National Preparedness Month 2025: A Guide for Students and DSOs
September 12, 2025
September is National Preparedness Month, an annual initiative led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s Ready Campaign. This year’s…
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The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) is scheduled to upgrade the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) to Release 6.41 on Oct. 26, 2018. The release will change how SEVIS calculates the days of unemployment that a student accrues while on post-completion and science,…
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). This year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) theme is “Cybersecurity is our shared responsibility and we all must work together to improve our Nation’s cybersecurity.”Follow these tips from the NCSAM…
If you are an F or M student interested in transferring to a different Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)-certified school, you must consistently maintain your student status, follow the correct transfer procedures and can only transfer to an SEVP-certified school.For more information…
In consideration of National Preparedness Month and hurricane season, Student Exchange and Visitor Program (SEVP) Director Rachel Canty discusses how designated school officials (DSOs) can prepare international students for campus emergencies in the September 2018 edition of SEVP Spotlight.Director…