Degree-Seeking Students - Specific information

Exchange Student - Specific information

Visa issues for international students

Additional Resources

Before students arrive:

• Issue of DS-2019 and I-20 forms
• Email and phone communication to answer incoming students’ questions
• A host family and/or App Peer that students can begin to establish relationships with before they arrive
• Mail service - OIED will hold packages that students order before they arrive in the office

During Attendance:

• Provide airport pick-up once each semester
• International student orientation designed specifically for international students’ needs
• Academic advising for exchange students
• Issue health insurance and help with any health needs
• Advising on immigration issues by appointment or by drop-ins
• Advising and mentoring on any issue an international student wishes to discuss by appointment or by drops-ins
• Update students DS-019 and I-20 forms as necessary
• Issue Curricular Practical Training, Pre-Completion Practical Training and Post-Completion Practical Training to eligible students
• Issue Academic Training to eligible students
• Assist students with obtaining a social security card including providing one trip to the Social Security Office each semseter
• Email and phone communication to answer students’ questions
• Academic support by monitoring students’ progress through students’ advisors
• “This, too, is America”- a series of classes and excursions for international students.  There is an annual trip to Washington, D.C. and many others
• Provide an array of social programming designed to help international students know the local community
• Award international student scholarships per year
• Intervene with any relevant bureaucratic problems

After graduation

• Support Optional Practical Training and Academic Training
• Maintain students’ records