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IELI WEEKLY MEMOIELI WEEKLY MEMOUniversity of North Texas Intensive English Language Instute

Fall 1 2013 Week I: August 26 - September 1

Introducon to American Football - Thursday, August 29, 12:00 - 1:00 PM in SYMR 203. Learn

about how the game of American Football is played! There will be drinks and snacks provided.

Dont forget to aend the rst Home UNT Football Game Saturday Aug. 31, 6:00 PM at Apogee

Stadium.

IELI Welcome Party - Friday, August 30, 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM at the Union Ground Breaking

Ceremony located at the Library Mall. Celebrate the beginning of a new term at IELI!

Bring your IDs for the free picnic. This is a huge historical event for UNT. The President will speak

and there will be many things to do.

Lunch and Learn: UNT Student Organizaons - Thursday, September 5, 12:00 - 1:00 PM in SYMR

260. Learn about dierent organizaons on campus, all while eang lunch! This is a really cool new

event IELI has created to make sure YOU, the students, can be beer connected at UNT. Make sure

to bring your own lunch!

IELI Kickball Tournament - Friday, September 6, 5:30 - 7:30 PM, at North Lakes Park. Kickball is a combinaon of soccer

and baseball. All American students play kickball during recess or free me in school especially when they are young. It is

an American tradion. The rules are easy, you do NOT need to be athlec to play, and this game will be too much fun to

miss out on. It will be IELIs compeon of the year! Compete against IELI sta and your friends and fellow students. Sign

up in Ambers oce (SYMR 202) by Friday, September 6, if you would like to play.

Class Schedule forFriday, August 30,

ONLY

A: 8:10 9:45am

B: 10:05 11:40am

Welcome Party

D: 1:20 2:55pm

E: 3:15 4:50pm

If you move, you must report your change of

address to the IELI Main Oce (SYMR 204)

within 10 days of the move. If you are a new

student and you didnt know your permanent

address when you lled out your registraon

forms, please go to the IELI Main Oce and ll

out an Address Maintenance form with your new address.

All Level 6 students

should stop by

Josh Bollmans oce(SYMR 202) during Week 1. If you are taking a

UNT class, bring a copy of your EIS schedule.

Aenon students in Levels 4-6: Have you applied to UNT? If

so, you should aend one of these meengs.

Going to UNT Meeng

(Undergraduate or 2nd

Bachelors) - Tuesday, Sept. 3,

12:10-

1:00 pm in SYMR 203. Going to UNT Meeng (Graduate)

- Wednesday, Sept. 4 , 12:10 -

1:00 pm in SYMR 203.

If you have not made your tuion payment

yet or have not signed up for the payment

plan, you need to pay your tuion

IMMEDIATELY, or you will be pulled from

your classes. You can pay online with a

credit card, or you can pay with cash or

check at Student Accounng, ESSC 105. If

you want to sign up for a Payment Plan,

please go to Alissa (SYMR 205) to sign up.

Be famous at IELI!

Each week, Amber,

Kae, and Hamza will make a Weekly Update video of

important events and announcements. If you would like

to star in one of the videos, please stop by SYMR 202 and

talk to Amber, Kae, or Hamza. This is a great way to

pracce your English!

Never be bored again! Check out the new online calendar at:

hp://ieli.unt.edu/term-acvity-calendar. The calendar includes IELI events, UNT events, and even

events in Denton and the surrounding areas! Check it out to nd out what is happening TODAY!

There will be no classon Monday, Sept. 2.

UNT will be closed forthe Labor Day holiday.

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Lab Orientaon for new level 4, 5, and 6 students will

be held on: Friday, August 30. Your teachers will hand

out passes with your scheduled me. Lab Orientaon

is required!If you forgot your EUID and password, the

IELI Lab can help you nd that informaon. You need your this

informaon to access Blackboard.

Interested in an opportunity for internaonal women to

meet American women, pracce English, build friendships,

and share experiences? Then Ladies Group is for you!

It will take place at a local volunteers home bi-weekly on

Wednesdays beginning August 28 from 5:15 - 7:30 PM.

It is open for women students ofevery level.

Feel free to bring your children. Snacks will be provided.

Transportaon is provided if

needed!

We will all meet by the EagleStatue outside of SYMR at 5:15.

See Amber or Kae in SYMR 202

for more informaon or if you have any quesons.

UNT is a smoke-free campus. No one will be

allowed to smoke on campus, including in buildings,on the sidewalk, and in the parking lots. You are

allowed to smoke across the street ofUNTs campus or

in your closed car on campus. This means you cannotsmoke outside of SYMR or MARQ between classes. If

you have quesons, come see Amber in SYMR 202.

Are you a Communicaon Level 3 - 6 student? Would you like to make a new friend and pracce English outside of class?

If so, you should sign up for a conversaon partner.

Conversaon partner sign-ups: Monday, August 26, to Friday, September 6.

To sign up, go to ieli.unt.edu and click on the Conversaon Partner Student Form.

The last day to sign up for a conversaon partner is Friday, Sept. 6. You cannot sign up aer this date.

If you sign up for a conversaon partner, you must aend the Conversaon Partner Party on Thursday, September 12, at 5:00 PM

in SYMR 203. You will meet your conversaon group leader at the party and decide when you will have your weekly meengs.

Dinner will be provided.

Students in Levels 0 - 2 will have an opportunity to pracce their English during Conversaon Hour. It will be held every Monday

starng September 9 from 5:00-

6:00 PM in SYMR 260.

Who are Conversaon Partners?

They are English speakers who will meetwith you for 1 hour each week.

They want to help you improve yourspeaking skills.

They want to make a new friend. They are not a tutor.

If you sign up for a Conversaon Partner, you must:

Be in Communicaon Level 3 - 6 Aend your group meengs every week

Return your group leaders phone calls and e -mails Parcipate in your meengs and contribute to

conversaon Speak English Have fun!

Lab and ASC Classes and Extra Pracce: You must aend

your Lab or ASC class regularly. Your Lab or ASC class is 2%

of your total CM grade.You will be given a grade on a scale

of 0-100 based on class assignments. If you have more than

3 absences in Lab or ASC, you will receive a grade of zero

for the whole lab class. This means that if you

have a 70 in your Communicaon class and you

missed your Lab or ASC class more than 3 mes,

your grade will go down from a 70 to a 68.

The rst week of school, UNT oers TONS of acvies to welcomestudents in the Fall. Here are a few you shouldnt miss!

Mean Green Fling - Tuesday, Aug. 27, 5:00 - 8:00 PM

at Apogee Stadium. This welcome-back event

features free food, giveaways, live entertainment,

and other fun acvies. Over 160 student

organizaons, campus departments (including IELI), and

community businesses will be on hand to distribute informaon

about involvement.

Rec Extravaganza - Wednesday, Aug. 28, 6:30 - 9:00

PM . Come to the Pohl Recreaon Center for food,

drinks, music and fun! FREE Pizza, FREE drinks, LIVE

music, FREE T-shirts, Rec Center tours, FREE

giveaways and MORE!

Target Aer-Hours Shopping Event - Wednesday,

Aug. 28, 10:30 PM - 12:30 AM at the Super Target

on Loop 288. Dont miss the 3rd annual shopping

event that is only open aer-hours to UNT

students. Target has everything essenal for a

great start to college: Music, Refreshments, Shopping, FREE

giveaways, and great prizes. Shules will run every 20 minutes

from Kerr, Clark, West, Bruce, and Victory Hall.

Mean Green Foam Party - Friday, Aug. 30, 7:00 - 10:00 PM,

at the Hill at Apogee Stadium. Come out for a fun-lled

night of foam and football fesvies! It's the ulmate back

to school pep rally!