Timeline

Freshmen

(WE = Work Experience Students, IE = International Students, ALL for all students)

August
- ALL: Letter sent home with program details and invitation to Welcome Event
September
- ALL: Get settled at UMass Lowell :-)
October
- ALL: Welcome Event
November
- IE: International Experience Information Sessions
December
- ALL: Selection between Work Experience and International Experience
January
- ALL: Must select between WE or IE experience by January 31 or we assume you are not using your award
February
- WE: Attend Work Experience training
March
- WE: March 1: JobHawk open – apply for jobs
- IE: Training Series
- IE: Summer international experience deposits due
- ALL: Resume Workshops
April
- WE: Hire deadline for summer positions is April 15
- WE: Job Readiness Training (IE student welcome to join but not required)
- WE: Lab Training (require for any student working in a lab)
- IE: Training Series

WE = Work Experience Students, IE = International Students, ALL for all students

May & June
- ALL: Summer Placements begin
July
- ALL: Poster creation training for all summer placement students, this include international and community experiences
- WE: Academic Year (AY) placement must secure jobs by July 30
- April 7, 2019: Submit abstract, and then poster for Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium
August
- ALL: Summer placement students must submit poster by August 31
- WE: AY student should secure schedules with mentors to start work around September 1
September
- WE: AY Placements begin
October
- ALL: Welcome Event for next cohort and Poster Session for Summer Placements - all invited to join
November - February
- ALL: Placements as per contract
March
- ALL: Poster creation training for all AY placement students, this include international and community experiences
April
- ALL: AY placed student submit abstracts and posters
May
- ALL: Attend Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium, AY placed students present
- ALL: Complete Program Survey