monday, August 26, 2013

• Airport Pick Ups by Mentors (complete online arrival form)
• Check into dorms, obtain student ID
• Shopping if needed

tuesday, August 27, 2013

• Airport Pick Ups until 4 p.m.
• Check into dorms, obtain student ID
• Shopping if needed
• Open Bank Account (Old Main 001,002, 003)

9:00-11:00 a.m. Initial Ametrica Project Meeting (Weyerhaeuser Chapel) Only Ametrica Participants

11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Ametrica Project Meeting (Weyerhaeuser Chapel) Domestic Ametrica participants will continue

11:00 - 1 p.m. Government Regulations Paperwork Session (ISP Lair).

• Complete employment and tax documentation (W4, I-9)
• Hand in passports and I-20s (or DS2019s) for copying

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Preseason Welcome Session International and Ametrica Students and Families (Weyerhaeuser Chapel)

7:00 p.m.  PO4IS -- Introductions of ISP staff, Mentors and You (Campus Center, John B Davis Lecture Hall)

7:30 p.m. Mentor Mediation I: The Foundation

wednesday, August 28, 2013

7:30 a.m. Bus leaves for Social Security Office (77 Macalester Street)

Campus Center, John B Davis Lecture Hall

9:30 a.m. - noon    Aaron Colhapp, Director of International Student Programs

• Immigration and Other Laws Affecting International Students
• Cultural Adjustment: The Student Experience, America, Academics, Finances, Health, and other Q & A

Noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch with Mentors

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Mentor Mediation II: Sex and Drugs (John B Davis Lecture Hall)

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Mentor Mediation III: Adjusting to US Academic Life

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Dinner with Mentors

6:30 p.m. Sarcasm 101: An Introduction to Humor in America (John B Davis Lecture Hall)

thursday, August 29, 2013                                  

8:00 - 12:00 p.m. Minneapolis Drop-off