In 2018, Engineering senior
Barry Chen went to his first
and last career fair to look
for
aerospace
engineering
internships. Before the fair, he had
already done research on which
companies would be willing to
hire international students.
“When we had a career fair, we
had a list of companies, and we
could also check if they want to
sponsor international students,”
Chen said. “I checked it, and turns
out very few of them (sponsor),
although there are some. Many
of them give answers like ‘we
may sponsor,’ but it’s not for sure.
Maybe it depends on the job
they want to offer you, maybe it
depends on the spots available for
internships.”
Despite the research he had
done, after spending his day
talking to multiple companies,
he realized he wasn’t going to
receive an offer because of his
immigration status. Chen looked
further
into
companies
and
realized that many jobs require
a United States citizenship or a
green card or a higher educational
degree.
“I understand it’s not possible
for me to find intern(ships) while
I’m still undergrad,” Chen said.
International students have
a choice of F-1 — or student visa
— employment options while
they are at the University. The
most
common
are
Optional
Practical Training and Curricular
Practical Training for short-term
employment, such as internships.
Currently,
the
processing
time for OPT applications is
more than 90 days. In the case
of
Rackham
student
María
Alejandra Rodríguez Mustafa,
the processing time caused her to
lose an internship offer during the
summer of 2019.
“I got an offer, but I got it very
late, so it was very hard to do all
the paperwork,” Mustafa said.
“So in the end, the timing was not
great because I could not start and
be continuing with the company
for the time they required me. I
could not go.”
For
full-time
jobs
after
graduation, companies must be
willing to sponsor an international
student and submit an H-1B, or
visa for temporary workers, on
their behalf. This visa allows them
to stay for up to six years.
However, according to the U.S.
Citizenship
and
Immigration
Services, there is a congressionally
mandated cap of 65,000 H-1B
visas and an additional 20,000
“advanced degree exemption” for
the 2020 fiscal year. In addition,
according
to
the
American
Immigration
Council,
U.S.
Citizenship
and
Immigration
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Three
historic
homes
located on the corner of
East Huron Street and Glen
Avenue, currently owned by
the University of Michigan,
may be demolished for a
new College of Pharmacy,
according
to
November
2019 advertisement for the
sale and removal of the
houses.
The proposal for a new
$121
million,
130,000
square foot building was
approved
in
May
2019.
According
to
a
project
proposal,
the
current
College of Pharmacy has
narrow
structural
bays
and shallow floor-to-floor
heights which do not allow
for
reconfiguration
into
modern
classroom
and
laboratory spaces. The new
building will have more
space to accommodate for
academic,
research
and
student needs.
University spokeswoman
Kim Broekhuizen said in
an email to The Daily if the
houses are not purchased
and moved from the current
site, they will be demolished
in the upcoming summer.
“There
haven’t
been
any
proposals
submitted
to purchase, and if that
remains to be the case, over
the summer they would be
demolished,” Broekhuizen
said.
Ann
Arbor
historian
Susan Wineberg, who lives
in the District, said she
was disappointed with the
decision to demolish these
houses.
“I broke it down to myself
as being bad for three
reasons,” Wineberg said.
“One is, of course, historical
because of the people who
occupied those houses. It’s
important to the University
of Michigan. The second
reason
is
architectural
because they’re very good
representations
of
three
different
architectural
styles from 1891 through
1905 and they’re in very
good condition. The third
reason is an environmental
one because we say the
greenest building is the one
that’s already built.”
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The
Senate
Advisory
Committee
on
University
Affairs
met
Monday
to
discuss
restructuring
committees
and
the
upcoming debate.
The meeting started off
with members approving the
notes from their previous
meeting. Joy Beatty, chair
of the committee, put forth
issues
to
be
discussed
such
as
upcoming
visits
from the Student Relations
Advisory
Committee
and
the Edward Ginsberg Center
for
Community
Service
Learning
regarding
civic
engagement among students.
Committee
members
discussed having Catherine
Carver,
the
operations
co-lead
for
the
2020
Presidential
Debate
Initiative,
meet
with
members and inform them
on the presidential debate
planning at the University of
Michigan in October 2020.
“Part of the goal for that
would be to have Senate
Assembly members engage
briefly in how all of us can be
thinking about how to build
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One of the historical houses on East Huron street that could be demolished to make way for a new College of Pharmacy building.
Elevation Burger,
owned by ‘U’ alums,
unexpectedly closes
its Ann Arbor shops
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Daily Staff Reporter
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FRANCESCA DUONG
Daily Staff Reporter
See INTERNSHIP, Page 3
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International students face issues
during summer internship search
Graduates, undergraduates discuss roadblocks with finding jobs,
applying to programs asking about applicants’ citizenship status
Central Student Government hosts
meeting to address common concerns
Third debate
town hall talks
engagement,
campus safety
See TOWN HALL, Page 3
A2 Burger
joint shuts
down two
locations
This
past
week,
both
of
Ann
Arbor’s
Elevation
Burger
restaurants unexpectedly closed
permanently. A small sign on the
door alerted customers to the
closure and thanked them for their
business. University of Michigan
alumni Sarah and Mike Tayter
opened the organic burger joint in
downtown Ann Arbor in 2015.
Elevation was known for its
100% organic, free-range and grass-
fed beef and offered a selection
of vegan and vegetarian burgers,
sandwiches,
fries,
milkshakes
and salads. With one location on
Washtenaw Avenue and another on
East Liberty Street, the Virginia-
based chain was accessible to Ann
Arbor locals and students.
Hira Khan, LSA junior and
Elevation
regular,
expressed
disappointment at the restaurant’s
sudden closing because it is just one
of many local Ann Arbor businesses
that has shut its doors in the past
year.
“I just thought it was really sad
in general just to see so many places
in Ann Arbor closing, especially when
Elevation Burger was I think family-
owned, so it’s really sad to see that
happen,” Khan said.
Khan also elaborated on Elevation’s
inclusive menu, explaining that it
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Committee explores
lighting pollution,
new judicial review
body, 1U campaign
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Though
the
presidential
debate to be hosted at the
University of Michigan is nine
months away, Central Student
Government
held
its
third
presidential debate town hall
Monday
night
in
Pierpont
Commons to discuss student
engagement,
inclusion
and
safety.
Less than half of University
students voted in the last
presidential election, a rate
which
Catherine
Carver,
operations
co-lead
of
the
2020 Debate Initiative, called
“extraordinarily low.” Carver
said
the
Debate
Initiative
hopes
to
increase
student
turnout and engagement in the
democratic process as a whole
by hosting voter registration
drives, soliciting student input
and launching a campus-wide
theme semester in the fall.
“A key part of a democratic
society doesn’t mean just going
to the voting booths, but that
there are other things we can
do to be active and engaged
citizens,” Carver said.
Though the Debate Initiative
wants
students
to
engage
with the democratic process
beyond the night of the debate,
Carver acknowledged student
frustrations about the limited
number of seats available to
students at the debate itself.
The
Crisler
Center
can
accommodate close to 13,000,
but only 800 to 1000 seats will
be available for the debate
in
total.
The
Commission
on Presidential Debates, the
nonprofit that produces the
debates, will receive one-third
of the tickets, and distribute
a portion to the University to
allocate. The remaining two-
thirds will be reserved for
political parties. The Debate
Initiative will be facilitating
viewing parties across campus
for students not selected to
watch in the Crisler Center.
CSG and the Office of Student
Life recognized the climate
surrounding the debate will
be
politically
charged
and
may make some students feel
uncomfortable or unsafe on
campus. CSG president Ben
Gerstein, Public Policy junior,
and Laura Blake Jones, Dean
of Student Life, created the
Campus
Climate
Advisory
Council, a standing body that
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