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Staff

Senior ISSO Coordinators

  • Bernadette Higgs Senior ISSO Coordinator
  • Gregory Hunt Senior ISSO Coordinator
  • Saowanaree “Crystal” Marshall Senior ISSO Coordinator

International Student Team

  • Peter Buschkopf International Student Advisor
  • Julianne Cabour International Student Advisor
  • Emma Daugherty International Student Advisor
  • William “Caleb” Felder International Student Advisor

  • Ryan Keane International Student Advisor
  • David King International Student Advisor
  • Sylvia A. M. Lynch International Student Advisor
  • Brian Piper International Student Advisor

  • George Swartz International Student Advisor

International Scholar Team

  • Tunde Kiss International Scholar Advisor
  • Sonali Mukherjee International Scholar Advisor

Specialists

  • Pankhuri Barnes International Admissions Specialist
  • Jackson Xu SEVIS Specialist

Administrative Team

  • Yves Bruno Assistant Director for Systems & Operations
  • Shannon Gerber Associate Director for Student Services
  • Sharon Ralston Sharon Ralston Assistant Director for Scholar Services
  • Lauren Jeffery Snow Lauren Jeffery Snow Assistant Director of Admission and Student Services

  • Jeanne Kelley Managing Director

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Welcome, New Students!

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Riho Imada (from left) and Akari Noguchi, both students at the Center for English Language and Orientation Programs, and Andrew Burwash (CAS'18) at the International Student Reception, held September 4 at the Trustee Ballroom. Photo by Jackie Riccardi

RSS ISSO News

  • Spring 2023 Student Reminders January 12, 2023
  • Winter Travel Reminders December 28, 2022
  • Spring 2023 Workshops December 21, 2022
  • COVID Test Eliminated for Entry to the US – WHO Approved COVID Vaccination Still Required June 12, 2022
  • Reminders for F-1 Students Graduating in Summer June 8, 2022

RSS BU Global News

  • Dispatches from Abroad: International Students on Life at Home April 17, 2020
  • Study Abroad Program Directors on Coping with Coronavirus, Far from Boston April 17, 2020
  • Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future New Video Series “The World After Coronavirus,” (#WorldAfterCorona) April 17, 2020
  • Virtual Coffee & Conversation: Adapting to a New Reality March 20, 2020
  • Updated: BU Moves All Classes Online Due to Coronavirus — Questions and Answers March 13, 2020
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