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SU Men’s Basketball Team
is Going to the NCAA Tournament!!
Third-seeded Syracuse
(27-9) suffocated No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin (24-8) with an active 2-3
zone defense on its way to a 59-44 victory in the first round of the NCAA
Tournament on Friday, March 20 at American Airlines arena. The Orange forced
the Lumberjacks into an 18-for-73 (.247) shooting day from the field, and SFA’s 44 points represented the second-fewest points SU
has ever allowed in an NCAA Tournament game.
With the victory, Syracuse
advanced to the second round of the South Regional. The Orange
will face either No. 6 seed Arizona State or No. 11 seed Temple on Sunday afternoon. Games will also
be broadcast on line at http://www.ncaa.com
Go ORANGE Pride!!!
! Important Announcements !
There will be a tax seminar held on Monday, March 23 from 2:00pm
– 5:00pm (Maxwell Auditorium) (Please click for more
information)
The Slutzker Center
for International Services has opened access to CINTAX,
the web-based income tax preparation software for filing your
federal tax forms. CINTAX passwords are now available. The only way to
request a CINTAX password is from our website at http://international.syr.edu/Form_CINTAX_
Password_new.html
It is important that you complete all fields on the form to receive a
password. There is a maximum of 3 – 5 business days
turn around time for the password.
Students who are planning to do
an Internship this summer should apply for Curricular Practical
Training (
CPT ) . The CPT seminar will be held on Wednesday, March 25 at 3:00pm at the Slutzker Center
for International Services.
If you would like to request Practical Training authorization (OPT)
after your May graduation please attend an OPT seminar on Wednesday, March 25 at 3:45pm. Also, you can
find all the necessary OPT information and the application process here.
Graduate Students who are intending to
graduate this May 2009 must complete the File
Diploma Request process in MySlice by
established deadlines, published as http://gradsch.syr.edu/pdfs/GraduationDeadlines.pdf
by the Graduate
School. This will
activate the certification process and awarding of your degree.
!Important Immigration Reminders!
The Clock is Ticking on Some Practical Training
Applications:
F-1 students
who will be graduating in May 2009 and plan to apply for post-completion
Optional Practical Training (OPT) are
reminded that they must submit their application
paperwork to the SCIS, and then send the processed documents to U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) so that it is received at the
USCIS no later than 60 days after their degree conferral date, which this
year is May 6, 2009.
F-1 students who have not yet begun the practical training
application process are urged to do so soon so that you will have the best possible
opportunity to obtain your employment authorization card in a timely manner.
Currently, it is taking the USCIS
Vermont Service
Center approximately 12
weeks to
process OPT employment authorization applications.
Employment cannot begin until you have the card "in your hands."
Also, a student in F-1 or J-1 status cannot
be employed away from the Syracuse
University campus
unless they have
obtained appropriate federal authorization to do so
before employment can begin. This includes internships, research and
volunteer work.
March 21st: Iranian New Year
Nowrūz the traditional Iranian New
Year holiday celebrated by Iranian people and initiated in Ancient
Iran. Nowrūz marks the first day of spring and
the beginning of the Iranian year. It is celebrated on the day of the start
of spring in the northern hemisphere, which usually occurs on March 21 or the
previous/following day depending on where it is observed. Haft Sīn or the seven 'S's is a major tradition
of Nowrūz. Persians (Iranians and Tajiks) and other groups (Kurds, Azerbaijanis, Balochs and various Turkic nations) start preparing for
the Nowrūz with a major spring-cleaning of
their houses, the purchase of new clothes to wear for the new year and the
purchase of flowers (in particular the hyacinth and the tulip are popular and
conspicuous). To learn more about the history of Iranian New Year please
visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz
FREE BUS SERVICE FROM NOB HILL TO SU
Starting March 30th!!
There will be BLUE and WHITE buses providing FREE service from Nob Hill Apartments to Syracuse
University. This
service positivey affects folks living in
Nob Hill,
Newberry Apts, Clarendon Heights,
Hidden Valley, etc.
THESE ARE NOT CENTRO BUSES.
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
This is a trial
run. If not enough students ride these
buses they will not be available
next semester.
"Who’s the Other?",
An evening with Jennifer Miller
When: Thursday, April 2, 7 PM
Where: Watson Theatre,
Syracuse University campus (corner of Waverly and Comstock Ave.)
including live performance (juggling, straightjacket escape and more!), a
film screening ("Juggling Politics," a Brazilian documentary about
the New York political circus company Circus Amok) and Q&A with Jennifer
Miller, known as the ‘bearded woman’ and founder of Circus Amok.
The event is free and open to the public. Brought to you by
Beyond Compliance (BCCC) http://bccc.syr.edu
For any inquiries or requests for accommodations contact Liat at lbenmosh@maxwell.syr.edu
or Danielle at 315-436-7471.
Ce n t r a l E u r o p e a n U n i v e r s i t y
C e n t e r f o r H e l l e n i c T r a d i t i o n s
HELLENIC STUDIES
GRADUATE STUDENT DAY
Budapest, June 5 & 6 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract Deadline: April 10, 2009
We are happy to invite you to our first Hellenic
Studies Graduate
Student Day, organized under the auspices of the
CEU Center for Hellenic Traditions. The theme of this year’s meeting will be:
Bridges and Boundaries: Revisiting the Byzantine
Inheritance.
We intend to investigate a wide range of aspects
regarding the
transmission and transformation of Hellenic
traditions in the
Greek-speaking world and beyond. Special attention
will be offered to the circulation of ideas as well as the continuous
exchange of cultural and material practices with the neighboring regions. For
this reason, a wide chronological span is envisaged, from the Late Antiquity
until the immediate period after the Fall of Constantinople.
We invite speakers to submit papers in all areas of
Late-Antiquity and Byzantine studies.
Keynote speakers will be Dr. Ruth Macrides (University
of Birmingham) and Dr. Petre Guran (South-Eastern
European Research Institute of the Romanian
Academy).
Presentations will be fifteen to twenty minutes in
length. Travel
grants and accommodation in Budapest are offered. Abstracts of around
300 words should be sent by email to Cristian-Nicolae
Daniel
(cht@ceu.hu) and Florin Leonte
(mphlef01@phd.ceu.hu) members of the
Organizing Committee.
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Upcoming Fun Events:
1. Friday, March 20,
2009
UU
Cinemas Film: "Milk” (Movie / Films)
Location: Gifford Auditorium
Price: free
Contact: university union cinemas
(uucinemas@gmail.com)
Time: 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
2. Saturday, March
21, 2009
Lights Camera FASHION, 7:00pm to10:00pm
Location: Goldstein auditorium, schine
student center
Price: $8 Get your tickets at the Schine
Box Office with SU ID.
Sponsoring department/organization: Fashions
Conscience, Lamba Sigma Upsilon, The Stich Society
Contact:Rafael Balbi (rbalbi@syr.edu)
3. Monday, March 23,
2009
Rodney Ramcharan (Speakers), 4:00 pm
Location: 341 Eggers Hall
"Landed Interests and Financial Underdevelopment in the United States.". Paper is coauthored with Raghuram
G. Rajan, Gleacher
Distinguished Professor at the University
of Chicago's Booth
School of Business and Former Chief Economist at the
International Monetary Fund.
Sponsoring department/organization: Moynihan Institute of Global
Affairs
Contact: Nellie Jones (315 443 9248)
Email: nvjones@maxwell.syr.edu
4. Tuesday, March 24,
2009
National
Orange Day, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Celebrate and Make a Difference this National Orange
Day - SU's 139th Birthday.
Location: Schine
Student Center
Sponsoring department/organization: Alumni relations and the national orange
planning committee (http://alumni.syr.edu/)
Contact: Cristina Swift (cswift@syr.edu)
Phone: 443-3516
5. Cinefest
Film Festival
Dates: 03/19/2009, 03/20/2009, 03/21/2009,
03/22/2009
Location: Holiday Inn at Electronics Parkway 441 Electronics Parkway in Liverpool, NY
13088
Time: 9:00 am – 11:00 pm
Cost: $25 per day or $70 for all four days
Tel :( 315) 468-6147
Email: gorlando@twcny.rr.com
6. Wednesday, March 25, 2009
26th Annual MLK Memorial Public Affairs Lecture (Speakers)
@ 7:00 pm
Syracuse University's 26th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Public
Affairs Lecture will feature Deborah McDowell, director of the Carter G.
Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies at the University
of Virginia. McDowell will present "The Fierce Urgency of Now: Martin
Luther King in His Time and Ours."
Location: Maxwell Auditorium /Tel: 443- 9344
7. 'Diet Diva' Keri Gans to speak at SU
March 24
The Nutrition Education and Promotion Association (NEPA), a student
organization in the College of Human Ecology's
Department of Nutrition Science and Dietetics, is bringing Keri Gans, a practicing dietitian in New York City, to
Syracuse University. Her presentation- Tuesday, March 24, at 6 p.m. in Grant
Auditorium-is free and open to the public. For more information,
contact mlrourke@syr.edu or NEPA's president,
Brittany Chin, at blchin@syr.edu.
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Quotes of the Week:
"Be
around people who can keep your energy and inspiration
high. While you can make progress alone, it's so
much easier when you have support."by Dr. Joe Vitale
"Whatever
we plant in our subconscious mind and
nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become
a reality."by Earl Nightingale
"It
is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. "by Harry S Truman
"Gratitude is the most exquisite form of
courtesy." by Jacques
Maritain
Note:
If you would like to submit a request to publish
your news or events in our SCISNEWS letter. Please contact Daniela
Baban Hurrle at dbabanhu@syr.edu
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