Each fall, international students are given an extensive mandatory orientation program which introduces them to the academic policies and procedures at Marist College as well as assisting them in registering for classes and providing them with information about banking, off-campus housing, local transportation, campus employment, campus activities, and a myriad of other social and administrative concerns.
Orientation is conducted with the specific needs of the international student in mind.
All international students, both graduate and undergraduate, are required to attend this orientation. The Coordinator of International Student Programs is Karen Tomkins-Tinch. Her office is located in the James A. Cannavino Library, Suite 331, her campus extension is 2818, and her email address is Karen. All international students are asked to check in with her at the beginning of each semester. This non-credit seminar meets once each week for eight weeks.