International Student Services/Immigration Advisor
CurrentMy responsibilities in this position are to recruit and admit international students to the university. To recruit I have developed partnerships with agencies from other countries that guarantee a specific amount of applicants per year. Recently I signed multiple Memorandum's of Understanding with three Chinese Universities setting up a 3+1 program that will benefit both parties, tremendously. With the agencies and university agreements, I have tripled applications, and more than doubled enrollment by semester. This increase has slowly grown over the last year.Once the students arrive, I am to get them acclimated with campus and set them up with courses, housing, meal plans...etc. Also, I am responsible for the transportation of students to and from the airport as well as any events or programming that we as a university put on for these student. To help fund these events and trips I submitted a proposal to the Board of Regents in Oklahoma to charge a set fee per semester, per student. While the fee added to the student’s overall bill, I was able to keep our end price below any other university in the state. This fee is also used to help the student with transportation to and from the airport in Dallas. The most recent program that I have started is called the Family Friendship Program. In this program, I pair students with faculty, staff, and other members of the community. This helps bring cultural awareness to the community and the student as well as give the student a family that they can rely on if they need something. Now that the fee has been emplaced, the office has become self-sustaining and does not rely on the budget set by the state to pay for activities and other expenses for the student.