{"id":2844,"date":"2020-08-12T07:22:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T12:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/?page_id=2844"},"modified":"2023-08-17T15:31:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T20:31:38","slug":"academics-and-careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/current-students\/academics-and-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics and Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__title panel panel-title site-section__bg--u-cc-purple\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"title\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<section class=\"site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none site-panel__title--wrapper site-panel__title--has-img\">\n\n\t\t\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"banner2\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2012\/11\/banner2.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-panel__title--background-image lazyload\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-panel__title--inner l-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"page__title h1\">Navigating Your Achievements<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__tabs panel panel-tabs site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"tabs\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner\" data-js=\"tabs\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"site-panel__tablist\" data-js=\"tab-list\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"site-panel__tab-item\" role=\"presentation\" data-js=\"tab-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"site-panel__tab-btn 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class=\"u-visual-hide\">Content<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"site-panel__tab-item\" role=\"presentation\" data-js=\"tab-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"site-panel__tab-btn  \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-js=\"site-panel__tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"site-panel__tab-content-3\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"site-panel__tab-content-3\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Show<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOn-campus employment\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Content<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"site-panel__tab-item\" role=\"presentation\" data-js=\"tab-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"site-panel__tab-btn  \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-js=\"site-panel__tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"site-panel__tab-content-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"site-panel__tab-content-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Show<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAcademic Support\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Content<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__tab-content-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"site-panel__tab-content-1\" class=\"site-panel__tab-content site-panel__tab-content--active\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"panel panel-child panel--type-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\" data-depth=\"1\" data-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"columns\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content  site-section \" data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\" data-autop=\"true\" data-name=\"column_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3175\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/current-students\/academics-and-careers\/employee-256\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Employee-256.png\" data-orig-size=\"256,256\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Employee-256\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Employee-256.png\" class=\" wp-image-3175 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Employee-256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"129\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CPT and OPT<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>During your time at St. Olaf might be considering doing an internship which would require you to complete the CPT process. When you graduate you might be considering working in the US which you would need to complete the OPT process. These are needed as international students can only work in the US and off-campus if they are doing so for academic purposes to enhance their skills. For more information please visit the websites below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Off-campus Employment\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/curricular-practical-training-cpt\/\">Curricular Practical Training (CPT)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/optional-practical-training-opt\/\">Optional Practical Training OPT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/international-student-immigration\/stem-extension-opt\/\">STEM Extension OPT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--.site-section__inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"site-panel__tab-content-2\" class=\"site-panel__tab-content  \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"panel panel-child panel--type-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\" data-depth=\"1\" data-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"columns\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content  site-section \" data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\" data-autop=\"true\" data-name=\"column_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3176\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/current-students\/academics-and-careers\/chat-256\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Chat-256.png\" data-orig-size=\"256,256\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chat-256\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Chat-256.png\" class=\" wp-image-3176 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Chat-256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"149\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Piper Center<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Piper Center is a great resource for all students. They help in many aspects of a student&#8217;s life, career goals, and life goals which may help in deciding a major\/s that you would need to take. They help with internships, jobs, reaching out to alumni and much more, for more information click the following links:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Piper Center main page<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/career-resources-for-international-students\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Career Resources for International Students\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> is a worldwide site where employers look for information about applicants. It is very useful to start developing and adding to your profile early, as some employers send out opportunities to your email directly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.joinhandshake.com\/login\">Handshake <\/a>is the networking site where St. Olaf students can look for job opportunities posted by Oles who&#8217;ve graduated and companies that are interested in hiring from St. Olaf. It is essentially a LinkedIn site specifically for St. Olaf.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--.site-section__inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"site-panel__tab-content-3\" class=\"site-panel__tab-content  \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"panel panel-child panel--type-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\" data-depth=\"1\" data-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"columns\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content  site-section \" data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\" data-autop=\"true\" data-name=\"column_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3177\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/current-students\/academics-and-careers\/student-laptop-256\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Student-Laptop-256.png\" data-orig-size=\"256,256\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Student-Laptop-256\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Student-Laptop-256.png\" class=\" wp-image-3177 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Student-Laptop-256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"148\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>On-campus Employment<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>With the work-study award, there are many opportunities for students to work. As an international student, you are allowed to work for 20 hours per week in general, however, most work awards will average to a total of 8-10 hours per week. Be sure to check the guidelines. Bon Appetit is most likely searching for workers so it is a good place to start, however, there are other jobs that are available on campus, so it is worth asking around where other students are working and how you might be able to get a job that is more suited to your interests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/hr\/international-student-employment\/\">International Student Employment<\/a>: This is a letter written by Caitlin to the staff which is very informative on what you can and can&#8217;t do in the US with a student visa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/apps\/stuwork\/\">Job postings<\/a>: note that this isn\u2019t a complete list and there are usually others available.<\/p>\n<p>Check <a href=\"https:\/\/app.joinhandshake.com\/login\">handshake<\/a> for further employment opportunities. Note that if you plan to intern or work off-campus, you will need to apply for an OPT or CPT. Always check with Caitlin.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section__content -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!--.site-section__inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-section -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"site-panel__tab-content-4\" class=\"site-panel__tab-content  \" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"panel panel-child panel--type-wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\" data-depth=\"1\" data-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\" data-depth=\"0\" data-name=\"columns\" data-livetext>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content  site-section \" data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\" data-autop=\"true\" data-name=\"column_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/current-students\/academics-and-careers\/principal-02-256\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Principal-02-256.png\" data-orig-size=\"256,256\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Principal-02-256\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Principal-02-256.png\" class=\" wp-image-3178 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/internationalstudents\/files\/2020\/08\/Principal-02-256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Academic Support<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/academic-support\/\">The Center for Advising and Academic Support (CAAS)<\/a> is the center that aids students in their academic success. 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