{"id":11319,"date":"2015-08-15T13:42:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T13:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/?p=11319"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:18:31","slug":"getting-to-know-spc-new-international-student-orientation-at-clearwater-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/getting-to-know-spc-new-international-student-orientation-at-clearwater-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Know SPC: New International Student Orientation at Clearwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every semester, International Programs welcomes new international students to start their journey at SPC. On Thursday, August 13, Clearwater campus had its international student orientation for the Fall term at which 12 students from 10 countries received information that will be vital to their success at SPC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/02\/3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11320 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/02\/3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/02\/3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/02\/3.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Angela Cole, the International Student Representative of the campus, discussed the FACTS (<strong>F<\/strong>ull time, <strong>A<\/strong>uthorized work, <strong>C<\/strong>arry documents, <strong>T<\/strong>ransition, <strong>S<\/strong>tay in touch) each student must know in order to ensure their academic success and to keep their immigration status. The students also learned how to register for classes, how to purchase health insurance, and how to join on-campus clubs and organizations. Sane Haidara, a current international student at SPC, participated in the orientation as a guest speaker emphasizing the important of insurance for international students.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/02\/4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11322\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11322 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/02\/4-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/02\/4-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2016\/02\/4.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Motivated by games and prizes, the students tested their knowledge about maintaining a good status as an international student. After lunch, International Programs staff took the students on a campus tour, familiarizing them with what classes and facilities each building offers.\u00a0 At the end of the day-long orientation, our new international students felt comfortable and confident about the upcoming semester. We wish them the best of luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every semester, International Programs welcomes new international students to start their journey at SPC. On Thursday, August 13, Clearwater campus had its international student orientation for the Fall term at which 12 students from 10 countries received information that will be vital to their success at SPC. Angela Cole, the International Student Representative of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/getting-to-know-spc-new-international-student-orientation-at-clearwater-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Getting to Know SPC: New International Student Orientation at Clearwater<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":614,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11319"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13113,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11319\/revisions\/13113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}