Contact Information

• Staff and Hours
• Student Staff and Hours

Students

• International Student Statistics
• New Students
• Mentor Application
• Travel
• International Student Handbook
• Letter Requests
• Summer at Macalester
• Mail Policy

Programs

• Host Family Program
• Mentor Program
• Ametrica
• Country Spotlight Program

Government Regulations

• Work Options
• Taxes
• Downloadable Forms
• Social Security
• Useful Government Links
• Visas to Canada, Mexico and the UK
• Schengen Visa
• Local Immigration Lawyers
• Driver's License & State I.D.

Alumni

• Change of Address Form for OPT
• Alumni Website

Pre-Orientation for International Students (PO4IS) 2012

Tuesday, August 28

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

Wednesday, August 29

• Airport Pick Ups until 4 p.m.
• Check into dorms, obtain student ID
• Shopping if needed
• Open Bank Account

9:00-11:00 a.m. Initial Ametrica Project Meeting (Markim Hall's Davis Court) Only Ametrica Participants

11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Ametrica Project Meeting (Markim Hall's Davis Court) Domestic Ametrica participants will continue

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, JBD Lecture Hall)

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

Thursday, August 30

7:30 a.m. Bus leaves for Social Security Office

Campus Center, JBD Lecture Hall

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.   Government regulations paperwork session            

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

10:30 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 (JBD 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 - 9:30 p.m. Sarcasm 101: An Introduction to Humor in America (JBD Lecture Hall)

Friday, August 31                                   

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

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