Information Board

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Useful Links                                                                         Top

Embassy, Visa, Green Card etc

Office of International Students and Scholars

The Chinese Association of West Virginia (WVCA)

Checking

Weather (10 days or more forecast) 

Star system   Mix email    Yahoo email    Hotmail

Recreation Center    Mountainlair

Schedule of Courses

Phonecard

DialNoPIN     How to Get Free Minutes

Make sure you enter the Promotion Code: CSSAWVU for each time purchasing or recharging the card, so that you can get 60 FREE minutes credit and it will apply to your account immediately.

aaphonecard  168talk    UnionTelecard     phonecardonsale 

Entertainment

L.A.Chinese-bbs    51hear    51seeing    MIT BBS    Discovery Kids

Pay Bills

Adelphia Cable     Allegheny Power     Verizon    BB&T online

American Express      Citi Cards       Discover     Bank of America

Shopping

Amazon    eBay

Information

To Buy a Car   Driver License

David's Golden Reflections(American custome behaviors, U.S. and Metric Conversionsetc,
Movies recommendations, Free Software, Computer Tips, )

Reading/Writing in Chinese

Introduction to Dance

Transportation and Travel

Campus Transportation  Greyhound Bus  Air to China    Low Airfare

mapquest   Plan a Trip    Traveling English

Tian Tian Bus -- a Chinese bus, Morgantown  to New York Chinatown
                    $55.00 one way (to or back) each person. It takes about 7 hours.
                     Pick up/drop off at the gas station very near I-68 Exit 1(University Av.)
                     More information, call 9176621871 or 646-7729278 after 3pm                   

News, Book and Cyber-library

Sina News     Sohu     Wenxuecity     Hua Xia Wen Zhe    New York Times   CNN

Digital Library    Chinese Book Cyber-store    Yi Fan Chinese Novel Library     

Computer

PC World    Price Watch    Answers That Work   PC home    Njstar Communicator

Online Sources

 Numerical Recipes(in Fortran or C++)    PubMed  

GRE and TOEFL

ets    gter    taisha 

Test Center at WVU: Riddle Ct,Suite 6, Riddle Ave(along Pineview Dr.)
                         Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
                         (304)293-0699

Local Restaurant

       Peking House
1125 Van Voorhis Rd
Morgantown, WV 26505
Tel: (304) 598-3333
Mon-Thu: 11:30am-09:00pm
Fri 11:30am-10:30pm
Sat 04:30pm-10:30pm
Sun 04:30pm-09:00pm

      Great Chinese Buffet
Mountaineer Mall(beside Wal-Mart),
5000 Green Bag Road, Morgantown,WV 26505
Tel:(304) 296-4050
Fax:(304)296-4053
Open Hours:
11:00AM-10:00PM
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Communication Book                                                                           Top


Addresses Book for 2005 Fall Newcomers

Addresses Book for Chinese in Morgantown

WVU Chinese Alumni Addresses Book

Abroad Alumni

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Miscellaneous

U.S. Holidays                                                                                        Top

• Jan. 1, New Years Day
• Third Monday in Jan., Martin Luther King/Human Rights Day
• Third Monday in Feb., President's Day
• Last Monday in May, Memorial Day
• Jul. 4 Independence Day
• First Monday in Sept., Labor Day
• Last Thursday in Nov., Thanksgiving Day
• Dec. 25, Christmas Day

U.S. Daylight Saving Time

    First Sunday of April -- Move clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. 
    Last Sunday of October -- Turn clocks backward one hour at 2 a.m.

Unit Conversion

    Weight units ounce, pound :
    1 ounce=28.35 grams=0.062 pounds
    1 pound=0.454 kg=0.908 Jin=16 ounce

    Length Units : inches, feet and yards :
    1 inch=2.54 centimeter=0.083 feet=0.028 yards
    1 feet=30.48 centimeter=12 inches=0.333 yards
    1 yard=91.44 centimeter=36 inches=3 feet

    Capacity Units: gallons, quarts and pints :
    1 gallon=3.785 liters=4 quarts=8 pints
    1 quarts=0.946 liters=0.25 gallons=2 pints
    1 pints=0.473 liters=0.125 gallons=0.5 quarts

    Temperature :
    T= (F-32)*5/9

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