International Engagement Newsletter
Weekly Update
ADDRESS CHANGE?
If you have moved or will be moving in the near future to a new address in the United States, please email that address to pwoodardgeorge@uca.edu or shabtemariam@uca.edu. If it is an apartment, please include the apartment number. You must also update your information in your My UCA. REMEMBER THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF YOUR F-1 OR J-1 VISA!
INSURANCE
Everyone has coverage until May 31st either on their own policy or through Lewermark. We will be sending out emails this week to enroll students for the summer. IT IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED THAT STUDENTS MAINTAIN SOME SORT OF INSURANCE COVERAGE THIS SUMMER!
Apartment Move-In Kits
Kits with basic kitchen supplies were donated by local community organizations. If you and your roommate recently moved from a dorm room to an apartment for the first time, please let Pamela Woodard George know by emailing her at pwoodardgeorge@uca.edu.
COVID-19 Impact Survey
Please take this survey as you reflect on this past semester.
TRAVEL SIGNATURES
If your I-20 does not have a travel signature and you are returning home, please complete the "Request for Travel Signature" Google Form found here. Staff will be monitoring responses to this form and will be contacting you with further instructions. Before you return to campus, we will send you a pdf of a new signed I-20 and a letter that will allow you to enter the country upon your return to the U.S.
CDC Guidelines on Coronavirus Prevention
This site is available in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Just click the button and it will take you to the website.
MAKE YOUR MARK SCHOLARSHIP
Due to the Corona virus, Lewermark has extended the deadline for this scholarship until June 1st. Find out more information here.
ARKANSAS FUN FACTS!
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, Democratic Senator for the state of Arkansas
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, born in Bakerville, Tennessee, was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
Read the featured biography here!
Source: www.senate.gov