Announcements

INSURANCE

ALL Students are required to obtain valid health insurance during their entire stay.  Bring proof of your current insurance to Beth Loar in the Annex.

IMMIGRATION UPDATE
If you are an F-1 visa holder, you must report your new address to your immigration advisor. Students must update addresses with either Diana or Beth in the Annex.

VT E-MAIL  ACCOUNT and PID

Every student to the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute will need to set up an e-mail account. This e-mail account will be used to send you important notices and bills. You will use this account as long as you are a Virginia Tech student. The e-mail username you choose is also called a PID, or "Personal IDentifier." With your PID and an associated password, you can access online Virginia Tech services. You will create your PID from the Generate PID page at https://webapps.es.vt.edu/pidgen/start.html. Your student identification number (printed on your student identification card) will be needed to set up your account.  STUDENTS SHOULD CHECK VT EMAIL REGULARLY.


NO CLASSES on Monday, May 28^th.

Last Day to drop classes is Tuesday, May 29^th.
 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

VTLCI publishes important notices for all students on its website in several locations. Students are strongly encouraged to subscribe to these services to make sure they receive important announcements and news. Signing up is as easy as entering your e-mail address on each site:

Campus Alerts
VT Alerts is Virginia Tech's Emergency Notification System. In a campus emergency, Virginia Tech will use several information delivery methods to reach students because, at any given time, one form of communications might be better to reach you than another. VT Alerts is one of the delivery means, and will send messages to cell phones, telephone numbers and e-mail accounts. Students are strongly encouraged to register for VT Alerts on the VT website at http://www.alerts.vt.edu/.

Notices: http://vtlci-notices.blogspot.com/

Weather Alerts (Blacksburg): http://vtlci-weather.blogspot.com/

VTLCI News: http://vtlci-bb.blogspot.com/

Join us on FaceBook: “Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute” (student group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/193592580721/
 
NO CLASSES on Monday, May 28^th.

Last Day to drop classes is Tuesday, May 29^th.

Events

Every Wednesday from 2pm – 7pm

Every Saturday from 8am – 2pm
Blacksburg Farmers Market: offering local foods, crafts, flowers, music.
100 Draper Road NW Blacksburg Va

Friday, June 8^th

Friday Night Out Concert: Monte Gill and The Collective
6pm – 7pm on Henderson Lawn (in case of rain: Old Dominion Ballroom, Squires)
Free!

Friday, June 8^th

Movie on the Lawn: The Muppets
8:30pm on the lawn of the Alexander Black House
Free!

Saturday, June 9^th

Summer Arts Festival presents: Andy Offutt Irwin, Storyteller
Amphitheatre behind Theatre 101 (in case of rain: Studio Theatre in Squires)
Children’s show at 2pm & Family show at 5pm
Free!

LCI Announcements and Events

Announcements

INSURANCE
ALL Students are required to obtain valid health insurance during their entire stay.  Bring proof of your current insurance to Beth Loar in the Annex.

Authorization for Leave

If you are not returning to LCI next term, Summer 1, please see Beth Loar who is located in the Annex for authorization regarding Transfer to another school or Vacation.  You must give notice if you will not return.

IMMIGRATION UPDATE
If you are an F-1 visa holder, you must report your new address to your immigration advisor. Students must update addresses with either Diana or Beth in the Annex.

ANNUAL VACATION

Any student wishing to take Spring 1 as a vacation must seek approval.  To be eligible, you must have attended classes without interruption at the LCI since Fall 1, 2011, enroll in classes for Summer II, and be in good academic standing.  Turn in the completed pink “Leave/Departure Request” form to the Beth Loar in the Annex.
 

TRAVEL SIGNATURE
If you are planning to travel out of the United States during break, and you hold an F visa, you should obtain a travel signature.  You must have a DSO (immigration advisor) sign your I-20 so that you will be admitted to the US upon your return.  Please see bring your I-20 to Beth in the Annex for a travel signature.

PID
All Students should report their PIDs to Michelle Hash in the Main Office. All students are now required to have a Virginia Tech e-mail account. This account can be set up after you report to the school, when you will obtain your student ID number. For more information, go to: https://webapps.es.vt.edu/pidgen/start.html

TOEFL
Registration is now open for the TOEFL ITP (PBT). Please choose a date and time you would like to take the exam and register. Remember to choose carefully, as there are only a certain number of seats available and registration will close on Sunday, April 29th.   All students currently enrolled for Spring II are eligible to take the TOEFL ITP. Please remember to write down your time when you register.   Please click on the link of the date and time you would like to register. You will then be re-directed to the payment site.

May 4, 2PM: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZZT5823

May 5, 9AM: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PNF2NN8

May 5, 2PM: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PFGSZB2

Please pay immediately at this site: https://www.lci.vt.edu/elp/Pay/InstitutionalTOEFL/
All sponsored students are required to pay for the exam. The exam will no longer be billed to your sponsoring institution.

On the day of the test, remember to arrive 15 minutes early with your Hokie Passport. The ITP will be scored at the institute and the unofficial scores will be placed in the Annex and outside the main office under each student's Hokie Passport ID number the Monday following the test.

VT E-MAIL  ACCOUNT

Every student to the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute will need to set up an e-mail account. This e-mail account will be used to send you important notices and bills. You will use this account as long as you are a Virginia Tech student. The e-mail username you choose is also called a PID, or "Personal IDentifier." With your PID and an associated password, you can access online Virginia Tech services. You will create your PID from the Generate PID page at https://webapps.es.vt.edu/pidgen/start.html. Your student identification number (printed on your student identification card) will be needed to set up your account.  STUDENTS SHOULD CHECK VT EMAIL REGULARLY.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

VTLCI publishes important notices for all students on its website in several locations. Students are strongly encouraged to subscribe to these services to make sure they receive important announcements and news. Signing up is as easy as entering your e-mail address on each site:

Campus Alerts
VT Alerts is Virginia Tech's Emergency Notification System. In a campus emergency, Virginia Tech will use several information delivery methods to reach students because, at any given time, one form of communications might be better to reach you than another. VT Alerts is one of the delivery means, and will send messages to cell phones, telephone numbers and e-mail accounts. Students are strongly encouraged to register for VT Alerts on the VT website at http://www.alerts.vt.edu/.

Notices: http://vtlci-notices.blogspot.com/
Weather Alerts (Blacksburg): http://vtlci-weather.blogspot.com/
VTLCI News: http://vtlci-bb.blogspot.com/

Join us on FaceBook: “Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute” (student group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/193592580721/

Events

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Spring BBQ at the Duck Pond @ 12pm
Bring $5

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Hokies Baseball vs V.M.I. @ 5:20pm
At English Field – Free to enter

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Ballroom Dance Lessons
At the GLC Multipurpose Room @ 7:15pm
Free to Everyone!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Last day of classes: All students are expected to report through the final day of classes.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Last day of Spring 2 term:
Graduation Party will be held from 2:00pm-4:00pm at the Holiday Inn.
 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

First day of Summer 1 term

LCI Announcements and Upcoming Events

Announcements
 

Welcome Students

Welcome back to all the returning students, we hope you enjoyed your break.  We would also like to extend a warm welcome to all the new students that arrived for the Spring 2 term.

 

TUITION PAYMENTS

Tuition Payments for self-pay students is due April 2nd.  You will receive your bill in class on March 26^th. Bills are paid at the university Bursar's Office in the Student Services Building or online at: https://www.lci.vt.edu/elp/Students/  with credit card only (not a debit card).  Students who do not pay on time will be removed from class until their bills are settled, so it is important that you pay your bill as soon as you receive it.

INSURANCE and MEDICAL DOCUMENTS

ALL Students are required to obtain valid health insurance during their entire stay.  Bring proof of your current insurance to Beth Loar in the Annex.

IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION

All F and B visa holders must complete this form for tax purposes: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8843.pdf a hard copy is located in the Annex.  Feel free to ask Robert McGinnis at the Annex for assistance.   The deadline is April 15.

 
Complete the form and mail to:
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Austin, TX  73301
 

IMMIGRATION UPDATE

If you are an F-1 visa holder, you must report your new address to your immigration advisor. Students must update addresses with either Diana or Beth in the Annex.

 

VT E-MAIL  ACCOUNT

Every student to the Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute will need to set up an e-mail account. This e-mail account will be used to send you important notices and bills. You will use this account as long as you are a Virginia Tech student. The e-mail username you choose is also called a PID, or "Personal IDentifier." With your PID and an associated password, you can access online Virginia Tech services. You will create your PID from the Generate PID page at https://webapps.es.vt.edu/pidgen/start.html. Your student identification number (printed on your student identification card) will be needed to set up your account.  STUDENTS SHOULD CHECK VT EMAIL REGULARLY.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

VTLCI publishes important notices for all students on its website in several locations. Students are strongly encouraged to subscribe to these services to make sure they receive important announcements and news. Signing up is as easy as entering your e-mail address on each site:

Campus Alerts

VT Alerts is Virginia Tech's Emergency Notification System. In a campus emergency, Virginia Tech will use several information delivery methods to reach students because, at any given time, one form of communications might be better to reach you than another. VT Alerts is one of the delivery means, and will send messages to cell phones, telephone numbers and e-mail accounts. Students are strongly encouraged to register for VT Alerts on the VT website at http://www.alerts.vt.edu/.

Notices: http://vtlci-notices.blogspot.com/

Weather Alerts (Blacksburg): http://vtlci-weather.blogspot.com/

VTLCI News: http://vtlci-bb.blogspot.com/

Join us on FaceBook: “Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute” (student group)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/193592580721/

Events

Monday, March 19^th

Study Skills Clinic
217 McComas Hall from 2pm – 4pm
Free to attend

Wednesday, March 21^st

Soccer on Drillfield
Meet at Drillfield at 5pm
Bring your friends to play!

Thursday, March 22^nd

Reducing Test Anxiety
217 McComas Hall at 2pm
Free to attend

Saturday, March 24th

LCI Spring BBQ at Duck Pond
Meet at the Duck Pond at 11am
Cost: $5
 
Saturday, March 24th
College Fair
Graduate Life Center 10am – 2pm
Free information from over 2 dozen colleges

Tuesday, March 27^th

Volleyball on Campus
Meet at War Memorial Hall at 5pm
Bring your friends to play!

Wednesday, March 28^th

Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Doors open at 7pm
Tickets available online or at Squires Student Center

Saturday, March 31^st

International Street Fair 2012
On College Avenue in Blacksburg, 11am – 4pm
Join the LCI’s booth with something representing your Country!

Photo Contest

Please submit a photo! Phi Beta Delta is sponsoring an "International Hokies" prize ($100) for a photo representing US culture from an international student perspective. The deadline is March 1. For more information, eligibility, and entry guidelines, please go here: https://www.educationabroad.vt.edu/_customtags/ct_FileRetrieve.cfm?File_ID=010172724F000077020D0105751F70750F0D1B7A000F086B7A097507700607777574750070770105