F-1/J-1 Students:
Planning to Travel?
Contact CGPS before making any travel plans. If you are traveling abroad, make sure your I-20 or DS-2019 is signed before you leave. Please review the CGPS COVID-19 FAQs for the latest updates related to COVID-19 travel.
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F-1 Students on OPT:
Remember to Submit Employer Updates
All F-1 students approved for OPT are required by federal regulations to report within 10 days of the start of their OPT work authorization and within 10 days of any subsequent change. Please submit any changes to CGPS using the OPT Employment Update Form. For more information on OPT and reporting requirements, please visit our Employment webpage.
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For International Undergraduate Students Living On Campus:
On-Campus Housing for Thanksgiving & Winter Breaks
Thanksgiving Break
Students living on campus can stay during Thanksgiving Break. Students must complete an application for break housing, but there is no charge for the application or to stay on campus during the break. Students must complete the application for any length of stay during the break in order to retain access to their building. The application is expected to open the last week of October.
December Break
Students living on campus can stay during December Break. Students must complete an application for break housing and there is a charge expected to be $650 for the stay beginning December 19 through January 2. The application is expected to open after Thanksgiving Break.
Winter Session
International students living on campus can live on campus during Winter Session even if they are not registered for a class. Students who are enrolled in a winter session class will automatically be assigned for Winter Session. International Students who are not taking a class must apply for Winter Session housing and there is no charge for the application or to stay on campus during the Winter Session. Students must complete the application for any length of stay during Winter Session in order to retain access to their building.
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For Everyone:
Friday, October 15, 4 p.m.
and Every Friday at 4 p.m.
For F-1 Students:
Monday, November 1, 12 p.m.
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Coffee Hour Chat
This week we are kicking off a new feature! We'll chat with a guest each Friday at International Coffee Hour and share their thoughts with you here.
Last week we had a chat with Carolina Gomez to get us started. She shared that: "As an international student at UD, I want to contribute and build a global community. I love the coffee hours because it has given me the chance to meet people from around the world and become more culturally aware!" 🌎 #CoffeeChat
Carolina Gomez is a senior majoring in Biomedical Engineering, an international student from Colombia, and 2018 winner of the International Student Essay Contest. and President of the UD chapter of SHPE, Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers |
Relax on Blue Hen Re-Coop Day at International Coffee Hour
Friday, October 15
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Trabant University Center
International Coffee Hour is UD's premier venue for meeting fellow students, scholars, families and friends from around the world. It's a great way to kick off your weekend - grab a free cup of coffee (or tea) and snacks as you sip & socialize.
Domestic or international, all are welcome to attend!
Join us every Friday during the Fall and Spring semesters from 4 to 6 p.m.
We'll continue to feature student groups and campus partners and focus on regional themes at upcoming events. Contact us at oissprograms@udel.edu if you'd like to host an International Coffee Hour!
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Did You Miss an Event or Get Your Photo Taken?
Check out photos from this past week's events:
Find photos from many of our events on the CGPS Facebook page. Reminder: If you don't want your photo taken at events, please let the photographer know.
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Throughout the month of October, we are focusing on Emotional Wellness. Emotional Wellness is about understanding how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected. It helps people to have a healthy relationship with their own feelings. An emotionally well person works to create awareness, control, and acceptance of the full range of thoughts, feelings, and emotional responses. Emotional Wellness skills help us to feel confident to ask for help, practice self-care, to learn and grow from both negative and positive experiences, develop self-confidence, and to understand how our feelings impact our actions.
Emotional wellness helps us to overcome mental health issues and to manage day-to-day difficulties such as stress, forming and maintaining friendships, altering bad habits and exercising your creativity, all of which can have an effect on your overall well-being. To learn more about emotional wellness, we encourage you to listen to this podcast that discusses the 9 components of emotional wellness. And to learn more about tools such as mindfulness, stress reduction, and practicing gratitude, you can review all of the resources on the Blue Hen Wellbeing Community. If you are not already a part of the Blue Hen Wellbeing Community, you can request to join by submitting this form.
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