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SUMMER QUARTER: WEEK 4
NEW THIS WEEK - VACCINATION STATUS VERIFICATION & RETURN-TO-CAMPUS
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In an email to UW community members on July 7, UW President Cauce and Provost Richards shared updated guidance about campus operations and provided instructions for vaccination status verification.
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- Everyone is welcome to continue wearing masks on campus, but only the unvaccinated are required to wear face coverings. With limited exceptions (health-care and child-care facilities, UW shuttles), fully vaccinated individuals do not have to wear a mask on campus.
- Based on Washington State guidance, physical distancing and capacity limits are no longer in place.
- Students, Faculty and Staff must verify their vaccination status. Students must provide vaccination information by the start of autumn quarter. Do so using the student COVID-19 vaccine attestation form.
- If you are traveling to the U.S. for autumn quarter and will not be vaccinated yet, your deadline to provide vaccination status verification is November 5, 2021.
- A hold will be placed on winter quarter registrations if the form has not been submitted by November 5, 2021.
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LATE COURSE DROP PERIOD & THE ADVISOR ASSISTED DROP
Week 3 marked the beginning of the Late Course Drop period - this means that there are additional steps involved if you need to drop courses.
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You now have two options:
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- If you need to drop just one course, you may do so once per quarter using your self-serve Quarterly Drop via MyUW. The Quarterly Drop replaced the Annual Drop in Autumn 2020. To use your self-serve Quarterly Drop, follow the same instructions as for the Unrestricted Drop Period. You will not be eligible to use the self-serve drop if the drop will take you below full-time.
- If you have already used your self-serve Quarterly Drop, or if you know you want to drop more than one course, you will use the Adviser-Assisted Drop process.
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*The late drop period for courses only offered during B-term will begin July 28, 2021.
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REMINDER: SUMMER VIRTUAL FRONT DESK SCHEDULE
We are currently following our summer hours for our Virtual Front Desk and Drop-In Advising services.
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Virtual Front Desk Schedule – Summer 2021
- Monday – Thursday from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST
- Monday – Thursday from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST
Staff will be available to help you navigate the website, connect you to important resources, and provide general assistance. Staff will admit one student at a time to the Virtual Front Desk – we appreciate your patience!
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Drop-In Advising
Sessions with International Student Advisors will be available through the Virtual Front Desk at the following times:
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- Tuesdays from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST
- Wednesdays from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST.
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During these blocks, International Student Advisors will be available for 10-minute consultations. There will be no advising staff at the Virtual Front Desk outside of these hours.
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SUMMER QUARTER STUDY & TRAVEL PLANS
- If summer quarter will be your first quarter in the United States, you must be enrolled in an in-person course. Review the time schedule or reach out to your department for more information about finding an in-person course.
- If you are planning to travel during the summer, be sure to review your travel signature validity. We expect that many students will need an updated travel signature over the summer or in preparation for autumn quarter, so please plan ahead.
We're continuing to work on deferral I-20s for students who have not yet traveled to the U.S. If you still have not requested your deferred I-20 for Autumn 2021, do so using our deferral form.
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If you were admitted for Autumn 2020 as a transfer student or a student changing to a higher degree level, there will be additional delays in processing your request. We are unable to manually make changes to transfer and changes of education level I-20s and must work with the government help desk, the SEVP Response Center, for technical assistance with these requests.
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We appreciate your patience as we work on these records! If you have questions or concerns, please contact us!
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UPCOMING INFORMATION SESSIONS
Over the summer, the ISS office will be hosting a series of information sessions to help prepare you for arriving to campus in autumn. We plan to discuss the following topics:
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- travel and National Interest Exceptions (NIE)
- all about your I-20 - for new students and students who will be traveling to the UW for the first time
- the vaccination requirement & planning for autumn quarter
We've also created a form to collect your questions - we will be welcoming live questions during the information session, but welcome you to send your questions to us ahead of time.
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The next information session is Tuesday, July 27th at 7 AM PDT.
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UPCOMING EVENTS & DEADLINES
- Event Series: ISS Information Session: Planning for Autumn 2021
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Join ISS staff and campus partners for a live Q&A session.
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We will address common questions about returning to campus (or coming to campus for the first time!), national interest exceptions, requesting your I-20, and more.
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Participants can submit questions ahead of time using our question form.
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- Summer quarter registration and tuition deadlines
- Please review the academic calendar for a complete list of all relevant deadlines
- Register for classes before the late registration period begins on July 5th - during the late registration period, a $75 fee will be assessed for first time registrants.
- Make changes (add/drop) by June 25th - the last day to withdraw without owing tuition or fees. A $20 fee will be assessed for late adds or drops beginning June 28th.
- Pay tuition no later than July 9.
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Need more information? We offer on-demand and live resources to help answer your questions! Let us know how we're doing by filling out our feedback form.
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