{"258411":{"#nid":"258411","#data":{"type":"event","title":"iStart Downtime","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISSS has been working this semester to prepare for an upgrade to the iStart software that is used by international students and scholars and those that support them on campus. We are excited about the new functionality that will soon be available, but we are anticipating a 24-hour down time during which iStart will not be accessible. This down time will be used to allow the ISSS and GT technical team to ensure essential components of the software are working as needed and ready for you to begin submitting e-forms again soon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EiStart will be taken off-line at 8 am on Wednesday, December 11\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E. We have scheduled iStart to be live again at 8 am on Thursday, December 12\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat this means\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EiStart may not be available for a full 24-hour period. We will work to get the software live again as quickly as possible, but during the upgrade no one will have access to iStart, preventing submission of e-form requests.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWe do not have 100% certainty that pending e-forms will transfer correctly after the upgrade to the new version. If you had a pending e-form on December 10\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E, be sure to log into iStart on December 12\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E\u0026nbsp;to ensure that the submission is still pending. If not, we ask that you re-submit the e-form request. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile we do not anticipate any further delays or loss of information, please remain flexible as we upgrade to the new version of iStart. We will communicate any updates or critical information as needed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease send questions to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:info@oie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Einfo@oie.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EiStart will be unavailable to international students and scholars and those on campus that support them on December 11th.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27787","created_gmt":"2013-12-03 17:47:14","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:23:46","author":"Emily Dolezal","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-12-11T07:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-12-12T07:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-12-12T07:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-12-11 12:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-12-12 12:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-12-12 12:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1297","name":"Office of International Education"},{"id":"170351","name":"International Student and Scholar Services"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlease send questions to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:info@oie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Einfo@oie.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}