Build connections with your peers and become successful students through events, excursions, and workshops designed for international students in the UC Santa Cruz community.
Events
Workshops
Optional Practical Training (OPT)
OPT workshops are MANDATORY for all F-1 students who will apply for OPT, and you MUST have attended the OPT workshop within 9 months of applying for OPT. You must attend the full workshop to receive credit. Be sure to arrive on time and stay until the end or you will not receive credit and will need to attend another workshop.
Winter 2025 Schedule
Recordings
- Beyond OPT Workshop Recording – This presentation covers various immigration-related options moving forward and beyond OPT.
International Graduate Student Support Workshops
Join our International Grad Peer Mentors for a summer series dedicated to sharing what it’s like to be an international graduate student at UC Santa Cruz. Click to send us your questions/topics you’d like covered by our grad mentors.
2024 Recordings & Summaries
Workshop 1 – Moving to Santa Cruz: Recording | Answers Summaries
Workshop 2 – Life as an International Graduate Student: Recording | Answers Summaries
International Grad Student Support Workshops Slides (Combined)
Federal Taxes: International Students & Scholars
Join us for a Zoom workshop hosted by Glacier Lead Administrator, Lana Ballow. Register for a workshop below.
2025 Federal Tax Workshop
- Wednesday, February 26 @ 12 p.m. | Zoom Link
2024 Recordings
Tax Workshop: Graduate Student Association (GSA)
The Graduate Student Association hosts tax workshops through the Graduate Student Commons. Bring your tax forms (1098-T, W-2, 1042-S, 1099-Misc) if you have them.
For 2025 tax workshop information. please see the GSA website.
Recorded GSA Tax Workshops
- Non-Resident/International students – 2022 Video Recording
- Domestic students – 2022 Video Recording