Welcome to VT-ISA

The Virginia Tech Indian Students Association (VT-ISA), is an international student organization which furthers the interaction between the Indian students, members of the Indian community in Blacksburg and South-West Virginia with the spirit of Virginia Tech. The ISA is a platform for displaying the rich and varied culture and heritage of India as well as encourage students to integrate within the American way of life. ...read more

Incoming students:Flight Bookings and Accomodations

Guess you are all pumped up about coming to Virginia Tech and the US. Wish you all the best in your visa interviews and hope to see you here. Here are some important pointers/reminders; please check out all the information posted on the VT - Indian Students Association site www.isa.org.vt.edu, specifically the links under ‘Future Students’.

1) Permanent accomodation - Put this high up on your priority list, as you might already know, the housing situation here is currently not very good, you should be making your housing decisions as soon as you can.

2) Flight bookings  - The best time to land in Blacksburg would be between Aug 1 and Aug 10. Please note the information on http://www.isa.org.vt.edu/?page_id=98 To summarize the info there, try and land on a weekday and before the last Smartway bus of the day. This would save you a lot of pain/money. We would try to pick you up from the airport, but volunteers may not be available at all times in spite of our best efforts. We would soon upload a spreadsheet to co-ordinate pick-ups, you can then fill up your info and look it up for others heading to Blacksburg, travelling in groups definitely makes it easier.

3) Free temporary accomodation - We would also try to make arrangements for you to drop your bags and settle comfortably for a day or two before you move to your permanent addresses when you land here.

We would do our best to make your life comfortable until college starts :) Please bear with possible delays in replies and continue to let us know if you have any general queries or if you need any specific assistance.

- VT ISA team

17th June, 2009 - By admin No Comments »

Classifieds page up!- Updated with Blacksburg Apartment Newsletter

Continuing with the efforts to make the website a useful place, a preliminary version of the classifieds page is now up, it can be accessed here. Or via the sidebar link.

The classified page also has the link to the google document for Blacksburg apartment Newsletter which can be accessed at:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddgsgpm5_0d3938xhr&invite=1298362945

We will try to get a dynamic classifieds page where people can log in and post their classifieds as soon as we can. Till then, you can get your classifieds up by sending a mail to isavt2009(at)gmail(dot)com, preferably in the format as in the classifieds page.

2nd April, 2009 - By admin No Comments »