2010/11 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University
2010/11 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University
2010/11 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University
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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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