The Center for Student Experience and Talent (SET) is celebrating International Student Week by offering professional development events for supervisors of international student workers. Daily workshops, panels and conversations will take place Nov. 19-22 in Vogel Hall 170.
The events will offer ways to understand your international student workers better, and develop skills to relate to them effectively.
International Student Worker Week events include (all events held in Vogel Hall 170):
“Helping International Student Workers Launch Their Career”
Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2 p.m.
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Presenter: Ying Hu, International Education Manager at CIE
What does it take to start a career as an international student worker? Learn about immigration regulations, special timelines and resourcing that affect your international students. This workshop will lay out exactly what you can do to empower your international student workers to launch their career.
“Supporting your International Student Worker 101”
Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1 p.m.
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Faculty Panel: Ajeng Puspitasari, psychology; Thomasina Jenkins, social work; and Gabriela Nagy, psychology.
What skills do you need to support the well-being of your international student workers, and how can you develop them? This panel will help you understand the most common hurdles your students face and suggest specific action items to implement as a supervisor.
“Understanding South Asian Student Workers”
Thursday, Nov. 21, 1 p.m.
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A Conversation with Srishti Sardana, psychology.
What worldview do your South Asian students bring to the workplace? What attitudes and beliefs shape them, and what are key cultural differences? This conversation will increase your self-awareness as a supervisor and provide you with actionable steps to set your students on the road to employment satisfaction.
“Intercultural Communication in the Workplace”
Friday, Nov 22, 1:30 p.m.
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Presenter: Sarwat Sharif, social work
Providing effective feedback to your student workers is a skill you can learn. This workshop will walk you through potential scenarios where the unique challenges that shape your international student worker are highlighted, and you will learn how to provide them with performance feedback in a culturally responsive, fruitful way.
