WHAT ARE YOUR SUMMER PLANS?

1. WHAT ARE YOURSUMMER PLANS? Re-Orientation for International StudentsApril 9, 2013http://www.mtholyoke.edu/global/international_students.html

2. Summer on Campus • Some international students stay on campus during the summer to conduct research or to work for an administrative office. Research grants are awarded competitively, but if you would like to work on campus, you’ll have to apply for a summer job. • Don’t forget that the Virtual Job Fair began this year on March 25. Most of the available on-campus summer jobs will be listed in JobX at that time. You can also look for jobs for next fall during the Fair. Keep looking until the end of the semester. • If you’re working in an administrative office on campus (*not* Dining Services) during the semester, you may want to ask if there are also jobs in that office during the summer. You never know!

3. Summer Housing on Campus • It does cost money to live in a dorm during the summer. You can either purchase a meal plan, or you can cook your own food. If you are doing summer research, you are required to take the meal plan. • Visit ResLife’s web site for information about housing:http://www.mtholyoke.edu/reslife/summer_housing.html The application for summer housing is available through ISIS. • Each summer the McCulloch Center reserved the 28-seater minivan and organizes trips to Price Rite, Stop & Shop and Holyoke Mall several times each month starting in May. Here is a link to the schedule of trips for this summer: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/global/international_students/services/summer_preparations.

4. Summer Storage • There is absolutely no storage available during the summer months—not even for students studying abroad the following fall, spring, or academic year. International students must take their belongings to a friend’s or relative’s house in the U.S., or store them in an off-campus storage facility. Any items found in dorm rooms or trunk rooms after move-out day will be discarded. • ResLife maintains a list of local storage companies: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/reslife/local_storage.html Please consult this list! Some companies will pick up your belongings at MHC and then return them to you in the fall. Of course, this costs more! If you have access to a car, I would recommend : Chuck-It Self Storage, 346 East Street, So. Hadley, MA (413) 532-9567. This facility is close to campus, but not within walking distance. You’ll have to ask a friend with a car to take you there, but remember that someone will also have to take you back there again in the fall to pick up your things.

5. Students with Summer Internships • If you have an internship off campus in the U.S., don’t forget that you need to apply for CPT (or OPT). Even if you are doing volunteer work and *not* receiving a paycheck, you should apply for CPT (or OPT). There is information about CPT and OPT on the McCulloch Center web site. PLEASE READ THIS! CPT: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/global/j1_cpt.html OPT:http://www.mtholyoke.edu/global/j1_opt.html • If you have any more specific questions about CPT or OPT, call x2072 and make an appointment to meet with Jenny Medina in the McCulloch Center.

6. QuestionsorConcerns? Email Donna Van Handle (dvanhand) or stop by the McCulloch Center and make an appointment to speak with her!http://www.mtholyoke.edu/global/international_students.html