College of Management Graduate Programs

CPT (Curricular Practical Training) Info Session

Thursday, February 7^th
3pm-4pm

***The location of this event has changed. The info session will now be held in the Accounting & Finance conference room, McCormack 5th Floor, Room 211. The A&F conference room is located on the opposite end of the hallway from the Dean’s Conference Room.

International students who have been enrolled full-time for at least one academic year (two full semesters) are eligible to do an internship or practicum for academic purposes.

CM Grad programs and ISSS will be hosting an info session about CPT next on Thursday, February 7th, from 3-4pm in our Dean’s Conference Room, located on the 5th floor of McCormack (please check in at the front desk).

Students completing their 2nd full time semester this spring should plan to attend to learn more about the process and benefits of pursuing CPT.

Please RSVP to gradcm@umb.edu if you would like to attend the information session.

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• This notice is for all CM Grad international students that are looking to pursue an OPT by the end of THIS SPRING semester only. 

  In order to start the OPT process, you will need to attend a mandatory OPT session run by International Student & Scholar Services. The workshop will be held on February 7^th from 3-4pm in the Dean’s Conference room in the McCormack building, 5^th floor. Please check-in at the front desk.

   

  Please RSVP to gradcm@umb.edu if you will be attending this workshop. Again, this is for international students looking to start OPT by the end of the spring 2013 semester.

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The OPT session scheduled for this Thursday has been moved to the following week, October 11th at the same time 4:00pm-5:00pm, same room Campus Center 3-3545.

The date has changed:

October 11th
4:00pm-5:00pm
Campus Center 3-3545.

For any international student looking to participate in OPT, this will be a Mandatory Session. College of Management Graduate Students should attend this session, however if you have registered for another session though OITA, that will suffice.

International students will need to attend this mandatory OPT session in order to get the necessary immigration documents needed to apply for OPT.

Please RSVP to gradcm@umb.edu to let us know you will be in attendance.

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A panel consisting of an International Entrepreneur, Costas Boussios (former F-1 student), and an immigration attorney, Elizabeth Goss, will address the topic of becoming and International Entrepreneur while addressing the many questions often posed by entrepreneurial-minded international students who would like to become entrepreneurs in the U.S.

The focus of this panel discussion will be on students in OPT status who would like to continue working as entrepreneurs and need to transition to worker status upon completion of OPT (H-1B status).  Once students transition to H-1B status employment opportunities become more limited.  Costas Boussios and Elizabeth Goss will discuss ways to manage the bridge between student and worker status as an entrepreneur.  A sample of questions that will be addressed (not exhaustive):

As an F-1 student can I start a business in the U.S.?

Can I continue as business owner while on H-1B?

How will my employment opportunities change when I transition from F-1 to H-1B status?

Can I operate an online business?

Can I operate a business in my home country while in the U.S.?

What’s the difference between passive and active income?

Come to this workshop to learn more –  bring your questions!!!!

If interested in attending, RSVP to isss@umb.edu.

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