ISSO
Scholar Services Communiqué
Volume
3, Number 3
June
14, 2006
The Communiqué is an on-going series of messages to departments who sponsor international scholars at Boston University. With the Communiqué, we offer information that helps in the processing of scholar immigration-related documents and petitions. We hope you find the Communiqué a useful tool in working with the ISSO and in successfully hiring and sponsoring scholars from around the world. Past Communiqués are archived on our web site. Click here to go to the archive page.
ISSO
Welcomes a New Assistant Director for Scholar Services
The International Students & Scholars Office is pleased to welcome
Andrea Popa to our scholar advising team. Andrea has eleven years
of experience in international education, including three years
working at the ISSO as an advisor to international students. She
previously worked at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA, and
the International School of Bucharest, Romania. Andrea has lived
abroad for twelve years in Romania, and Portugal, including the
Azores Islands. She holds a Master's degree in Intercultural Relations
from Lesley University, with training in immigration law, international
education and immigrant social services. She interned with the Massachusetts
Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition. Andrea will oversee
scholar services provided by the ISSO, including orientation programs,
processing of nonimmigrant employment authorizations, and monitoring
instututional compliance regarding the hiring of foreign nationals.
She will process employment petitions for H-1B, TN and other visiting
scholars and their dependents.
New Scholar Services Assignments
With the expansion of our Scholar Services team, we have restructured
responsibilities based on immigration category. General inquiries
about sponsoring an international scholar can be addressed to either
Andrea or Jill. For questions related to a the processing of a particular
scholar's documents, please contact the appropriate staff member
as follows:
| J-1 Scholars |
Jill Ostrowski |
ostrowj@bu.edu |
| H-1B Scholars |
Andrea Popa |
apopa@bu.edu |
| TN Scholars |
Andrea Popa |
apopa@bu.edu |
| O-1 Scholars |
Jeanne Kelley |
jkelley@bu.edu |
| All Other Scholars |
Andrea Popa |
apopa@bu.edu |
Your ISSO Scholar
Services Team
Jeanne E. Kelley
Director
jkelley@bu.edu
M. Andrea Popa
Assistant Director for Scholar Services
apopa@bu.edu
Jill M. Ostrowski
International Scholar Advisor
ostrowj@bu.edu
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