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Address
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Home
Address
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Education
May
1971
Masters
Degree in Education
University of Hawaii, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
May
1967
Bachelors
of Science Degree, History Major
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Employment
1998-present
Director,
International Office,
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Oversee
the following component units of the International Office: Study
Abroad, English as a Second Language Services, International
Student and Scholar Services, and Special Programs.
1981-1998
Director,
International Students & Scholars ,
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Coordinate
administration of the foreign student and scholar services program
for the university. Prepare budget and long-range plans for
the office. Supervise staff of seven professionals and three
support personnel. Advise foreign students on immigration, financial,
academic, personal, community and other matters. Oversee awarding
of financial aid to undergraduate foreign students and emergency
aid to graduate level students. Serve as liaison with U.S. foreign
governmental sponsors and with foundations and agencies.
1971-1981
Assistant
Director, International Student Office,
Cornell University
Coordinated
arrival and orientation services for new foreign students. Advised
foreign students on immigration, financial aid and other matters,
on a walk-in basis. Organized programs, such as inter cultural
communication workshops, pre-departure seminars for departing
foreign students, and tours of Washington D.C. and Williamsburg,
Virginia. Advised national and cultural student groups.
1971
(June-Sept.)
Resident
Director, International Living Center,
Cornell University
Responsible
for program coordination, room assignments, dormitory maintenance
and summer housing administration. Left to become Assistant
Director of the International Student Office.
1967-69
Public
Health Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps,
Nakorn Sawan Province, Thailand
Association
Activities
NAFSA: Association of International Educators
2001-2002
Chair
of NAFSA Task Force on International Student Access to US Higher
Education
1997-98
Chair,
Selection Committee for Chief Executive Officer of NAFSA: Association
of International Educators
1992-95
President
of the Association (1993-94) and Member of Executive Committee
Member Committee on Re-structuring the Association
1986-91
Member
then Chair of Government Regulations Advisory Committee (GRAC)
1979-85
Member
then chair of Field Service Steering Committee (professional
development)
Committee
of volunteers organized and developed programs and budget of
several hundred thousand dollars from U.S. Information Agency
to improve services to foreign students/staff and U.S. students
studying abroad through staff training and education.
1984-85
Membership
on Task Force on Re-organization, Advisory Committee on Self-Regulation,
and Home Country Employment Advisory Committee.
1977-81
Chairman
for 2 years & member Council of Advisors to Foreign Students
& Scholars (CAFSS)
1979-81
Member
of NAFSA Board of Directors
1974-78
Held
several offices at the Regional level (New York, New Jersey)
including regional chair, CAFSS representative, and newsletter
editor.
Program
Participant
Baden-Wuerttemburg
Educational Seminar, Germany
National
Program on International Living Centers
Taiwan
Educational Tour
A.I.D.
Relevance of U.S. Education Program
Puerto
Rican Foreign Student Training Program
Southeast
Asian Credentials Workshop/ Philippines
National
Re-entry/Transition Training Programs
NAFSA
delegation to the People's Republic of China
NAFSA/ACHA
Student Health conference in Taiwan
Presenter
at First Bulgarian-American Fulbright Conference
Interviewer
for Boloshak Scholarship Program, Kazakhstan
Orientation
presenter for Umid Scholarship program, Uzbekistan
Awards
1998
Japan
Fulbright International Education Administrators Program
1989
Homer
Higbee Award, NAFSA: Association of International Educators
1981
Fulbright
Grant, Educational Tour of Federal Republic of Germany
1969-71
East-West
Center Grant, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
Publications
1987
& 1995
"Design
a Financial Aid Program for International Students
" The Admissions Strategist, Caroline Nisbet and Jerry
Wilcox, #8 1986
Country Profile of the Philippines, USIA
1980
."The
Philippines," in The Admission and Placement of Students
from Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, and Singapore, NAFSA,
contributor
1976
."
A Program for a Re-entry/Transition Seminar Workshop,"
NAFSA, contributor
NAFSA
Newsletter , International Educator and the Government Affairs
Bulletin, occasional articles
