The U.S. State Department announced a policy of expanded screening and vetting of F and J visa applicants that includes a review of individuals’ social media presence. Dartmouth’s Office of Visa and Immigration Services wrote current and incoming international students to ensure they are aware of the policy and shared important reminders about scheduling those appointments and more general travel guidance.

We expect that the policy may result in longer visa appointment wait times and increased processing time. Therefore, we continue to solicit regular updates from our incoming students, in particular, about the status of their application process and their plans to travel to Dartmouth to initiate their studies.

Provost David Kotz filed a supplemental declaration of harm to support the American Council of Learned Societies lawsuit seeking to overturn grant terminations at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The declaration provides greater details of the four NEH grants cancelled at Dartmouth and how the loss of funding is negatively impacting the career of the individual faculty as well as humanities scholarship at the College. 

President Sian Beilock spent the day on Capitol Hill advocating for the value of higher education and federally-funded research. She emphasized the consequential impacts of a dramatic endowment tax increase with Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Susan Collins (R-ME), discussed the need for better housing and child care options in New Hampshire with Reps. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) and Chris Pappas (D-NH), and reconnected with Dartmouth alumni Sens. Angus King ’66 (I-ME) and Tina Smith T ’84 (D-MN).

Dartmouth joined several peer institutions in filing an amicus brief in support of Harvard’s lawsuit against multiple federal agencies and arguing for continued investment and university partnerships in scientific research. As outlined in the brief, universities leverage the funding received through highly competitive federal awards, in synergy with large investments of our own, to drive scientific discoveries, improve lives, and build economies. We also notified members of the Dartmouth community—faculty, staff, graduate students, and alumni—of this action.

On June 5, the White House issued a proclamation restricting entry into the U.S., effective June 9, for individuals from 19 countries who are not U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents and who do not have a current, valid visa. In response, the Office of Visa and Immigration Services sent messages to all current and incoming students and scholars from those countries. Provost David Kotz also sent a message to all faculty, staff, and students—which was forwarded to undergraduate families and international alumni—sharing the OVIS outreach and the actions Dartmouth continues to take in support of our international community.