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SEASSI 2013 Application Form Application Instructions 1. Complete the SEASSI Application Form below(General Information, Personal Language, History, and Checklist of Application Materials). Please fill in all the information requested and submit on the web or mail the form to us. 2. Send by mail or e-mail your statement of research and/or career plans (suggested length: 1-2 pages, approximately 1000 words). 3. Send one official transcript from each university you have attended. 4. Send the $25 application fee by check or money order in U.S. dollars made payable to: SEASSI. Do not send Western Union or any other money transfers by telegram. 5. If you are applying for a FLAS fellowship, Heritage Language Fellowship, or a Tuition Scholarship, two letters of recommendation are also required. (You may submit a third letter of recommendation if you choose, but it is not required.) Fill in below the names and offical email addresses of your recommenders. SEASSI will send your recommenders instructions about how to electronically send us their letters. 6. If you have any questions, contact: Mary Jo Wilson, SEASSI Program Coordinator seassi@intl-institute.wisc.edu 207 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 Phone – (608) 263-1755 Fax – (608) 263-3735 *** Dates to Remember *** February 15, 2013 FLAS Fellowship application deadline Heritage Language Award application deadline April 1, 2013 Tuition Scholarship application deadline General application deadline. After April 1, 2013 we will still accept applications for classes where there are openings available, but we will not open more sections. Instruction Dates: Monday, June 17, 2013 to Friday, August 9, 2013 ******************************************************************** * denotes a required field. General Information Name: * First Middle * Last Other names used (ex. maiden, former, nickname...): * Email Gender: Male       Female * Are you a US citizen or Permanent Resident? Yes       No If No, please specify nationality: Current Address Effective until (mm/dd/yy): * Street: * City: * State: * Zip: Country (if not the U.S.): * Current Telephone #:   * Are you currently a student?  Yes      No Students School you are currently attending:                                                                  (limited to 50 characters) Current degree program (please check the box that applies):                                       Bachelor's      Master's (terminal)      Master's/PhD      PhD Disclipline/Major: Expected Graduation Date (month/year): Non-students Current Job Title: Place of Occupation: Applying to a degree program * Are you applying to degree programs for Fall 2013?   Yes       No If Yes, please list the schools and degree programs you are applying to: Note! Please do not use hard returns in this list. Istead, seperate the names of schools with commas. (example: school 1, school 2, school 3...) (limited to 255 characters)   Financial Aid * Are you applying for one of the awards listed below? Yes      No If yes, what fellowships are you applying for? Please check all that apply: FLAS Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship. (See FLAS page for eligibility information and application instructions) Apply by Feb. 15, 2013. Heritage Language Award (See Heritage Language Award page for eligibility information and application instructions.) Apply by Feb. 15, 2013. Tuition Scholarship. Apply by April 1, 2013. * Have you applied for other scholarships/awards to support your studies at SEASSI?   Yes       No If you know you will be recieving a scholarship to attend SEASSI, please specify name of award and the amount of funding:   Personal Language History * Indicate the language you wish to study at SEASSI 2013: Burmese Filipino Hmong Indonesian Khmer Lao Thai Vietnamese * Indicate the level you anticipate studying at SEASSI 2013. (Note: Placement tests will be given to everyone on the first morning of classes.) First Year Second Year Third Year * Are you interested in attending SEASSI as a distance education student?    Yes      No      Note: Applications are being accepted for distance students for the study of Filipino, Hmong, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai and Vietnamese languages. (Burmese and Lao are being offered only as classes held on the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison campus.) The offering of distance classes will depend on sufficient enrollments, and on whether the student has access to adequate computer equipment and internet speed. If you mark “Yes” to the above question, SEASSI staff will contact you to evaluate the feasibility of your participation as a distance student. If you have studied this language before, please provide the following information: Institution where you studied it: Textbook(s) used: Length of study: Have you attended SEASSI previously?    Yes       No If Yes, please list the summer(s) you attended and the language(s) you studied: Checklist of Application Materials Applicstion materials may be sent separately, or in one shipment. Send transcripts, application fee, and personal statement to:  SEASSI, 207 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory drive, Madisom, WI 53706. Please fill in the following list of materials that we should expect to receive from you. Application fee of $25 – all checks or money orders should be made payable to SEASSI Personal Statement of career/academic plans (approx. 1-2 pages) Transcripts All applicants to SEASSI must submit a transcript from your current university and every college/university you have attended (Note! SEASSI transcripts are not needed). We will accept official transcripts or scans of official transcripts. Please list below the colleges and universities you have attended. Note! Please do not use hard returns in this list. Istead, seperate the names of schools with commas. (example: school 1, school 2, school 3...) (limited to 255 characters) Letters of Recommendation Letters of recommendation are required only of applicants seeking fellowships or scholarships. Please list the names and official email addresses (i.e., xxxx@xxxx.edu) of your recommenders below. Recommender #1 Name:        Official Email: Recommender #2 Name:        Official Email:

Click on image to enlarge Other SEASSI Photos Contact Us! Please direct any questions to the SEASSI Program Coordinator: Mary Jo Wilson Center for Southeast Asian Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison 207 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Dr. Madison, WI 53706 phone: (608) 263-1755 fax: (608) 263-3735 email: seassi@intl-institute.wisc.edu