LAST DAY to Submit Your 2024 PC Directory Updates!

We need to hear from these Partner Colleges - see list - to confirm any updates to your college’s contacts.

Having the right contacts are essential to our Scholars’ success and for ensuring you, our Partner Colleges, are receiving the support needed for a thriving partnership.  

Please submit any changes or confirm all contacts are up-to-date by emailing Nicole.Mejia@thedream.us today. We appreciate your help with this annual process!

The instructions and video tutorial can be found in the Program Management section on our website. Watch a recent, 30- min session hosted by Elena, our Director of Scholarships, recording here.

All second round Renewal decisions have been made. Your Enrollment Verification Report in your ISTS PC Portal reflects the complete list of TheDream.US Scholars eligible for funds this Fall. 

Questions: Elena.Salorio@thedream.us and Camila.Salkov@thedream.us

RECAP: Sept PC Power Hour - Adding Tools to the Practitioners’ Toolkit: External Resources for Supporting Undocumented Student Success

We were so excited to see over 120 of you at yesterday’s session!

This PC Power Hour was packed with guides and resources available for our Partner Colleges, TheDream.US Scholars and Undocumented Students in general. Some key highlights included:

• Overview of Presidents Alliance Community of Practice and Action (CoPA)
• Fall 2024 Undocumented Community of Practice and Action TRACKS
• 2025 SUCCESS National Convening
• Sponsoring Dreamers for Employment Based Visas – Higher Ed Guide
• Non-Employment Based Opportunities open to all undocumented students, not just TheDream.US Scholars

Here are the link to the presentation, with all the links to resources and tools shared in the session, and the recording.

Please see upcoming Power Hour dates on our PC calendar here.

📍Be sure to attend our Oct 29th Power Hour where we will kick-off this year's Scholarship Promotion and introduce the PC Promotional Toolkit for the 2025-2026 application round!

See past PC Power Hour Recordings and Presentations here. 

Upcoming Webinars for You on Supporting Dreamers through a New Administration and Employment-Based Visas

Webinar for DACA Recipients: Preparing for a New Administration

Weds. Sept 25th

2 pm PT/ 4 pm CT/ 5 pm ET

Register here

Cornell Law School’s Path2Papers, Immigration Institute of the Bay Area, and Immigrants Rising invites you to register for their upcoming webinar geared towards persons with DACA in the San Francisco Bay Area, but other DACA recipients are welcome to join. In this webinar, speakers will discuss how a Harris or Trump administration could impact DACA status and legal options.

Sponsoring DACA Recipients and Other Dreamers for Employment-Based Visas: How Higher Education Institutions Can Support Their Employees and Alumni 

Thurs. Oct 17th

12 pm PT/ 2 pm CT/ 3 pm ET

Register here

This one-hour webinar from the Presidents' Alliance will provide information about the Biden administration’s recent executive action to support DACA recipients and other Dreamers’ access to employment-based visas by improving the D-3 waiver process for these individuals. See speakers here.

Join the Undocumented Community of Practice and Action (CoPA) this Fall 

The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, in partnership with Immigrants Rising and TheDream.US, are hosting a three-session series focused on better understanding the different factors that may impact the well-being of undocumented students on college campuses. Each session builds on each other for a holistic approach to provide students with 1:1 and group support and advocate for a mental health practitioner to serve immigrant students on your campus.

Join us for a comprehensive approach to mental health for undocumented students.

• September 25 | Fostering Empowerment: Creating Supportive Spaces for Undocumented Students on Campus 
• October 9 | Building a Strong Case: Advocating for a Dedicated Mental Health Role for Undocumented Students

You can attend any of the two remaining sessions. All sessions will meet from 1:30-3:00 pm ET on Zoom. 

Register Here

Tomorrow! Immigration Q&A Sessions Return this Fall at 5 pm ET

We're excited to announce the return of our monthly Immigration Q&A sessions for Scholars. Here is the schedule for fall 2024:

• September 26 at 5 pm ET
• October 31 at 5 pm ET
• November 21 at 5 pm ET

Attorney Sui Chung from Miami will lead the sessions and provide general feedback and guidance on Scholars' immigration questions.

Thurs. Sept 26th

2 pm PT/ 4 pm CT/ 5 pm ET

Zoom link to join (no need to register):

Extended through this Friday, 9/27: The ANCC National Magnet Conference Grant for Nurses

We have extended the deadline for current TheDream.US Scholars (juniors, seniors, and now including Sophomores!) who are majoring in Nursing to apply for funding to attend and participate in the ANCC National Magnet and ANCC Pathway to Excellence Conference for Nursing Professionals in New Orleans, LA. 

TheDream.US will assist eligible Scholars with the following major expenses associated with attending or presenting at this conference:

• Conference registration fee

• Air/train fare

• Up to 3-nights of lodging at the conference hotel

Please see and share the full details and application here.

Deadline is extended to this Friday, September 27. Thank you for helping us spread the word of this great opportunity!

Grad Loan Scholarship Update

TheDream.US Alumni who took out any private student loans for graduate school for the 2024-2025 Academic Year were eligible to apply for TheDream.US Graduate Loan Scholarship between June 17th to September 3rd this year.

Second Round decisions were emailed to applicants from ISTS on Monday, September 23.

New! Higher Ed Guide for Supporting and Sponsoring Dreamers for Employment-Based Visas 

Check out the new higher ed guide from the Presidents’ Alliance, Cornell Law School’s Path2Papers, and the University of California Immigrant Legal Services Center on “Sponsoring DACA Recipients and Other Dreamers for Employment-Based Visas: How Higher Education Institutions Can Support Their Employees and Alumni.” 

This guide for leaders and administrators at institutions of higher education shares recommendations and best practices on how to support prospective and current non-citizen employees, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, with employment-based immigration pathways. 

For all emails sent to Scholars, go here

For Past PC Weeklys, go here

For Calendar of Events, go here