U.S. education career orientation seminar
Around 5,000 new international students, including Vietnamese students, will receive assistance when first arriving in Melbourne until February 26.
On landing at Tullamarine International Airport in the Australian city, overseas students can visit the welcome desk and receive an information kit.
“There are 30,000 international students either studying or living in Melbourne, and we want to support them as they embark on their Melbourne education and ensure they enjoy their time while they’re here,” Robert Doyle, Melbourne’s Lord Mayor said.
Vietnamese student, Bui Hoang Trung, who is doing a Bachelor of Computing at Swinburne University said, “Arriving in a new city as a new student can be tough… The welcome desk at the airport is designed to put new students and their parents at ease.”
The info kit was the brainchild of Swinburne University of Technology and the Victorian State government. About 100 volunteers, including Swinburne teachers and international students, help out with the program to assist international students to get to know their new city. Many of the volunteers are multilingual and there are pamphlets printed in different languages.
The Student Welcome Desk has been operating at the Australia-based airport since 2009 during the two major arrival periods of international students in February and July. This month, the desk will hand out 13,000 welcome kits.
According to Australian Education International (AEI), the international arm of the Australian Government Department of Education, over 24,000 Vietnamese students have studied in Australia so far.
*The U.S. Consulate General will hold the U.S. Education and Career Orientation Seminar at Rex Hotel, 141 Nguyen Hue Boulevard, HCMC’s District 1 on Monday Feb. 28.
The orientation is designed to guide Vietnamese students through the decision making process of studying in the U.S. The event include informing students about job demand trends in Vietnam, equipping students with the tools to choose the right U.S. schools that meet their individual needs, empowering students to ask key questions when making this decision, assisting students with the application process, educating the public about accreditation and the concept of due diligence, and informing students about the student visa application process.
The free event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5p.m. and includes the sessions How to Use the Internet to Search for the Right School and Accreditation; Vietnam Workforce: Projected Career Trends in Vietnam; Application Process; Student Visa and SEVIS; and Student’s Life in the U.S.
