Byrne replaces Cynthia Threlkeld, who has accepted an advanced Peace Corps placement working with small business development in Costa Rica. The Papua New Guinea Higher Education Project announces two-year visiting faculty positions at the University of Papua New Guinea and the University of Technology. Positions will be available in the priority areas of education, business, engineering, agriculture, science, and environment. Faculty with a general interest in the priority disciplines are encouraged to contact the Minnesota project office. The shut-down of the U.S. Government in December and January was an unusual but impressive reminder of travel hazards for international travelers.
Efforts are in the works to provide tuition refunds for students forced to forego winter classes.
ISSS staff members routinely urge scholars and students to renew their visas as a first order of business when they leave the United States temporarily. The staff of International Student and Scholar Services International Student Financial Aid Program will present annual information sessions during winter quarter. Dates and times are listed below. International students in need of funding must attend one of the sessions to get an application and guidelines on how to complete it correctly. The application will be explained page by page.