share… read more
Gemütlichkeit or How to feel at home in a foreign culture
This post is part of our weekly International Voices column, writing by UT students, for UT current and prospective students. Enjoy! Sunday morning I got up early to bake Brötchen – not sweet bread, nor biscuits or croissants but good old-fashioned bread rolls covered in pumpkin seeds. I’d never made… read more
International Voices: Finding Your First Home in Austin
New international students are arriving on campus for the fall semester, so our International Voices columnists will be sharing their experiences as new UT students on the blog this month. Welcome to Austin, incoming students! We look forward to connecting with you in ISSS. By Nabiul Afrooz College can sometimes… read more
International Voices: Discovering Happiness in a Bowl
New international students are arriving on campus for the fall semester, so our International Voices columnists will be sharing their experiences as new UT students on the blog this month. Welcome to Austin, incoming students! We look forward to connecting with you in ISSS. By Shruti Kota I knew that… read more
International Voices Contest Winners Announced
ISSS staff members are thrilled to announce the winners of the International Voices blogging contest for 2014-2015! We welcome four student bloggers who will share their stories as international students in the UT Austin community. We are excited to follow them as they record their thoughts and experiences this year.… read more
Limited Advising Appointments for August 2014
The month of August is International Student & Scholar Services’ busiest month! During this month, our office is welcoming all our new incoming international students and holding numerous International Briefing and Check-Ins (IBC). So what does this mean for current international students? This means there will be fewer advising appointments… read more