The College plans to keep its hiring practices unchanged despite a sharp increase to the employer fee to sponsor a H-1B visa. The College must pay a $100,000 fee to sponsor future H-1B visas after the White House announced a change to its visa policy on Sept. 19.
After several weeks of uncertainty, the Facilitators for Allocating Student Taxes received its annual budget — $310,818.49 — from the College’s Finance Office on Tuesday. The organization will receive another allocation of approximately $100,000 this spring.
On Saturday, 29 students participated in WOC’s first “Mountain Marathon,” which traced its path to the campus, Hopkins Forest, and the Taconic Crest Trail.
Beginning this fall, the theatre department will pay student stage managers for their work throughout the entire rehearsal process. Previously, the position was entirely unpaid.
