Interstride webinars & events
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (EST)
Only 71% of interns receive full-time offers (NACE 2026 Internship & Co-Op Report). Prepare to stand out this summer with insights, coaching, & practical actions to make the most out of your internship or co-op opportunity. In this career success workshop, we focus on helping students:
- Adopt the Gold Medal Mindset™ to confidently approach their summer internship or co-op
- Build a winning strategy using the Fast Start, Smart Middle, Strong Finish framework
- Identify practical actions to stand out as a Gold Medal Candidate
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (EST)
International students don't move through immigration in a single step; they move through five visa stages: F-1, OPT, STEM OPT, H-1B, and green card. Every transition between them is a handoff, and three parties share the work: the university, the employer, and an immigration attorney. When the handoffs work, students keep moving forward. When they break, employers lose talent, universities lose alumni, and students lose their footing in the U.S.
In this 60-minute session, Evan J. Law, an Immigration Attorney at Manifest Law and former USCIS officer, will walk through the full journey stage by stage, breaking down what the university, the employer, and the attorney own at each handoff.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm (EST)
Join Parminder Sandhu and Kimberly Grant of Fragomen for a timely overview of the Department of Homeland Security’s shift away from the traditional “Duration of Status” (D/S) framework that has governed F international student and J exchange visitor admissions for decades. The proposed rule assigns fixed admission end dates on I-94 records tied to SEVIS program end dates, reduces grace periods, and requires USCIS filings to extend stay — a major procedural change for universities and students alike. We’ll discuss how this would affect advising, student planning, compliance reporting, and institutional risk management. The presentation will provide practical guidance on what international student offices and students should be preparing for and considering now and in the months ahead. Current D/S policies remain in effect until the rule is finalized.
10:30 am - 11:30 am (EST)
This session will guide attendees through the Skilled Worker visa route which is the most common long term work visa route available in the UK for recent graduates.
Attendees will be provided with the key criteria for the route along with their benefits and any restrictions to allow attendees to make informed decisions moving forward in light of the UK government's recent announcements, especially around gaining permanent residence in the UK.
