CONTENTS: INSURANCE CARD ISSUANCE OPT WORKSHOPS IRS SCAM PHONE CALLS

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1 CONTENTS: Insurance Cards Food Trucks Turkish Festival Spirit Walk Int l Olympics OPT Workshops Live on the Plaza OKC Septemberfest OSU Football ilead IRS Scam Cricket TourneyOSU Art Museum Horse Show OKC Art Museum INSURANCE CARD ISSUANCE As of September 8 th international students should have begun receiving s from AHP (Academic Health Plans) giving instructions on where to print/download health insurance cards. If you have not received an from AHP, you can also get on line at and create an account to access the insurance card from their web-site. OPT WORKSHOPS It s time again for OPT! The ISS Office will be holding a series of OPT workshops during the Fall semester. If you are graduating this December and are planning to apply for OPT, you are strongly encourage to attend these helpful workshops. When Where Time Sept Classroom Building 5:30pm 7:30pm TODAY! Sept Classroom Building 5:30pm 7:30pm Oct Classroom Building 5:30pm 7:30pm Oct Classroom Building 5:30pm 7:30pm Nov Classroom Building 5:30pm 7:30pm Nov Classroom Building 5:30pm 7:30pm When you re ready to apply, visit the ISS Office to meet with an advisor. As always, you can contact us any time with questions su-iss@okstate.edu or IRS SCAM PHONE CALLS Our office has received reports of a scam phone call. The caller identifies themselves as a law enforcement officer and states that the IRS has file a case against you, and the law enforcement agency

2 has issued a warrant for arrest. THIS IS A SCAM! Do not believe what this person tells you. If the IRS has filed any case against you or has any communication with you, you will receive a paper letter in the mail stating the details. Do not give out your personal information! This from a student describes the phone call: Today morning i have received a phone call form an unknown number representing themselves as sheriff from Des Moines stating that IRS has filed a case against me so they have issued an arrest warrant from the Des Moines, Iowa, When i try to gather details about the warrant. the call got disconnected. Stay alert! If you receive a call like this, do not give out your personal information just hang up! FRIDAYS, FOOD TRUCKS & TUNES When: Friday, September 11 from 6:00pm 10:00pm Where: Downtown Stillwater (7 th and Husband St.) Head out to downtown Stillwater for Fridays, Food Trucks & Tunes. Enjoy foods from local food trucks, listen to great live music, and catch a fun movie! Tonight, wear orange and come out for the OSU football pre-game pep rally! Check out the Downtown Stillwater website for details.

3 LIVE ON THE PLAZA OKC When: Friday, September 11 from 7:00pm 11:00pm Where: Plaza District (map) Address: N.W. 16th St between N. Blackwelder Ave and N. Pennsylvania Ave., OKC LIVE on the Plaza is the Plaza District's second Friday artwalk. Each second Friday, Plaza District businesses stay open late with featured artists, live music, special events, local shopping and much more! Parking is available on the street, in Lyric Theatre's lots in the center of the district, and just west of 16th & Indiana. Additional parking can be made in the surrounding neighborhoods. Visit for more information.

4 SRI LANKAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION CRICKET TOURNAMENT When: Saturday and Sunday, September Where: Cowboy Cricket Field Address: North Garfield St. (map) Join the Sri Lankan Students Association (SLSA) for their 8 th Annual Six-a-Side Cricket Tournament! Come cheer for your favorite team and support the SLSA! Games start at 9:00am on Saturday and the closing ceremony is on Sunday after the final matches. For more information, visit slsa.okstate.edu.

5 TURKISH FESTIVAL When: Saturday, September 12, from 10:00am 7:00pm Where: Myriad Botanical Gardens Address: 301 W. Reno Ave., Oklahoma City, (map) Address: FREE!!

6 The Raindrop Foundation is proud to announce the 6 th Annual Turkish Festival, which will take place at Raindrop Foundation in Oklahoma City on Saturday September 12, This event is a great opportunity to provide our community with an insight to the Turkish Culture through cultural entertainment and educational information. Last year, the festival hosted 2,500 people and this year is expected to surpass that number. The Raindrop Foundation would like to invite you, your family and friends to this year s Turkish Festival to experience an event with such rich entertainment and activities. We believe that in order to contribute to the mutually enriching relationship among Turkish Americans and their friends, between the people of the United States of America and the Republic of Turkey, Raindrop Foundation will continue to organize and support cultural activities such as this Turkish Festival. For more information, contact the Raindrop Foundation OKC at or visit

7 SEPTEMBERFEST When: Saturday, September 12 from 10:00am 4:00pm Where: Governor s Mansion Address: 820 N.E. 23 rd St., Oklahoma City, Admission: FREE!! Join the Oklahoma History Center and the Governor's Mansion for the 19th Annual Septemberfest. Admission to all of the activities and the museum are free for the entire day. Along the Red River Journey, visitors will enjoy interaction with living historians representing WWII, cowboys, land run participants, nineteenth century American Indians, antebellum musicians, the Civil War, and more! We will bring the past to life with learning stations, hands-on activities, demonstrations and more. The adventure continues inside the History Center with live performances, storytelling, and unique exhibits about Oklahoma. Come early, stay late, and celebrate Oklahoma at Septemberfest. For more information, contact education@okhistory.org or call OSU ART MUSEUM FAMILY DAY When: Saturday, September 12 from 11:00am 4:00pm Where: OSU Art Museum Address: 720 S. Husband St. Admission: FREE!! On the second Saturday of every month, the OSU Museum of Art hosts free Family Day from 11:00am to 4:00 pm! Each Family Day consists of hands-on, family-friendly creative activities for all ages. Visit the Museum s website for more information or call

8 OSU FOOTBALL SPIRIT WALK When: Saturday, September 12 at 4:00pm Where: Student Union Plaza (corner of Hester St. and Morrill Ave.) Come out and cheer the Cowboys in OSU s traditional Spirit Walk! Watch the Cowboy Marching Band and support the team as they walk from the Student Union to Boone Pickens Stadium along Hester St. There s no better way to prepare for the game than this exciting event! GO POKES!!! OSU FOOTBALL When: Saturday, September 12 at 6:30pm Where: Boone Pickens Stadium

9 Admission: $70 (single-game ticket price) Watch the Cowboys in their first home game of the season against the Central Arkansas Bears! If you can t make it in person, the game will be broadcast on TV on Fox Sports Network and on radio on Cowboy Sports Network (93.7 FM). Visit okstate.com to buy tickets, to get more info, or to see schedules for other OSU sporting events. AMERICAN MINIATURE HORSE NATIONAL SHOW When: September 10 September 20 Where: Expo Square Address: 4145 E. 21 st St., Tulsa, Admission: FREE!! Welcome the world's largest small equine competition, the American Miniature Horse National Championship. The 2015 American Miniature Horse Registry s (AMHR) National Championship event is the biggest Miniature Horse show in the world with more than 1,600 horses. Competitions are held all day throughout the 10-day event. Visit the AMHR website or Expo Square s website for details. INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS When: September and September Where: Colvin Center and Colvin Center Annex

10 The International Olympics at Oklahoma State University is organized by the International Student Organization (iso). During this event, international students from different countries compete with each other in different sports including 8 ball pool, badminton, basketball, soccer, tug of war, volleyball, tennis, table tennis and swimming. After two weeks of competition medals and trophies will be presented to the first, second and third positions in all the areas. Contact iso for more information: iso@okstate.edu or orgs.okstate.edu/iso. i-lead: INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT When: Wednesday, September 23 from 5:00pm 6:00pm Where: 270 Student Union i-lead is a series of seminars geared towards international students and designed to increase their selfawareness, help them gain leadership skills, and understand cultural differences. It s a great way to get involved and meet new people. The final meeting in the series focuses on making ethical decisions. For more information about i-lead, contact Lea Staedtler at lea.staedtler@okstate.edu. FABERGÉ: JEWELER TO THE TSARS When: June 20 September 27 Where: Oklahoma City Museum of Art Address: 415 Couch Dr., Oklahoma City, Admission: $5 $12 More than 230 rare and storied treasures created by the House of Fabergé will be celebrated in a new exhibition at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Fabergé: Jeweler to the Tsars will be on view from June 20 through September 27, 2015 and features the largest public collection of Fabergé objects outside Russia. The exhibition, drawn from the Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, will showcase Peter Carl Fabergé's fine craftsmanship in pieces of jewelry and adornments once belonging to the Russian Imperial family. For more information, visit the OKC Museum of Art s website or call

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