2010/11 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University

Staffing
There were a number of signifi cant staff changes during
2010 - 2011. Gridt Find, our Offi ce Manager, resigned
in July 2011 to move to Italy with her family. Gridt was
an important part of the Bechtel I-Center family for a
number of years and we miss her. However, thanks to
the magic of Skype, we are able to follow her Italian
adventures, as well as ask her where particular fi les are
located!
We were extremely fortunate to welcome Wendy
Cardamone in August 2011 as Gridt’s replacement.
Wendy has had considerable experience at Stanford and
we are delighted she is now at Bechtel.
At the end of August 2011 our long serving colleague in
computer resources, Shirley Harris, retired. Shirley was
replaced by Vicky Billimoria. Vicky was replaced as SEVIS
Coordinator by Hannah Cho.
We also welcomed Elsa Gontrum as a temporary project
specialist, working on web review, clarifi cation of certain
immigration policies and, ultimately, to replace Junko
Pierry who was due to be on maternity leave in fall 2011.
One organizational change was that, in the summer of
2011, the Offi ce of International Visitors began reporting
to the new Offi ce of International Aff airs. International
Visitor services have been part of Bechtel I-Center since
its founding but the new offi ce is taking over broader
responsibilities for visiting delegations. We were sorry to
say goodbye to Pauline Larmaraud who now works in an
offi ce in the Inner Quad.
Accomplishments & Highlights of
10/11
In Fall 2010 there were 3601 international non-immigrant
students at Stanford. Please see our Statistics section
starting on page 43 for more complete information on
international student and scholar statistics.
In Fall 2010 Stanford ranked 28th in the U.S. for
enrollment of international students (including those
F-1 and J-1 students on post-graduation practical and
academic training). It is worth noting that none of
the schools ranked above Stanford had a total student
enrollment as “small” as Stanford’s. Statistics collected
by the Institute of International Education now include
those F-1 students on post-graduation practical training.
See page 58-59 of this Report to see the top 25 schools’
rankings.
Stanford ranked fourth in the country for the number
of J-1 and H-1 Visiting Scholars and Researchers during
2010-2011.
Both the absolute numbers of international students and
scholars at Stanford continues to increase and details of
these increases can be found in the statistical section at
the end of this report.
Beginning in September 2010 Bechtel I-Center was
provided with additional staffi ng resources to continue
the work of H-1 compliance and provision of immigration
services to students, scholars and departments.
Much of our technology eff ort during the year was
focused on the Peoplesoft Immigration Project. During
the year we began to use Peoplesoft for the processing of
H-1 requests. To facilitate this, we conducted signifi cant
outreach and training to departments.
CONTINUED ExCELLENT SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESS
• During 2010-2011, 59 Stanford students were
awarded scholarships administered by, or advised
on, by the Overseas Resource Center. 5 of these
students fi nally decided not to accept their awards.
• Included in this number were 3 Rhodes, 2
Marshalls, 2 Gates, 1 Mitchell and 30 Fulbrights
(of the latter award 5 ultimately declined). This
continues a few years of steady progress.
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