2010/11 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University
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The <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong>
Contents<br />
Overview of <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> 9<br />
Staffing <strong>11</strong><br />
Accomplishments & Highlights of 10/<strong>11</strong> <strong>11</strong><br />
Services & Programs 17<br />
SEVIS & Immigration Update 19<br />
Services to <strong>International</strong> Families 23<br />
The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> 30<br />
Technology at the I-<strong>Center</strong> 38<br />
Programs and Events at the I-<strong>Center</strong> 39<br />
Statistics 43<br />
Student Statistics: 45<br />
Scholar Statistics: 61<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Statistics 77<br />
Ivy League and Other Institutions 79
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T The<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong> operates from the<br />
belief that international<br />
educational exchange nurtures<br />
a lifelong global perspective<br />
and aspires to play a key role in<br />
increasing <strong>Stanford</strong>’s visibility<br />
around the world, strengthening<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>’s position as a global<br />
university of consequence.<br />
• We provide information about<br />
and assistance with obtaining and<br />
maintaining legal status in the U.S.<br />
to foreign students, scholars, and<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> departments.<br />
• We contribute to international<br />
activities at <strong>Stanford</strong> by helping to<br />
create a welcoming and supportive<br />
environment that is responsive<br />
to the needs of the international<br />
community.<br />
• We enable foreign students, scholars<br />
and their family members at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
to receive maximum academic,<br />
cultural and personal benefit from<br />
their stays in the U.S.<br />
• We advise U.S. students who are<br />
pursuing scholarships for study and<br />
research abroad.<br />
• We provide opportunities for<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> students, faculty, staff, and<br />
members of our local community to<br />
broaden their horizons by interacting<br />
with people from different cultures<br />
through programs to increase<br />
international awareness and<br />
understanding.<br />
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Office/Building<br />
Manager<br />
Gridt Find/Wendy<br />
Cardamone<br />
Host Couple<br />
Sabine Hertz &<br />
Damien Colas<br />
Family Program<br />
Coordinator<br />
Susanne Maas<br />
Faculty Advisory Committee<br />
Overseas Resource<br />
<strong>Center</strong> Manager<br />
Diane Murk<br />
Assistant Director<br />
Intl Scholar Services<br />
Lee Madden<br />
Intl Scholar Advisor<br />
Lynn Kroner<br />
Intl Scholar Advisor<br />
Brian Groves<br />
SEVIS/Immigration Data<br />
Manager<br />
Vicky Billimoria<br />
Assoc. Vice Provost<br />
for Student Affairs<br />
Sally Dickson<br />
Director<br />
John Pearson<br />
Associate Director for<br />
Immigration Services<br />
Shalini Bhutani<br />
<strong>International</strong> Services<br />
Specialist<br />
Margaret Murphy<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Organizational Chart<br />
<strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
Assistant Director<br />
Intl Student Services<br />
Rolando Villalobos<br />
Intl Student Advisor<br />
Laleh Rongere<br />
Intl Student Advisor<br />
Junko Pierry<br />
Community Committee for<br />
<strong>International</strong> Students<br />
Office for<br />
<strong>International</strong> Visitors<br />
Coordinator<br />
Pauline Larmaraud<br />
Front Desk Advising/<br />
Room Reservations<br />
Sean Stafford<br />
Computer<br />
Resources<br />
Shirley Harris<br />
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The non-immigrant student population at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Enrollment as of October 15, <strong>2010</strong> showed a total international student (non-immigrant) registration of 3,601. This population<br />
falls into the following categories:<br />
<strong>International</strong> Total <strong>University</strong> Percentage <strong>International</strong><br />
Graduate Students 2830 8779 32.20%<br />
Undergraduate Students 493 6887 7.10%<br />
Non-matriculated Students 277 845 32.70%<br />
Attendance Permits 1 9 <strong>11</strong>.10%<br />
TOTALS (incl. non-matric/AP) 3601 16520 21.79%<br />
Included in the total of 3601international students:<br />
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3079 students on F-1 visas<br />
292 students on J-1 visas<br />
90 students on H-1 visas<br />
1646 students in doctoral programs<br />
<strong>11</strong>84 students in masters programs<br />
Women students number <strong>11</strong>73 or 32.57% of international students<br />
• 2582 (71.70%) international students are single, 191 (5.30%) note that they are<br />
married or in a partnership, and 828 (22.99%) are unknown marital status<br />
• There are <strong>11</strong>91 new international students. 894 (or 86%) of these new<br />
international students are degree-seeking graduate students<br />
• There are 1012 international postdocs comprising 53.6% of the total posdoc population at <strong>Stanford</strong>. Postdocs<br />
are NOT included in the statistics on this page but are included in the J-1 Exchange scholar statistical<br />
section.<br />
Gender Bachelors Masters Doctorate Attendance<br />
Permit<br />
Non-<br />
Matriculated<br />
Total Students<br />
Men 281 821 <strong>11</strong>19 1 206 2428<br />
Women 212 363 527 0 71 <strong>11</strong>73<br />
Total 493 <strong>11</strong>84 1646 1 277 3601<br />
School<br />
<strong>International</strong> Student Population by Degree Total<br />
Bachelors Masters Doctoral <strong>International</strong><br />
Total Students<br />
in School<br />
Percentage<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
Business 0 286 49 335 928 36.00%<br />
Earth Sciences 6 23 101 130 443 29.30%<br />
Education 0 19 19 38 365 10.40%<br />
Engineering 95 729 740 1564 4335 36.00%<br />
Humanities<br />
and Sciences<br />
139 123 558 820 4482 18.20%<br />
Law 0 0 83 83 636 13.00%<br />
Medicine 0 4 96 100 927 10.70%<br />
Undeclared<br />
Major<br />
253 0 0 253 3550 7.10%<br />
Matriculated<br />
Total<br />
493 <strong>11</strong>84 1646 3323 15,666 21.20%<br />
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The matriculated non-immigrant student population at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>–<br />
Fall 2001 through Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
3000<br />
2500<br />
2000<br />
1500<br />
1000<br />
500<br />
0<br />
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />
Undergrad 336 335 367 384 401 405 425 462 488 493<br />
Grad 2545 2554 2601 2662 2679 2740 2728 2726 2732 2830<br />
Undergrad Grad Total Matriculated Int’l<br />
Students<br />
2001 336 2545 2881<br />
2002 335 2554 2889<br />
2003 367 2601 2968<br />
2004 384 2662 3046<br />
2005 401 2679 3080<br />
2006 405 2740 3145<br />
2007 425 2728 3153<br />
2008 462 2726 3188<br />
2009 488 2732 3220<br />
<strong>2010</strong> 493 2830 3323<br />
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46.7% increase in UNDERGRADUATE students in 10 years<br />
<strong>11</strong>.2% increase in GRADUATE students in 10 years
Overview of <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong>
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Staffing<br />
There were a number of signifi cant staff changes during<br />
<strong>2010</strong> - 20<strong>11</strong>. Gridt Find, our Offi ce Manager, resigned<br />
in July 20<strong>11</strong> to move to Italy with her family. Gridt was<br />
an important part of the <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> family for a<br />
number of years and we miss her. However, thanks to<br />
the magic of Skype, we are able to follow her Italian<br />
adventures, as well as ask her where particular fi les are<br />
located!<br />
We were extremely fortunate to welcome Wendy<br />
Cardamone in August 20<strong>11</strong> as Gridt’s replacement.<br />
Wendy has had considerable experience at <strong>Stanford</strong> and<br />
we are delighted she is now at <strong>Bechtel</strong>.<br />
At the end of August 20<strong>11</strong> our long serving colleague in<br />
computer resources, Shirley Harris, retired. Shirley was<br />
replaced by Vicky Billimoria. Vicky was replaced as SEVIS<br />
Coordinator by Hannah Cho.<br />
We also welcomed Elsa Gontrum as a temporary project<br />
specialist, working on web review, clarifi cation of certain<br />
immigration policies and, ultimately, to replace Junko<br />
Pierry who was due to be on maternity leave in fall 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
One organizational change was that, in the summer of<br />
20<strong>11</strong>, the Offi ce of <strong>International</strong> Visitors began reporting<br />
to the new Offi ce of <strong>International</strong> Aff airs. <strong>International</strong><br />
Visitor services have been part of <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> since<br />
its founding but the new offi ce is taking over broader<br />
responsibilities for visiting delegations. We were sorry to<br />
say goodbye to Pauline Larmaraud who now works in an<br />
offi ce in the Inner Quad.<br />
Accomplishments & Highlights of<br />
10/<strong>11</strong><br />
In Fall <strong>2010</strong> there were 3601 international non-immigrant<br />
students at <strong>Stanford</strong>. Please see our Statistics section<br />
starting on page 43 for more complete information on<br />
international student and scholar statistics.<br />
In Fall <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Stanford</strong> ranked 28th in the U.S. for<br />
enrollment of international students (including those<br />
F-1 and J-1 students on post-graduation practical and<br />
academic training). It is worth noting that none of<br />
the schools ranked above <strong>Stanford</strong> had a total student<br />
enrollment as “small” as <strong>Stanford</strong>’s. Statistics collected<br />
by the Institute of <strong>International</strong> Education now include<br />
those F-1 students on post-graduation practical training.<br />
See page 58-59 of this Report to see the top 25 schools’<br />
rankings.<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> ranked fourth in the country for the number<br />
of J-1 and H-1 Visiting Scholars and Researchers during<br />
<strong>2010</strong>-20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
Both the absolute numbers of international students and<br />
scholars at <strong>Stanford</strong> continues to increase and details of<br />
these increases can be found in the statistical section at<br />
the end of this report.<br />
Beginning in September <strong>2010</strong> <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> was<br />
provided with additional staffi ng resources to continue<br />
the work of H-1 compliance and provision of immigration<br />
services to students, scholars and departments.<br />
Much of our technology eff ort during the year was<br />
focused on the Peoplesoft Immigration Project. During<br />
the year we began to use Peoplesoft for the processing of<br />
H-1 requests. To facilitate this, we conducted signifi cant<br />
outreach and training to departments.<br />
CONTINUED ExCELLENT SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESS<br />
• During <strong>2010</strong>-20<strong>11</strong>, 59 <strong>Stanford</strong> students were<br />
awarded scholarships administered by, or advised<br />
on, by the Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong>. 5 of these<br />
students fi nally decided not to accept their awards.<br />
• Included in this number were 3 Rhodes, 2<br />
Marshalls, 2 Gates, 1 Mitchell and 30 Fulbrights<br />
(of the latter award 5 ultimately declined). This<br />
continues a few years of steady progress.<br />
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• During the year we conducted more outreach and<br />
in different forms. Cooperative information sessions<br />
were held with Haas <strong>Center</strong> for Public Service, Dean<br />
of the South Row, School of Engineering, Bing<br />
Overseas Studies and the Career Development<br />
<strong>Center</strong>. In addition, a specialized email outreach was<br />
conducted to faculty in Science and Engineering.<br />
• In order to better assess our services in this area<br />
there was an evaluation of the fall <strong>2010</strong> process<br />
which resulted in a poster presentation at the<br />
annual Student Affairs Assessment Fair.<br />
MAINTAINED FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION<br />
COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND IMPROVED SERVICE<br />
TO STUDENTS, SCHOLARS AND DEPARTMENTS<br />
In addition to providing one-on-one immigration<br />
advising and SEVIS tracking services to international<br />
students and scholars, the student advising staff<br />
welcomed close to <strong>11</strong>00 new undergraduate and<br />
graduate international students to campus, and<br />
processed 1440 OPT/CPT applications.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>11</strong>, <strong>Stanford</strong> hosted 3601 international students,<br />
2013 J-1 Scholars and Postdoctoral fellows, and 735<br />
H-1 employees. Family members accompanied many of<br />
these individuals.<br />
The scholar advising staff produced 1806 DS-2019s<br />
for new and continuing J scholars, processed <strong>11</strong><strong>11</strong><br />
arrival confirmations, submitted 347 H-1 petitions, 3<br />
O-1 petitions and 9 permanent residency petitions.<br />
Staff offered bi-monthly J visa orientation meetings to<br />
incoming J scholars, and quarterly outreach and training<br />
meetings to departments.<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>11</strong>, the international scholar area introduced<br />
Workflow to the community of H-1 users at <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
Following numerous design and planning meetings,<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> staff held several outreach sessions with<br />
the departmental user community, to introduce the new<br />
functionality and familiarize users with the operation of<br />
the system.<br />
The new employment visa workflow functionality<br />
complements the existing exchange visitor environment<br />
such that now all nonimmigrant visa classifications are<br />
accessed through the Peoplesoft based system used<br />
by most <strong>Stanford</strong> departments for other administrative<br />
tasks.<br />
With the addition of employment-based visas to the<br />
Peoplesoft environment, and the move to <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
I-<strong>Center</strong> of public access records last year, intended<br />
compliance with federal regulations is close to ideal.<br />
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Outreach to areas such as the H&S Faculty Affairs group,<br />
Postdoc Affairs and attendance at standing committees<br />
such as the H-1 Postdoc Review Board contributed<br />
toward increased representation of <strong>Bechtel</strong> across<br />
campus.<br />
We processed 904 F and J SEVIS batches, responded<br />
to 52,818 SEVIS alerts, and our front desk had 18,778<br />
individual interactions with students, scholars,<br />
departments and other visitors.<br />
During the year <strong>Stanford</strong> was also re-certified for the F-1<br />
Visa Program. This recertification was conducted by the<br />
Department of Homeland Security.<br />
GRADUATE STUDENT AND INTERNATIONAL<br />
FROSH ORIENTATION<br />
As in previous years, two separate orientation programs<br />
were run for new undergraduate and graduate students.<br />
The Undergraduate Program was extended this year to a<br />
four day program, which complimented the <strong>University</strong>wide<br />
New Student Orientation Week. Like previous years,<br />
this year’s program included informational sessions,<br />
“Breakfast at <strong>Bechtel</strong>,” discussion sections on “Inside the<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Classroom,” a scavenger hunt, a shopping trip, a<br />
barbecue, and the always popular beach trip!<br />
As we have seen in past years, attendance of<br />
international frosh parent events has been growing.<br />
Both the Parents’ Welcome Reception and the Question<br />
and Answer Session were very popular again this year.<br />
Parents appreciated the opportunity to meet and<br />
socialize with other parents as well as with <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
I-<strong>Center</strong> staff.<br />
The week-long Graduate Orientation, which lasted until<br />
the start date of classes, was attended by over 1000<br />
students and their family members. The Community<br />
Committee for <strong>International</strong> Students (CCIS) volunteered<br />
their services providing one-on-one advising to new<br />
graduate students and family members.<br />
In addition to 25 “Maintaining Your Legal Status”<br />
sessions offered at Graduate Orientation, we organized<br />
an additional 20 sessions and events that offered<br />
informational and social opportunities. Many events<br />
were very well attended, including nearly 100 students<br />
who attended the “Culture of the U.S. Classroom” which<br />
explained <strong>Stanford</strong>’s academic system and the Honor<br />
Code. Like the previous year, and due to increased<br />
demand and interest on insurance issues, we included<br />
a session called “Medical Care- Insurance, Entrance<br />
Medical Records, Required Inoculations.” This session<br />
complimented the session “Staying Healthy at <strong>Stanford</strong>”<br />
which focused on well- being and counseling services.
Students and their families were invited to a Welcome<br />
Reception where they were welcomed by John Pearson,<br />
Director of the <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong>. As always,<br />
all enjoyed the great food and live music by Souls of Blue.<br />
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
Staff participated in sessions and workshops at NAFSA<br />
conferences and at the NAFSA National Conference.<br />
Brian Groves served as a member of NAFSA’s Task Force<br />
on the Real ID Act, and was a panel member of the J-1<br />
Beginners workshop. Brian also began serving as the<br />
Region XII Scholar Ombuds person. Junko Pierry became<br />
a member of the NAFSA Trainer Corps and served as a<br />
Panel member for the F-1 Beginners Workshop at the<br />
national and regional conference. She also served on two<br />
NAFSA Sub-Committees; Travel Subcommittee and the<br />
Leadership Cultivation Subcommittee. Laleh Rongere<br />
presented at NAFSA Region XII Northern District, served<br />
as the J-1 Workshop Leader and presenter at NAFSA<br />
Regional and presented at BA-PIER meetings. Diane Murk<br />
presented at the Bay Area Lessons From Abroad Returnee<br />
Conference. John Pearson served as Chair of the the<br />
Awards Sub-Committee for the Association. Shalini<br />
Bhutani served on NAFSA’s Ethics Guidelines Task Force<br />
and took over as Chair Designate.<br />
During the winter of 20<strong>11</strong> <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong>, in<br />
cooperation with the Offi ce of the Controller, purchased<br />
and off ered a federal income tax software, CINTAX, for<br />
international students and scholars to use without cost.<br />
Over 2,000 students and scholars used this software, and<br />
we will continue to off er it in the future. We also brought<br />
to campus a representative of CINTAX who presented<br />
three tax workshops for international students and<br />
scholars.<br />
ENHANCED PROGRAM OFFERINGS<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong>’s program off erings can be divided<br />
into three categories: a) programs facilitated by the<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> Staff Program Committee ; b) programs<br />
off ered by groups affi liated with <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
such as the Community Committee for <strong>International</strong><br />
Students: and c) programs sponsored by student or<br />
campus organizations. All three categories fl ourished<br />
during <strong>2010</strong>-20<strong>11</strong>. Further information can be found<br />
later in this report but we would note the following:<br />
Many of our programs and events were presented<br />
in conjunction with student groups on campus<br />
and were support by funding from the Riddle<br />
Family Foundation and the Billie Achilles Fund.<br />
Over 10,000 attended programs off ered at<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> during 2009-<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
the <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Presents<br />
Lunchtime Discussions<br />
FREE<br />
How <strong>Stanford</strong> is Shaping Your Future<br />
for Returning <strong>International</strong> Graduate Students<br />
Wednesday, October 13: Jeff Koseff<br />
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of the Woods<br />
Institute for the Environment<br />
Long-term research projects include understanding the transport of mass and energy in estuarine systems such<br />
as San Francisco Bay, and understanding how the coral reef systems of the Red Sea and Hawaii and the kelp<br />
forest systems of California function.<br />
Wednesday, October 20: Lynn Hildeman<br />
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Senior Fellow,<br />
Woods Institute for the Environment at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Prof. Hildemann specializes in the study of air pollutants. Her research interests include organic aerosols, indoor<br />
air pollutants, and source emissions characteristics. Current projects include the sources of indoor bioaerosols<br />
(molds and bacteria), measurement of near-proximity exposure to secondhand smoke, emissions from “green”<br />
construction adhesives, and characterization of thermodynamic properties for organic aerosols.<br />
Wednesday, October 27: Pamela Hinds<br />
Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering<br />
Hinds studies the effect of technology on groups and the interplay between information technologies,<br />
information sharing, and human judgment. She is currently conducting research on the affect of remote and<br />
distributed work on employees’ shared understanding of work, the affect of intellectual property agreements<br />
on information sharing, and the limitations of expertise.<br />
Friday, November 10: Christian Wheeler<br />
Associate Professor of Marketing, Graduate School of Business<br />
Christian Wheeler’s research focuses on how consumers form evaluations and make decisions. His<br />
recent work has examined how individuals’ self-beliefs can alter the degree and means by which they are<br />
infl uenced by persuasive messages. Dr. Wheeler’s research suggests that individuals may be affected by<br />
subtle situational infl uences without their awareness or intention.<br />
Wednesday, November 17: Richard Saller<br />
Dean of the School of Humanities & Professor of European Studies<br />
Dean Saller’s research has concentrated on Roman social and economic history, in particular patronage<br />
relations, the family and the imperial economy. He uses literary, legal and epigraphic materials to investigate<br />
issues of social hierarchy, gender distinctions and economic production with the aid of current social science<br />
theory.<br />
All lunches are at the Faculty Club and are free to students.<br />
In order to sign up for these lunches please go to:<br />
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/events/lunch.fb<br />
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/events/lunch.fb<br />
and and enter enter your your name name and and the the lunch lunch you you would would like like to attend. attend.<br />
Come watch the Champions League<br />
final with the European Association!<br />
These These events events are are funded funded by by VPGE VPGE and and <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
When: Saturday, May 28th <strong>11</strong>:30am-2:30pm<br />
Where: <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
Assembly Room<br />
This event is<br />
sponsored by the<br />
Bille Achilles Fund.<br />
Join EAS for a viewing of the game and yummy<br />
snacks! Wear your favorite team’s jersey!<br />
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These programs included:<br />
• Programs aimed at connecting international<br />
students and recent international alumni<br />
to assess the ways to maximize the<br />
student experience at <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
• Lunch discussion series between <strong>International</strong><br />
Graduate Students and Faculty<br />
•<br />
•<br />
53 programs funded by the Billie Achilles Fund<br />
7 programs funded by the Riddle Family Foundation<br />
• Bus Trips to Ano Neuvo, Muir Woods<br />
and Monterey and Carmel<br />
• Programs for international undergraduates who<br />
remain on, or near, campus during winter break<br />
• Orientation Programs for New <strong>International</strong><br />
Graduate and Undergraduate Students<br />
• “Fire on Fire”: an event co-sponsored by a<br />
number of international students organizations<br />
and offered during spring quarter<br />
•<br />
An <strong>International</strong> Evening of Dance and Music<br />
• Spouse Programs, which continued to<br />
grow in number and interest. During <strong>2010</strong>-<br />
20<strong>11</strong> over 750 programs, some offered<br />
weekly, were provided to family members<br />
of international students and scholars<br />
• Continued excellence in the programs offered by the<br />
Community Committee for <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
• <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> participated in the April 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Haas <strong>Center</strong> workshop focused on <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
students traveling abroad in the summer of 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
COMMUNITY COMMITTEE FOR<br />
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS (CCIS)<br />
Once again the <strong>Stanford</strong> international community was<br />
fortunate to experience the dedication and services of<br />
this tremendous community volunteer organization.<br />
What follows is just a sampling of what they offered<br />
to international students, scholars and their family<br />
members.<br />
Loan Closet – approximately 250 students/spouses<br />
borrowed second-hand household items to use during<br />
their stay at <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
Spouse Education Fund – 27 grants (each up to $500<br />
for a total of $10,630) made for educational purposes<br />
to spouses of <strong>Stanford</strong> international graduate students,<br />
post-docs and visiting scholars. <strong>Stanford</strong> Continuing<br />
Studies contributed class waivers for <strong>11</strong> of these grants.<br />
Hospitality – 91 students served. This program<br />
welcomes students to typical American lifestyle through<br />
events such as dinners, holidays, sight-seeing, sports<br />
events, etc.<br />
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CCIS Desk – CCIS volunteers in the <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> foyer<br />
provide a friendly face and assistance to internationals<br />
on weekday afternoons.<br />
Potluck Dinners – well-attended Potluck/Music evening<br />
once per term at the <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong>.<br />
English Classes – 300 students/spouses served by the <strong>11</strong><br />
courses offered during the year by 21 volunteer teachers.<br />
Friday Coffee – Average of 60 spouses and family<br />
members served each week by 10 or more volunteers<br />
with activities for children and adults.<br />
Homestay – 40 students received 3-5-day stays with<br />
an American family before settling into their regular<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> housing.<br />
Community Advisors – 550 new international graduate<br />
students welcomed to <strong>Stanford</strong> and provided with oneon-one<br />
information and orientation packets helpful to<br />
their new life in the U.S. and at <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
English-in-Action – 275 students and spouses served by<br />
matching them with a local volunteer for conversational<br />
English and friendship.<br />
Professional Liason – 8 international spouses were<br />
provided with a one-time meeting with a local<br />
professional in their field.<br />
CCIS also provides outreach and communication to 600-<br />
700 community members via the CCIS newsletter – the<br />
Communique – each term. These community members<br />
are directly or indirectly supporters of the <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> through their volunteerism and<br />
donations to CCIS programs.<br />
PROjECTS & GOALS FOR <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
Immigration Related Goals<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Prepare for SEVIS 2.0: SEVIS 2.0 is scheduled to go<br />
live in November 2013. However in the next year<br />
there will need to be considerable outreach to, and<br />
training of, current students and scholars as well as<br />
departments. Data migration will also happen and<br />
data verification will need to be monitored.<br />
Prepare for USCIS Transformation and the move by<br />
this agency to a more on-line benefits application<br />
process<br />
Evaluate Summer Curricular Practical Training<br />
Develop policies and outreach focusing on shortterm<br />
student programs<br />
Develop monthly departmental meetings and<br />
regular use of the new departmental mailing list<br />
Produce an in-house manual of the processing of PR<br />
applications and advising
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Implement dependent funding verification for J-2s<br />
Develop data reports for H visas<br />
Continued involvement in H Peoplesoft<br />
development<br />
Assess and improve the J orientation for visiting<br />
scholars<br />
Training of other staff in processing of J requests<br />
Revise, expand and coordinate the information<br />
about merit-based petitions (O-1 and green card)<br />
and PERM applications on the web<br />
Revise, update and improve pages of the website as<br />
they pertain to employment visas, with particular<br />
attention to the implementation of WorkFlow.<br />
During a year of fixed-term positions, evaluate<br />
services and functional needs around these<br />
positions. With SEVIS 2.0 and other major<br />
immigration developments (both internal and<br />
external) the coming year will see many changes and<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> needs to be able to alter functions<br />
and descriptions to meet these changes.<br />
Programmatic Goals<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Begin preparation for 2013, the 50th anniversary of<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
Continue to enhance the aspect of our website<br />
focusing on individual student travelers<br />
Continue to assess needs of international<br />
undergraduates as a group; assess international<br />
frosh orientation and <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong>’s relationship<br />
with the <strong>International</strong> Undergraduate Community<br />
organization<br />
Develop a comprehensive web-based pre-arrival<br />
information program for new international students<br />
Increase diversity among scholarship applicant pool<br />
Continue to improve and develop mentoring<br />
programs for scholarships such as Fulbright, Mitchell,<br />
Luce, Churchill, DAAD, Boren, ESU, and AU-Cairo.<br />
Continue to work with Haas <strong>Center</strong> and other units<br />
on developing information for students going<br />
overseas independently and to enhance the <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
I-<strong>Center</strong> web information for such students.<br />
Assess the future role of the <strong>Bechtel</strong> host couple in<br />
relation to our broader programmatic needs<br />
Assessment<br />
During the next year we will focus on one or two areas<br />
that we can assess in a manner that provides <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
with measurements to improve or change services.<br />
Budget, Facilities and Office Management<br />
Establish a facilities improvement plan for the next 2-3<br />
years<br />
Continue to cooperate with Zone and Facilities<br />
Management to enhance the building. It is expected<br />
that there will be new lighting installed outside and the<br />
building re-painted during 20<strong>11</strong>-2012<br />
Continue to enhance the art offerings in the building<br />
FURTHER INFORMATION ON I-CENTER<br />
ACTIVITIES <strong>2010</strong>/20<strong>11</strong><br />
Staff Involvement in Campus, Local<br />
& National Committees<br />
Campus Committees<br />
• Community Committee for <strong>International</strong><br />
Students Board Meetings<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Fulbright Scholar programs Advisory Committee<br />
Non-Resident Alien Committee<br />
• Rhodes/Marshall/Churchill/Fulbright<br />
Scholarship Committees<br />
•<br />
Student Health Insurance Committee<br />
• Poster Presenter at the <strong>2010</strong> Student<br />
Affairs Assessment Poster Fair (Survey of<br />
Fall <strong>2010</strong> Scholarship Applicants)<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Help <strong>Center</strong> Advisory Board<br />
Bridge Advisory Board<br />
Institutional Compliance Committee<br />
Sexual Violence Advisory Board<br />
Campus Community Information Technology Group<br />
KZSU Advisory Board<br />
Student Affairs Administration Team<br />
Student Affairs Emergency Preparedness Committee<br />
•<br />
Safety Net Committee<br />
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Local & National Committees/Organizations<br />
•<br />
•<br />
NAFSA: Association of <strong>International</strong> Educators<br />
– Member of the Ethics Committee Task Force<br />
– Member of the Trainer Corps for the<br />
Professional Development Workshops<br />
– Chair: Awards Sub-Committee<br />
– Member of Travel Subcommittee<br />
– Member of the Leadership<br />
Cultivation Subcommittee<br />
– Member of the Inter-Associational Task Force<br />
on Health and Safety in Study Abroad<br />
Bay Area Foreign Scholars Advisers Group<br />
• Member of the Ivy League Plus<br />
Two <strong>International</strong> Offices<br />
•<br />
Member: Bay Pier<br />
• Member: NCEAA, Northern California<br />
Educators Abroad Association<br />
• Advisory Committee: Bay Area<br />
Senior Fulbright Committee<br />
ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCES 2009/<strong>2010</strong><br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
NAFSA National Conference, Vancouver<br />
NAFSA Regional Conference, Reno<br />
Ivy Plus <strong>International</strong> Office Meeting, MIT<br />
• Liaison Meetings with Immigration Service<br />
Offices, Laguna Niguel and San Francisco<br />
•<br />
Bay Area Lessons From Abroad Returnee Conference<br />
BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER FACULTY<br />
ADVISORY COMMITTEE <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
James Bettinger Knight Fellows<br />
Parviz Moin Mechanical Engineering<br />
Kunle Olukoton Electrical Engineering<br />
Jayashri Srikantiah School of Law<br />
Rachel Lotan School of Education<br />
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BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER<br />
ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE<br />
Cori Bosenberry Medical School<br />
Ann Arvin Vice Provost/ Dean of Research<br />
Ann George Research and Graduate Policy<br />
Rania Sanford Post Doc Office<br />
Sally Gressens School of Engineering<br />
We would be pleased to provide<br />
further information on anything<br />
that appears in this Annual<br />
Report.<br />
John Pearson<br />
Director
Services & Programs
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SEVIS & Immigration Update<br />
A list was compiled of key changes to SEVIS and<br />
immigration related-regulations that affect F, J and H<br />
visas as well as Permanent Residence sponsorship, for the<br />
period September1, <strong>2010</strong> through August 31, 20<strong>11</strong>. They<br />
are listed below.<br />
SEVIS<br />
During this time, three new releases were implemented<br />
to SEVIS batch and RTI. These include SEVIS Release 6.6,<br />
SEVIS Release 6.7, and SEVIS Release 6.8.<br />
SEVIS Release 6.6 was implemented on November 12,<br />
<strong>2010</strong>.<br />
Changes for F and j schools included:<br />
Upgrading of the CIP 2000 codes and descriptions to<br />
the revised <strong>2010</strong> CIP codes and descriptions.<br />
Reducing the time period for SEVIS to inactivate a<br />
user account for inactivity from 90 days to 45 days.<br />
SEVIS Release 6.7 was implemented on April 22, 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
Changes for F/M and j schools included:<br />
Removal of all Driver License Numbers from the<br />
SEVIS database, following the decision that SEVIS<br />
would no longer be required to capture and store<br />
this information for F-1/M-1 students, J-1 exchange<br />
visitors, and J-2 spouses/dependents.<br />
Changes for F/M schools included:<br />
Allowing school officials to enter/edit an optional<br />
email address for a student and his/her spouse/<br />
dependents.<br />
Changes for j schools included:<br />
A 30-day validation window for initial status<br />
verification when a nonimmigrant is approved to<br />
change to J-1 status. Validation must be completed<br />
within 30 days of the earlier of the following two<br />
dates:<br />
Program Start Date in SEVIS<br />
Benefit Start Date on the Form I-797 Approval<br />
Notice.<br />
Failure to validate within this timeframe will result<br />
in SEVIS automatically setting the exchange visitor<br />
record to No Show status.<br />
SEVIS Release 6.8 was implemented on June 24, 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
Changes affecting F and M schools included:<br />
Requiring SEVP adjudication for I-17 updates like<br />
adding a new PDSO or DSO when that individual<br />
is not already a PDSO or DSO in the SEVIS system,<br />
updating the name of a PDSO or DSO, and<br />
modifications to the area of study and course of<br />
study fields.<br />
Disallowing the functionality that allows the PDSO<br />
to add/update/edit/delete/assign DSOs while an<br />
application for school recertification is pending.<br />
Changes for j schools included:<br />
Removal of the 400 Report<br />
New “No Show” Link for Transfer-In Exchange Visitors<br />
New functionality to Print Form DS-2019 for “Correct<br />
Minor or Technical Infraction”<br />
Additional fields for Secondary School Students and<br />
Au Pairs<br />
Removal of the Aviation Occupational Category<br />
New functionality to request “Extension Beyond<br />
Maximum Duration of Participation for Specialists”<br />
Removal of functionality to request “Extension<br />
Beyond Maximum Duration of Participation for<br />
Student Interns”<br />
SEVIS II<br />
SEVIS II continued to be developed this year. Even<br />
though SEVP did not officially announce a revised<br />
implementation timeline, it communicated that<br />
implementation of the initial operating capability phase<br />
(Phase 1) will likely be in Spring 2013, and final operating<br />
capability (Phase II) in Fall 2013.<br />
Phase I will consists of:<br />
Migration of I-17 and DS-3036 (school and exchange<br />
visitor program) data from SEVIS I to SEVIS II, and the<br />
review, correction and consolidation of that data.<br />
Updating the SEVIS II I-17 and DS-3036 with any new<br />
data that is required by SEVIS II but not present in<br />
SEVIS I.<br />
Migration of student, exchange visitor and<br />
dependent data from SEVIS I to SEVIS II, and the<br />
review, correction and consolidation of that data.<br />
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Creation of Customer Accounts by SEVIS users (RO/<br />
AROs, PDSOs/DSOs, Government users, current<br />
students, exchange visitors and their dependents,<br />
as well as others that will need to interface with<br />
the system), who will receive an Immigration<br />
Identification Number (IIN)<br />
Phase II is when SEVIS II “goes live,” and becomes the sole<br />
system of record. Until that time, SEVIS I will be the sole<br />
system of record. There is no overlap planned.<br />
Social Security: SSA Resumes Sending No-Match Letters<br />
On April 6, 20<strong>11</strong>, the Social Security Administration<br />
(SSA) updated its policy guidance to resume sending<br />
DECOR (Decentralized Correspondence) notices,<br />
commonly known as “no-match” letters. SSA sends<br />
these notices to employees or employers when a name<br />
or Social Security Number (SSN) reported on Form W-2<br />
or on self-employment reports does not match SSA’s<br />
records.<br />
Real ID Compliance Date Delayed<br />
In a final rule published March 7, 20<strong>11</strong>, DHS extended<br />
until January 15, 2013 the date by which States must<br />
be in full compliance with the REAL ID Act of 2005. The<br />
prior full compliance date had been May <strong>11</strong>, 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
Fee Changes<br />
New fees for USCIS applications and petitions for<br />
benefits, including the premium-processing fee,<br />
became effective on November 23, <strong>2010</strong>. Most fees<br />
were raised, but the fees for Form I-539 and several<br />
other forms are being slightly lowered:<br />
I-102 Application for Replacement/Initial<br />
Nonimmigrant Arrival-Departure Document<br />
changed from $320 to $330<br />
I-129/129CW Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker<br />
changed from $320 to $325<br />
I-140 Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker changed<br />
from $475 to $580<br />
I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence<br />
or Adjust Status changed from $930 to $985<br />
I-907 Request for Premium Processing Service<br />
changed from $1000 to $1225<br />
I-539 Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant<br />
Status changed from $300 to $290<br />
I-765 Application for Employment Authorization<br />
changed from $380 to $340<br />
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F-1 STUDENTS<br />
Removal of NSEERS Country Designation<br />
Effective April 28, 20<strong>11</strong>, DHS removed the following<br />
countries from designation under the National Security<br />
Entry-Exit Registration System: Afghanistan, Algeria,<br />
Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran,<br />
Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, North<br />
Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,<br />
Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.<br />
This followed DHS’ determination that manually<br />
capturing arrival/exit information on non-immigrant<br />
travelers through the NSEERS “special registration”<br />
program was redundant and did not increase security,<br />
so nationals or citizens of these countries would no<br />
longer be subject to special registration procedures.<br />
New I-515A Procedure<br />
Starting July 15, 20<strong>11</strong>, SEVP has the authority<br />
to terminate the SEVIS record status of any F<br />
nonimmigrant who does not comply with the Form<br />
I-515A directive within the 30-day response period.<br />
Within five business days of the nonimmigrant<br />
receiving temporary admission into the United States,<br />
SEVP will notify the relevant designated school officials<br />
(DSOs) of the issuance of the Form 1-515A and the<br />
future termination date. At the end of the 30-day<br />
response period, the nonimmigrant has two choices<br />
if the nonimmigrant has not complied with the Form<br />
I-515A:<br />
Depart the United States immediately<br />
File immediately for reinstatement with USCIS.<br />
DHS STEM OPT Designated Degree Programs List 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Effective April 20<strong>11</strong>, students graduating from STEM-<br />
Designated degree programs became eligible for an<br />
additional 17 months of OPT.<br />
Accreditation for Language Training Programs<br />
On December 14, <strong>2010</strong>, President Obama signed<br />
into law “An Act to require the accreditation of<br />
English language training programs, and for other<br />
purposes.” The law amends section 101(a)(15)(F) of<br />
the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that<br />
intensive language training programs be accredited<br />
by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary<br />
of Education in order to be SEVIS-certified, issue Forms<br />
I-20, and enroll F-1 nonimmigrant students.
j ExCHANGE VISITORS<br />
Exchange Visitor Program Fee<br />
Effective March 27, 20<strong>11</strong>, the fee for program<br />
designation and re-designation was raised from $1748<br />
to $2700, and the fee for other program services, such<br />
as change of category and reinstatement was lowered<br />
from $246 to $233.<br />
EMPLOYMENT-BASED CATEGORIES<br />
H-1B Updates<br />
Deemed Export<br />
On November 23, <strong>2010</strong>, a new I-129 form that requires<br />
a new “deemed export” attestation for H-1B, H-1B1<br />
Chile/Singapore, L-1, and O-1A petitioners became<br />
available. This form became mandatory on Feb. 20,<br />
20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
FY 20<strong>11</strong> H-1B Cap<br />
On January 26, 20<strong>11</strong>, USCIS estimated that it had<br />
received enough H application to fill the FY 20<strong>11</strong><br />
H-1cap of 65,000. A computer-generated random<br />
selection process was applied to all petitions received<br />
on January 26th, and all remaining cap-subject<br />
petitions not randomly selected were to be returned<br />
with the accompanying fee.<br />
VISA, TRAVEL AND REENTRY<br />
Visa revocation<br />
In April 20<strong>11</strong>, DOS’ final rule on Visa Revocation<br />
Authority became effective. It broadens consular<br />
officers’ visa revocation authority, allowing them<br />
to revoke a nonimmigrant or immigrant visa at any<br />
time, at his or her discretion. Previous regulations had<br />
limited a consular officer’s ability to revoke visas to<br />
several enumerated grounds.<br />
Glossary<br />
USCIS: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)<br />
DOS: Department of State<br />
DHS: Department of Homeland Security<br />
USICE: United States Immigration and Custom<br />
Enforcement<br />
SEVIS: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System<br />
SEVP: Student and Exchange Visitor Programs<br />
OPT: Optional Practical Training<br />
STEM : Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics<br />
NSEERS: National Security Entry-Exit Registration System<br />
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Services to <strong>International</strong> Families<br />
In today’s world, the individuals who come to <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
as dependents of international graduate students,<br />
post-docs and visiting scholars often have equivalent<br />
educational backgrounds to that of the person they are<br />
accompanying.<br />
Regardless of gender, these spouses all face a serious<br />
challenge in deciding to join their partner at <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
In most cases, they are forced to abandon or postpone<br />
their own professional development in order to keep the<br />
couple or family together. Reactions to this challenge<br />
vary widely, from acceptance to frustration and<br />
resentment at being cut off from one’s career, family and<br />
friends. This situation can be a major source of stress.<br />
The goal of the Office for <strong>International</strong> Families is to<br />
create programs and services that will provide support<br />
and assistance to these individuals in their varying<br />
situations, and to build a supportive international<br />
community that will enable them to create a positive and<br />
constructive experience at <strong>Stanford</strong>. This is accomplished<br />
by combining individual advising (in which the Adviser’s<br />
role is supplemented by peer advising in various<br />
languages through the members of the Spouse Welcome<br />
Committee and advisers in the Resource <strong>Center</strong> for<br />
<strong>International</strong> Families) and with program opportunities<br />
(to develop classes that use their skills and/or attend<br />
classes and programs that offer stimulation and new<br />
perspectives). Through this process, as spouses become<br />
involved in the I-<strong>Center</strong>’s programs, their basic needs are<br />
addressed. They are introduced to the resources of their<br />
new surroundings, build on their skills or learn new ones,<br />
and develop a feeling of community with others in a<br />
similar situation.<br />
ADVISING & SERVICES<br />
Coordinator for Classes and Programs for <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Spouses, Partners & Families<br />
The program has one Coordinator, who works 15 hours<br />
per week for the program. Susanne Maas from Germany<br />
has been working as the Coordinator of the Program<br />
since November 2009.<br />
The Coordinator is responsible for the quarterly Spouse<br />
Program, the weekly newsletter, contacting volunteers,<br />
updating the information material, recruiting new<br />
volunteers, and answering questions about the program.<br />
She also plans procedures for welcoming and orienting<br />
newcomers to <strong>Stanford</strong>, including organizing the<br />
Welcome Reception and leads the Welcome Committee.<br />
Friday Morning Coffee Coordinator<br />
and Welcome Receptions<br />
This is a three-hour-per-week position, handling the<br />
logistical aspects and assuring continuity of the various<br />
procedures for welcoming and orienting newcomers to<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>. Hyeyon Moon from Korea has held this position<br />
since November 2009.<br />
Welcome Committee<br />
We invite spouses to be part of the next year’s Welcome<br />
Committee. Since the most effective way to assist<br />
newcomers in adapting is to put them in touch with<br />
someone who speaks their language and has gone<br />
through a similar experience, we recruited and trained<br />
a group of volunteers from many different countries to<br />
be our Welcome Committee for <strong>International</strong> Families.<br />
Committee members met during spring and summer and<br />
organized a major Welcome Reception for <strong>International</strong><br />
Spouses.<br />
Email Service<br />
We provide an email service where new and returning<br />
spouses can ask questions: stanfordfamilies@gmail.com.<br />
Responsible for answering is the team of John Pearson<br />
(Director), Shalini Bhutani (Associate Director) and Gridt<br />
Find and later this year Wendy Cardamone (Building<br />
Manager).<br />
Resource <strong>Center</strong><br />
The Resource <strong>Center</strong> for <strong>International</strong> Families is a<br />
comprehensive combination of information and peer<br />
advising that enables spouses and family members<br />
to build a stimulating and worthwhile experience for<br />
themselves while they are accompanying a student,<br />
post-doc, visiting scholar or faculty member at <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
The community volunteer, Mary Schuelke, is responsible<br />
for the project. She continually adds new material, which<br />
she organizes and updates. She also coordinates the<br />
scheduling and training of the volunteer advisers who<br />
staff the <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
The RC advisers provided a warm welcome and<br />
encouragement to newly-arrived internationals as<br />
well as information on car purchases, driver licenses,<br />
health insurance, educational pursuits, volunteering,<br />
work authorization, schools and activities for kids, and<br />
recreational opportunities. Visitors also take advantage of<br />
our lending library, with books in Japanese, Korean and<br />
several other languages as well as English. The advisers<br />
skillfully helped visitors to the <strong>Center</strong> during open hours<br />
spread over 4 days per week<br />
Resource <strong>Center</strong> Coordinator, Mary Schuelke, has<br />
provided detailed information on the Resources <strong>Center</strong>’s<br />
activities, which may be found on page 28.<br />
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Handbook for <strong>International</strong> Spouses,<br />
Partners and Families<br />
Every year the <strong>International</strong> Families Office designs, edits<br />
and produces a 28-page publication which serves as a<br />
handbook for international families and also a calendar<br />
to advise them of relevant academic dates and I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
programs. The Calendar/Handbook, “<strong>2010</strong>-20<strong>11</strong> at<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>”, includes extensive information on community<br />
resources of special interest to this population and<br />
provides answers to their most frequently asked<br />
questions. During the summer of 20<strong>11</strong> Susanne Maas<br />
was responsible for editing the new handbook <strong>2010</strong>-<br />
20<strong>11</strong>, a guide for new and returning spouses with lots of<br />
information including the welcome committee member<br />
list.<br />
PROGRAMS<br />
To create programs, we work with spouses to turn their<br />
knowledge and expertise or avocation into a class that<br />
will be both stimulating for them and beneficial to those<br />
who attend the program.<br />
Each program serves multiple purposes simultaneously,<br />
providing a channel for the teacher or leader to develop<br />
her/his expertise, valuable learning experience for<br />
the students, and an opportunity for spouses to form<br />
friendships with others in a similar situation.<br />
In the year <strong>2010</strong>-20<strong>11</strong>, we offered <strong>11</strong>6 different courses,<br />
classes, workshops and events. They can be classified<br />
as: Orientation programs (the Friday Morning Coffee,<br />
Welcome Reception and Campus tours); workshops<br />
for spouses (Yoga, Beginner’s Art History Class), Crafts<br />
(knitting), Cooking (Basics of French Cooking, Benise<br />
- West African Cooking), Languages (from Arabic to<br />
Russian over 9 different languages), and Childrens’<br />
Groups (Baby and Toddler group, Fun for Kids outing).<br />
Planning<br />
To plan the programs, the Coordinator invites new and<br />
returning volunteers to a special planning meeting held<br />
every quarter. One main source of volunteer recruitment<br />
is the registration form each newcomer is asked to<br />
provide.<br />
Each quarter our program serves hundreds of spouses,<br />
partners and families. The Friday Morning Coffee alone has<br />
around 60 visitors and 30 children each week. The Yoga<br />
class had peak times with over 35 students so the teacher<br />
decided to offer a second class called Postnatal Yoga with<br />
Babies. The Orientation tour to the Career Development<br />
<strong>Center</strong> in fall interested 25 students; Japanese and<br />
Spanish language classes were also very popular and<br />
the cooking classes were sold out immediately after the<br />
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registration forms came out. However, the number of<br />
students is not the only key to success but rather the<br />
diversity of people who find their way to the program.<br />
The classes are a mirror of this colorful life.<br />
Beside these programs, we offered special events, usually<br />
during or after Friday Morning Coffee– a Halloween Party,<br />
a presentation about Thanksgiving, Christmas Cookie<br />
Decoration and celebration of <strong>International</strong> Women’s day.<br />
The Halloween Party and the <strong>International</strong> Women’s Day<br />
event attracted more than 100 attendees.<br />
Collaboration with the CCIS<br />
We also collaborated closely with the Community<br />
Committee for <strong>International</strong> Students (CCIS) on a number<br />
of projects:<br />
The Friday Morning Coffee is assisted by a group of<br />
8 volunteers.<br />
The CCIS Spouse Education Fund offers financial<br />
assistance to enable spouses/partners to pursue<br />
their career and academic interests while in the<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> area.<br />
The Professional Liaison Program for <strong>International</strong><br />
Spouses.<br />
Collaboration with others at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
The Families Office also collaborated with other <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
offices and units in order to introduce spouses and<br />
partners to relevant campus services, and to co-sponsor<br />
programs for the benefit of spouses. For example, the<br />
Office worked with the Career Development <strong>Center</strong> to<br />
co-sponsor a fall workshop, and took a group to visit the<br />
Career Library there. The Families Office collaborated<br />
with the Graduate Life and Work/Life Offices in<br />
organizing the Spouse/Partner Welcome in September,<br />
and works closely together with the Escondido Village<br />
Community Advisers.
LIST OF ALL CLASSES IN <strong>2010</strong>-20<strong>11</strong> During the year, we had four planning meetings<br />
for the classes and workshops and two meetings for the welcome receptions.<br />
Name of class<br />
or workshop<br />
Fall <strong>2010</strong> Winter 20<strong>11</strong> Spring 20<strong>11</strong> Summer 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Friday Morning Coffee Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Welcome Friday<br />
Morning Coffee<br />
Reception<br />
1 time<br />
Orientation Tours 5 sessions<br />
Yoga for all Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Postnatal Yoga with<br />
Babies<br />
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Current Affairs Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Real Conversation<br />
practice<br />
8 sessions 8 sessions 8 sessions<br />
Green Your Life 8 sessions<br />
Life changes and<br />
transitions in a culture<br />
diversity<br />
1 time 1 time<br />
Guys night out Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Women’s night out Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Ultimate Frisbee 2 times<br />
Beginner’s Art History<br />
Class & Museum Visits<br />
8 sessions 8 sessions<br />
Dance Exercise Class 5 sessions 5 sessions<br />
Bollywood & Freestyle<br />
Dance<br />
10 sessions<br />
Choir- Come sing with<br />
us<br />
Weekly Weekly<br />
Run for fun Weekly<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
Women’s day<br />
1 time<br />
Movie:” Women in a<br />
new Land”<br />
1 time 6 times<br />
Pregnancy Tea time Ongoing ongoing<br />
Talk: Caramelos<br />
Solidarios<br />
1 time<br />
Hiking group ongoing ongoing<br />
Learn About Women,<br />
Pregnancy and New<br />
Born<br />
Weekly<br />
Latin Dance Fusion weekly<br />
Walk the Dish 2 times<br />
25
Name of class<br />
or workshop<br />
Fall <strong>2010</strong> Winter 20<strong>11</strong> Spring 20<strong>11</strong> Summer 20<strong>11</strong><br />
American Table<br />
Games<br />
weekly<br />
Ikebana for<br />
Everybody<br />
3 session 4 sessions<br />
Paper Craft Workshop, 1 time<br />
Knitting Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Knitting Circle Weekly Weekly weekly<br />
The Basics of French<br />
Baking<br />
3 times 3 times 3 times<br />
Philippine Cooking, 1 time<br />
Christmas Cookies 1 time<br />
Cookie Decoration for<br />
Children.<br />
1 time<br />
Cool Desserts 1 times 1 time<br />
Hearty Soups 1 time<br />
Korean Cooking 4 times<br />
Benise (West Africa)<br />
Cooking Class<br />
5 times<br />
Let’s make Crème<br />
Puffs<br />
1 time<br />
Arabic Language for<br />
Beginners<br />
Weekly Weekly<br />
Farsi for Beginners. Weekly Weekly<br />
French Conversation. Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
German Beginners 1-3 Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Italian Beginners Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Italian Intermediate Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Japanese for<br />
Beginners 1-3<br />
Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Japanese for<br />
Beginners 4-7<br />
Weekly<br />
Korean for Beginners Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Spanish for Beginners Weekly Weekly<br />
Spanish Conversation Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Russian Weekly<br />
Russian for Beginners Weekly Weekly<br />
Russian Intermediate Weekly Weekly<br />
Fun for Kids (and<br />
Parents). Outings<br />
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Baby and Toddler<br />
Group<br />
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
St. Martin’s Umzug<br />
(Parade) and Craft<br />
2 times<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
PlayGroup in the Park<br />
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
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RESOURCE CENTER FOR<br />
INTERNATIONAL FAMILIES<br />
The Resource <strong>Center</strong> for <strong>International</strong> Families was<br />
pleased to welcome 327 visitors from approximately<br />
42 countries during the <strong>2010</strong>-20<strong>11</strong> academic year. This<br />
represented increases of nearly 14 percent in the number<br />
of visitors and 27 percent in the number of countries.<br />
While the number of visitors from Japan remained stable,<br />
the number from China and South Korea increased<br />
significantly.<br />
Our visitors were warmly welcomed by 9<br />
international spouse advisors from 6 countries who<br />
collectively spoke 7 languages in addition to English.<br />
Once they had been through the training sessions,<br />
the spouse advisors became adept at guiding visitors<br />
through their adaptation to life at <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
Our Resource <strong>Center</strong> flier, with information<br />
on the Resource <strong>Center</strong> and directions to our website,<br />
is available in 17 languages. It is one way in which we<br />
let our visitors know, even when they are comfortable<br />
speaking English, that we care about them and their<br />
countries. Those whose English is limited are pleased<br />
when they are able to speak with an advisor who shares<br />
their native language.<br />
We continue to provide a wide array of<br />
resources to visitors who have just arrived at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
as well as to those who have been at <strong>Stanford</strong> for some<br />
time. Although the international spouses most often<br />
visit the Resource <strong>Center</strong> for the first time with an<br />
international student, scholar, or post-doc, we focus<br />
on the international spouse. We give her/him a spouse<br />
calendar and point out the highlights, and then give<br />
out other resources as needed: campus maps, DMV<br />
handbooks, driver license application forms, shopping<br />
guides, and information on the I-<strong>Center</strong>, spouse<br />
programs, and English classes. For those spouses with<br />
children, we offer the WorkLife Office brochure as well<br />
as information on schools and activities for children.<br />
Spouses with J-2 visas are given information on applying<br />
for work authorization as well as a copy of the Career<br />
Development <strong>Center</strong> handbook. We encourage them to<br />
visit the CDC and to take advantage of the counseling<br />
appointment to which they are entitled. Depending<br />
on the personal interests of the spouse, we also draw<br />
on information from our many shelves of notebooks<br />
and make note of helpful websites. Our lending library<br />
is particularly popular with spouses from Japan and<br />
Korea, who are delighted to find numerous books in<br />
their languages. Once they are settled into their lives<br />
at <strong>Stanford</strong>, spouses most often return to the Resource<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for guidance on educational opportunities,<br />
options for volunteering, ideas for recreation and travel,<br />
and resources on pregnancy and childbirth.<br />
The numbers of spouses who have left<br />
educations or careers behind when coming to <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
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continues to increase. Depending on their visa status,<br />
many of them choose to continue their education or<br />
seek employment in their professional fields. A particular<br />
challenge this year has been to suggest appropriate<br />
possibilities for the spouses who have left behind careers<br />
in medicine and who are unable to practice medicine<br />
while here. There are opportunities available to them if<br />
they wish to pursue them.<br />
I am grateful to the international spouses who<br />
have volunteered their time and their talents as advisors<br />
in the Resource <strong>Center</strong>. Having themselves gone through<br />
the transition to life at <strong>Stanford</strong>, they have enabled<br />
newly-arrived spouses to successfully work their ways<br />
through similar transitions.<br />
As we look back on our ten years of serving the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Community, all of us in the Resource <strong>Center</strong><br />
are also looking forward to the new academic year and<br />
to the privilege of warmly welcoming and generously<br />
assisting the many international spouses and children<br />
who will come our way!<br />
Mary Schuelke<br />
Resource <strong>Center</strong> Coordinator
Resource <strong>Center</strong> Advisors<br />
August <strong>2010</strong>- July 20<strong>11</strong><br />
Advisor Country Languages<br />
Mary US English<br />
Yoko Japan Japanese<br />
Jackie China Mandarin<br />
Jiyoung Korea Korean<br />
Christina China Mandarin<br />
JeongYoung Korea Korean<br />
Mindan China Chinese<br />
Amruta India Hindi, Marathi<br />
Swathi India Hindi, Telugu<br />
Jaine Philippines Tagalog, Chinese<br />
All advisors also spoke English<br />
RESOURCE CENTER VISITORS BY COUNTRY<br />
1 Australia<br />
1 Belgium<br />
6 Brazil<br />
1 Bulgaria<br />
3 Canada<br />
6 Chile<br />
70 China<br />
1 Columbia<br />
2 Denmark<br />
8 Egypt<br />
7 Finland<br />
12 France<br />
9 Germany<br />
5 Greece<br />
2 Hong Kong<br />
6 India<br />
1 Indonesia<br />
7 Iran<br />
7 Israel<br />
<strong>11</strong> Italy<br />
68 Japan<br />
39 Korea<br />
3 Kyrgyzstan<br />
1 Mauritius<br />
4 Mexico<br />
1 Morocco<br />
4 Netherlands<br />
1 Norway<br />
1 Pakistan<br />
2 Philippines<br />
1 Portugal<br />
1 Russia<br />
2 Saudi Arabia<br />
1 Scotland<br />
5 Spain<br />
4 Switzerland<br />
3 Taiwan<br />
1 Thailand<br />
2 Turkey<br />
1 United Kingdom<br />
3 United States<br />
1 Vietnam<br />
5 Not recorded<br />
2 I-<strong>Center</strong> Staff<br />
2 CCIS Volunteers<br />
1 UC Berkeley Staff<br />
Total: 327 visitors<br />
From: Approximately 42 countries<br />
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The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong><br />
OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIPS <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
On behalf of <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>, the Overseas Resource<br />
<strong>Center</strong> administers and/or provides advising for the<br />
following scholarships for study and research overseas:<br />
Scholarship<br />
Name<br />
AU-Cairo<br />
Internship<br />
Program*<br />
Boren Graduate<br />
Fellowship*<br />
Boren<br />
Undergraduate<br />
Scholarship<br />
Bowers<br />
Scholarship<br />
Churchill<br />
Scholarship<br />
Clarendon<br />
Scholarship*<br />
Congress-<br />
Bundestag<br />
Youth Exchange<br />
for Young<br />
Professionals*<br />
Critical<br />
Language<br />
Scholarship*<br />
DAAD Graduate<br />
Awards<br />
DAAD<br />
Undergraduate<br />
Scholarships*<br />
DAAD Intensive<br />
Language<br />
Course Grant<br />
English-<br />
Speaking Union<br />
Scholarship*<br />
Free <strong>University</strong><br />
Berlin Graduate<br />
Exchange<br />
Fulbright (IIE)<br />
Scholarship<br />
Applicants Winners<br />
1 0<br />
4 0<br />
1 0<br />
1 1<br />
1 0<br />
1 1<br />
1 1<br />
6 (+unknown) 6<br />
4 2<br />
1 (+unknown) 1<br />
2 (+unknown) 2<br />
4 (+unknown) 1<br />
3 1<br />
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Scholarship<br />
Name<br />
Applicants Winners<br />
Fulbright mtvU<br />
Scholarship*<br />
0 0<br />
Fulbright-Hays<br />
Scholarship<br />
(DDRA)<br />
23 2<br />
Gates<br />
Cambridge<br />
Scholarship*<br />
12 (+ unknown) 2<br />
Gilman<br />
Scholarship<br />
4 2<br />
Haas-Koshland<br />
Award*<br />
1 1<br />
Luce Scholarship<br />
(3 nominations<br />
allowed)<br />
<strong>11</strong> 0<br />
Marshall<br />
Scholarship<br />
30 2<br />
Mitchell<br />
Scholarship<br />
7 1<br />
Rhodes<br />
Scholarship<br />
24 3<br />
Total: 235 59 (54<br />
accepted)<br />
* Denotes the scholarship has no campus process, thus<br />
the number of applicants is based on number of students<br />
advised.<br />
The following <strong>Stanford</strong> faculty and staff members served<br />
on the <strong>Stanford</strong> IIE Fulbright Committee:<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Katie Bryan-Jones Anderson<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Australia, 2002-2003<br />
Khalil Barhoum<br />
Lecturer in Arabic, Language <strong>Center</strong><br />
Marc Bertrand<br />
Professor of French and Italian, Emeritus<br />
Shalini Bhutani<br />
Associate Director, <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
Vinod Bhutani<br />
Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology<br />
Farrokh Billimoria<br />
Engineering Consultant, <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Greg Boardman<br />
Vice Provost for Student Affairs<br />
Marcelo Clerici-Arias<br />
Associate Director, <strong>Center</strong> for Teaching and Learning<br />
Kristin Conner<br />
Advisor, Career Development <strong>Center</strong>
Faculty and staff members on the <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
IIE Fulbright Committee (continued)<br />
•<br />
Kevin Cool<br />
Editor, <strong>Stanford</strong> Magazine<br />
• Amanda Cravens<br />
Fulbright Scholar to New Zealand, 2006-2007<br />
• Mary Dakin<br />
Associate Director, <strong>Stanford</strong> Institute<br />
for Creativity and the Arts<br />
• Marvin Diogenes<br />
Associate Vice Provost, Program in Writing & Rhetoric<br />
• Brett Dietz<br />
Fulbright Scholar to the Netherlands, 2009-<strong>2010</strong><br />
• Susan Duchacek<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Czech Republic, 2008-2009<br />
• Jonathan Dunlap<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Ecuador, 2009-<strong>2010</strong><br />
• Harris Fienberg<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Switzerland, 2007-2008<br />
• Zephyr Frank<br />
Professor of History<br />
• Grace Gao<br />
Researcher, Aeronautics and Astronautics<br />
• Sally Gressens<br />
Assistant Dean, School of Engineering<br />
• Vera Gribanov<br />
Professor of Linguistics<br />
• Brian Groves<br />
<strong>International</strong> Scholar Advisor, <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Heidi Hau<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Ireland, 2000-2001<br />
• Roland Hsu<br />
Researcher, Freeman Spogli Institute<br />
• Philip Hubbard<br />
Lecturer, Language <strong>Center</strong>; Director,<br />
English for Foreign Students<br />
• Samuel Kahn<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Germany, 2008-2009<br />
• Donald Kennedy<br />
Prof. of Environmental Science; Senior<br />
Fellow, Woods Inst. Environment<br />
• David Katzenstein<br />
Professor and Researcher, Medicine and<br />
Infectious Diseases<br />
• Patricia Karlin-Neumann<br />
Dean of Religious Life<br />
• Burcak Keskin Kozat<br />
Associate Director <strong>International</strong> Comparative<br />
and Area Studies<br />
• Katherine Kuhns<br />
PhD Candidate, School of Education<br />
• Beth Levin<br />
Professor in Linguistics<br />
• Donald Lowe<br />
Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences<br />
• Claire Liu<br />
Fulbright Scholar to China, 2008-2009<br />
• Liisa Malkki<br />
Professor of Anthropology<br />
• Jay Mandal<br />
Fulbright Scholar to India, 1997-1998<br />
• Kate McKinney<br />
Fulbright Scholar ETA to Germany, 2007-2008<br />
• Abbas Milani<br />
Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution<br />
• Niko Milonopoulos<br />
Fulbright Scholar to the European Union, 2009-<strong>2010</strong><br />
• Brad Osgood<br />
Prof. of Electrical Engineering; Senior<br />
Assoc. Dean for Student Affairs<br />
• John Pearson<br />
Director, <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Junko Pierry<br />
<strong>International</strong> Student Advisor, <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Melina Platas<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Uganda, 2008-2009<br />
• Susan Schofield<br />
Academic Secretary to the <strong>University</strong><br />
• Laura Selznick<br />
Student Affairs Officer, Undergraduate<br />
Advising and Research<br />
• Morgan Springer<br />
Fulbright Scholar ETA to Thailand, 2006-2007<br />
• Chaofen Sun<br />
Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures<br />
• Corey Tazzara<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Italy, 2008-2009<br />
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• Rolando Villalobos<br />
Assistant Director, <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Tom Wasow<br />
Professor of Linguistics<br />
• Robert Wessling<br />
Associate Director, <strong>Center</strong> for Russian,<br />
East European & Eurasian Studies<br />
• John Willinsky<br />
Professor of Education<br />
• Patience Young<br />
Museum Curator, Cantor Arts <strong>Center</strong><br />
The following <strong>Stanford</strong> faculty, staff, students and<br />
alumni served on the <strong>Stanford</strong> Rhodes-Marshall Panel:<br />
Committee Chair<br />
Rex Jamison<br />
Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Academic Secretary to<br />
the <strong>University</strong>, Rhodes Scholar<br />
Interviewers<br />
• John Anderson, Doctoral Graduate<br />
Student, Economics, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Daniel Armanios, Doctoral Graduate<br />
Student, Management Science and<br />
Engineering, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Jess Auerbach, Doctoral Graduate Student,<br />
Anthropology, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• W. David Ball , Assistant Professor, Santa<br />
Clara Law School, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Rajaie Batniji , Resident Physician,<br />
Internal Medicine, Marshall Scholar<br />
•<br />
Brian Belchers, Consultant, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Shalini Bhutani, Associate Director,<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
•<br />
Elizabeth Chapman, Poet, Marshall Scholar<br />
• Patrick Hovakimian, Student, <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Law School, Marshall Scholar<br />
•<br />
Patrick Hunt, Lecturer, Classics<br />
• Rex Jamison, Professor of Medicine,<br />
Emeritus, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Brian Johnsrud, Graduate Student, Modern<br />
Thought and Literature, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Christian Kaesser, Assistant Professor,<br />
Classics, <strong>University</strong> of Oxford (DPhil) ‘05<br />
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• Jessica Lee, Doctoral Graduate<br />
Student, Environmental Earth System<br />
Science, Marshall Scholar<br />
• Dan-El Padilla, Graduate Student, Classics,<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Oxford (MPhil) ‘08<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
John Pearson, Director, <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
Alex Pollen, Medical Student, Rhodes Scholar<br />
Jon Reider, High School Counselor, Marshall Scholar<br />
Peter Stansky, Professor of History, Emeritus<br />
• Michael Sulmeyer, Student, <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Law School, Marshall Scholar<br />
• Paul Van Buren, Senior Counsel,<br />
Retired, Rhodes Scholar<br />
•<br />
Julie Veroff, Director, Face Aids, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Donna Wilton, Post-Doctoral<br />
Visiting Scholar, Chemistry<br />
Marshall Readers<br />
• Kate Fickle, Director, PRTM Management<br />
Consulting, Retd, Marshall Scholar<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Stephen Quake, Professor of Physics, Marshall Scholar<br />
Jon Reider, High School Counselor, Marshall Scholar<br />
Rhodes Readers<br />
• Mark Kasevich, Professor of Physics and<br />
Applied Physics, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Alexander Fetter, Professor of Physics and<br />
Applied Physics, Emeritus, Rhodes Scholar<br />
Other scholarships:<br />
The following individuals served on the selection<br />
panel for the Luce Scholarship: Walter P. Falcon (Helen<br />
C. Farnsworth Professor of <strong>International</strong> Agricultural<br />
Policy, Emeritus), Pamela J. Hinds (Associate Professor<br />
of Management Science and Engineering), and Stephen<br />
Hong Sohn (Assistant Professor of English.)<br />
Elizabeth Bernhardt (Professor of German Studies) and<br />
James Sheehan (Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus)<br />
served as the Faculty Representatives for the German<br />
Academic Exchange Awards (DAAD) and the Free<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Berlin Graduate Award.<br />
Steven Boxer (Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor<br />
in Chemistry) and Mark Lucianovic (Senior Lecturer in<br />
Mathematics and former Marshall Scholar) served as the<br />
Faculty Readers for the Churchill Scholarship.
The following Students were awarded scholarships in<br />
<strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong>:<br />
Fulbright Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Johnny (Richard) Bartz, Brazil<br />
Adrienne Bryan, Peru<br />
Kevan Christensen, Bangladesh<br />
Daniel Crichton, South Korea<br />
Sarah Degerman, South Korea (ETA)<br />
Donovan Ervin, Brazil (ETA)<br />
Carolyn Forstein, Ukraine<br />
Alison Ganem, Spain (ETA)<br />
Sarah Grandin, France<br />
Thais Hernandez, Brazil (ETA)<br />
Paz Hilfinger-Pardo, Argentina<br />
Jessica Hinojosa, New Zealand<br />
Helen Human, Turkey<br />
• Michael Huggins, India (ETA)<br />
(declined for the Peace Corps)<br />
• Lucinda Lai, Thailand (declined for <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> Public Policy Fellowship)<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Katrina Li, Netherlands (declined for internship)<br />
Juliann Ma, France<br />
Lindsey Martin, Russia<br />
Theodoros Milonopoulos, United Kingdom<br />
Michael Nguyen, United Kingdom<br />
Aragorn Quinn, Japan<br />
Eleanor Power, India<br />
David Allen Roberts, Switzerland<br />
Jennifer Shyu, Indonesia<br />
Carmen Stellar, Colombia<br />
Charles Syms, South Korea<br />
• Jacqueline Tandler, France (declined<br />
for Carnegie Mellon Fellowship)<br />
• Molly Taylor-Poleskey, Germany (declined<br />
for the DAAD Graduate Fellowship)<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Anna West, Malawi<br />
Lisa Yiu, China<br />
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Award<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Erin Pettigrew<br />
Ariela Marcus Sells<br />
Rhodes Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Fagan Harris<br />
Fatima Sabar<br />
Varun Sivaram<br />
Marshall Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Sasha Englemann<br />
Temple He<br />
Mitchell Scholarship<br />
•<br />
David Gobaud<br />
Gates Cambridge Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Kevin Nead<br />
Bianca Carpeneti<br />
English-Speaking Union Scholarship<br />
•<br />
Susan Lape<br />
Haas/Koshland Memorial Award<br />
•<br />
Aysha Bagchi<br />
Critical Language Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Megan Dean, Turkey<br />
Laura Figueroa, South Korea<br />
Leslie Grothaus, South Korea<br />
Maria Gudmundsdottir, India<br />
Helen Human, Turkey<br />
Meredith Wheeler, Morocco<br />
DAAD Graduate Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Peter Woodford<br />
Molly Taylor-Polesky<br />
DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship<br />
•<br />
Wesley Dunnagan<br />
DAAD Intensive Language Course Grant<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Ian Beacock<br />
Robert DeBold<br />
Free <strong>University</strong> Berlin Graduate Exchange Fellowship<br />
•<br />
Lilla Balint<br />
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Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange<br />
for Young Professionals<br />
•<br />
Becca del Monte<br />
English-Speaking Union Scholarship<br />
•<br />
Susan Lape<br />
Gilman Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Jasmine Dehghan<br />
Julio Mojica<br />
Bowers Scholarship<br />
•<br />
Susan Lape<br />
Clarendon Scholarship<br />
•<br />
Ty McCormick<br />
ORC ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND<br />
DEVELOPMENTS IN <strong>2010</strong> /<strong>11</strong><br />
This year, the Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> continued to<br />
increase the quality of scholarship outreach sessions,<br />
which consequently increased the number of applicants<br />
and award recipients. One surprise was the record number<br />
of Fulbright candidates this year with 93 applications<br />
submitted. The highest number in the past was 87<br />
applicants. Over the course of the year, there was also<br />
more collaboration among campus partners including<br />
Bing Overseas Studies Programs (BOSP) and Career<br />
Development <strong>Center</strong> (CDC) through the annual Away from<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Opportunities Fair as well as with the Haas <strong>Center</strong><br />
for Public Policy through the Haas Year of Service Fair. We<br />
also worked with Residence Halls and Community <strong>Center</strong>s<br />
where we conducted scholarship information sessions.<br />
In addition, meetings and joint scholarship information<br />
sessions were held with Undergraduate Advising and<br />
Research to promote both overseas and domestic awards<br />
across campus.<br />
ORC Personnel<br />
Throughout the academic year, Tamara Cogan continued<br />
as the main Front Desk Coordinator whose primary role<br />
is to take passport photos, process ISIC cards as well as<br />
work on projects and perform a number of administrative<br />
duties. Kristin Costigan was also instrumental during the<br />
busy Fall <strong>2010</strong> scholarship season. Kristin left the ORC<br />
in February 20<strong>11</strong> to complete her graduate studies and<br />
to go on maternity leave. From September <strong>2010</strong> to May<br />
20<strong>11</strong>, we welcomed Kate McKinney, our graduate student<br />
intern from the School of Education Policy, Organization,<br />
Leadership Studies Graduate who helped us with<br />
scholarships and a large survey as described below. Kate’s<br />
internship consisted of three main areas: Fall quarter:<br />
To learn to develop, collect, and analyze survey data;<br />
Winter: To develop own advising skills; Spring: To develop<br />
outreach plans and outreach skills.<br />
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We also hired Adrian Bonifacio a work-study student to assist<br />
with passport photos one afternoon per week and other student<br />
workers, Monica Climaco and Yoon-Jung Lee who helped us<br />
occasionally with passport photos especially during the rush<br />
period. In early July, thanks to the IDEA Grant funding we hired<br />
Camira Powell for our short-term outreach video project. In mid-<br />
August, Mikaela Hinds join our team to help during our busy<br />
scholarship season for 20<strong>11</strong>-2012.<br />
Photos and ISIC<br />
Photograph and <strong>International</strong> Student Identification Card (ISIC)<br />
services continue to be scheduled for Monday-Friday, 1-5pm.<br />
We have extended the photo taking service from <strong>11</strong>am-5pm<br />
during the third week of each quarter as it coincides with the<br />
BOSP study abroad program deadlines. We increased the Front<br />
Desk coverage during these peak times to handle the student<br />
rush for photos. In January 20<strong>11</strong>, the ORC purchased a new Sony<br />
UPX-C300 instant passport photo camera and digital printing<br />
system. In October <strong>2010</strong> the ORC bought a Brother electronic LCD<br />
display typewriter to process ISIC cards as the previous typewriter<br />
had irreparable issues with several of the keys. The need for the<br />
typewriter replacement was determined because the ISIC covering<br />
materials are not suitable for high heat laser printers that had been<br />
attempted previously. At this time, we are still unable to create<br />
digital photos as it would be too costly to purchase the equipment<br />
for this service. Nonetheless, the new camera does facilitate the<br />
image processing quality and time.<br />
Resource Library<br />
The ORC library is still used regularly by students who consult<br />
the binders of successful essays written by <strong>Stanford</strong> scholarship<br />
recipients. The hours are Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm.<br />
Overview of Overseas Scholarship Outreach<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Email invitations were sent to distribution lists<br />
including juniors and seniors with high GPAs (3.75+)<br />
Nominations solicited from all <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
faculty and staff, RAs, administrators<br />
7 well-publicized information sessions held at <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> during Winter Quarter<br />
8 well-publicized information sessions held at<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> during Spring Quarter<br />
5 application workshops held at <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> during spring quarter<br />
2 workshops on how to prepare for the campus interviews<br />
2 workshops on how to prepare for the<br />
regional and district interviews
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
ORC annual event “Overseas Scholarship Week”–<br />
8 info sessions and an open house during<br />
Spring Quarter April 7-15, 20<strong>11</strong>. The Scholarship<br />
Week included several scholarship foundation<br />
representatives.<br />
100 Flyers posted around campus advertising<br />
Scholarship Week<br />
10 <strong>11</strong>x17 Posters posted around campus<br />
advertising Scholarship Week<br />
Overseas Scholarship Week announcements on the<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Events website and the <strong>Stanford</strong> Report<br />
Emails distributed via the undergraduate Academic<br />
Advisors<br />
Campus Collaboration and Partner Outreach<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
1 Presentation at Resident Assistant fall training<br />
(Florence Moore Hall – September <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
1 Presentation to PhD candidates in East Asian<br />
Studies Department (September <strong>2010</strong>)<br />
4 Outreach fairs with a booth (Student<br />
Sustainability Fair – Oct., Haas <strong>Center</strong> Year of<br />
Service Fair – Oct., Away from <strong>Stanford</strong> Fair- Nov.,<br />
Biodiversity Resource Fair for graduate students –<br />
Mar.)<br />
1 Dorm presentation (Crothers Hall – January 20<strong>11</strong>)<br />
1 Presentation to Native American Cultural <strong>Center</strong><br />
(February 20<strong>11</strong>)<br />
4 South Row Dinners with students at Elizabeth<br />
Bernhardt’s house (April 20<strong>11</strong>)<br />
1 Joint fellowship outreach session (UAR, Haas<br />
April 20<strong>11</strong>)<br />
1 Meeting with Black Student Services Community<br />
<strong>Center</strong> (May 20<strong>11</strong>)<br />
Scholarships Mentor Match<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
25 Rhodes-Marshall applicants who submitted<br />
specified materials were matched with a Rhodes-<br />
Marshall mentor to work with during the summer<br />
61 Fulbright applicants were matched with<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Fulbright Grantee Alumni with regards to<br />
their proposed country or field of study<br />
<strong>11</strong> Gates Cambridge candidates were matched<br />
with mentors<br />
3 Luce Scholar Program candidate finalists were<br />
connected with Luce Mentors<br />
Recognition<br />
In April, our new scholars, the successful candidates<br />
going to study in UK in 20<strong>11</strong> were invited for a luncheon<br />
with British Consul General, Julian Evans at the Faculty<br />
Club on April 6. We held an Overseas Scholarship<br />
Winners’ Reception on May 23 and invited winners and<br />
their choice of faculty member and panel members. The<br />
names of the scholarship winners are recognized and<br />
posted on the bulletin board in the ORC and on the ORC<br />
website.<br />
Database<br />
In January 20<strong>11</strong> the database discussion meetings<br />
with John Pearson, Diane Murk and senior Danny<br />
Crichton began to take place. Danny’s expertise from<br />
his coursework, internships in information technology<br />
companies and experience in designing a similar<br />
database for scholarships for Students in Government<br />
through the Haas <strong>Center</strong> contributed to the new design<br />
of the ORC scholarship database. Danny was provided<br />
with the ORC database schema that the international<br />
graduate student had designed the previous summer in<br />
<strong>2010</strong>. The meetings continued over the summer as the<br />
database based on our needs was under development.<br />
The first round of testing was done in early fall 20<strong>11</strong><br />
and the project completion is estimated for the end<br />
of January 2012. Our aim is to begin actively using<br />
the database to help track applicants over a span of<br />
years and increase efficiency in the scholarship campus<br />
process in Spring 2012.<br />
IDEA Grant<br />
We applied for the IDEA Grant - Innovation in Diversity,<br />
Engagement and Awareness in January 20<strong>11</strong> offered<br />
by Student Affairs and Google. We were awarded<br />
the grant for our Overseas Scholarship Diversity<br />
Outreach project a few months later. The purpose of<br />
this project is to engage Student Affairs staff to help<br />
the ORC increase awareness and knowledge about<br />
international scholarships and funding opportunities<br />
among underrepresented undergraduate and graduate<br />
students and to encourage qualified students to<br />
apply for these awards. The project consists of three<br />
components: 1) To create 3-5 short video film clips of<br />
4-7 past overseas scholarship winners who come from<br />
diverse backgrounds; 2) To design and facilitate an<br />
Overseas Scholarship Diversity Outreach session for the<br />
target group of Student Affairs professionals. These 3-5<br />
minute video clips would be screened during the session;<br />
3) To post the interview film clips on the ORC website as<br />
a resource for future applicants and for the community.<br />
In July 20<strong>11</strong>, thanks to the funding, we hired Camira<br />
Powell, a junior, Communications major, to coordinate<br />
the project. We also purchased a Sony DCR-SX85 handy<br />
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video camera also to be used for future <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> videos. Camira filmed, recorded<br />
and edited the brief interviews, and once completed,<br />
they were put up on You Tube in August. The project<br />
will continue in the next academic year 20<strong>11</strong>-2012 with<br />
the outreach session scheduled for November 20<strong>11</strong><br />
followed by a presentation at the Student Affairs Poster<br />
Session in May 2012.<br />
Programs<br />
The ORC also co-sponsored a number of programs<br />
that were hosted at the <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
We helped organize a George Orwell and Albert<br />
Camus Literary panel event in conjunction with the<br />
Northern California Fulbright Alumni Association in<br />
December <strong>2010</strong>. We helped plan the <strong>International</strong><br />
Women’s Day Celebration in collaboration with the<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Women’s <strong>Center</strong> with an afternoon of events<br />
held in March 20<strong>11</strong>. The program included a panel of<br />
speakers who spoke about Women and Leadership, a<br />
poetry reading and improvisation component followed<br />
by an interactive dance workshop. We also were a<br />
campus partner for the planning of the Peace Corps<br />
50th Anniversary events along with the Haas <strong>Center</strong><br />
and other units. The events were held across campus<br />
in mid-April 20<strong>11</strong>. At the end of April, we worked with<br />
the Canadian Consulate in Palo Alto and the <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Canadian Club Student Association to host a reception<br />
to promote academic opportunities abroad in Canada<br />
Intern, Survey, Poster Session and National Association<br />
of Fellowship Advisor Conference Presentation<br />
During the Fall quarter <strong>2010</strong> Kate McKinney, our<br />
ORC Intern, conducted a survey to assess strengths<br />
and potential areas of improvement in our services.<br />
This was based on feedback from past applicants,<br />
students who expressed initial interest in applying for<br />
a scholarship but did not submit an application, and<br />
from panelists who interviewed the applicants. Using<br />
Qualtrics survey tool, this project surveyed two groups<br />
(past applicants and non-applicants) on a variety of<br />
ORC services and analyzed the results to determine<br />
these areas of strength and improvement. The panelist<br />
comments were collected through informal guided<br />
lunch discussions. This feedback assists future ORC<br />
advising sessions. The information was presented<br />
in two ways: The first was in the form of a poster at<br />
the Student Affairs poster session in May 20<strong>11</strong>. The<br />
second was through a workshop co-presented by John<br />
Pearson and Diane Murk at the National Association<br />
for Fellowship Advisors (NAFA) bi-annual conference in<br />
Chicago in July 20<strong>11</strong>.<br />
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This survey along with two focus group lunches with<br />
members of the <strong>Stanford</strong> Panel led to some changes<br />
for the Fall 20<strong>11</strong> process, the most significant being<br />
to begin campus interviews earlier in September to<br />
offset both the late fall start date for <strong>Stanford</strong> and the<br />
national deadlines.<br />
III. ORC Sales <strong>2010</strong>-20<strong>11</strong><br />
The ORC sells passport photos and <strong>International</strong><br />
Student ID Cards (ISIC) to the <strong>Stanford</strong> community,<br />
as well as to the public. Since the <strong>Stanford</strong> Post Office<br />
stopped providing passport photo services in April,<br />
ORC sales have dramatically increased.<br />
Fall<br />
‘10<br />
Winter<br />
‘<strong>11</strong><br />
Spring<br />
‘<strong>11</strong><br />
Summer<br />
‘<strong>11</strong><br />
Total<br />
Passport<br />
Photos<br />
427 463 579 <strong>11</strong>5 1584<br />
ISIC <strong>11</strong>0 132 175 30 447<br />
IV. Strategic Goals<br />
The ORC’s main goals for 20<strong>11</strong>-2012 are:<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Increase diversity among scholarship<br />
applicant pool by working with campus<br />
partners.<br />
Move forward with next stage of development<br />
of ORC applicant database.<br />
Continue to enhance the scholarship mentormatching<br />
program.<br />
Improve the faculty nomination process.
Assessing the Experience of Applicants for Overseas Scholarships<br />
Kate McKinney, Diane Murk, John Pearson<br />
Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong>, <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
About the Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> Surveys<br />
Next Steps<br />
Main Findings Findings- - Survey For Applicants Objectives:<br />
• Elongate interviews dates<br />
Key Points<br />
• Use Skype for overseas applicants<br />
54 respondents<br />
One on one<br />
• Greater focus on guidance before final interview<br />
advising<br />
• Overall high satisfaction with advising services<br />
The campus<br />
• Encourage exploration of other scholarships<br />
interview<br />
• Most useful for respondents were ORC information on the web, email<br />
updates, and one-on-one advising<br />
• Develop system to ensure adequate response<br />
Guidance from the<br />
ORC on personal<br />
time<br />
statements<br />
• Main reasons for pursuing scholarships include funding, the chance to<br />
Your mentor<br />
go abroad, and academic/career interests<br />
Email updates<br />
• Respondents wish they had known earlier to apply early, the<br />
Strengths to Continue:<br />
challenges associated with securing affiliation with an institution<br />
• Quality of assistance with applications<br />
abroad, and navigating the online application systems<br />
Not very Neutral Useful Very Useful<br />
useful<br />
• Scholarship outreach (info sessions, workshops)<br />
• Email updates<br />
Main Findings - Survey for Non-Applicants<br />
• Website maintenance with current information<br />
Key Points<br />
• Mentor program<br />
The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> (ORC) is<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>’s advising center for undergraduates,<br />
35<br />
graduate students, post-docs, and recent alumni<br />
pursuing scholarships for study and research<br />
30<br />
25<br />
abroad. Over 30 scholarships are administered<br />
through this office and include such awards as the<br />
20<br />
Fulbright, Marshall, Rhodes, Churchill, Mitchell,<br />
15<br />
10<br />
Luce, DAAD, Fulbright Hays, Boren and more.<br />
• We provide support in all aspects of the application<br />
5<br />
0<br />
Not at all<br />
useful<br />
process:<br />
• Individualized advising<br />
• Feedback on personal statements<br />
• Interview preparation<br />
• Info Sessions and Application Workshops<br />
• ORC maintains a library of scholarship literature,<br />
35<br />
47 respondents<br />
Not enough time to<br />
compile strong<br />
application<br />
30<br />
binders of successful application essays<br />
• Mentoring Matching program with previous<br />
Acknowledgement<br />
• Main reasons for having not applied were waiting a year, not having<br />
enough time to complete a strong application, and taking advantage of<br />
other opportunities instead<br />
25<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> scholars for a few awards<br />
Scholarship(s) not<br />
a good fit for future<br />
plans<br />
20<br />
Project Purpose<br />
We would like to express gratitude to the staff of<br />
the Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> for their hard work<br />
and receptiveness to positive and constructive<br />
feedback. We are also thankful to the students<br />
who took the time to give us their feedback by<br />
completing this survey. Finally, we would like to<br />
thank all of our students for inspiring us through<br />
their drive to succeed to continue expanding and<br />
improving upon our support services for overseas<br />
scholarships.<br />
• Academic preparation was the main concern with meeting the<br />
requirements for the scholarships<br />
Unable to get<br />
necessary advice<br />
from ORC advisors<br />
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<strong>Stanford</strong> has been very successful in producing<br />
scholarship winners, and the ORC has received<br />
• Most respondents indicated that their level of knowledge about and<br />
interest in the scholarships before applying was fairly high<br />
Decided to wait a<br />
year to apply<br />
10<br />
5<br />
much positive feedback regarding their guidance in<br />
the application process. However, there is always<br />
• There was a wide range of times at which the student decided not to<br />
apply (some very early, others much closer to the deadline)<br />
Realized I did not<br />
meet award<br />
requirements<br />
0<br />
Neutral Important Very<br />
important<br />
Somewhat<br />
unimportant<br />
Not at all<br />
important<br />
room for improvement. The purpose of this<br />
project is to assess strengths and potential areas<br />
of improvement in our services based on feedback<br />
Main Findings - Feedback from Panelists<br />
Contact information<br />
Key Points<br />
14 panel members of the Rhodes and Marshall Committee<br />
from past applicants, from students who expressed<br />
initial interest in applying for a scholarship but did<br />
not submit an application, and from panel members<br />
Kate McKinney, Diane Murk, John Pearson<br />
Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong><br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Panelist’s first interview question should be short answer to put applicant at ease<br />
• Goal of interview to give candidate best chance at the interview<br />
who interviewed the applicants. Using the Qualtrics<br />
• Sense of excitement from panel about the candidate<br />
• Panel members feedback from interview assists with endorsement letters<br />
survey tool, this project surveyed two groups (past<br />
T: 650.723.0856<br />
F: 650.725.0886<br />
E: dmurk@stanford.edu<br />
584 Capistrano Way<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>, CA 94305<br />
http://icenter.stanford.edu/orc/<br />
• Role of panel is not to endorse all candidates, but endorse only those who are qualified<br />
applicants and non-applicants) on a variety of ORC<br />
services and analyzed the results to determine<br />
these areas of strength and improvement. The<br />
panelist comments were collected through informal<br />
guided lunch discussions. This feedback informs<br />
future ORC advising services.<br />
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Technology at the I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE<br />
With a greatly reduced budget, we have not been able to<br />
buy much new equipment. However, we did manage the<br />
following:<br />
Four new desktop computers were purchased<br />
for staff to replace old (and out-of-warranty)<br />
computers.<br />
NETWORK & WEB<br />
We continued to create and use a number of formbuilder<br />
forms for various applications including sign ups for<br />
various events. This web-based form creator allows us to<br />
create and manage forms/data with little technical skill<br />
and has been used to track/compile non-sensitive data<br />
such as sign-ups for events, room reservations and the<br />
Achilles fund applications. The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong><br />
used formbuilder to compile mailing lists and to gather<br />
information from students.<br />
All scholar databases were moved from our in-house<br />
server to VPSA’s fi le sharing Xythos server .<br />
OBjECTIVES MET THIS YEAR<br />
The workfl ow process in Peoplesoft was expanded to<br />
include the processing of H-1B and other employment<br />
based visa types. This also necessitated the creation of<br />
a portal which could be used by non-<strong>Stanford</strong> people<br />
to enter their biographic, educational and immigration<br />
history which would then feed into the workfl ow<br />
application. After initial problems, the system has been<br />
used by many departments to enter, track and approve<br />
the process for prospective and current employment<br />
based visas.<br />
The <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> website continued to<br />
be added to and enhanced with new information and<br />
changing regulations.<br />
OBjECTIVES FOR THE COMING YEAR<br />
Create new fi lemaker databases to store and track<br />
information for Permanent Residency applications.<br />
Begin planning process for use of Drupal for our<br />
web site.<br />
Add a section on our website for <strong>Stanford</strong> students<br />
going abroad.<br />
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Friday April 22 from 2–5 pm<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Assembly Room<br />
*Join us for a creative afternoon at the I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
– Personalize a ceramic mug with your favorite colors & themes<br />
– Have fun with a group of American & international students<br />
* Sign up at<br />
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/CreativeCeramics.fb<br />
*For <strong>Stanford</strong> students only<br />
Sponsored by the Riddle Family Foundation
PROGRAMS <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
Programs and Events<br />
at the I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
Regular meetings were held by a Program<br />
Committee. The purposes of the committee were:<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
To evaluate program proposals from student<br />
organizations.<br />
To initiate selected programs sponsored by<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong>: e.g. <strong>International</strong> Week, Winter Quarter<br />
Discussion Series and the Faculty-Graduate<br />
Student Lunch Discussion Series.<br />
To coordinate outreach and publicity for our<br />
programs.<br />
In keeping with these goals each quarter we<br />
offer some events that are run directly by the<br />
I-<strong>Center</strong> as well as provide some assistance to<br />
student groups to offer their own activities.<br />
Most of our events are free and open to the<br />
public.<br />
Following is a summary of the events which<br />
the I-<strong>Center</strong> organized, or provided a venue<br />
for, during the <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> year. Many of these<br />
events were presented in conjunction with<br />
student groups and supported by funding from<br />
the Billie Achilles fund and the Riddle Family<br />
Foundation.<br />
We would like to thank all of these individuals<br />
and groups for their support, and hard work.<br />
Without them, the I-<strong>Center</strong> would not have<br />
been able to offer such a range of programs<br />
and opportunities.<br />
Fall Quarter Events<br />
We had approximately 3,653 people attend evening and<br />
weekend events, and we hosted 391 events total during<br />
the quarter.<br />
Events listed below were all held at the I-<strong>Center</strong>. Please<br />
see the separate chapter for Spouse Programs and<br />
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Association for Chinese Students and Scholars<br />
Welcome Party<br />
CCIS Potluck<br />
Chinese Dinner<br />
Conference: Health and Governance in Africa<br />
Crayfish Dinner<br />
Cultural Interaction Club: Turkish Coffee Night<br />
Dinner: A day in the life of a Hijabi<br />
European Association at <strong>Stanford</strong> – Dinner and<br />
Movie Night<br />
Feuerzangebowle German Holiday<br />
Holiday Movie and Pizza: Miracle on 34th Street<br />
Indian Dinner<br />
<strong>International</strong> Frosh Re-union<br />
Italian and Spanish Film Series<br />
Mexican Bicentennial Celebration<br />
Movie: The Other Side of Immigration<br />
Movie: Hong Kong Student Association<br />
Pakistan Under Water: An Eyewitness Account<br />
Pakistanis at <strong>Stanford</strong> Welcome Dinner<br />
Panel Discussion: Waiting for Superman<br />
Philippine Holiday Party<br />
Romanian National Day<br />
Rueda Dance Practice<br />
Salsa for the Cure – Sigma Theta Psi & Los<br />
Salseros<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> Postdoctoral Association<br />
BBQ<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> Postdoctoral Association<br />
National Appreciation Day<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Zeta Psi Reunion (Class of 59)<br />
Soul Line Dance Class<br />
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Swing Lessons<br />
Talk: Greek Minister of Education<br />
Thanksgiving Soiree<br />
Timberscape of Dengbej Traditional<br />
Traditional Turkish Rice & Bean Day<br />
Turkish Folk Dance Class<br />
Turkish Breakfast<br />
Walk the Dish<br />
Welcome Reception for New Students<br />
Winter Quarter Events<br />
We had approximately 2,803 people attend<br />
evening and weekend events, and we hosted<br />
428 events total during the quarter.<br />
Events listed below were all held at the I-<strong>Center</strong>.<br />
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Ask Anything You’ve Ever Wanted<br />
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Becoming the Go-To in a Crowded Market: The<br />
LinkedIn Story<br />
CCIS Potluck<br />
Chinese/English Language Mixer<br />
Chinese New Year<br />
Commemorating Hrant Dink<br />
Esperanto the <strong>International</strong> Language<br />
European Association at <strong>Stanford</strong> – Dinner and<br />
Movie Night<br />
Film: A Marion Cotillard Retrospect<br />
Film: Cenneti Beklerken (Waiting for Heaven)<br />
Film: Collective Memory in Turkey and it’s<br />
neighbors<br />
Film: Eskiya (The Bandit)<br />
Film: From Home to Home<br />
Film: Indonesian Movie Night<br />
Film: İki Genç Kız (Two Girls)<br />
Film: Mutluluk<br />
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Film: Women in a New World<br />
Film: Yasamin Kiyisinda (The Edge of Heaven)<br />
ICC Cricket World Cup<br />
Lantern Festival<br />
Mexican BBQ<br />
Persian New Year<br />
Romanian Martisor Celebration<br />
Salsa and Bachata Dance<br />
Soul Line Dancing<br />
Stress Management<br />
Swing Class<br />
Talk: Egyptian Revolution by Mayy ElHayawi<br />
Turkish Folk Dance<br />
Spring Quarter Events:<br />
We had approximately 2,903 people attend<br />
evening and weekend events, and we hosted<br />
386 events total during the quarter.<br />
Events listed below were all held at the I-<strong>Center</strong>.<br />
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A Year of Political Paralysis in Belgium:<br />
Lecture by Prof. Christophe Crombez<br />
CCIS Potluck & Music Night<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for South Asia Film Series<br />
Champion League Soccer Tournament<br />
Chinese/English Language Mixer<br />
Churchill Scholarship Reception<br />
Doner Day – Turkish BBQ<br />
Esperanto the <strong>International</strong> Language<br />
Find Your Focus Speaker Series<br />
Fire on Fire V<br />
French Movie Series<br />
Fruhling German Food & Music Festival<br />
Future Social Innovators Network<br />
ICC Cricket World Cup<br />
<strong>International</strong> Performance Night<br />
Japanese Day
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Philippines Independence Day<br />
Romanian Easter Celebration<br />
Romanian Egg Dye Party<br />
Salsa and Bachata Dance<br />
Soul Line Dancing<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>International</strong> Alumni Connection<br />
The Oil sands and the Canada-<br />
US Energy Relationship<br />
Turkish Folk Dance<br />
Turkish Spring Brunch<br />
Turkish Student Association Film Series<br />
YesPlus Workshop<br />
Summer Quarter Events<br />
Due to budget constraints and facilities maintenance,<br />
we closed in the evening after 5 PM and stayed<br />
closed on weekends during the summer quarter.<br />
RIDDLE FAMILY FOUNDATION<br />
SUPPORTED EVENTS<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> we were able to offer the following<br />
programs with the generous support from the Riddle<br />
Family Foundation, which supports events that<br />
bring together international and US Students.<br />
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Bus Trip and guided tour to<br />
Año Nuevo State Park<br />
Creative Ceramics<br />
<strong>International</strong> Women’s Day<br />
Language Mixer<br />
Renaissance Dance<br />
Thanksgiving Soiree<br />
Women’s Basketball Trip<br />
BILLIE ACHILLES SPONSORED EVENTS<br />
The Billie Achilles Fund provides support to<br />
international student organizations to offer<br />
programs encouraging interaction and cultural<br />
exchange between people of various backgrounds<br />
including the local community. Please note the<br />
Billie Achilles Fund directly funded the screening<br />
of multiple matches of the Rugby World Cup.<br />
During the academic year of <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> the Fund<br />
supported 53 events by the following organizations:<br />
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Argentinos at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
ASHA for Education<br />
Asian American Graduate Students<br />
Association of Chinese Students and<br />
Scholars at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics<br />
Caribbean Student Association<br />
Chinese Women Collective at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Columbian Student Association<br />
Cultural Interaction Club<br />
European Association at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
French <strong>Stanford</strong> Student Association<br />
Filipino Graduate Student Association<br />
Hellenic Association at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Hong Kong Student Association<br />
Kayamangu, Filipino Dance Troupe<br />
Mariachi Cardenal de <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Pakistanis at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Persian Student Association<br />
Romanian Student Association<br />
SPICMACAY<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> African Student Association<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Canadian Club<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> German Association<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Japanese Association<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> India Association<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Taiko<br />
Turkish Student Association<br />
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Japan Day and Fire on Fire IV.<br />
The Japanese Student Association hosted Japan Day.<br />
They served traditional Japanese food, and offered some<br />
cultural hands-on activities.<br />
Fire on Fire IV was organized by six student groups:<br />
Argentions en <strong>Stanford</strong>, the German Student Association,<br />
Hellenic Association at <strong>Stanford</strong>, the Mexican Student<br />
Association,the Persian Student Association and the<br />
Romanian Student Association. It was a lovely and wellattended<br />
multinational BBQ with the best food, drinks<br />
and music from each country.<br />
REGULAR EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE<br />
I-CENTER<br />
CCIS English Classes<br />
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American Life and Humor<br />
American Idioms and Issues<br />
American Customs and Institutions<br />
California Travel and Beyond<br />
Communicating Across Cultures<br />
Conversation and Beyond<br />
Conversation Skills for Everyday Living<br />
Introduction to the American Short Story<br />
Media and the U.S. Culture<br />
Practical English for Daily Living<br />
Practice with American Idioms<br />
Vocabulary Development & Accent Reduction<br />
Writing Clear English<br />
Writing Lab<br />
Writing Memoirs and Stories<br />
Rhodes/Marshall & Fulbright meetings<br />
Scholarship interviews<br />
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Departmental Quarterly Briefings<br />
F-1 visa Practical workshop<br />
J-1 visa Academic Training<br />
H-1B workshops<br />
Tax Workshops<br />
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Asha Holi celebration
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Student Statistics:<br />
Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics provided are<br />
for non-immigrant international students.<br />
Note that there are two sets of totals quoted in the<br />
following Fall <strong>2010</strong> report for <strong>International</strong> Students.<br />
The total number of MATRICULATED (degreeseeking)<br />
international students is 3,323<br />
The total number of ALL international students,<br />
both matriculated and non-matriculated is 3,601.<br />
This number does NOT include postdocs.<br />
The charts and associated tables are annotated as to<br />
which population (matriculated-only versus all-students)<br />
is being represented.<br />
Student statistics are derived from data provided by<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s Office for Institutional Research and<br />
was compiled the third week of the Fall Quarter of <strong>2010</strong>.<br />
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Matriculated international students by world area – Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Total students<br />
represented: 3323<br />
Matriculated international students by world area – 2000/ 2005/ <strong>2010</strong><br />
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Top 10 countries of origin for GRADUATE international students – Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Japan<br />
64 students<br />
2%<br />
France<br />
72 students<br />
3%<br />
Germany<br />
74 students<br />
3%<br />
Iran (Islamic Republic of)<br />
74 students<br />
3%<br />
Top 10 countries of origin for UNDERGRAD international students – Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Kenya<br />
9 students<br />
2%<br />
Mexico<br />
<strong>11</strong> students<br />
2%<br />
Other countries<br />
918 students<br />
32%<br />
Other countries<br />
193 students<br />
39%<br />
Taiwan<br />
102 students<br />
4%<br />
Malaysia<br />
17 students<br />
3%<br />
Singapore<br />
108 students<br />
4%<br />
United Kingdom<br />
26 students<br />
5%<br />
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Canada<br />
197 students<br />
7%<br />
P.R. China<br />
575 students<br />
20%<br />
Republic of Korea<br />
73 students<br />
15%<br />
Thailand<br />
28 students<br />
6%<br />
Republic of Korea<br />
288 students<br />
10%<br />
India<br />
358 students<br />
13%<br />
Canada<br />
29 students<br />
6%<br />
People's Republic of<br />
China<br />
44 students<br />
9%<br />
India<br />
31 students<br />
6%<br />
Singapore<br />
32 students<br />
6%
Top 10 departments of matriculated GRADUATE international students – Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Other departments<br />
42% 1401<br />
Physics<br />
2% 67<br />
Law<br />
2% 83<br />
Materials Science<br />
and Engineering<br />
3% 86<br />
Economics<br />
3% <strong>11</strong>0<br />
Economics<br />
36<br />
Electrical Engineering<br />
15% 505<br />
Business<br />
9% 298<br />
Management Science &<br />
Engineering<br />
7% 224<br />
Computer Science<br />
7% 221<br />
Mechanical Engineering<br />
6% 201<br />
Civil & Environmental<br />
Engineering<br />
4% 127<br />
Top 10 departments of UNDERGRADUATE international students – Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Undeclared<br />
253<br />
Computer Science<br />
33<br />
Physics<br />
8<br />
Mathematics<br />
18 Electrical Eng.<br />
17<br />
Mgmt Science & Eng.<br />
14<br />
Interntl. Relations<br />
14<br />
Mechanical Eng.<br />
<strong>11</strong><br />
Biology<br />
10<br />
Engineering<br />
10<br />
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<strong>International</strong> students* by degree level – Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Doctorate<br />
46%<br />
1646 students<br />
*Data total=3601 which includes non-matriculated students (post-docs are excluded)<br />
<strong>International</strong> students* by visa category – Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
J visa<br />
8%<br />
292 students<br />
H visa<br />
2%<br />
90 students<br />
Non-Matriculated<br />
8%<br />
278 students<br />
Other visa<br />
4%<br />
140 students<br />
*Data total=3601 which includes non-matriculated students (post-docs are excluded)<br />
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F visa<br />
86%<br />
3079 students<br />
Bachelors<br />
14%<br />
493 students<br />
Masters<br />
33%<br />
<strong>11</strong>84 students
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1500<br />
1000<br />
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<strong>International</strong> students* by gender – Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Undergrad Grad Non-degree<br />
Women Students 212 890 71<br />
Men Students 281 1940 207<br />
*Data total=3601 which includes non-matriculated students (post-docs are excluded)<br />
New GRADUATE international students* by gender & degree level – Fall 2000/ 2005/ <strong>2010</strong><br />
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Totals of matriculated GRADUATE students: <strong>International</strong> to domestic comparison– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Domestic Grads<br />
5949 students<br />
68%<br />
Totals of matriculated UNDERGRAD students: <strong>International</strong> to domestic comparison– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
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5(6es'7 +nde%-%&ds <br />
6394 students <br />
93% <br />
!nte%n&'(n&) +nde%-%&ds <br />
493 students <br />
7% <br />
<strong>International</strong> Grads<br />
2830 students<br />
32%
School enrollment of matriculated international and domestic students– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
Business<br />
Earth<br />
Sciences<br />
Humanities<br />
Education Engineering<br />
& Sciences<br />
Law Medicine Undeclared<br />
Major<br />
Matriculated<br />
Total<br />
Percentage <strong>International</strong> 36.00% 29.30% 10.40% 36.00% 18.20% 13.00% 10.70% 7.10% 21.00%<br />
Total Domestic 593 313 327 2771 3662 553 827 3297 12343<br />
Total international 335 130 38 1564 820 83 100 253 3323<br />
Percentage of school: Matriculated international students– Fall 2000/2005/<strong>2010</strong><br />
45.0%<br />
40.0%<br />
35.0%<br />
30.0%<br />
25.0%<br />
20.0%<br />
15.0%<br />
10.0%<br />
5.0%<br />
0.0%<br />
Business Earth Sciences Education Engineering<br />
Humanities &<br />
Sciences<br />
Law Medicine<br />
Undeclared<br />
majors<br />
<strong>University</strong> Intl<br />
Total %<br />
2000 31.8% 40.0% 12.8% 38.3% 16.6% 9.5% 6.5% 4.7% 19.3%<br />
2005 31.6% 36.0% 10.6% 40.2% 17.5% 10.4% 7.8% 5.6% 20.6%<br />
<strong>2010</strong> 36.0% 29.3% 10.4% 36.0% 18.2% 13.0% 10.7% 7.1% 21.2%<br />
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<strong>Stanford</strong> international students on Practical & Academic Training during the period 9/1/10 – 8/31/<strong>11</strong><br />
Pre‐OPT 18% <br />
316 students <br />
STEM 6% <br />
104 students <br />
Post‐OPT 31% <br />
534 students <br />
J‐1 ACADEMIC <br />
TRAINING 3% <br />
53 students <br />
F-1 Practical Training: Students holding F-1 visas who have maintained their legal F-1 status, are eligible to<br />
apply for off -campus work authorization, known as “practical training” which enables a student to obtain<br />
practical work experience in his/her fi eld of study to supplement the student’s academic experience.<br />
Practical Training received before completion of the degree falls into two categories:<br />
Curricular, if the student receives course credit for the work experience<br />
Optional (pre-completion).<br />
Practical Training received after degree completion is called Post-Completion Optional Practical training.<br />
Special extensions of F-1 Post-completion OPT are:<br />
1748 total students<br />
represented<br />
CPT 42% <br />
741 students <br />
a. STEM extension (17-month extension beyond normal 12 months of Post-OPT):<br />
Criteria for this extension are 1) F-1 students who received science, technology, engineering, and<br />
mathematics (STEM) degrees included on the STEM Designated Degree Program List; 2) who are<br />
employed by employers enrolled in E-Verify and; 3) who have received an initial authorization of<br />
post-completion OPT in the STEM fi eld.<br />
b. Cap Gap extension: Under this rule, the F-1 status of students on Post-Completion OPT is<br />
automatically extended when the student is the benefi ciary of an H-1B petition for the next fi scal<br />
year (with an October 1 employment start date) fi led on his or her behalf during the period in<br />
which H-1B petitions are accepted for that fi scal year.<br />
All types of practical training require a preliminary authorization by one of the Designated School Offi cials<br />
at the <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong>. Students applying for Optional Practical Training must then submit the I-<strong>Center</strong>’s<br />
preliminary authorization to the USCIS in order to apply for the Employment Authorization Document that<br />
will permit them to work. Students who request Curricular Practical Training require only the preliminary<br />
authorization from the <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong>.<br />
J-1 Academic Training is a period of authorized, off -campus employment directly related to a student’s fi eld<br />
of study for J-1 students. J-1 students may participate in Academic Training prior to graduation or after their<br />
completion of study for a total maximum of 18 months or the period of their full course of study, whichever<br />
is shorter. Academic Training requires a letter of authorization from the J Program’s Responsible Offi cer and a<br />
valid job off er.<br />
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Requests for Practical & Academic Training authorized by the I-<strong>Center</strong> 9/1/10 – 8/31/<strong>11</strong><br />
PRE‐OPT 16% <br />
237 requests <br />
Requests for Practical & Academic Training authorized by the I-<strong>Center</strong> 2003/04 – <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
Requests to the<br />
I-<strong>Center</strong> for<br />
Practical Training<br />
From Academic Year<br />
2003-04 to 2009-10<br />
• Total applications (for all<br />
types of Practical<br />
Training) have increased<br />
60% since SEVIS was<br />
There has been a 97%<br />
increase initiated in in 2003. the total total<br />
number of of all all Practical Practical<br />
Training requests<br />
• New since options 2003/04 for students<br />
on Practical Training were<br />
added in 2008: STEM &<br />
STEM and CapGap<br />
were CapGap introduced introduced in<br />
2008.<br />
• 63% increase in<br />
Post-Completion 84% increase Optional in Post-<br />
Practical Completion Completion Training Optional<br />
Practical Practical Training<br />
(includes STEM, CapGap<br />
requests (includes<br />
& Academic STEM, STEM, CapGap Training) &<br />
Academic since 2003/04 Training)<br />
since 2003/04.<br />
POST‐OPT 40% <br />
583 requests <br />
3500<br />
3000<br />
2500<br />
2000<br />
1500<br />
1000<br />
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0<br />
STEM 4% <br />
53requests <br />
CPT 35% <br />
514 requests <br />
J1 ACAD 3% <br />
42 requests <br />
J1 CAMPUS 2% <br />
29 requests <br />
1458 total requests<br />
represented<br />
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
TOTAL 740 9<strong>11</strong> 1002 1023 979 1057 <strong>11</strong>87 1458<br />
Post-Completion OPT, STEM, CapGap, Academic Training 384 447 457 630 499 610 626 707<br />
Pre-Completion Optional Practical Training 90 177 196 85 68 100 155 237<br />
Curricular Practical Training 266 287 349 308 412 347 406 514
opendoors ® 20|<strong>11</strong> “Fast Facts”<br />
A. NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT<br />
New international student<br />
enrollment – students<br />
enrolling for the first time<br />
at a U.S. institution in fall<br />
<strong>2010</strong> – increased 5.7%<br />
over the previous year.<br />
B. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRENDS<br />
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S.<br />
Year Total % Change<br />
2006/07 157,178 10.0<br />
2007/08 173,121 10.1<br />
2008/09 200,460 15.8<br />
2009/10 202,970 1.3<br />
<strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> 214,490 5.7<br />
In <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong>, the number of international students in the U.S. increased<br />
to a record high of 723,277 students, a 32% increase since 2000/01.<br />
Total Int'l % Total U.S. Higher %<br />
Year Students Change Education Enrollment* Int'l<br />
2000/01 547,867 6.4 15,312,000 3.6<br />
2001/02 582,996 6.4 15,928,000 3.7<br />
2002/03 586,323 0.6 16,612,000 3.5<br />
2003/04 572,509 -2.4 16,9<strong>11</strong>,000 3.4<br />
2004/05 565,039 -1.3 17,272,000 3.3<br />
2005/06 564,766 -0.05 17,487,000 3.2<br />
2006/07 582,984 3.2 17,672,000 3.3<br />
2007/08 623,805 7.0 17,958,000 3.5<br />
2008/09 671,616 7.7 18,264,000 3.7<br />
2009/10 690,923 2.9 20,428,000 3.4<br />
<strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> 723,277 4.7 20,550,000 3.5<br />
* Data from the National <strong>Center</strong> for Education Statistics<br />
E. TOP U.S. INSTITUTIONS Hosting <strong>International</strong> Students, <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
Rank Institution City State<br />
Total Int’l<br />
Students<br />
1 <strong>University</strong> of Southern California Los Angeles CA 8,615<br />
2 <strong>University</strong> of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Champaign IL 7,991<br />
3 New York <strong>University</strong> New York NY 7,988<br />
4 Purdue <strong>University</strong> - Main Campus West Lafayette IN 7,562<br />
5 Columbia <strong>University</strong> New York NY 7,297<br />
6 <strong>University</strong> of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 6,249<br />
7 Ohio State <strong>University</strong> - Main Campus Columbus OH 6,082<br />
8 <strong>University</strong> of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor MI 5,995<br />
9 Michigan State <strong>University</strong> East Lansing MI 5,748<br />
10 Harvard <strong>University</strong> Cambridge MA 5,594<br />
<strong>11</strong> Indiana <strong>University</strong> - Bloomington Bloomington IN 5,471<br />
12 Boston <strong>University</strong> Boston MA 5,464<br />
13 <strong>University</strong> of Florida Gainesville FL 5,393<br />
14 <strong>University</strong> of Texas - Austin Austin TX 5,323<br />
15 Penn State <strong>University</strong> - <strong>University</strong> Park <strong>University</strong> Park PA 5,207<br />
16 Northeastern <strong>University</strong> Boston MA 5,187<br />
17 SUNY <strong>University</strong> at Buffalo Buffalo NY 5,185<br />
18 <strong>University</strong> of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis MN 5,124<br />
19 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA 4,943<br />
20 Arizona State <strong>University</strong> Tempe AZ 4,934<br />
C. TOP PLACES OF ORIGIN of <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
Students from the top five places comprise 53.5% of all international students.<br />
Rank Place of Origin 2009/10 <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> % of Total % Change<br />
WORLD TOTAL 690,923 723,277 100.0 4.7<br />
1 China 127,628 157,558 21.8 23.5<br />
2 India 104,897 103,895 14.4 -1.0<br />
3 South Korea 72,153 73,351 10.1 1.7<br />
4 Canada 28,145 27,546 3.8 -2.1<br />
5 Taiwan 26,685 24,818 3.4 -7.0<br />
6 Saudi Arabia 15,810 22,704 3.1 43.6<br />
7 Japan 24,842 21,290 2.9 -14.3<br />
8 Vietnam 13,<strong>11</strong>2 14,888 2.1 13.5<br />
9 Mexico 13,450 13,713 1.9 2.0<br />
10 Turkey 12,397 12,184 1.7 -1.7<br />
<strong>11</strong> Nepal <strong>11</strong>,233 10,301 1.4 -8.3<br />
12 Germany 9,548 9,458 1.3 -0.9<br />
13 United Kingdom 8,861 8,947 1.2 1.0<br />
14 Brazil 8,786 8,777 1.2 -0.1<br />
15 Thailand 8,531 8,236 1.1 -3.5<br />
16 Hong Kong 8,034 8,136 1.1 1.3<br />
17 France 7,716 8,098 1.1 5.0<br />
18 Nigeria 6,568 7,148 1.0 8.8<br />
19 Indonesia 6,943 6,942 1.0 0.0<br />
20 Malaysia 6,190 6,735 0.9 8.8<br />
21 Colombia 6,920 6,456 0.9 -6.7<br />
22 Iran 4,731 5,626 0.8 18.9<br />
23 Venezuela 4,958 5,491 0.8 10.8<br />
24 Pakistan 5,222 5,045 0.7 -3.4<br />
25 Russia 4,827 4,692 0.6 -2.8<br />
D. ACADEMIC LEVEL TRENDS of <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
Year Undergrad % Change Graduate % Change Non-degree % Change<br />
2000/01 254,429 7.3 238,497 9.3 33,883 -1.6<br />
2001/02 261,079 2.6 264,749 <strong>11</strong>.0 34,423 1.6<br />
2002/03 260,103 -0.4 267,876 1.2 30,551 -<strong>11</strong>.2<br />
2003/04 248,200 -4.6 274,310 2.4 20,659 -32.4<br />
2004/05 239,212 -3.6 264,410 -3.6 28,418 37.6<br />
2005/06 236,342 -1.2 259,717 -1.8 30,6<strong>11</strong> 7.7<br />
2006/07 238,050 0.7 264,288 1.8 38,986 27.4<br />
2007/08 243,360 2.2 276,842 4.8 46,837 20.1<br />
2008/09 269,874 10.9 283,329 2.3 51,812 10.6<br />
2009/10 274,431 1.7 293,885 3.7 54,803 5.8<br />
<strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> 291,439 6.2 296,574 0.9 59,233 8.1<br />
F. TOP U.S. STATES Hosting <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
Rank State 2009/10 <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> % Change<br />
1 California 94,279 96,535 2.4<br />
2 New York 76,146 78,888 3.6<br />
3 Texas 58,934 61,636 4.6<br />
4 Massachusetts 35,313 38,698 9.6<br />
5 Illinois 31,093 33,766 8.6<br />
6 Pennsylvania 28,097 30,507 8.6<br />
7 Florida 29,708 29,719 0.0<br />
8 Ohio 22,370 24,709 10.5<br />
9 Michigan 24,214 24,668 1.9<br />
10 Indiana 18,569 20,<strong>11</strong>2 8.3<br />
The Institute of <strong>International</strong> Education (IIE) has<br />
conducted an annual census of international students in<br />
the U.S. since its founding in 1919. Known as the Open<br />
Doors Report since 1954, the project has received<br />
support from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural<br />
Affairs of the U.S. Department of State since 1972. For<br />
more data and information, please visit us online at:<br />
http://www.iie.org/opendoors.
G. TOP FIELDS OF STUDY of <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S. (CONTINUED)<br />
Field of Study 2009/10 <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong> % of Total % Change<br />
Business and Management 145,401 155,769 21.5 7.1<br />
Engineering 127,443 135,592 18.7 6.4<br />
Math and Computer Science 60,800 64,588 8.9 6.2<br />
Physical and Life Sciences 61,3<strong>11</strong> 63,471 8.8 3.5<br />
Social Sciences 59,978 63,347 8.8 5.6<br />
Fine and Applied Arts 35,807 37,237 5.1 4.0<br />
Health Professions 32,105 32,526 4.5 1.3<br />
Intensive English Language 26,059 32,306 4.5 24.0<br />
Education 18,301 16,933 2.3 -7.5<br />
Humanities 17,993 16,263 2.2 -9.6<br />
Agriculture 10,288 9,888 1.4 -3.9<br />
Other Fields of Study 76,731 75,459 10.5 -1.7<br />
Undeclared 18,706 19,898 2.8 6.4<br />
I. U.S. STUDY ABROAD TRENDS<br />
270,604 U.S. students studied abroad for academic credit in 2009/10, an<br />
increase of 3.9% over the previous year. U.S. student participation in study<br />
abroad has more than tripled over the past two decades.<br />
K. TOP FIELDS OF STUDY of U.S. Study Abroad Students<br />
2008/09 2009/10 %<br />
Field of Study Total % Total % Change<br />
Social Sciences 53,888 20.7 60,345 22.3 12.0<br />
Business/Management 50,764 19.5 56,286 20.8 10.9<br />
Humanities 32,020 12.3 32,743 12.1 2.3<br />
Fine or Applied Arts 19,004 7.3 22,460 8.3 18.2<br />
Physical/Life Sciences 19,004 7.3 20,295 7.5 6.8<br />
Foreign Languages 15,880 6.1 15,695 5.8 -1.2<br />
Health Professions <strong>11</strong>,715 4.5 12,718 4.7 8.6<br />
Education 10,413 4.1 <strong>11</strong>,095 4.1 6.5<br />
Engineering 8,330 3.2 10,554 3.9 26.7<br />
Math/Computer Science 4,165 1.6 4,059 1.5 -2.5<br />
Agriculture 2,864 1.1 3,518 1.3 22.8<br />
Other Fields of Study 23,169 8.9 12,177 4.5 -47.4<br />
Undeclared 9,<strong>11</strong>1 3.5 8,659 3.2 -5.0<br />
Total 260,327 100.0 270,604 100.0 3.9<br />
M. PARTICIPATION RATE of U.S. Students in Study Abroad, 2009/10<br />
U.S. Study<br />
Abroad Total<br />
U.S. STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD<br />
U.S. Higher<br />
Education Total %<br />
U.S. higher education system 270,604 19,805,000 1.4<br />
U.S. undergraduates 233,169 2,452,218* 9.5<br />
U.S. undergraduates pursuing<br />
bachelor’s degrees<br />
230,752 1,642,979* 14.0<br />
* Total undergraduate degrees awarded.<br />
H. PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDING of <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
Primary Source of Funds 2009/10 <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong><br />
% of<br />
Total<br />
J. LEADING DESTINATIONS of U.S. Study Abroad Students<br />
14 of the top 25 destinations are outside Europe.<br />
%<br />
Change<br />
Personal and Family 427,567 458,667 63.4 7.2<br />
U.S. College or <strong>University</strong> 166,369 165,544 22.9 -0.6<br />
Foreign Gov’t or <strong>University</strong> 31,451 41,589 5.8 32.1<br />
U.S. Government 4,660 4,219 0.6 -9.5<br />
U.S. Private Sponsor 6,685 5,827 0.8 -12.9<br />
Foreign Private Sponsor 9,458 7,063 1.0 -25.4<br />
<strong>International</strong> Organization 1,730 1,549 0.2 -10.6<br />
Current Employment 36,201 33,625 4.6 -7.2<br />
Other Source 6,802 5,194 0.7 -23.7<br />
TOTAL 690,923 723,277 100.0 4.7<br />
Rank Destination 2008/09 2009/10 % of Total % Change<br />
TOTAL 260,327 270,604 100.0 3.9<br />
1 United Kingdom 31,342 32,683 12.1 4.3<br />
2 Italy 27,362 27,940 10.3 2.1<br />
3 Spain 24,169 25,4<strong>11</strong> 9.4 5.1<br />
4 France 16,910 17,161 6.3 1.5<br />
5 China 13,674 13,910 5.1 1.7<br />
6 Australia <strong>11</strong>,140 9,962 3.7 -10.6<br />
7 Germany 8,330 8,551 3.2 2.7<br />
8 Mexico 7,320 7,157 2.6 -2.2<br />
9 Ireland 6,858 6,798 2.5 -0.9<br />
10 Costa Rica 6,363 6,262 2.3 -1.6<br />
<strong>11</strong> Japan 5,784 6,166 2.3 6.6<br />
12 Argentina 4,705 4,835 1.8 2.8<br />
13 South Africa 4,160 4,313 1.6 3.7<br />
14 India 2,690 3,884 1.4 44.4<br />
15 Greece 3,616 3,700 1.4 2.3<br />
16 Czech Republic 3,664 3,409 1.3 -7.0<br />
17 Israel 1,958 3,146 1.2 60.7<br />
18 Chile 3,503 3,<strong>11</strong>5 1.2 -<strong>11</strong>.1<br />
19 New Zealand 2,769 3,<strong>11</strong>3 1.2 12.4<br />
20 Brazil 2,777 3,099 1.1 <strong>11</strong>.6<br />
21 Ecuador 2,859 2,960 1.1 3.5<br />
22 Austria 2,836 2,701 1.0 -4.8<br />
23 Netherlands 2,318 2,369 0.9 2.2<br />
24 Peru 2,163 2,316 0.9 7.1<br />
25 Denmark 2,244 2,228 0.8 -0.7<br />
L. HOST REGIONS of U.S. Study Abroad Students<br />
2008/09 2009/10 %<br />
Host Region* Total % Total % Change<br />
Europe 141,955 54.5 144,840 53.5 2.0<br />
Latin America 40,044 15.4 40,649 15.0 1.5<br />
Asia 29,737 <strong>11</strong>.4 32,340 12.0 8.8<br />
Africa 13,681 5.3 14,738 5.5 7.7<br />
Oceania 14,261 5.5 13,566 5.0 -4.9<br />
Middle East 3,670 1.4 4,959 1.8 35.1<br />
North America 1,355 0.5 1,899 0.7 40.1<br />
Antarctica 60 0.0 65 0.0 8.3<br />
Multiple 15,564 6.0 17,548 6.5 12.7<br />
Total 260,327 100.0 270,604 100.0 3.9<br />
* Cyprus and Turkey are included in Europe; Mexico is included in Latin America<br />
N. DURATION of U.S. Study Abroad<br />
2008/09 % 2009/10 %<br />
Short-term (summer or eight weeks or less) 54.6 56.6<br />
Mid-length (one or two quarters or one semester) 41.1 39.4<br />
Long-term (academic or calendar year) 4.3 3.9<br />
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Scholar Statistics:<br />
Unless otherwise indicated, these statistics are for<br />
the period of 9/1/10 – 8/31/<strong>11</strong>.<br />
All statistics provided are for non-immigrant<br />
international scholars including postdocs.<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Country of Citizenship<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Country of Citizenship Female Male Grand Total<br />
AFGHANISTAN 1 1<br />
ARGENTINA 3 6 9<br />
ARMENIA 1 1<br />
AUSTRALIA 9 23 32<br />
AUSTRIA 2 13 15<br />
BELARUS 1 2 3<br />
BELGIUM 3 9 12<br />
BOLIVIA 1 1<br />
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 1 1 2<br />
BRAZIL 7 17 24<br />
BULGARIA 3 3 6<br />
CANADA 31 40 71<br />
CHILE 4 3 7<br />
CHINA 109 264 373<br />
COLOMBIA 4 2 6<br />
COSTA RICA 3 3<br />
CROATIA 1 1<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC 1 1 2<br />
DENMARK 10 21 31<br />
EGYPT 1 2 3<br />
ERITREA 1 1<br />
FINLAND 14 16 30<br />
FRANCE 24 62 86<br />
GEORGIA 1 1<br />
GERMANY 70 172 242<br />
GHANA 1 1<br />
GREECE 2 4 6<br />
HAITI 1 1<br />
HONG KONG 4 6 10<br />
HUNGARY 3 1 4<br />
ICELAND 2 2<br />
INDIA 17 48 65<br />
INDONESIA 3 3<br />
IRAN 1 10 <strong>11</strong><br />
IRAQ 1 1<br />
IRELAND 7 10 17<br />
ISRAEL 21 38 59<br />
ITALY 17 46 63<br />
JAPAN 18 157 175<br />
JORDAN 2 2<br />
KAZAKHSTAN 1 1<br />
KYRGYSTAN 1 1<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Country of Citizenship (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Country of Citizenship Female Male Grand Total<br />
LEBANON 2 3 5<br />
LITHUANIA 1 1<br />
LUXENBOURG 1 1 2<br />
MALAYSIA 1 1<br />
MEXICO 3 1 4<br />
MONACO 1 1<br />
MOROCCO 2 1 3<br />
NEPAL 1 1<br />
NETHERLANDS 17 22 39<br />
NEW ZEALAND 2 5 7<br />
NIGERIA 3 3<br />
NORWAY 7 8 15<br />
PAKISTAN 2 2<br />
PERU 1 1<br />
PHILIPPINES 2 2<br />
POLAND 3 5 8<br />
PORTUGAL 5 8 13<br />
ROMANIA 3 2 5<br />
RUSSIA 2 <strong>11</strong> 13<br />
SAUDI ARABIA 1 6 7<br />
SERBIA 3 2 5<br />
SINGAPORE 6 8 14<br />
SLOVAKIA 1 2 3<br />
SLOVENIA 2 2<br />
SOUTH AFRICA 1 2 3<br />
SOUTH KOREA 34 160 194<br />
SPAIN 26 41 67<br />
SRI LANKA 1 1<br />
SWEDEN 14 36 50<br />
SWITZERLAND 7 25 32<br />
TAIWAN 13 31 44<br />
TAJIKISTAN 1 1<br />
THAILAND 3 2 5<br />
TUNISIA 1 1<br />
TURKEY 6 7 13<br />
UGANDA 1 1<br />
UKRAINE 1 3 4<br />
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 1<br />
UNITED KINGDOM 14 36 50<br />
VENEZUELA 1 1<br />
VIETNAM 1 2 3<br />
Grand Total 578 1435 2013<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Accounting 1 1<br />
Acoustics 1 1<br />
Advanced Legal Research/Studies 3 4 7<br />
Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering 1 13 14<br />
Agricultural/Biological Engineering & Bioengineering 1 1<br />
Analytical Chemistry 4 4<br />
Ancient/Classical Greek Languages 1 2 3<br />
Anthropology 1 2 3<br />
Applied Economics 1 1 2<br />
Applied Mathematics 1 1<br />
Archeology 3 5 8<br />
Art History, Criticism & Conservation 1 1 2<br />
Art/Art Studies, General 1 1<br />
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics 1 6 7<br />
Asian History 1 1<br />
Asian-American Studies 1 1<br />
Astronomy & Astrophysics 2 2<br />
Astrophysics 4 15 19<br />
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate 1 1<br />
Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics 1 1<br />
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 1 1 2<br />
Behavioral Sciences 5 4 9<br />
Biochemistry 8 12 20<br />
Biochemistry/Biophysics & Molecular Biology 6 6<br />
Bioinformatics 2 15 17<br />
Biology/Biological Sciences 20 28 48<br />
Biomedical Sciences 163 295 458<br />
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 10 20 30<br />
Biophysics 2 2<br />
Biopsychology 1 1<br />
Biotechnology 6 <strong>11</strong> 17<br />
Botany/Plant Biology 1 2 3<br />
Business Administration & Management 1 1<br />
Business/Commerce 2 2<br />
Cell Physiology 2 1 3<br />
Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology 16 23 39<br />
Cell/Cellular Biology & Histology 2 4 6<br />
Chemical Engineering 5 26 31<br />
Chemistry 9 21 30<br />
Chinese Language & Literature 1 5 6<br />
Chinese Studies 3 3<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Cinematography and Film/Video 1 1<br />
Civil Engineering 3 15 18<br />
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics 1 2 3<br />
Cognitive Science 1 2 3<br />
Communication & Media Studies 1 1 2<br />
Community Health & Preventive Medicine 1 1<br />
Comparative Literature 4 8 12<br />
Computational Mathematics 3 3<br />
Computer & Information Sciences 2 2<br />
Computer & Information Systems Security 5 5<br />
Computer Graphics 2 2<br />
Computer Programming 1 1<br />
Computer Science 3 15 18<br />
Computer Software & Media Applications 3 3<br />
Computer Software Engineering 1 1<br />
Computer Systems Networking & Telecommunications 1 3 4<br />
Computer/Information Technology 1 1<br />
Conducting 1 1<br />
Conservation Biology 2 1 3<br />
Data Modeling/Warehousing 1 1<br />
Data Processing & Data Processing Technology 1 1<br />
Demography and Population Studies 1 3 4<br />
Development Economics & <strong>International</strong> Development 4 10 14<br />
Developmental Biology & Embryology 3 6 9<br />
Digital Communication & Media/Multimedia 1 2 3<br />
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce 4 4<br />
East Asian Studies 1 1<br />
Ecology 1 1<br />
Economics 10 21 31<br />
Education 4 1 5<br />
Educational Evaluation & Research 2 2 4<br />
Educational Leadership & Administration 3 3<br />
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering 6 79 85<br />
Elementary Particle Physics 1 1 2<br />
Endocrinology 1 1<br />
Engineering 2 8 10<br />
Engineering Physics 2 2<br />
English Language & Literature 1 1 2<br />
Entrepreneurial & Small Business Operations 1 1<br />
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies 1 2 3<br />
Environmental Science 3 3<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Environmental Studies 1 1 2<br />
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 3 9 12<br />
Ethics 1 1 2<br />
European History 1 1 2<br />
European Studies/Civilization 6 6<br />
Evolutionary Biology 1 2 3<br />
Exercise Physiology 1 1<br />
Film/Cinema Studies 1 1<br />
Finance 4 4<br />
French Language & Literature 2 2<br />
General Merchandising, Sales, & Related Marketing 1 1<br />
Genetics 8 9 17<br />
Geochemistry 1 2 3<br />
Geochemistry & Petrology 1 1 2<br />
Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences 1 1<br />
Geological/Geophysical Engineering 1 3 4<br />
Geology/Earth Science 2 9 <strong>11</strong><br />
Geophysics & Seismology 1 14 15<br />
German Studies 1 1<br />
Gerontology 1 1<br />
Health Communication 1 1 2<br />
Health/Medical Psychology 2 4 6<br />
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 1 5 6<br />
History 2 6 8<br />
Human Services 1 1<br />
Human/Medical Genetics 3 1 4<br />
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 3 2 5<br />
Immunology 4 7 <strong>11</strong><br />
Information Science/Studies 1 2 3<br />
Information Technology 2 2 4<br />
Inorganic Chemistry 3 7 10<br />
<strong>International</strong> & Comparative Education 3 1 4<br />
<strong>International</strong> Business/Trade/Commerce 4 4<br />
<strong>International</strong> Economics 2 7 9<br />
<strong>International</strong> Finance 2 2<br />
<strong>International</strong> Marketing 1 1<br />
<strong>International</strong> Relations & Affairs 4 21 25<br />
Islamic Studies 1 1<br />
Italian Language & Literature 1 1<br />
Japanese Language and Literature 1 1<br />
Jewish/Judaic Studies 1 1<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Journalism 3 3 6<br />
Knowledge Management 1 1<br />
Korean Language & Literature 1 1<br />
Korean Studies 2 2<br />
Latin American Studies 1 1<br />
Latin Language and Literature 1 1<br />
Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies 4 18 22<br />
Legal Studies 1 1 2<br />
Library Science 3 2 5<br />
Linguistic, Comparative, & Related Language Studies 1 1 2<br />
Linguistics 5 3 8<br />
Management Science 5 34 39<br />
Manufacturing Engineering 1 1<br />
Marine Biology & Biological Oceanography 3 8 <strong>11</strong><br />
Marketing Research 3 3<br />
Marketing/Marketing Management 2 2<br />
Mass Communication/Media Studies 3 3<br />
Materials Engineering 5 23 28<br />
Materials Science 4 10 14<br />
Mathematical Statistics & Probability 2 2<br />
Mathematics and Computer Science 1 1<br />
Mathematics 6 17 23<br />
Mechanical Engineering 6 54 60<br />
Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology 1 1<br />
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 5 5 10<br />
Microbiology 3 9 12<br />
Molecular Biochemistry 1 1 2<br />
Molecular Biology 4 17 21<br />
Molecular Biophysics 1 1<br />
Molecular Genetics 1 1<br />
Molecular Physiology 1 1 2<br />
Music Theory and Composition 1 1<br />
Music 1 9 10<br />
Mycology 1 1<br />
Natural Resources Management & Policy 1 1<br />
Natural Resources/Conservation 1 1<br />
Near & Middle Eastern Studies 1 1<br />
Neurobiology & Neurophysiology 5 7 12<br />
Neuroscience 1 2 3<br />
Nutrition Sciences 1 1<br />
Ocean Engineering 1 1<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Oncology & Cancer Biology 10 10 20<br />
Optics/Optical Sciences 1 7 8<br />
Organic Chemistry 5 30 35<br />
Organizational Behavior Studies 18 14 32<br />
Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies 1 1<br />
Paleontology 1 1<br />
Pathology/Experimental Pathology 10 14 24<br />
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 2 2<br />
Petroleum Engineering 5 5<br />
Pharmacology 1 1<br />
Philosophy 2 3 5<br />
Photography 1 1<br />
Physical & Theoretical Chemistry 1 22 23<br />
Physical Sciences 2 16 18<br />
Physics 9 54 63<br />
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology 6 7 13<br />
Physiology 2 2<br />
Political Communication 1 1<br />
Political Science & Government 7 3 10<br />
Polymer Chemistry 2 2<br />
Population Biology 1 1<br />
Psychology 7 8 15<br />
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology 1 1<br />
Psychopharmacology 1 1<br />
Public Administration 1 1<br />
Public Policy Analysis 3 4 7<br />
Radiation Biology/Radiobiology 1 2 3<br />
Reproductive Biology 1 1 2<br />
Russian Language & Literature 1 1<br />
Russian Studies 1 1<br />
Science Teacher Education 1 1 2<br />
Science, Technology & Society 1 <strong>11</strong> 12<br />
Social Sciences 4 5 9<br />
Sociology 5 8 13<br />
Solid State and Low Temperature 1 1<br />
Southeast Asian Studies 2 2<br />
Spanish & Iberian Studies 2 2<br />
Statistics 1 7 8<br />
Structural Biology 3 10 13<br />
Structural Engineering 2 4 6<br />
Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics 4 8 12<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Systems Engineering 1 1 2<br />
Systems Science & Theory 1 1<br />
Theatre Literature, History & Criticism 1 1<br />
Theoretical & Mathematical Physics <strong>11</strong> <strong>11</strong><br />
Transportation & Highway Engineering 1 1<br />
Ural-Altaic & Central asian Studies 1 1<br />
Vision Science/Physiological Optics 1 2 3<br />
Visual and Performing Arts 1 1<br />
Water Resources Engineering 1 1<br />
Water, Wetlands & Marine Resources 1 1<br />
Women’s Studies 1 1<br />
Zoology/Animal Biology 1 1<br />
Grand Total 578 1435 2013<br />
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H-1 Petitions Processed (Initial & extension) 2001/02 through <strong>2010</strong>/<strong>11</strong>
H-1 Employees by Country of citizenship<br />
Country Total<br />
Albania 1<br />
Argentina 5<br />
Australia 12<br />
Austria 5<br />
Belarus 1<br />
Bosnia and Herzogovina 1<br />
Brazil 9<br />
Bulgaria 1<br />
Canada 46<br />
Chile 3<br />
China 201<br />
Columbia 1<br />
Costa Rica 1<br />
Denmark 6<br />
Egypt 1<br />
Eritrea 2<br />
France 25<br />
Germany 40<br />
Greece 6<br />
Hong Kong 1<br />
Hungary 3<br />
India <strong>11</strong>2<br />
Iran 7<br />
Ireland 1<br />
Israel 15<br />
Italy 20<br />
Jamaica 1<br />
Japan 35<br />
Jordan 2<br />
Lebanon 1<br />
Malaysia 1<br />
Mexico 3<br />
Nepal 1<br />
Netherlands 6<br />
New Zealand 1<br />
Pakistan 2<br />
Peru 2<br />
Philippines 3<br />
Poland 2<br />
Portugal 3<br />
Romania 4<br />
Russia 14<br />
Country Total<br />
S. Korea 40<br />
Serbia 3<br />
Slovenia 2<br />
Spain 16<br />
Sweden 7<br />
Switzerland 4<br />
Taiwan 8<br />
Tanzania 1<br />
Thailand 1<br />
Turkey 9<br />
Uganda 1<br />
United Kingdom 35<br />
Venezuela 2<br />
Vietnam 1<br />
Grand Total 735<br />
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Department Total<br />
Administrative Systems 18<br />
Aeronautics & Astronautics 5<br />
Anesthesia 20<br />
Anesthesia Pain Division 2<br />
Anthropology 3<br />
Asian Religions & Cultures Initiative 1<br />
Athletics 6<br />
Bing Nursery School 1<br />
Bio-X 1<br />
Biodesign Program 1<br />
Bioengineering 12<br />
Biological Sciences 27<br />
Biology 7<br />
Biomechanical Engineering 1<br />
Biomedical Informatics 13<br />
Blood & Marrow Transplantation 3<br />
Blood <strong>Center</strong> 2<br />
BMIR 5<br />
Cancer <strong>Center</strong> Clinical Trials Office 8<br />
Cardiothoracic Surgery 3<br />
Cardiovascular Medicine 5<br />
CDDRL 1<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for Design Research 1<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for <strong>International</strong> Security &<br />
Cooperation<br />
1<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for Policy, Outcomes & Prevention 2<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for Turbulence Research, Mechanical<br />
Engineering<br />
3<br />
Chemical Engineering 4<br />
Chemistry <strong>11</strong><br />
Chemistry (QCIP) 3<br />
Chemistry/<strong>Stanford</strong> Synchrotron Radiation<br />
Laboratory<br />
3<br />
Civil & Environmental Engineering 2<br />
Classics 1<br />
Comparative Medicine 7<br />
Comparative Medicine/Veterinary Service<br />
<strong>Center</strong><br />
1<br />
Computer Engineering 8<br />
Computer Science 1<br />
Dean of Research - CSLI 2<br />
Dermatology 4<br />
Developmental Biology 33<br />
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H-1 Employees by <strong>Stanford</strong> Department<br />
Department Total<br />
Drama 1<br />
Economics 1<br />
Education 2<br />
Education Program for Gifted Youth 6<br />
Electrical Engineering <strong>11</strong><br />
Electrical Engineering / ICL 1<br />
Emergency Medicine 1<br />
Endocrinology 1<br />
Energy Resources Engineering 7<br />
Engineering Research Operation/School of<br />
Engineering<br />
1<br />
English 3<br />
Environmental Health & Safety 1<br />
Freeman Spogli Institute for <strong>International</strong><br />
Studies<br />
4<br />
Gastroenterology & Hepatology 9<br />
Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials 5<br />
General Internal Medicine 1<br />
Genetics 15<br />
Genome Technology <strong>Center</strong> 6<br />
Geological & Environmental Sciences 2<br />
Geophysics 2<br />
Ginzton Laboratory 9<br />
Global Climate & Energy Project 1<br />
Graduate School of Business 14<br />
H-Star Institute 2<br />
Hansen Experimental Physics Lab 9<br />
Health Research & Policy 3<br />
History 2<br />
Hoover Institution 2<br />
Immunology & Rheumatology 9<br />
Infectious Diseases 2<br />
Institute for Research in Social Sciences 1<br />
Language <strong>Center</strong> 5<br />
Law School 6<br />
Literatures, Cultures & Languages 7<br />
Materials Science & Engineering 8<br />
Mathematics 1<br />
Mechanical Engineering <strong>11</strong><br />
Mechanical Engineering Design 1<br />
Microbiology & Immunology 26<br />
MLK Institute 1<br />
Molecular & Cellular Physiology 4
H-1 Employees by <strong>Stanford</strong> Department (continued)<br />
Department Total<br />
Music 1<br />
Nephrology 4<br />
Neurobiology 8<br />
Neurology 10<br />
Neuroscience Institute 2<br />
Neurosurgery 29<br />
Obstetrics & Gynecology 3<br />
Office of Development, <strong>University</strong> Major<br />
Gifts<br />
1<br />
Oncology 5<br />
Ophthalmology 1<br />
Ortho Surgery 3<br />
Otolaryngology 9<br />
Pathology 28<br />
Pathology/Blood <strong>Center</strong> 2<br />
Pediatric Cardiology 1<br />
Pediatric Pulmonary Division 1<br />
Pediatrics 7<br />
Pediatrics/Cancer Biology 8<br />
Pediatrics/Division of Human Gene Therapy 6<br />
Pediatrics/Hematology/Oncology 1<br />
Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases 5<br />
Pediatrics/Neonatal Med 3<br />
Pediatrics/Neonatology 2<br />
Pediatrics/Nephrology 3<br />
Pediatrics/Surgery 4<br />
Philosophy 1<br />
Physics 6<br />
Political Science 3<br />
Prevention Research <strong>Center</strong> 1<br />
Program in Science, Technology, & Society 1<br />
Program in Writing & Rhetoric 2<br />
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 16<br />
Public safety 1<br />
Pulmonary & Critical Care Division 1<br />
Radiation Oncology 24<br />
Radiation/Cancer Biology 1<br />
Radiology 42<br />
Religious Studies 1<br />
School of Education 3<br />
School of Medicine (IRT) 17<br />
SLAC 1<br />
Department Total<br />
Sociology 1<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Management Company/<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong><br />
2<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>/Applied Physics & SLAC/<br />
PULSE Instit<br />
1<br />
Statistics 5<br />
Structural Biology 10<br />
SULAIR 1<br />
Surgery 4<br />
Thermo Sciences 2<br />
Undergraduate Admission 1<br />
Urology 1<br />
VPUE 2<br />
Woods Institute for the Environment 1<br />
Worklife Office 1<br />
Grand Total 735<br />
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O-1 and Permanent Residence Petitions<br />
Department Total<br />
Cardiovadcular Medicine 1<br />
Computer Science 1<br />
Economics 1<br />
Education 1<br />
History 1<br />
Microbiology and Immunology 1<br />
Neurobiology 1<br />
Physics 2<br />
Political Science 1<br />
Radiology 1<br />
Surgery 1<br />
Grand Total 12<br />
Country of Citizenship Total<br />
Argentina 1<br />
Canada 4<br />
China 2<br />
India 1<br />
Iran 1<br />
Italy 1<br />
Korea 1<br />
UK 1<br />
Grand Total 12
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Statistics <strong>2010</strong>/20<strong>11</strong><br />
Source Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. jan. Feb. March April May june july Aug. Total<br />
Events (calendar<br />
bookings)<br />
59 138 133 61 <strong>11</strong>3 162 153 165 140 81 1205<br />
Attendees (after hours) 1076 <strong>11</strong>88 929 460 708 1434 661 854 1772 277 9359<br />
Front Desk interactions<br />
ORC<br />
1921 1530 1354 1207 1379 1092 2145 1967 1866 2195 946 <strong>11</strong>76 18778<br />
Visits 139 289 140 64 252 132 276 432 266 168 98 139 2395<br />
Workshops 3 1 2 0 0 5 0 8 8 3 0 0 30<br />
Advising 27 21 9 5 16 7 8 18 15 22 23 33 204<br />
Passport Photos + ISIC<br />
Spouses , Partners,<br />
Families<br />
90 268 120 59 236 91 268 378 243 133 75 70 2031<br />
Emails 14 8 6 3 3 6 5 3 5 1 1 10 65<br />
Number of Programs<br />
Students<br />
30 85 89 32 79 99 78 106 83 38 24 30 773<br />
Advising 88 107 123 <strong>11</strong>4 157 129 239 229 205 241 91 86 1809<br />
I-20 updates + fax 266 195 <strong>11</strong>4 179 197 149 303 277 291 355 247 120 2693<br />
Letter Count <strong>11</strong>2 78 53 27 74 45 79 120 29 23 14 21 675<br />
Employment (Workflow)<br />
Scholars<br />
59 43 30 27 86 51 316 243 292 192 59 42 1440<br />
ITINS 3 2 3 1 0 3 6 7 3 5 0 33<br />
H-1 B 25 30 31 10 <strong>11</strong> 19 35 32 37 42 43 32 347<br />
O-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3<br />
1st preference/EB 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5<br />
Labor Cert/PERM 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3<br />
DS-2019 initials/transfer 90 70 97 64 104 79 <strong>11</strong>9 97 120 132 125 144 1241<br />
DS-2019 extensions 35 44 48 42 40 23 57 36 55 52 54 79 565<br />
J1 dependent DS-2019 4 2 5 7 4 3 9 9 6 4 3 7 63<br />
Amended DS-2019 7 3 8 8 12 6 6 8 8 6 12 12 96<br />
Corrected/Cancelled/<br />
Shortened/Updated DS-<br />
2019<br />
16 15 14 17 16 22 25 18 32 30 29 19 253<br />
Arrival confirmations 234 107 41 35 141 70 95 62 36 104 95 91 <strong>11</strong><strong>11</strong><br />
J1 Empl-IDs 70 64 77 50 87 66 106 72 98 99 105 <strong>11</strong>7 10<strong>11</strong><br />
J2 dependent Empl-IDs 53 46 65 25 59 48 96 65 86 70 60 44 717<br />
F-2 dep. Empl-IDs 0 6 7 0 3 0 1 3 5 2 1 2 30<br />
H-1 Empl-IDs<br />
SEVIS<br />
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6<br />
Batches 54 215 57 26 91 50 62 105 77 70 48 49 904<br />
Alerts 7642 6251 2994 2081 7122 2330 3034 6663 3852 5983 2384 2482 52818<br />
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Ivy League and Other Institutions<br />
• Brown <strong>University</strong><br />
• Columbia <strong>University</strong><br />
• Cornell <strong>University</strong><br />
• Dartmouth College<br />
• Harvard <strong>University</strong><br />
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br />
• Princeton <strong>University</strong><br />
• <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
• <strong>University</strong> of Chicago<br />
• <strong>University</strong> of Pennsylvania<br />
• Yale <strong>University</strong><br />
Data collected by Columbia <strong>University</strong> <strong>International</strong> Office<br />
for annual Ivy Plus Meeting<br />
March 20<strong>11</strong> at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br />
Fall <strong>2010</strong> <strong>International</strong> Population<br />
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<strong>International</strong> Student Enrollment at Ivy League and Other Institutions– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
81
<strong>International</strong> Students as Percentage of All Students– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
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<strong>International</strong> Undergraduate Student Enrollment– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
83
<strong>International</strong> Undergraduate as a Percentage of Total Undergraduate– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
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<strong>International</strong> Graduate & Professional Student Enrollment– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
85
<strong>International</strong> Graduates & Professionals as a Percentage of Total Graduates & Professionals– Fall <strong>2010</strong><br />
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<strong>International</strong> Scholars at Ivy League And Other Institutions– Academic Year 2009-<strong>2010</strong><br />
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