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.
Spring 2025 Schedule
International Career Series
Workshops that are career-related and designed for international students..
2025 LinkedIn Workshop
2024 Beyond OPT Workshop
- Workshop Video Recording – This presentation covers various immigration-related options moving forward and beyond OPT.
Federal Taxes: International Students & Scholars
A Zoom workshop hosted by Glacier Lead Administrator, Lana Ballow.
2025 Workshop
International Graduate Student Support Workshops
Join 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 Workshops
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)