SFU International Services for Students

SFU Residence & Housing is hiring Community Advisors in Graduate & Family Housing (Louis Riel Residence & Hamilton Hall).

This is a one year contract position that will begin in August 2011. The rate of pay is $3000 per semester.

Preference will be given to graduate students for these positions as Hamilton Hall and Louis Riel are primarily graduate student buildings. To be eligible, you must be a full-time student throughout the duration of employment and be in good standing with your graduate/professional program.

For more details on the duties required and to apply online,  login to MyInvolvement with your SFU computing ID, and look for Job ID 339 – Community Advisor Vacancies for Fall 2011.

The deadline to apply is 9 am on Monday July 25th.

Impossible2possible (i2P) is an educational non-profit organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and empowering our global community to make a positive impact around the world.  To this end, i2P creates and hosts adventurous youth based expeditions coupled with i2P Experiential Learning Programs that motivate and prepare young people to protect the earth and its people.

SFU is part of the team that is developing the educational modules and will be facilitating the expedition about World Health this fall to India.  As part of SFU’s involvement, i2P is creating a promotional video to encourage the participation of high school students globally.  We are looking for undergraduate international students between ages 18-20 attending SFU who lived abroad at age 14 to volunteer to be interviewed for the video.  The interview should only take about 10 minutes.  Questions will include some of the following:

At the age of 14…
…Did you view yourself as being healthy?
…Did you ever have a serious illness?
…What did you do for health and wellness?
…Describe your house and a typical day of meals  (price, costs, amenities, etc.)
…What medical/health supplies did you use/have available in your house?

Interviewees will be asked to answer the questions from their own perspective, as well as thinking more broadly to the perspectives of their family, community, and country.  It is through this promotional video that we hope to introduce the concept of World Health to the students and get them thinking about some of the broader issues.

Potential interviewees who are interested in volunteering for the project are welcome to email kbb@sfu.ca for additional information.

For more information about this and other i2P projects, go to http://impossible2possible.com/about

Do you have tips and advice to share with new SFU grad students? Do you want to build your connections with fellow SFU grad students?  Are you conducting research abroad and looking for a host national to offer advice?

Help us build a strong & lively international community at SFU. For instructions on how to participate, please see: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/internationalcurrent/ (Open to all SFU graduate students) 

Effective Fall 2011, changes have been made to the U-PASS including modifications to the eligibility and exemption requirements for the U-Pass BC program

As a current/returning student, the new U-Pass BC dispensing machines will require that you get your student card updated with a magnetic strip. These magnetic strips can be added during office hours at the three SFU campuses, beginning August 25th.

To avoid lineups in September; ensure that you get this done as soon as you are able to.

More Information? Visit; SFU U-PASS