2004-05 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University

Annual Report 

2004/2005

Contents 

Bechtel InternatIonal center organIzatIonal chart 3 

overvIew 5 

I-Center Mission Statement 7 

Staffing 9 

SEVIS and Related Immigration Issues 9 

Further Information on Foreign Student and Foreign Scholar Services 2 

Other Accomplishments and Highlights of 2004-05 4 

Challenges and Goals for 2005-2006 6 

Further Information on I-Center Activities 2004-05 8 

ServIceS and actIvIeS 9 

Services to International Families 2 

Overseas Resource Center 25 

Office for International Visitors 33 

Technology at the I-Center 37 

Support to Stanford Student Organizations: Billie Achilles Fund 38 

Events Sponsored by the Riddle Family Foundation Fund 38 

I-Center Administration:Highlights of the Year 38 

General Programs and Events at the I-Center 2004-05 39 

StatIStIcal appendIx 40 

InternationalStudent Statistics 4 

International Scholar Statistics 59 

Bechtel International Center – Statistical Overview 2004-05 68 

addItIonal FlyerS 69 

International Student organizations at Stanford 2004-05 75 

Photos are from the May 2005 International Festival.

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Greg Boardman 

Dean of Students 

Community Committee for 

International Students 

John Pearson 

Director 

Faculty Advisory Committee 

Gwyn Dukes 

Advisor to 

International Families 

Rolando Villalobos 

Assistant Director 

Foreign Student Services 

Lee Madden 

Assistant Director 

Foreign Scholar Services 

Ann Blizard 

Office/ Buiding Manager 

Jennifer Laine/Pauline Larmaraud 

Coordinator 

Office for Internationall Visitors 

Shirley G. Harris 

Computer 

Resources 

Katie Route 

Manager 

Overseas Resource Center 

Lynn Kroner 

Asst. Foreign Student 

Advisor 

Kayleen McDonald 

Asst. Foreign Scholar 

Advisor 

Rachel & Armin 

Schwartzman 

Live-in Host Couple 

OIV Volunteers 

Anna Puigdollers 

Front Desk 

Student Assistant 

Overseas Resource Ctr. 

Brian Groves 

Assistant to Foreign Scholar Services 

Student Hosts 

Dan Joves 

Assistant to Foreign Student Services 

Marga Castaldini 

Room Reservations 

Bechtel International center organizational chart 

2004/2005 

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overview 

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The Bechtel International Center 

believes that international 

educational exchange nurtures 

a lifelong global perspective. 

The I-Center’s primary purpose, 

therefore, is to play a key role in 

making Stanford a truly international 

university. 

The Bechtel International Center also strives to: 

• Facilitate understanding and acceptance 

of human differences with the goal of 

fostering cross-cultural tolerance and 

respect. 

• Provide services which will enhance the 

experience of the international community 

at Stanford. 

• Encourage the Stanford community 

to make use of internationally focused 

educational opportunities. 

• Enhance relationships and create a sense of 

multicultural and international community 

among international and American 

students, international scholars, faculty, 

staff, community volunteers and local 

residents. 

• Advise in a consistent and professional 

manner. 

• Provide accurate and relevant information 

and advice. 

• Treat all individuals with fairness, 

consistency and integrity. 

• Foster a work environment that encourages 

responsibility, efficiency and excellence, 

values creativity and enthusiasm and 

allows for personal flexibility. 

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OVERVIEW OF 2004-2005 

Beginning in March 2005 Bechtel’s interim reporting line 

was to the Office of the Registrar. 

STAFFING 

There were a number of staffing changes in 

2004-05. It is always a challenge when valued staff 

members leave but we were very fortunate in being able 

to hire excellent new colleagues who have brought new 

skills and interests to the I-Center. 

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In October 2004 Dan Joves joined the staff as a 

Foreign Student Advisor 

In March 2005 Jennifer Laine resigned as 

Coordinator of the Office for International Visitors. 

In June 2005 Pauline Lamauraud was appointed 

Coordinator of the Office for International Visitors. 

Alerts Processed 

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Alerts processed per month from September 2004 - August 2005 

Average: 840/month (1450/month including registration) 

SEVIS AND RELATED IMMIGRATION ISSUES 

SevIS 

• The history and purpose of SEVIS can be found 

on the I-Center’s web site at http://www.stanford.edu/ 

dept/icenter/sevis/index.html 

• During 2003-2004 Stanford implemented the 

Peoplesoft SEVIS software for F- students.This allowed 

the I-Center to batch reports to the federal government 

on the enrollment status of F- students. Using this 

software (PASS: Patriot Act SEVIS Solution) allowed staff 

at the I-Center to rely, almost completely, on one data 

set for F- students. During 2004-2005 Bechtel focused 

on understanding the changes in business procedures 

that accompanied the increased reliance on using PASS 

for F- students.This use was improved by a proposed 

enhancement to the PASS system that would make 

certain data verification actions more routine.These 

enhancements were due to go into place in the fall of 

2005. A number of Bechtel staff, especially Dan Joves, 

were involved in the testing of these proposed changes. 

• PASS, however, remained a time intensive 

program, necessitating careful checking on the data 

provided to us each day and constant communication 

with individual students to verify this data.The sheer 

number of alerts can be demonstrated by the chart 

below: 

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September October November December January February March April May June July August 

Alerts 1409 993 310 232 723 427 527 793 981 1671 1199 807 

Alerts Including Registration 0 3276 0 0 3298 0 

Month 

0 3243 0 0 0 0 

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• During 2004-2005 Bechtel continued to host and attend meetings about the implementation of SEVIS, 

including regular attendance at the Institutional Audit and Compliance Committee. An example of a hand out 

prepared for this committee follows. 

SEVIS UPDATE 

JANUARY 11, 2005 

What is SEVIS? 

A federally mandated system for verifying personal and academic information, within 

prescribed time limits, of all F-1 and J-1 visa holders. For further information please see: 

http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/sevis/index.html 

What do we verify? 

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Current addresses and other personal information 

Major program of study and any changes to this program (extensions for program 

completion) 

Enrollment status: Full time other than last quarter and for medical reasons 

How do we provide information to SEVIS? 

We use a Peoplesoft Patch: PASS (Patriot Act Sevis Solution) to maintain data on F-1 students. 

We are slowly moving towards using PASS for certain J-1 classifications. 

For creating and updating records in SEVIS we either: 

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Batch information each night through PASS 

Use RTI through the SEVIS Web Page 

AT ALL TIMES what is in PASS and what is in SEVIS MUST match so there is a lot of 

double data entry when we have to use RTI for those procedures for which, currently, SEVIS 

does not permit batching. 

Who can access SEVIS? 

• Only those who are recognized by the federal government as either Designated School 

Officials (DSOs) for F-1 students or Responsible Officers (ROs) for J-1 visa holders. 

DSO/ROs have to be either U.S. citizens or permanent residents. 

• Other federal agencies can access SEVIS Records e.g. FBI, Port of Entry Officials 

• Some agencies such as Department of State and Social Security can view SEVIS data 

through a feed into their own systems. 

• Students, faculty, departments cannot access SEVIS records. 

Current Compliance Issues 

The PASS system is not user friendly! Each day alerts are generated that inform DSOs of changes to 

a students records. These alerts are checked individually to ensure that correct information is sent 

to SEVIS and that students maintain status 

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September 1 2004- January 7 2005 PASS generated 5476 total alerts, including a large number 

of fall quarter registration alerts 

September 1 2004-January 7 2005 PASS generated 2790 Edit Personal Alerts 

September 1 2004-December 17 2004 PASS generated 314 alerts for changes to the academic 

program, dependent information, work authorization or changes to finances. 


Compliance Issues Based on the System 

Alerts that Appear without Cause 

1. Address Changes not entered into AXESS by students 

2. Request for Authorizations for Dropping Below Full time for students who are full-time 

but who are taking courses in two different areas 

3. Terminate alerts for students who remain active in one program but have completed or 

withdrawn from another program 

4. PASS forwards SSN (including dummy numbers) to SEVIS although it is not a required 

reporting field 

Visa History in PASS 

In Version 8.0 Visa types are listed alphabetically, not chronologically, by effective date. The 

result of this is that the first visa type we see when we look at a visa panel for a student may or 

may not be the actual visa type that the student is currently on. This necessitates continuous 

checking of visa information in order to ensure accuracy 

Citizenship Change 

PASS does not provide an alert for changes to citizenship when such changes are entered into 

Peoplesoft. 

Compliance Issues Based on “People” 

• Student entered incorrect address information into AXESS. Since January 2004 between 400-450 

emails have been sent to students asking them to correct their address information. Often 3 or 

more emails have to be sent before a correction is made. 

• Students dropping below full enrollment without Prior Permission? The regulation is quite clear 

that students have to obtain permission from a DSO before taking less than a full course load. 

We take no action in SEVIS without first discussing with the student the need to ensure full 

time enrollment. These conversations continue throughout a quarter and after each quarter’s 

registration/enrollment report. 

• We never terminate a student in SEVIS based on failure to maintain status without first discussing 

the issue with the academic advisor 

J-1 Compliance Issues 

The J-1 Program is not as complex as the F-1. For non-students we do have to confirm that a J-1 

scholar has arrived on campus within 30 days of the start of their program date. We do this by 

communicating with scholars and departments. If the confirmation arrives after 30 days we have to 

ask for a “data-fix” through SEVIS to correct the record in SEVIS that the scholar is active. These 

data fixes take up to a year to process. 

The Future 

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Customization of PASS for F-1 student procedures will be tested this quarter 

PASS for J-1 Populations remains an issue given that of the various categories of J-1 (student, 

post-doc, visiting researcher, visiting faculty, visiting scholar) some are currently in Peoplesoft 

others are not. 

All schools have to be re-authorized for SEVIS use in the next two years. So far there are no 

regulations to explain how this will be done 

Punitive Aspects of SEVIS 

The regulations do contain penalties on individual students, DSOs, ROs and institutions for willful 

failure to comply.

• Our Professional Association, NAFSA: Association 

of International Educators, continued to host meetings 

with Department of Homeland Security officials to 

clarify SEVIS regulations and technical issues. In addition, 

the Advisors Manual produced by NAFSA provided 

comprehensive information on SEVIS. Bechtel also 

enhanced a documentation manual to match SEVIS 

regulations with University procedures and policies. 

• While we used PASS for F- processing and 

reporting we continued to use RTI (Real Time Interactive) 

for J- processing.There were a number of reasons for 

this: the reporting requirements were not as onerous; 

there were fewer changes in a J- ’s status while in 

the U.S.; and, most importantly, the J- status covers a 

number of categories (student, scholar, visiting faculty, 

post-doctoral student) that were not all entered into 

Peoplesoft. As PASS draws from Peoplesoft we decided 

that it was important to ensure consistency in data entry 

into Peoplesoft before moving full time into using PASS 

for J- visa holders. During 2004-2005 we did begin initial 

discussions on the use of PASS for J- processing and this 

will be a prime goal for 2005-2006. 

• In summary SEVIS became a much more 

understandable project in 2004-2005. It is certainly 

not without problems, especially at a major research 

institution. However our day to day work with SEVIS, 

regardless that it was a very time intensive process, 

ensured that we did not cause any students and scholars 

to fall out of legal immigration status and indeed did 

much to ensure that students remained in status. 

Considerable thanks for this effort are due to Lynn 

Kroner, Brian Groves, Dan Joves, Lee Madden, Kayleen 

McDonald, Shirley Harris and Rolando Villalobos. 

• In September 2004 the $ 00 SEVIS Fee was 

implemented.Though there were some concerns that 

the method of payment and the process of verification 

for visa issuance would be problematic, there were, 

indeed very few problems with the payment of the fee. 

Bechtel provided detailed instructions on our web site 

at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/sevis/sevisfee. 

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related IMMIgratIon ISSUeS 

2004-2005 was certainly a much less stressful year for 

certain regulatory issues; however as this summary and 

the section on Foreign Student and Foreign Scholar 

Services makes clear, what the good lord giveth he also 

taketh away. 

• During the year there were further steps taken 

by the federal government to assist with visa issuance, 

including requiring U.S. Consulates to give priority to 

visa issuance to student and scholars ,and providing 

clarification on the 2 4(B) requirement (this asks 

applicants for a non-immigration visa to demonstrate, 

to the satisfaction of the consular official, that they have 

sufficient ties to their home country so that they will 

return). More specifically, the Visa Mantis process that 

requires back ground checks for students and scholars 

in certain subject areas was improved, and the length of 

validity for visas for students from China was extended. 

• During 2004-2005 there were changes to the 

H- program and the method by which institutions 

such as Stanford processed permanent employment 

applications.These are described more fully in the 

section on Foreign Student and Scholar Services. 

• In October 2004 the Social Security 

Administration changed its regulations governing the 

issuance of Social Security Numbers to F- students. 

The change was quite fundamental in that F- students 

now had to have a job offer letter in order to apply. 

Prior to October 2004 F- students could apply for a 

Social Security Number based on their status as an Fstudent.The 

new regulations meant that students on 

scholarships and fellowships were no longer eligible for 

a social security number and other students would first 

have to find employment before applying for an SSN 

This change has implications for tax returns and some 

students, those not eligible for a Social Security Number 

would have to apply for an Individual Tax ID. Bechtel 

provided information on these changes on its web site 

and did all it could to get new F- students signed up 

for a Social Security Number before the changes took 

affect.The success of this outreach meant that the real 

impact of this regulation would not be felt until the fall 

of 2005. Stanford did submit a letter commenting on this 

proposed change, as did a number of other institutions, 

but the Social Security Administration remained 

convinced that the changes were necessary. Information 

on these changes can be found at: http://www.stanford. 

edu/dept/icenter/new/orientation/SOCIAL_SECURITY_ 

NUMBER.htm 

FURTHER INFORMATION ON FOREIGN 

STUDENT AND FOREIGN SCHOLAR SERVICES 

SevIS Management in peopleSoft 

• Some of the patches/enhancements that 

were implemented in PeopleSoft included change of 

degree level, alert details on the alert page, shorten 

program function, funding issues with replacing a 

number with a zero, sync to master (our reconciliation 

of data), dependent processing, and complete program 

functionality. 


• Of particular interest, was the total change to 

the alert panels. For example, the sync to master, shorten 

program alert now allows to batch a shorten program to 

SEVIS, which we could not do before.There is also a new 

“detail link” to view the edit personal alert to see if it is 

related only to an address change. Also, the new change 

in the edit program now displays what the change is, 

which now makes managing the alerts much easier than 

before. 

• There were also other enhancements to the 

Peoplesoft data base, such as the address warning for 

both Directory - local (SLOC) and the permanent home 

address.These warnings are two-fold, one occurs when a 

staff member is reviewing the address section, warning 

them that they are viewing an F- student record whose 

data is subject to compliance.The other address warning 

is viewed by the F- international student and it warns 

them if their address is non-compliant. 

• Bechtel staff, for F- compliance, continued 

to update user documentation, meeting frequently 

to revise procedures. In order to better understand 

the confluence of SEVIS requirements with university 

procedures, regular meetings were held with the Office 

of the Registrar and ITSS, Business Analyst Group and 

the Campus Community Group, all aimed at solving and 

preventing problems that may affect the F- student 

population. Of particular interest, meetings with ITSS 

have explored how to resolve problems relating to 

registry issues and the complete program report. 

• In addition during 2004-2005 Stanford 

conducted an in depth analysis of some Peoplesoft users, 

including selected staff at Bechtel.Their final report 

underlined what we have seen is the case: maintaining 

SEVIS compliance is a very time consuming process, 

necessitating flexibility and understanding of how 

university processes are reflected in data reports. One 

member of Bechtel staff was described as having the 

most difficult job of any staff member interviewed. 

• The Foreign Student Services Office met 

numerous times with the local IRS Office and the 

Social Security Administration which helped to resolve 

problems with our students obtaining the ITIN (an ITIN 

is a tax processing number that is only available for 

individuals who cannot get a Social Security Number). 

• The Foreign Student Services Office also met 

with Dept. Homeland Security Officials in San Jose 

to talk about the reinstatement process and interim 

Employment Authorization Document (EAD) requests. 

• The Foreign Student Services Office presented 

over 60 workshops at the Bechtel International Center 

for F- and J- students. In addition, two well attended 

sessions presented by visiting attorneys focused on the 

H- B visa and the two-year home residency requirement 

for J- visa holders.The I-Center has also done additional 

special sessions when need arises for international 

students, for example we hosted a special workshop for 

Muslim students.There have also been three sessions 

presented by the Internal Revenue Service to address 

concerns relating to non-immigrant visa holders and 

their tax obligations. 

• Bechtel issued 9 employment authorization 

documents, an increase from 740 in 2003-2004 and the 

highest number ever issued in one academic year 

• Bechtel continued to offer tax software and host 

meetings with the Internal Revenue Service 

Foreign Scholar Services overview – 

The Department of State published new regulations that 

increased the maximum length of stay for J- Scholars 

from 3 years to 5 years.This was a long awaited change. 

However until the SEVIS system is upgraded to allow 5 

years (not expected until fall 2006), extensions beyond 3 

years have to be applied for on a case by case basis. 

• In February 2004 , the Department of Homeland 

Security changed the form on which employers petition 

the Department on behalf of H- workers.We took 

advantage of this to change our means of preparing the 

form, and how we store electronic copies of what we 

prepare.We made modest gains in decreasing the size of 

paper files related to H- records.This, and the decision 

from the previous year to “go paperless” in the area of 

J- records has significantly condensed the scope of our 

physical recordkeeping needs. 

• PERM, or Program Electronic Review 

Management, is the scheme implemented by the US 

Department of Labor last spring in an effort to bring the 

business of labor certifications into the 2 st century. 

The Department, charged with oversight in the matter 

of protecting the job market from foreign intrusion, had 

for years held sway over the bureaucratic nightmare of 

paper applications employers submitted when wanting 

to hire a non-US worker into a permanent position. Aside 

from the Byzantine regulations-none of which have 

essentially changed-an employer had to file duplicate 

application sets on quaint forms last updated in 973. 

Paperwork was moved from a local jurisdiction to 

sometimes more than one federal jurisdiction, as state 

and federal employees pored over the information in an 

effort to detect an unfortunate employer’s clerical error 

or, perhaps, fraudulent intent to deceive the system. 

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With the introduction of PERM, Labor is officially 

discouraging paper.The new applications are made 

on-line, with documentation kept on site. Despite some 

teething problems, PERM seems to work tolerably well 

in the university environment. Faculty searches provide 

precisely the sort of recruitment effort the law requires, 

but hiring departments don’t have to repackage and 

recapitulate the results as they seek to advance their 

new hires’ immigration. Oversight is through an audit 

process, when employers are asked to present the 

documentation they’ve sworn to maintain for five years. 

There’s no news of an audit turning up an inadequately 

documented application, so it’s hard to predict what 

might happen to the beneficiary, who, by the time an 

audit comes around, might be a US citizen. 

• With the inauguration of PERM in March, the 

Department of Labor also instituted a new, four-tier 

schedule of prevailing wages for use in the H- program. 

This change complicated the methodology by which 

we had been calculating the prevailing wage for our Hemployees. 

In addition to requiring additional effort, the 

new schedule obliged us to work with departments to 

understand how these changes required them to keep 

more extensive records in their H- public files. 

• Coordination with other administrative offices 

continued to develop in the area of both H- and Jclassifications.The 

Office of Postdoctoral Affairs indicated 

a strong desire to be fundamentally involved in the 

matter of determining the use of visa type by incoming 

postdoctoral scholars, and this overture was welcomed. 

Significant issues of funding eligibility, well beyond 

the scope of Bechtel’s administrative involvement, 

affect the use of H- status by postdocs. It appears that 

departments, on the whole, have welcomed the clarity 

of procedure that has been realized in establishing this 

coordination. 

• The changes to the prevailing wage schedule 

mentioned above were actually a small part of 

a paradigm shift at the Labor Department in its 

administration of permanent alien labor certification. 

Stanford relies heavily on this function to facilitate green 

cards for its tenure line faculty.This is an important 

element of the University’s ability to attract international 

junior faculty, and the new scheme promised, and 

delivered on that promise, to change fundamentally the 

landscape of labor certification.While the system itself 

now appears to work reasonably well, the transition, or, 

more accurately, the way in which the Labor Department 

administered it, left a number of our faculty in the lurch 

for several months. Bechtel followed up with these 

applications, advising the beneficiaries and liaising with 

our local member of Congress. 

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HIGHLIGHTS 

OF 2004-2005 

Further Information on some of these activities will be 

found elsewhere in the Report. 

• In fall 2004 Bechtel, at the request of the Vice- 

Provost of Student Affairs, asked a committee of school 

administrators to continue the analysis of Bechtel’s 

immigration services.These meetings resulted in a 

successful proposal for two additional staff members 

for academic year 2005-2006. One position was to be 

at a managerial level and the other to assist with initial 

advising. In order to ensure that we made maximum 

use of these resources, Bechtel worked with an outside 

consultant, beginning in late spring, 2005, to assess 

structural and procedural issues, especially in the area 

of the provision of Immigration Services.The consultant, 

Terry Neri, proved invaluable to helping staff understand 

the implications for additional resources and structural 

change 

• Once again, a successful orientation program 

was well received by new incoming students. Interim 

Dean of Student Affairs, Greg Boardman, welcomed over 

400 new international students and their dependents at 

a reception on Sept. 9th.There were over 40 different 

sessions and activities during orientation week which 

ranged from informal receptions to mandatory sessions 

on how to maintain legal status. Popular workshops 

attended by new students included:“Computers at 

Stanford,”“Culture of the U.S. Classroom,”“Staying 

Healthy at Stanford,” and “Maintaining Your Legal Status.” 

This year, the “Maintaining Your Legal Status” session 

was presented not only during orientation week, but 

also after school began.The mandatory session was 

presented a total of 2 times, and was attended by over 

600 students. A presentation by Director and CEO of 

the Computer History Museum, Mr. John Toole was well 

received, with discussion following the presentation.The 

academic lunch hosted by the Community Committee 

for International Students (CCIS) was attended by over 

400 students who had an opportunity to speak with a 

student representative from their academic department. 

Over 20 CCIS members participated with orienting our 

new students and scholars during orientation week.We 

also benefited from the input of Rania Sanford of the 

School of Education. 

• During 2004-2005 Bechtel developed a more 

comprehensive approach to programming and outreach 

to International Student Organizations.We created a 

programming team, including the new host couple, the 

student hosts as well as staff.This team will assist the 

I-Center in hosting a variety of programs (some created 

by each member) for the I-Center as well as to train 


and hold meetings. A Program Committee met every 

two weeks to assess new programs, determine Achilles 

funding, and to analyze the way that our programming 

was advertised.While such events as Orientation and 

the International Festival are cornerstones of our 

programming, Bechtel also offers a variety of programs 

through out the year, details of these which can be found 

in this Report.The value of the Program Committee 

allows us to keep programmatic initiatives in mind while 

we devote resources to compliance and regulatory 

advising.This balance between compliance and 

programs was one of our major goals for 2004-2005. 

International week and International Festival 2005 

International Week/International Festival are annual 

programs sponsored by Bechtel International Center. 

Each year many international student organizations at 

Stanford participate in these two programs, which are 

free and open to the entire Stanford community and to 

the public. 

International Week (May - May 7) events included the 

following: 

• Lecture Series, speaker Shahram Aghamir, KPFA 

radio, Voice of the Middle East (hosted by the Persian 

Student Association) 

• Junoon Live in Concert (hosted by Pakistanis at 

Stanford) 

• Stand Up Comedy Show– A Transylvanian in Silicon 

Valley, a play by Silvian Centiu, presented by the 

Romanian Student Association 

• Indian Film – Indian Cinema Series 

• Dance – Argentine Tango and Nightclub Salsa 

• Esperanto Class 

• Turkish Film: All About Mustafa 

• Class: Russian for Beginners 

• Pilipino Folk Ensemble “Likha” 

• Philippine documentary film: Imelda 

• Mathnavi Poetry Class, sponsored by the Persian 

Student Association 

• Documentary Film: Gaza Strip, hosted by the 

Coalition for Justice in the Middle East 

• Concert Series:Turkish Classical Music 

The International Festival on May 7 ran from noon 

until 5pm with performances presented by 4 different 

groups.This year’s performance schedule consisted 

of international music, song, martial arts,and dance 

performances as well as a fashion show.The complete list 

of performances: 

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Hindi Songs – Raagapella 

Tinikling Dance – Kayumanggi/Pilipino American 

Student Union 

Martial Arts of the Philippines – Stanford Eskrima 

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Cuban and Brazilian Dance – Los Decanos 

Adiyaman Dance – Turkish Student Association 

Ram Chern-Pra-Kwan Dance – Thai Student 

Association 

Zeybek Dance – Turkish Student Association 

Egyptian Traditional Dance – Egyptian Student 

Association 

Eastern Nigerian Dance – Kuumba Aftican Dance 

Group 

Japanese Songs – Stanford Japanese Association 

Indian Songs and Dances – Stanford India 

Association 

Persian Dances – Persian Student Association 

Chinese Folkdances – Bayland Dancing Association 

Afro-Caribbean Drumming – Caribbean Student 

Association 

Carnival Fashion Show – Caribbean Student 

Association 

Salsa Dances – Los Salseros 

Three local restaurants set up booths to sell international 

food at the I-Fest: Chinese food by Fresh Taste, Indian 

food by Dee Dee’s Indian Restaurant, and Turkish food 

by the New Kapadokia. Cultural displays and crafts are 

another component of the I-Fest. At each year’s I-Fest 

several international student organizations set up 

cultural display tables and sell crafts from their countries. 

This year the displays were presented by the Thai- 

American Intercultural Society, the Romanian Student 

Association, the Ukrainian Association, the Mexican 

Student Association, the Stanford India Association, the 

Persian Student Association, and the Canadian Student 

Association. A new addition to this year’s I-Fest were 

three cultural presentations by the Japanese Association: 

an origami demonstration, a demonstration of Japanese 

Tea Ceremony, and a flower arrangement demonstration. 

The Japanese Association spent several hours setting 

up and decorating the courtyard area for their three 

demonstrations, which were very well attended. 

overseas resource center (orc) 

• Advised over 50 students who applied for 

scholarships for study and research overseas.The results 

were quite remarkable with five Marshalls, one Rhodes, 

and over twenty Fulbright and related grant winners. 

• Coordinated world opportunities week (WOW) 

with the CDC to inform students of international 

opportunities in work, study and research abroad. 

• Held over 50 scholarship information and 

advising sessions throughout winter and spring 

quarter.The Overseas Resource Center received one 

time extra funds to coordinate additional outreach for 

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scholarships and this allowed us to offer more intensive 

preparatory sessions in Spring and Summer of 2004- 

2005 

• Re-designed the ORC Web Page 

Services to International Families 

Developed a database of spouses (based on 

information from the Spouse Registration Form) and 

sorted by interests; this has been used to create lists of 

spouses who can volunteer to teach classes and lead 

programs.This list also encouraged a wider publicity of 

general Bechtel programs 

• Recruited and trained 5 peer advisers for the 

Resource Center for International Families . 

• Created over 30 classes, programs, workshops 

and tours each quarter for the benefit of the campus 

community, using the resources of international spouses 

and local volunteers. 

• Offered a special orientation series of events, 

tours, publications and workshops for the family 

members of international students, postdocs and visiting 

scholars, which enabled them to make use of the many 

resources of the campus and local community. 

• Offered individual advising to family members 

of international community at Stanford on a wide 

range of issues impacting their experience here (career 

continuity, continuing education, local schools and child 

care, volunteer opportunities, cultural adjustment, and 

individual concerns. 

In the Bechtel I-center at-large 

• Coordinated regular information meetings 

for departmental administrators and attended 

monthly Registrar Meetings to update departmental 

administrators on immigration issues. 

• Established a notary public presence at Bechtel 

• Continued to hold regular facilities meetings 

and upgraded such rooms as the Assembly Room and 

the Dining Room. 

• Hosted four art exhibits. 

• Supported 30 programs to international student 

organizations, sponsored by the Billie Achilles Program 

Fund. 

• Contined to utilize the Riddle Family Foundation 

Fund to sponsor four programs that encouraged 

interaction between U.S, and International Students 

• Bechtel staff were involved in leadership 

roles in professional organizations including the 

Regional Conference Planning Team, the Cooperative 

Grants Committee, the Advisory Board of the Forum 

for Education Abroad, the Professional Development 

Workshop Trainer Corps of NAFSA: Association of 

International Educators and elected member of the 

Board of Directors: NAFSA Association of International 

Educators. 

• Finally we would remiss if we did not note the 

ongoing, excellent and invaluable service provided by 

the Community Committee on International Students. 

(CCIS).The services provided by CCIS in 2003-2004 

continued the high level of service and hospitality 

they have demonstrated over the first 50 years of their 

existence. During the year CCIS personally welcomed 

over 450 new international students and scholars 

during their fall orientation program.Throughout the 

year they offered up to 2 English classes each week 

as well as numerous cooking and art classes. Over 250 

students, scholars and family members were matched 

with community volunteers to assist in the improvement 

of conversational English. A newer program, that of 

quarterly potluck music evenings have proved to be 

very popular. Our work at Bechtel would be the poorer 

without the day-to-day interaction with CCIS members 

and the support they bring to international students, 

scholars and their family members should not be 

underestimated. 

CHALLENGES AND GOALS FOR 2005-2006 

UnIt wIde 

• Manage the transition to a new organizational 

structure, incorporating two new staff positions, with the 

goal of providing more comprehensive services to the 

university community and ensuring compliance with the 

variety of federal regulations that effect our work 

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• Ensure that structural change is understood by 

the entire unit, community volunteers and departments 

and other units.The goal is to ensure that the many 

“clients” of the I-Center understand our structure and 

functions. 

• Continue to move towards a paperless office 

by: increased use of web based forms, web based room 

scheduling, and interactive on line application for 

scholarships. 


• Develop internal funding base to allow 

advantage to be taken of technological innovations. 

• Develop budget and facilities projections and 

needs for next three years. 

• Reconstitute Bechtel’s faculty advisory 

committee. 

• Increase the use of technology for client 

interface and efficient dissemination of information. 

Bechtel works with departments in numerous 

programmatic and administrative ways. Our goal is to use 

technology to allow departments, faculty and students 

to request documents, submit applications, and receive 

information in a more timely and proactive manner. 

Examples would not be confined to just immigration but 

would include campus administration of scholarships, 

facilities reservations, program announcements and 

critical advising. 

• Continue to use an outside consultant to clarify 

our mission and goals. 

• Continue to collect data that will assist in 

analysis of work flows. 

IMMIgratIon related goalS 

• Develop and improve J- advising strategies 

and improve J- information intake process 

• Improve informational materials for scholars 

and departments, including orientation for J- scholars. 

• Continue to develop the documentation and 

procedures that govern SEVIS compliance. 

• Develop regular meetings between Bechtel and 

the Office of the Registrar in order to develop clarity in 

business processes. 

• Evaluate software for on line appointment, 

historical tracking, and comprehensive immigration 

data management system beyond just the F and J SEVIS 

related categories. 

• Develop strategy to utilize the J component part 

of PASS by coordinating meetings with various units at 

Stanford that have involvement in the J program 

• Continue to represent, where appropriate, 

Stanford’s interest to various federal agencies and 

national organizations e.g. visa issues, potential 

regulations, SEVIS enhancements and issues. 

• Develop the use of Brio Reporting and shadow 

data systems to assist in compliance efforts. 

• Enhance outreach to the campus to provide 

background on potential changes in regulations that 

could affect the teaching and research mission of 

Stanford. 

prograMMatIc goalS 

• Enhance role of the program committee in 

articulating the development of relevant programming 

at Bechtel and developing an outreach and publicity 

strategy and template. 

• Encourage student hosts to play a larger role in 

programming. 

• Continue to use both the Riddle and Achilles 

Funds to encourage programming that stresses 

intercultural communication. 

• Continue to assess the programming of 

international visitors. 

• Evaluate the re-design of the Bechtel web site. 

• Assess the impact on Bechtel of the Munger 

project and, more especially, the changes to the Tressider 

Parking Lot. 

• Measure aspects of customer service to ensure 

that changes to our programs and functions serve the 

campus for example an survey of scholarship students. 

• Develop a Fulbright mentor program using 

Stanford alumni. 

• Increase the outreach to departments and to 

faculty about the services of Bechtel. 

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FURTHER INFORMATION ON I-CENTER 

ACTIVITIES 2004-2005 

StaFF InvolveMent In caMpUS, local and 

natIonal coMMItteeS, conFerenceS and 

prograMS 

CAMPUS COMMITTEES 

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Community Committee for International Students 

Board Meetings 

Non-Resident Alien Committee 

Rhodes/Marshall/Churchill/Fulbright Scholarship 

Committees 

Student Health Insurance Committee 

Help Center Advisory Board 

Institutional Compliance Committee 

LOCAL AND NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND 

ORGANIZATIONS 

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• Member of the Cooperative Grants 

Committee (which selects recipients of 

grants funded by the U.S. Department 

of State for the purpose of enriching 

educational exchange through student 

community linkages) 

• Elected Member of Board of Directors: 

NAFSA: Association of International 

Educators 

• Member: Section on U.S. Students Abroad 

Sub-Committee on Health and Safety in 

Education Abroad 

• Member of the Trainer Corps for the 

Professional Development Workshops 

Member: Interassociational Task Force on Health and 

Safety in Study Abroad 

Advisory Board Member: FORUM on Education 

Abroad. 

Bay Area Foreign Scholars Advisers Group 

Member: Ivy League Plus Two International Offices 

Advisory Board Member: National Security 

Education Program 

Advisory Board Member: Institute of Study Abroad- 

Butler University 

Advisory Board Member: American Institute for 

Foreign Study Academic Programs 

Advisory Committee: Bay Area Senior Fulbright 

Committee 

ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCES 2004-2005 

NAFSA National Conference, Seattle 

NAFSA Board of Directors Meeting, Washington D.C. 

NAFSA District Conference, San Francisco 

Liaison Meetings with Immigration Service Offices, 

Laguna Niguel and San Francisco 

AIFS Academic Board Meeting, Stamford, 

Connecticut 

NSEP Advisory Board Meeting, Stanford, California 

BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER ADVISORY 

COMMITTEE 2004-2005 

George Parker School of Business 

Paz Haro Spanish & Portuguese 

Parviz Moin Mechanical Engineering 

Kunle Olukoton Electrical Engineering 

James Risser Communications 

FALL 2004 COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES 

Cori Bossenberry School of Medicine 

Amy Balsom School of Earth Sciences 

Sally Gressens School of Engineering 

Roni Holeton School of Humanities and 

Sciences 

Ann George Office of the Dean of 

Research 

Michelle Fortnam Office of Institutional 

Compliance and Audit 

Jennifer Westerlind Office of General Counsel 

We would be pleased to provide any further information 

on anything that appears in this Annual Report. 

John Pearson 

Director 

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SERVICES TO INTERNATIONAL FAMILIES 

Services to International Families are designed to: 

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Facilitate adjustment of all family members 

of international students and scholars to 

the campus and community, 

Assist spouses/partners/families with 

information and advice on local resources 

relevant to the many areas of transition 

they face, 

Provide opportunities for spouses/partners 

to add enrichment to the Stanford community 

by presenting classes and programs 

open to all, and 

Build a sense of international community, 

creating opportunities for expanded cultural 

awareness among the participants. 

In keeping with these goals, the adviser to International 

Families: 

. provided ongoing counseling & advising on 

topics such as: 

• Options for pursuing higher education, 

• Career development and transitions, 

• Options for studying English as a Second 

Language, 

• Volunteer work as a means to further one’s 

career, 

• Children’s schools, pre-schools and child 

care options, 

• Cross-cultural adjustment, 

• Personal and family issues, 

• Local and Bay Area resources relevant to 

each individual or family. 

2. Supervised and continued to develop the 

resource center for International Families, a 

comprehensive collection of information and advising 

that enables spouses and family members to build a 

stimulating and worthwhile experience for themselves 

during their time accompanying a student, visiting 

scholar or faculty member at Stanford. A dedicated 

community volunteer has been essential to the project, 

organizing and updating materials, coordinating training 

and arranging the staffing of the Center.The information 

in the Resource Center is brought to life by a team of 5 

international spouse advisers representing 9 countries, 

who staff the Center during 2 hours spread over 4 

days per week.This year our coordinator trained 8 new 

advisors who spoke a total of 7 languages (Chinese, Farsi, 

German, Hindi, Japanese, Marathi and Spanish, as well as 

English).These peer advisers can easily establish rapport 

with newcomers in their own language and provide 

information and relevant experience about living in the 

Stanford area. 

The Resource Center assisted at least 286 visitors from 

at least 4 countries in 2004-05.The heaviest flow of visitors 

was in the months of September (38), August (35), 

October (33), January and July (27), February (26) and 

March (25). (A list of the countries of visitors is available.) 

Significant steps in 2004-05 included researching and 

expanding the information on health insurance plans, 

recruiting and training new volunteer advisers, posting 

publicity for the Resource Center in residences and departments, 

and reorganizing some of the notebooks (e.g. 

information for expectant parents).The advisers maintain 

a log to keep track of the visitors and the subjects of 

their inquiries, and to communicate among the team. 

The Resource Center is an extremely valuable adjunct to 

I-Center services, allowing newcomers and others to access 

resources and talk with an experienced adviser who 

can help them to find the information they need to create 

a satisfying experience during their time at Stanford. 

3. Presented a welcome program (series of 7 programs) 

for spouses, partners and families of international 

students.This included recruiting and training a Welcome 

Committee for International Families consisting of 36 

individuals speaking 20 languages. Committee mmbers 

played an active role in organizing 4 welcome events 

and staffing information tables to acquaint new families 

with local and campus resources.This year offered minitours 

of the I-Center to acquaint newcomers with the 

many programs offered here. 

4. Developed new materials and revised handouts 

to help newcomers with a variety of needs, such as how 

to find shops that carry international goods, places to 

take children on outings, and referrals to local services 

recommended by current student families. 

5. Organized a graduate Spouse & partner 

welcome for ALL new graduate couples, in collaboration 

with the Graduate Life Office, Work/Life Center and 

Graduate Student Program Board. Recruited speakers 

from 7 University offices to describe their services, and 

identified spouses to give a “preview” of life as a spouse/ 

partner at Stanford.This year the reception was held in 

the new Graduate Student Community Center for the 

first time. 

6. Redesigned, edited and produced a 28-page 

publication, 2004-2005 at Stanford, which serves as a 

handbook for international families and a calendar to 

advise them of relevant academic dates and I-Center 

programs. It provides answers to the most frequently 

asked questions and includes extensive information on 

community resources of special interest to this population. 

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7. Offered an extensive selection of programs for 

family members, including orientation tours, cultural 

presentations, classes in languages, cooking, art, tennis 

and programs that fostered cross-cultural communication 

between spouses from diverse backgrounds. (Please 

see section on Quarterly programs for further details.) 

8. Continued to develop the International 

playgroup co-ops, in collaboration with 2 international 

spouses and the Work/Life Center.With a large population 

of pre-school children, there is a need for some form 

of cooperative child care that enables parents to share 

care and also get some time off. International families 

often find child care costs prohibitive, and yet it is crucial 

that they have a bit of free time and can leave their children 

with others whom they trust.Two talented spouses 

were motivated to tackle this challenge last year, and 

with the help of the WorkLife Office have organized several 

cooperative play groups.The organizers have shown 

a high level of professionalism throughout the process, 

and have produced an extensive manual on procedures 

for forming a group, safety issues, handling emergencies, 

etc.They began their recruiting in Spring quarter 

2004 and, at last report, had 5 or 6 groups (ranging from 

2 to 7 mothers and from 3 to children per group). 

The groups meet once or twice a week in the homes of 

members.The groups are organized by age level, and 

altogether there are about 29 parents and 33 children 

participating.This program is serving a real need, and 

building friendships at the same time! 

9. Maintained weekly communication with spouses 

& partners of international students, visiting scholars, 

and faculty through an email list.This has proven to be 

an effective way to communicate with a population that 

is scattered throughout local communities and are not 

able to visit the I-Center to see newly posted fliers. In the 

past it has been a challenge to inform all students and 

scholars bringing dependents that the I-Center provides 

special services for their family members.This year we 

collected information during Orientation Week that 

enabled us to assemble a list of the emails of all students 

accompanied by a dependent.We were then able to 

send a letter to inform those students and their family 

members of the programs and services available to them. 

0. Coordinated the selection process for the ccIS 

Spouse education Fund in collaboration with the 5 

members of the committee.This included publicizing 

the awards widely, advising applicants about options for 

study, raising additional funds, and participating in the 

final selection process.This year the Committee created 

a form letter to inform applicants of their awards and 

the conditions and amount of each grant.This year 30 

grantees were selected from a record pool of 35 applicants. 

Grants ranged from $ 00 to $500, for a total 

of $8000. Recipients were from 2 countries, including, 

Brazil, Canada, China (7), Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, 

Germany, Iran, Israel, Japan (2), Korea (4), Lithuania, 

Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain,Taiwan, 

and Uruguay.Their fields of study included accounting, 

biological science, computer skills and information technology, 

business and economics, management science 

and engineering, nursing, family practice medicine, pharmacy, 

statistics, counseling psychology and English as a 

second language.Two grantees used the funds to attend 

conferences (American Water Works Association and an 

International Congress for Medieval Studies). Institutions 

included several community colleges, San Jose and San 

Francisco state universities, UC Berkeley and its Extension 

programs, Santa Clara University, Stanford and the 

Stanford Continuing Studies program.The Spouse Education 

Fund is now in its 20 th near, and has awarded 2 3 

grants to women and men from more than 33 countries 

through its history. 

. Collaborated with other CCIS programs, the 

Community Advisers (orientation program), Pot Luck Music 

Nights and the Professional Liaison for International 

Spouses. 

2. Initiated and planned new events each quarter 

through open meetings with interested spouses who 

served as an ad hoc advisory committee for Spouse 

programs.These meetings provide a vehicle for feedback 

on existing programs and ideas for the creation of 

new ones relevant to our target community.They also 

generate task forces to take responsibility for certain 

ongoing programs, such as the weekly Friday Coffee. 

3. Maintained outreach to various campus groups, 

including Graduate Life Office, Escondido Village Community 

Advisers, the Career Development Center and 

Haas Center for Public Service. Met with an ad hoc task 

force to discuss issues related to domestic violence. 

Assisted the Office of Judicial Affairs by identifying a 

Japanese spouse to check the translation into Japanese 

of the Stanford Honor Code. 

4. Served on I-center program committee and 

Facilities committee. Helped to create and manage 

programs funded by The Riddle Family Fund, a relatively 

new fund to stimulate programs that enhance communication 

between American and international students. 

Coached assistant in creating and organizing programs 

pursuant to the goals of the donors. Nominated and 

presented Awards of Recognition to 2 outstanding 

volunteer spouses, Ilse Grienberger (the Netherlands) 

and Birgit Wiehs-Dopfer (Austria).Through the Facilities 

Committee, took an active role in setting goals, securing 

better lighting in the building, and other facilities-related 

questions. 


5. Provided consultation to fellow professionals 

(national and international): 

• Met with Professor Nobuko Uchida, Dean 

of Humanities at Ochanomizu University, 

Japan, to discuss programming for families 

of international students. 

• Met with Jennifer Recklett, Program Coordinator 

of the MIT Spouse & Partners programs, 

regarding programming for spouses 

and families of international students, 

faculty and researchers. 

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following offices on campus: 

• Career Development Center (group visit 

and 2 workshops) 

• Escondido Village Community Advisers– 

provided orientation and tour of I-Center 

facilities and Resource Center for International 

Families 

• Haas Center for Public Service 

• Graduate Life Office 

• Graduate School of Business – International 

Pre-Enrollment Program 

• Green Library 

• WorkLife Office 

• Memorial Church 

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United Nations Association 

Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve 

Avenidas, Senior Program Center, Palo Alto 

Palo Alto Unified School District (Escondido 

School) 

Winter Lodge of Palo Alto 

Año Nuevo State Park 

Coyote Hills State Park 

Palo Alto Stanford History Association (“Professorville” 

tour) 

Filoli Historic Estate and Gardens 

NASA/Ames Exploration Center 

Community School for Music and the Arts, 

Mountain View 

Los Altos History Museum 

Los Altos Town Crier 

Assistance League of Los Altos, 

Hakone Gardens (Saratoga) 

Oakland Museum of California (History, Art, 

Ecology) 

San Francisco - Palace of the Legion of 

Honor 

San Francisco - Arboretum in Golden Gate 

Park 

History/San Jose ( formerly San Jose Historical 

Museum) 

Summary of Quarterly Programs and Classes 

for Spouses and Family Members 

Fall Quarter 2004: See the flyer at the end of this report for 

full description and schedule 

Presented a total of one-time and 24 continuing 

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the Friday Coffee, which serves as an ongoing 

orientation for newcomers. 

7 orientation tours on campus and in community 

(separate tours of campus & campus 

services, highlights of Palo Alto, Mountain 

View, Los Altos, volunteer opportunities, 

nature hike, holiday outing to a local home) 

3 special workshops (job search strategies, 

making your life satisfying, newcomers) 

3 ongoing classes in the arts (drawing, music 

group and an international chorus) 

7 classes in languages (2 levels of Spanish, 

French and Russian, plus Portuguese) 

2 ongoing programs for children ( Friday 

Coffee and international play group) 

5 classes in international and American 

cuisine 

4 dance classes (Salsa, Argentine tango, 

Middle Eastern dance, and dance for fitness) 

sport program (tennis group) 

winter Quarter 2005: See the flyer at the end of this 

report for full description and details 

Presented a similar schedule of 5 one-time and 

33 ongoing programs, including: 

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Search Strategies Group, met for 8 sessions), 

and the Spouse Workshop: Making Your 

Time Satisfying met once) 

4 excursions off campus to learn about area 

history, natural history, and space exploration 

(Coyote Hills Shell Mound, Oakland 

Museum, Año Nuevo, NASA/Ames Space 

Exploration Center) 

language classes (3 levels of Spanish and 

French, 2 levels of Russian plus, Portuguese, 

Beginning Italian and Chinese Language & 

Culture) 

6 classes in music, arts and film (including 

2 drawing classes, a lecture series on the 

highlights of Czech music, international 

chorus, and an international film series 

– “My Favorite Film”, with selections from 

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(Biography Series on the Lives of Prominent 

Women, Short Story Group, Cross-Cultural 

Support Group, Informal Discussion Group 

and GMAT Study Group) 

4 international and American foods classes 

(each offering a series of 4 classes), 

5 dance and sports programs (nightclub 

salsa, Argentine tango, Middle Eastern belly 

dance, tennis group and instruction and a 

dance exercise class) 

2 weekly programs for families with children 

(International Playgroup, and Play 

Group Coop) 

weekly programs open to all (Friday Coffee) 

Scottish celebration of Robert Burns’ Birthday 

(dinner, speeches, and ceiliyh dancing) 

Spring Quarter 2005: 

Presented a similar schedule of 0 one-time 

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history, ecology, art and horticulture 

– Arboretum, Filoli and Hakone Gardens) 

workshop for spouses (“Ideas for Making 

Your Time Here Satisfying”) 

9 language classes (4 levels of Spanish, 3 

levels of French, and one each of Russian, 

German and Portuguese) 

4 classes in art and music (2 drawing classes 

–introductory and representational, international 

chorus and a music interest group) 

5 programs in dance & sports (Middle Eastern 

dance, Argentine tango, nightclub salsa, 

,2 tennis groups and a walking group) 

5 cooking classes teaching a variety of 

cuisines (Indian, vegetarian, American and 

international) 

2 weekly programs, including the Friday 

Coffee and International Playgroup. Special 

programs at the Friday Coffee included 

crafts for the children, an information session 

on child care options presented by 

the WorkLife Center and celebrations of 

Japanese children’s holidays, Hina Matsuri 

and Kodomo-hi. 

5 lecture, reading, and discussion groups: 

2 lecture series on the American political 

system, the European constitution, 2 reading 

groups focusing on Biography: lives of 

prominent women and short stories, and a 

class in Effective Communication. 

Summer Quarter 2005: 

Presented an unusually full schedule of classes 

for this typically quiet quarter. Ongoing programs 

and classes included: 

The weekly Friday Coffee, which provided 

outreach to newcomers and served as an 

ongoing support network for all interested 

spouses and partners.Volunteers from the 

spouse community and local CCIS played a 

key role in sustaining this program throughout 

the summer quarter, and assisting 

newcomers as they arrived. 

Other weekly programs included, 

4 language classes (Chinese, German, Swedish 

language & cooking, Italian) 

2 dance classes including a wide variety of 

dances (“Musicality and Rhythm Variations 

– tango, milonga and vals”, and Middle Eastern 

belly dancing) 

Film series (“Movies that make you want to 

dance!”) 

Summer reading group 

3 cooking classes 

Programs for children:“Sunny songs & summer 

dances”, the International Playgroup, 

which met weekly at Nealon Park in Menlo 

Park, and the International Playgroup Coop 

(5 or 6 groups meet in private homes, and 

serve 35 parents and 40 children). 

Professional activities: 

Served on Advisory Committee, Senior Fulbright 

Scholars (Bay Area). 

Within NAFSA: Association of International Educators 

• Served on the Cooperative Grants Committee 

(which selects recipients of grants funded 

by the U.S. Department of State for the 

purpose of enriching educational exchange 

through student community linkages). 

• Participated in discussions resulting in the 

transition of the above committee to a 

new Task Force for Collaborative Training 

Grants, which designed new concept and 

guidelines for future grants funded by the 

Department of State. 

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for International Spouses & Families 

at the NAFSA: AIE national conference in 

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2004-2005 

I. Overseas Scholarships 2004-2005 

Administered by the Overseas Resource Center, Bechtel International Center 

On behalf of Stanford University, the Overseas Resource Center administers and/or provides advising for the following 

scholarships for study and research overseas: 

Scholarship name applicants winners 

AU Cairo Intern Program 0 0 

Bundeskanzler Scholarship 2 0 

Churchill Scholarship 2 

DAAD Awards 6 4 

English-Speaking Union Scholarship 

Free University of Berlin Exchange 3 

Freeman Asia Award 3 

Fulbright (IIE) Scholarship 7 22 

Fulbright (DOE) Scholarship 4 

Gates Scholarship 

Haas-Koshland Award 

Luce Scholarship (3 nominations allowed) 6 (3) 

NSEP Graduate Fellowship 3 

NSEP Undergraduate Scholarship 3 

Marshall Scholarship 37 5 

Mitchell Scholarship 4 2 

Rhodes Scholarship 28 

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Scholarship Panel Members, Reviewers and 

Representatives 

Stanford IIE Fulbright Committee: 

• Juan Alonso, Professor, Aeronautics & Astronautics 

Department 

• Gene Awakuni, Vice Provost for Student Affairs 

• Khalil Barhoum, Senior Lecturer, Literature, Language 

& Culture Department 

• Harumi Befu, Professor Emeritus, Cultural & Social 

Anthropology Department 

• Linda Bernard, Associate Archivist, Hoover Institution 

• Marc Bertrand, Professor Emeritus of French and 

Italian 

• Greg Boardman, Associate Vice Provost and Dean of 

Students 

• Susie Brubaker-Cole, Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate 

Education 

• Albert Cohen, William H. Bonsall Professor of Music, 

Emeritus 

• Kristin Conner, Career Counselor, Career Development 

Center 

• Kevin Cool, Editor-Stanford Magazine 

• Renee Courey, Associate Director for Student Services 

• Mary Dakin, Associate Director, CREESE 

• Elena Danielson, Hoover Archives 

• Marvin Diogenes, Lecturer in Continuing Studies 

Program 

• Brian Groves, Foreign Scholar Assistant 

• Linda Hess, Lecturer, Religions Studies Dept. 

• David Kazenstein, Associate Professor, Medicine 

• Keiko Inoue, Assistant Professor, School of Education 

• Rachel Jean Baptiste (Fulbright 0 -02, Gabon), 

Graduate Student, History Department 

• Charles Junkerman, Dean, Continuing Studies and 

Summer Session 

• Patricia Karlin-Neumann, Associate Dean, Religious 

Life 

• Scotty McLennan, Dean, Religious Life 

• Hilton Obenzinger, Lecturer, Vice Provost for Undergraduate 

Education 

• Richard Roberts, Professor, History Department 

• Susan Schofield, Academic Secretary to the University, 

Emerita 

Richard Scott, Professor Emeritus, Sociology 

Laura Selznick, Special Assistant to the VPUE for 

Diversity Outreach 

Peter Stansky, Professor Emeritus, History 

Tom Wasow, Professor, Linguistics 

Patience Young, Curator for Education, Cantor Arts 

Center 

Rick Yuen, Asian American Activities Center 

Stanford Rhodes-Marshall Panel: 

• Mark Kasevich, Chair of Committee, Rhodes Scholar, 

Professor, Physics 

• Ian Blasch, Marshall Scholar, Senior Associate, William 

Blair & Co 

• Elizabeth Chapman, Marshall Scholar, Poet 

• Kate Fickle, Marshall Scholar, Director, Pittiglio, Rabin, 

Todd and McGrath 

• Ian Fisher, Assistant Professor, Physics 

• Desha Girod Mitchell Scholar, Ph.D. Student Political 

Science 

• Griffith Harsh, Rhodes Scholar, Professor, School of 

Medicine 

• Patrick Hunt, Lecturer, Humanities 

• Rex Jamison, Rhodes Scholar, Professor of Medicine 

• Sarah Kay, Visiting Professor, Comparative Literature 

• Patricia Lin, Fulbright Scholar, Lecturer, History 

• Joe Manning, Assistant Professor, Classics 

• Michael McCaffery, Rhodes Scholar, President and 

CEO, Stanford Management Co. 

• Ciamac Moallemi, Marshall Scholar, Doctoral Student, 

Electrical Engineering 

• John Pearson, Director, Bechtel International Center 

• Susan Schyler, Ph.D. Student, English 

• Hank Rennagel, Senior Research Science, Department 

of Chemistry 

• Michelle Rhee, Student, Medical School 

• Richard Shavelson, Professor, School of Education 

• Robert Sinclair, Professor, Materials Science 

• Sylvia Smullin, Ph.D. Student, Physics 

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Awards and the Free University of Berlin Graduate 

Award: 

• Elizabeth Bernhardt, Professor, German Studies 

• James Sheehan, Professor, Department of History 

Churchill Scholarship: 

• Iain Johnstone , Professor, Department of Health 

Research and Policy 

Luce Scholarship: 

• Walter Falcon, Professor, Institute for International 

Studies, 

• Rosamond Naylor, Professor, Institute for International 

Studies, 

• Robert Sinclair, Professor, Department of Materials 

Science and Engineering 

The Following Students Were Awarded 

Scholarships in 2004-2005 

DAAD 

• Daniela Blei – PhD History 

• Lindsay Dahms – BA International Relations, German 

Studies 

• Emily Levine – PhD History 

• Andrew Monson – PhD Classics 

ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION 

• Susan Canny – BS Biological Sciences 

FREEMAN ASIA 

• Ji Sun Cho – BA Political Science 

FREE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN 

• Megan Wilcox-Fogel – BA Modern German History 

FULBRIGHT 

• Molly Aeck – Philippines, BA International Relations 

• Kehinde Ajayi – Nigeria, BA Economics 

• Audrey Davenport – Malaysia, BA Anthropological 

Sciences 

• Anthony Dinh – Vietnam, BA English, MA International 

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Mark Dominik – France, BA Classics and Italian, MA 

French 

Alys George – Austria, German Studies 

Julie Glasser – Russia, BA Comparative Literature 

Kenneth Gundle – Japan, BA Human Biology 

Eve Hill-Agnes – Taiwan, BA English 

Jennifer Kim – South Korea, BA International Relations, 

Human Biology 

Piotr Kosicki – Poland, BA History 

Katheryn Ladewski – Chile, BA Economics, Political 

Science 

Kathereine Luna – Netherlands, BS Physics, Mathematics 

Brian McColgan – Zimbabwe, BS Biological Sciences 

Michelle Rhee - South Korea, PhD English 

Simon Schuster – Germany, BA Philosophy, German 

Studies 

Surya Singh – Australia, PhD Engineering 

Susie Shin - South Korea, BS Engineering 

Ricky Wang – Singapore, BA Cultural and Social Anthropology, 

BS Biological Sciences 

FULBRIGHT-HAYS 

• Jennifer Derr – PhD History 

• Tomas Matza, PhD Modern Thought and Literature 

• Hillary Snow – PhD Art History 

• Max Weiss – PhD History 

LUCE 

• Rubi Vaughn – BA Human Biology 

MARSHALL 

• Sheena Chestnut – BA Political Science 

• Tarun Chhabra – BA Slavic Language and Literature, 

International Relations 

• Ross Perlin – Classics, East Asian Literature 

• Joe Shapiro – BA Economics 

• Clara Shih – BA Computer Science 

MITCHELL 

• Alex Greninger – BA International Relations, MS 

Biological Sciences 

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Michael Solomon – BA Music, Public Policy 

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NSEP UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP 

• Richard Barbour – BA Linguistics 

RHODES 

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Sarah Schulman – BA Human Biology, MA Education 

II. ORC Accomplishments and Developments 

in 2004-2005 

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Designed FileMaker Pro database for new online 

scholarship pre-application system 

Teamed up with URP to promote scholarships more 

widely around campus 

Attended Conference for National Association of Fellowship 

Advisors, strengthening relationships with 

other advisors, and heads of International Scholarships 

III. ORC Sales 2004-2005 

The ORC sells passport photos and International Student ID Cards (ISIC) to the Stanford community, as well as to the 

public. 

Fall 04 winter 05 Spring 05 Summer 05 total 

Passport Photos 548 86 972 256 2,962 

ISIC 22 47 78 27 74 

IV. Strategic Goals 

The ORC’s main goals for 2005-2006 are: 

• Improve electronic pre-application system to make 

it interactive 

• Work with Hass Center, CDC and OSP, VPUE to create 

a system for early identification of scholarship applicants 

• Create a Stanford Fulbright Mentor database with 

winners from 985-on in order to provide support for 

current applicants 

• Use new contacts in the Math Science and Engineering 

Department in order to increase the number of 

applicants in these areas 

• Create new webpage/handout for faculty with 

advice on writing recommendations for nationally competitive 

scholarship 


Latin America and the 

Caribbean 

13% 

Asia and the Pacific 

11% 

Region 

Where Stanford Students Studied Abroad on 

Non-Stanford Programs and Received Credit 2004-05 

Africa 

5% 

Semester at Sea 

11% 

Middle East 

5% 

Number of 

Students 

TOTAL : 08 

Percentage of 

total 

Europe 60 55% 

Middle East 5 5% 

Africa 5 5% 

Asia and the Pacific 2 % 

Latin America and the 

Caribbean 4 3% 

Semester at Sea 2 % 

total 108 100% 

Europe 

55% 

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Where Stanford Students Studied Abroad On 

Non-stanford Programs And Received Credit 

2004-2005 

ToTal: 108 

EURoPE (60) 

Austria 

- Boston University (2) 

France 

-New York University (2) 

-University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris (Cultural Experiences 

Abroad) (3) 

-University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris (Center for Cross 

Cultural Study) 

-American University of Paris 

Germany 

-The Goethe Institute Berlin 

- University of Heidleburg (2) 

- Free University Berlin 

Greece 

- New York University 

- Arcadia University 

Italy 

-NYU Study Abroad in Florence (2) 

-Lorenzo de Medici Institute, Florence (University North 

Carolina at Chapel Hill) 

Netherlands 

- Universiteit Leiden 

Spain 

-Portland State University in Barcelona 

-Heidelberg College Sevilla, Spain (Center for Cross Cultural 

Study) (4) 

-Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus ( 2) 

-NYU in Madrid 

-Complutense University of Madrid (ISA) 

-Universidad de Salamanca (API) Academic Programs 

International (3) 

-Universidad de Salamanca (ISA) 

- Sevilla-(CCCS) Center for Cross Cultural Studies 

-Suffolk University Madrid (Saint Louis University) 

-Hamilton College Academic Year in Spain 

Switzerland 

-SIT Switzerland, Geneva (2) 

England 

-Slade School of Fine Art, London (Butler University) 

-Cambridge 

-London School of Economics ( 2) 

-Oxford University (3) 

-University College London 

Ireland 

-University College, Galway (Arcadia University) 

MIDDlE EaST (5) 

Lebanon 

- American University, Beirut 

Turkey 

-SIT Study Abroad Turkey 

Israel 

-University of Tel-Aviv (2) 

Morocco 

-SIT Study Abroad: Morocco 

aFRICa (5) 

Egypt 

-American University in Cairo (3) 

South Africa 

-University of Capetown SIT South Africa (2) 

aSIa aND THE PaCIFIC (12) 

Australia 

-Macquarie University AustraLearn (2) 

-University of Melbourne (ISA) 

-Bond University, Queensland (AustraLearn) 

-University of Sydney (ISA) (2) 

Japan 

- IES, Nagoya 

China 

-Inter-University Program for Language at Tsingh (CET 

Academic Programs) (2) 

-Northern Illinois University in Beijing (Council International 

Study Programs) 


Korea 

-Yonsei University, Seoul 

New Zealand 

-University of Otago (Arcadia) 

laTIN aMERICa aND THE CaRIBBEaN (14) 

Brazil 

-National Institute for Amazonian Studies ( SIT Brazil) (2) 

Chile 

-Universidad de Chile, Pontifica Universidad Catolica 

(Butler University) 

Costa Rica 

- San Jose (Cultural Experiences Abroad) 

- School for Field Studies, Atenas (Boston University) 

-Universidad Internacional de Arte, San Jose (Cultural 

Experiences Abroad) 

Ecuador 

-Universidad San Francisco de Quito 

Jamaica 

-School for International Training (SIT) 

-The University of the West Indies, Mona 

Mexico 

-University of Guadalajara (CEA) 

-Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico Service 

Learning Program 

-SIT Chiapas 

-Romance Language Institute, Durango (Colorado State 

University) 

-La Universidad de Guajajuato (ISA) 

aT SEa (12) 

-University of Pittsburg Semester at Sea ( 2) 

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Horse Ride & Picnic on the Beach! 

For Students from anywhere in the world 

Saturday, July 23 

Have you ever been on a horse? It’s never too late. Join us Saturday, July 23 as we 

bravely go on a horse ride followed by a picnic on the beach near Half Moon Bay. We will 

carpool to the Horse Riding Ranch, be in the saddle by 8:45 am, enjoy a fun 2 hour ride 

along the beach with guides (first timers welcome, be brave!) and picnic on the beach. 

Bring your lunch, beverages will be provided. 

Meet at the Bechtel International Center at 7:30 am 

Participation Fee: $8 for students $9 for non-students 

To find out more about the trip and to sign up, come by the I-Center and ask Marga or 

Anna at the front desk (second floor). Sign up by July 18. Hurry, saddles are limited! 

This program is sponsored by the Bechtel International Center and a grant from the Riddle Family 

Foundation. 

The Bechtel International Center Presents 

The U.S. Presidential Election Lecture Series: 

International Implications 

“How the 2004 Election Will Affect Foreigners’ 

Views of America” 

With Mark Hertsgaard 

Mark Hertsgaard is a journalist, broadcaster and author whose books have been translated into fifteen 

languages. He is the author most recently of "The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates 

the World" (2002). He has contributed The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Time, The New York Times, The Los 

Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Salon, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, La Repubblica, and Yomiuri 

Shimbum. He is the environment correspondent for The Nation, the political correspondent for the national 

satellite channel Link TV, and a regular contributor to the public radio program "Marketplace." He has taught at 

Johns Hopkins University and the University of California at Berkeley School of Journalism. He lives in San 

Francisco. More information available at www.markhertsgaard.com. 

4:30-6:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 26th 

Assembly Room, Bechtel International Center 

♣ Coffee and Cookies will be served ♣ 

RSVP: Tel. (650) 723-1984, email: jlaine@stanford.edu 

Free & Open 

to the Public! 


THE OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL 

VISITORS (OIV) 

The Office for International Visitors (OIV) at Stanford 

University is part of the Bechtel International Center.We 

serve the university by facilitating requests for professional 

meetings and short-term visits to Stanford University 

by foreign academics and university staff abroad, as 

well as journalists and any other official visitors. In providing 

this service to the university, we help individual 

departments with this responsibility.We are very pleased 

with our relationship with various offices and departments 

on campus and are happy to provide this service. 

Services that we offer include: 

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matching international visitors’ requests 

with on campus resources 

checking availability of Stanford resources 

to meet with the visitor or delegation and 

setting up professional appointments with 

appropriate faculty or staff 

coordinating visitor’s or delegation’s schedule 

for their day-visit to Stanford University 

welcoming visitors and providing them 

with assistance during their visit 

welcoming visitors through official programs 

such as the International Visitor 

Leadership Program and the Eisenhower 

Fellows program. 

As part of the Bechtel International Center, the OIV also 

plays a key role in programming activities and events for 

international students, scholars and their families. 

Summary of International Visitors Programs 

Total international visitors 632 

Total number of programs 5 

Total number of appointments 

Average number of appointments 

per program 

Number of individual 

visitors 

282 

2.45 

Number of groups 64 

visitors by month 

October 65 0.28% 

November 28 20.25% 

December 9 .42% 

January 36 5.70% 

February 5 2.37% 

March 67 0.60% 

April 50 7.9 % 

May 48 7.59% 

June 70 .08% 

July 30 4.75% 

August 8 2.82% 

September 33 5.22% 

Total 632 00.00% 

program agencies (number of programs) 

Academy for Educational Development 

(AED) 

American Center for International 

Labor Solidarity 

Delphi 2 

Eisenhower Fellowships Program 7 

Institute of International Education 8 

Mississippi Consortium for International 

Development 

Meridian International Center 26 

Phelps Stokes Fund 5 

Private 25 

University 20 

USDA International Institute 3 

3 

2 

4 

5 

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appointment destinations 

This year, we have escorted visitors to a wide range of offices 

on campus: from the Center for Internet and Society 

to the Office of Religious Life, including the Artificial 

Intelligence Lab, the Center for East Asian Studies, the 

many research centers at FSI and the Clark Center. 

The table below includes some of the most often requested 

destinations. 

Bechtel International Center 8 

Campus Tours 0 

Center for Teaching and Learning 5 

Freeman Spogli Institute for International 

Studies 

Hoover Institution 2 

Library 6 

Office of the President 5 

Graduate School of Business 8 

Law School 5 

Medical School 7 

School of Earth Sciences 3 

School of Education 7 

School of Engineering 20 

School of Humanities & Sciences 30 

Stanford Center for Innovation in Learning 5 

Stanford Networking Research Center 5 

Students and panels of students 5 

University Administration 30 

notes 

• Twelve fee-for-service programs, totaling $2295 

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The OIV arranged programs for seven Eisenhower 

Fellows, a prestigious academic/cultural exchange 

program ($800) 

The OIV moved to another office in the I-Center.The 

new office was repainted and decorated. It is now 

located room 06 at the Bechtel International Center 

Participated in the NCIV National Conference in 

Washington D.C. and the NCIV Western Regional 

Conference 

Jennifer Laine left the position as Coordinator of the 

OIV. Pauline Larmaraud was hired. 

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OIV website – In order to increase our visibility on 

campus and outside Stanford, the OIV website has 

been entirely redesigned and published to include 

the services that we offer, samples of recent visits 

and events as well as general information about OIV. 

Adjunct Responsibilities 

committees 

As part of the Program Committee, helped create 

and implement activities (both with social and educational 

goals) for foreign students and American 

students to interact and learn from each other. 

Anastasia Theater Trip, 0/23/04 

Horse Riding Trip in Half Moon Bay, 

07/23/05 

As part of the Web committee, participated in redesigning 

the main I-Center webpage. 

Participated in meetings and discussions about the 

I-Center organization. 

Participated in a -day training for new volunteer, 

program officers at the International Diplomacy in 

San Francisco in order to facilitate closer collaboration 

between the OIV and IDC and highlight Stanford 

resources. 06/02/05. 

lecture Series & talks 

The OIV organized and participated in the organization 

of several talks and lectures for Stanford students and 

Stanford community in general. 

• Dugald Milton Dick and Timothy William Johnston, 

U.S Presidential Elections: International Implications 

- The Importance of the Youth Vote, 10/19/04 

• Mark Hertsgaard, The U.S. Presidential Elections: 

International Implications – How the 2004 Election Will 

Affect Foreigners’ Views of America, 10/26/04 

• Gillian Sorensen, U.S. – UN: Can this Marriage Be 

Saved?, 12/03/04 (co-sponsored by United Nations 

Association-USA; American Association of University 

Women, Palo Alto; California Women’s Agenda; Center 

for East Asian Studies, Stanford; Smith Alumna 

Club of Palo Alto; Women’s Action Network, Silicon 

Valley; Women’s Intercultural Network) 

• Tad Daley, An Alternative Presidential Inaugural Address, 


• 

International Women’s Day Potluck Luncheon, 



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Samples of visits 

For example, in April 2005, the Office for International 

Visitors welcomed the following visitors under the auspices 

of the United States Department of State, Bureau of 

Educational Affairs, Office of International Visitors: 

• Dr. Maha Benabdellaziz, Lecturer of American 

and English Literature, University of Blida, 

Algeria 

• Dr. Eid Ahmed Abdel Wahab Mohamed, Lecturer 

of American Literature, Al Azhar University, 

Egypt 

• Dr. Gihad M.I. Alastal, Lecturer of English, Al 

Aqsa University, Gaza 

• Dr. Lubna Abdal Jabbar, Head of English Department, 

Baghdad University, Iraq 

• Dr. May Maalouf-Alfy, Associate Professor of 

English, Lebanon 

• Dr. Ghada Dahman, Associate Professor of 

American Literature and Head of the English 

Department, Damascus University, Syria 

• Dr. Mahmood Ali Shamshir, Vice Dean, Faculty 

of Languages, Sanaa University,Yemen 

7 officials from various countries in the Near East and 

North Africa took part in a three-week program entitled 

American Studies.The program aimed to explore American 

Studies Programs in the United States.The delegation 

met with professors from the American Studies 

Program at Stanford University including Professor Shelley 

Fisher Fishkin, Professor of English and Director of 

American Studies, Professor Hilton Obenzinger, Lecturer 

in American Literature, Professor Bryan Wolf, Professor 

of Art and Art History, Professor Gavin Jones, Professor 

of English and Elizabeth Wahl, Associate Director of 

Stanford Humanities Center.They discussed their work, 

shared their teaching methods, curriculum design and 

academic resources. 

May 2005 

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A delegation from the University of Edinburgh, 

United Kingdom, met with their 

counterparts here at Stanford to discuss 

student academic records and technology 

upgrades. 

A policy advisor and researcher on alternative 

energy sources from Canada met with 

experts to discuss environmental permits 

(sponsored by the IVLP) 

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July 2005 

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A visitor from Institut Universitaire des Sciences 

Agronomiques et de l’Environnement 

in Chad came to Stanford to discuss student 

life on American campuses and services to 

students beyond the classroom (sponsored 

by the IVLP) 

Visit by a delegation from various countries 

in South Asia to discuss intellectual property 

rights and legal challenges with the 

development of the Internet (sponsored by 

the IVLP) 

A prominent lawyer from China came here 

to discuss labor law (sponsored by the IVLP) 

A delegation of university academics from 

Yonsei University in Korea visited Stanford 

where they met with university staff to discuss 

university governance, career development 

services and alumni programs. 

Visit by a delegation of Japanese entrepreneurs 

interested in new technologies and 

entrepreneurship 

Visit by a delegation of Chinese university 

administrators eager to learn about 

Stanford’s innovative teaching and learning 

methods 

Two visitors from Indonesia, a lecturer from 

the faculty of Economics at Syiah Kuala 

University in Banda Aceh and the Director 

at the Institute for Economic and Social 

Research, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, 

met with their American counterparts at 

Stanford (sponsored by the IVLP) 

Visit by a policy advisor on scientific development 

from Brazil (sponsored by the IVLP) 

to learn about U.S. patenting regimes. 

A delegation of Chinese academics came to 

campus to learn about university governance 

and the overall structure of the 

University. 

A lecturer at 

the Department of Social Science, School 

of Law and Culture at Tongji University 

and Director of Shanghai Association for 

Strategic Studies, China, met with experts in 

international relations to discuss China - US 

relations and curriculum content (sponsored 

by the IVLP). 

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august 2005 

• A member at a prestigious international 

relations think tank in Madrid met with 

Stanford experts from the Center for Democracy, 

Development and the Rule of Law 

(sponsored by the IVLP). 

• 

A visitor from Liaoning Provincial Library in 

China came to Stanford to compare library 

systems and discuss digital archiving (sponsored 

by the IVLP). 

What others are saying 

• Participant from a Multi-Regional Project, American 

Studies, International Visitor Leadership Program, Dr. 

Eid Ahmed Abdel Wahab Mohamed, Lecturer of American 

Literature, Al Azhar University, Egypt, 04/04/05: 

“No doubt that this program has added to me much 

more than what I expected as it gives me a golden 

chance to be in direct contact with the American people. 

You know the American people have a different image 

in the minds of most people here in Egypt; they are 

arrogant, living in great luxury, ease and comfort without 

exerting any effort.This image is corrected in my 

own view and the real picture of the Americans will be 

transferred to my students, encouraging them to follow 

the example of the Americans.What really distinguishes 

people we have met in this program from those we meet 

everywhere here in our countries is their determination 

to act, their joy in action, the assurance of being able to 

change things by one‚s own efforts.You make me believe 

that one makes his own destiny.” 

• Naoshi Kira, Associate Professor, Shukutoku 

University, Japan, 09/0 /05: 

“Thank you so much for your hospitality during our visit 

to Stanford University yesterday.Thanks to your kind assistance, 

we had a very fruitful day with great meetings. 

Especially our last meeting with 7 TAs was very helpful 

for us as we would look at the TA system and practice 

from TAs’ perspectives. I think you are lucky to be able 

to work in such a beautiful campus.Thank you again for 

your kind assistance, and I hope to see you again someday.” 

• Hilton Obenzinger, Associate Director for Honors 

Writing, Undergraduate Research Programs and Lecturer, 

Department of English, Stanford University, 04/04/05: 

“It was a pleasure meeting with them. I only wish we 

could have helped them more. Let me know if there are 

other ways to help exchanges such as this one.” 

• Elizabeth Wahl, Associate Director, Stanford 

Humanities, 04/04/05: 

“I very much enjoyed meeting all the members of the 

delegation and appreciate the work you and the Bechtel 

Center do to increase ties between Stanford and universities 

overseas. I hope we see some more applications to 

the Center next year as a result of this visit.” 


TECHNOLOGY AT THE I-CENTER 

A few highlights of the technological changes and challenges 

that affected the I-Center in 2004-05. Please see 

the Overview at the beginning of this Report for SEVIS 

technology. 

Web page 

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A web committee was formed in 2004 to 

address redesign of the I-Center’s web site. 

A new home page incorporating Javascript 

roll-overs and pull-down menus was created 

(see the front cover of this report). 

The Foreign Scholar section was redesigned 

in 2005. 

A page for departments with links that were 

felt to be particularly relevant was added to 

our web site. 

A page for Art Exhibits at the I-Center was 

created and the Events page expanded. 

The ideas for the foreign student page comprising 

a new organization and design are 

compiled and pending realization. 

A new page design for the Family Services 

area, with Javascript pull-down menu , 

was designed and is awaiting approval for 

deployment 

The page linking to CINTAX was used by 

over 9 

There is a need for interactive web interfaces, 

primarily for forms data input and 

reponses to users. In light of the recent wellpublicized 

break-in involving a campus department 

server that housed serveral such 

data bases, the vulnerability of such systems 

gives pause. Security must be the hallmark 

of any on-line database. A search is on to 

find such a system that will be functional, 

cost-effective and reasonably secure. 

Hardware 

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Planning for upgrade to a new file server 

was begun.The need for security, speed 

and capacity were primary considerations. 

Capacity is an issue as the I-Center is looking 

to move toward digital file storage.The 

Foreign Scholar Office has been primarily 

using digital files for their work with Jand 

H- visas in the last 2 years. Since the 

documents produced by SEVIS are PDF files, 

it is very apparent that the paperless age is 

upon us. 

A new laptop was added to our group, 

which freed up an older laptop for use for 

presentations and by staff on business trips . 

The University installed 6 wireless hubs 

around the I-Center in the summer.The 

computer located in the 2nd floor lobby 

(that allows students to access Axess and 

the web) was equipped with an Airport card 

to take advantage of the Stanford wireless 

network and elminate extra ethernet cables. 

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SUPPORT TO STANFORD STUDENT 

ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE BILLIE 

ACHILLES FUND 

The Billie Achilles Fund exists to support international 

student organizations that wish to offer programs that 

are of interest to the Stanford and local community. During 

2004-2005 the Billie Achilles Fund provided support 

to the following organizations, some of which coordinated 

more than one program. 

Argentinos en Stanford 

Balkan Student Association 

Brazilian Student Association 

Caribbean Student Association 

Egyptian Student Association 

Ethiopian Student Association 

French Student Association 

Filipino Student Association 

Hellenic Student Association 

Hong Kong Student Association 

Japanese Student Association 

Israeli Student Association 

Mariachi Cardenal de Stanford 

Mexican Students Association 

Pakistani Student Association 

Persian Student Association 

Perucanos en Stanford 

Stanford African Students Association 

Stanford Canadian Club 

Stanford India Association 

Stanford Eskrima Club 

Taiwanese Student Association 

Thai Student Association 

Turkish Student Association 

EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE RIDDLE 

FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND FOR 

INTERNATIONAL AND AMERICAN 

STUDENTS 

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Student Orientation bus trip to Muir Woods National 

Park, September 26, 2004 

Theater and supper trip to Hillbarn Theatre, Foster 

City, to see “Anastasia,” on October 23, 2004 

Bus Tour to Monterey and Carmel, held on July 30, 

2005 

Horseback Riding Trip to Half Moon Bay at Friendly 

Acres Ranch, on August 30, 200 

I-CENTER ADMINISTRATION: 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 

Staffing: 

Jennifer Laine left the Office of International Visitors in 

March of 2005 and was succeeded by Pauline Larmaraud. 

hosted following art exhibits: 

Joy Rewick 

Elizabeth Brooks, Stanford student 

Persian artwork by:Shahrzad Karimabadi and Mehrzad 

karimabadi 

Marvin Baron 


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GENERAL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AT 

THE I-CENTER 2004-2005 

Regular Events Sponsored by the I-Center 

Art Classes: 

Introduction to Drawing 

Blanket Babies 

The International Play Group 

CCIS Programs: 

Cooking Classes 

Board Meetings 

English in Action 

Loan Closet 

Quarterly Meetings 

Spouse Education Fund 

Pot Luck Dinners 

CCIS English Classes: 

Accent Reduction 

American Life and Humor 

Beyond Conversation 

Communicating Across Cultures 

Conversation Skills 

Customs and Institutions 

Hot Topics in American Culture 

Writing Clear English 

Cooking Classes: 

American Home Cooking 

American Regional Cooking 

Dance Classes (various) 

Friday Coffees 

Wednesday Orientation Tours 

International Spouse Orientation 

International Undergraduate Community Meetings 

International Week 

Language Classes: 

Beginning Korean 

Beginning Spanish I 

Beginning Spanish II 

Beginning Russian 

Beginning Japanese 

Beginning Chinese 

French Conversation 

Esperanto 

Movie Nights 

Music Group 

Orientation of New International Students 

Peace Corps Information Sessions 

Problem Solving and Communication 

Resource Center for International Families 

Rhodes/Marshall & Fulbright Meetings 

Scholarship Interviews 

Welcome Committee for Int’l Families 

Welcome Committee for Spouses 

Walk the Dish 

Workshops: 

F- & J- Visa Workshops 

Changes and Transitions for international 

Families, Scholars, and Spouses 

Finding Employment for Spouses 

Tax Workshops 

Regular Events Sponsored by Outside Organizations: 

Argentine Tango 

Alpha Phi Omega Meetings 

AK Psi 

Asian Baptist Student Association Meetings 

Association of Chinese Student and Scholars 

Meetings 

Charles R. Blyth Fund Meetings 

Esperanto International Language Group Classes 

Graduate Student Council Meetings 

HAAS Center for Public Service Meetings 

Indian Classical Dance Classes 

Inter-Sorority Council Meetings 

Islamic Society at Stanford Meetings 

International Undergraduate Community Meetings 

Kappa Alpha Psi 

Mid-East Documentaries 

Middle Eastern Belly Dancing 

Office of Graduate Affairs 

Persian Poetry Group Meetings 

Persian Student Association Meetings and Film 

Series 

Salsa Dance Classes 

Stanford African Students’ Association Meetings 

Stanford Ballroom Dance Club Classes 

Stanford Film Society Meetings 

Stanford German Association: 

Stanford In Government Meetings 

Stanford Outing Club Meetings 

Stanford Returning Students’ Association Meetings 

Stanford Society for International Studies Meetings 

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One Time Events: 

Bechtel Center’s Annual International Festival 

Weddings 

Anniversaries 

Company meetings for advertisement for employment 

for students from Stanford University 

Sorority Council 

Memorial Services (Lucile Packard Hospital) 

French /American Community members 

Fraternity brothers 

Art Exhibits 

International 

Festival ‘05 

Bechtel International Center 

Music 

Dance 

Food 

Exhibits 

at 

Stanford University 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free and open to the public 


III 

Statistics 

Unless otherwise noted, all statistics provided are for nonimmigrant 

international students and scholars, including 

post-doctoral students. Student statistics are based on 

data from the Registrar’s Office for the third week of the 

Fall Quarter 2004. Note that, due to past changes in statistical 

methods, and to provide consistent data, retrospective 

statistics reflect 1994 and later only. 

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2000 

1800 

1600 

1400 

1200 

1000 

800 

600 

400 

200 

0 

Europe 

513 students 

17% 

South America 

120 students 

4% 

Central America 

22 students 

1% 

Middle-East and North Africa 

218 students 

7% 

Africa 

56 students 

2% 

International students by world area – Fall 2004 

North America 

303 students 

10% 

Pacific Basin 

60 students 

2% 

International students by world area – 1994/2000/2004 

Asia North America Central America South America Europe Africa 

Total non-immigrant 

international students 

3046 

Asia 

1792 students 

57% 

1994 1308 255 14 123 653 34 143 57 

2000 1483 328 21 120 532 36 176 68 

2004 1792 303 22 120 513 56 218 60 

1994 

2000 

2004 

Middle-East and North 

Africa 

Pacific Basin 

43

450 

400 

350 

300 

250 

200 

150 

100 

50 

0 

Taiwan 

130 students 

7% 

Singapore 

141 students 

7% 

Top 10 countries of origin for matriculated international students – Fall 2004 

Japan 

87 students 

4% 

Canada 

238 students 

12% 

France 

85 students 

4% 

Turkey 

80 students 

4% 

Germany 

68 students 

3% 

Rep Korea 

344 students 

17% 

P.R. China 

411 students 

22% 

Top 10 countries of origin for international students – 1994/2000/2004 

FALL 1994 

FALL 2000 

FALL 2004 

P.R. China India Rep. Korea Canada Taiwan France Singapore Japan Turkey Germany Hong Kong Mexico 

FALL 1994 181 138 126 130 153 58 61 60 47 

FALL 2000 366 243 259 204 132 81 75 94 63 72 

FALL 2004 411 395 344 238 130 85 141 87 80 68 

India 

395 students 

20% 

Note: Not all countries 

represented made the 

'Top 10' list every year. 


United 

Kingdom

Chemistry 

86 students 

3% 

600 

500 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

Physics 

81 students 

3% 

Civil & Environmental 

Engineering 

126 students 

5% 

Electrical 

Engineering 

Ten most popular departments of matriculated international students – Fall 2004 

Other departments 

758 students 

29% 

Aeronautics & Astronautics 

87 students 

3% 

Management Science & 

Engineering 

185 students 

7% 

Electrical Engineering 

568 students 

22% 

Economics 

102 students 

4% 

Business 

261 students 

10% 

Computer Science 

175 students 

7% 

Mechanical Engineering 

185 students 

7% 

Ten most popular departments of matriculated international students – 1994-2000-2004 

Business 

Computer 

Science 

Mechanical 

Engineering 

Economics 

Management 

Science & 

Englineering 

Aeronautics & 

Astronautics 

1994 297 193 156 103 92 125 94 86 48 

2000 468 248 193 157 123 139 89 106 61 61 

2004 568 261 175 185 102 185 87 126 86 

1994 

2000 


Civil Engineering 

Note: 

Not all departments 

represented made the 

'Top 10' list every year. 

Materials 

Science 

Chemistry 

45

Ph.D. Level 

41% 

International students by degree level – Fall 2004 

Others (inc. postdocs) 

22% 

Undergrad 

10% 

Master's Level 

27% 

Categories Number Total Int’l % of Int’l 

Undergrad 384 3887 9.9% 

Master’s Level 036 3887 26.6% 

Ph.D. Level 626 3887 41.8% 

Others (inc. postdocs) 84 3887 21.6% 

The percentages are given in relation to total international student enrollment, not just that of matriculated 

international student enrollment 

J-1 Visas 

20% 

International students by visa category – Fall 2004 

H-1 Visas 

8% 

Other Visa 

2% 

categories number total Int’l % of Int’l 

F- Visas 2739 3887 70.5% 

J- Visas 758 3887 19.5% 

H- Visas 309 3887 7.9% 

Other Visa 8 3887 2.0% 

F-1 Visas 

70% 




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New international graduate students by degree level and gender 1994/2000/2004 

Ph.D 

Masters 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 

Ph.D 148 167 174 190 206 252 235 284 227 201 225 

Masters 416 426 426 491 533 588 561 521 526 540 517 

Total 564 593 600 681 739 840 796 805 753 741 759 

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0 

Male 

Female 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 

Male 418 465 445 491 553 607 573 574 541 533 535 

Female 146 128 155 190 186 243 223 231 212 208 224 

% Female 25.89% 21.59% 25.83% 27.90% 25.17% 28.59% 28.02% 28.70% 28.15% 28.07% 29.51% 

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Comparison of totals of undergraduate to graduate international students 1994/2000/2004 

International Graduate 

International UnderGrad 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 

International Graduate 1842 1870 1894 2024 2132 2325 2450 2545 2554 2601 2662 

International UnderGrad 301 300 304 308 309 301 314 336 335 367 384 

International Total 2587 2613 2614 2842 2842 3027 2764 2881 2889 2968 3046 

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Comparison of international undergraduate 

to domestic undergraduate population – 1994 to 2004 

International Undergrads 

Domestic Undergrads 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 

International Undergrads 301 300 304 308 309 301 314 336 335 367 384 

Domestic Undergrads 6260 6277 6246 6331 6282 6293 6234 6300 6396 6287 6369 


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Comparison of international and domestic students by student category – Fall 2004 

Graduate Students 

Undergraduate 

Students 

Postdoctoral Students 


Domestic 

Nonmatriculated 

Students 

Attendance Permits 

International 2662 384 785 56 0 

Domestic 5431 6369 679 706 7 

Total University 8093 6753 1464 762 7 

% International 32.80% 5.60% 53.60% 7.30% 0.00% 

International domestic total University % International 

Totals 3887 3 92 7079 22.76% 



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Comparison of international graduate student numbers with total University graduate enrollment – 1994 to 2004 

Non-Immigrant International 

Graduate Students 

Total University Graduate 

Students 

Total number includes 

post-doctoral students 

9000 

8000 

7000 

6000 

5000 

4000 

3000 

2000 

1000 

0 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 

Non-Immigrant International Graduate Students 1842 1870 1894 2024 2132 2325 2450 2545 2554 2601 2662 

Total University Graduate Students 7470 7467 7261 7445 7553 7625 7700 7537 7608 7800 8093 

Int'l Grad Students % of Total 24.66% 25.04% 26.08% 27.19% 28.23% 30.49% 31.82% 33.77% 33.57% 33.35% 32.89% 

Comparison of total international student enrollment with total University enrollment – 1994 to 2004 

Total Non-Immigrant 

Int'l Students 

Total University 

Enrollment 

Total numbers include 

post-doctoral students 

18000 

16000 

14000 

12000 

10000 

8000 

6000 

4000 

2000 

0 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 

Total Non-Immigrant Int'l Students 2587 2613 2614 2842 2878 3027 3525 3682 3739 3737 3886 

Total University Enrollment 15176 15241 15025 15333 15531 16111 16202 16352 16561 16516 17078 

% International 17.05% 17.14% 17.40% 18.54% 18.53% 18.79% 21.76% 22.52% 22.58% 22.63% 22.75% 


5000 

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School of 

Business 

Enrollment of matriculated international and domestic students by School – Fall 2004 

Earth Sciences 

School of 

Education 

School of 

Engineering 

Humanities and 

Science 

School Int’l domestic total School % of School that is 


School of Business 288 6 4 902 3 .9% 

Earth Sciences 20 2 4 334 35.9% 

School of Education 36 299 335 0.7% 

School of Engineering 490 2225 37 5 40.0% 

Humanities and Science 780 3659 4439 7.5% 

Law 59 508 567 0.4% 

Medicine 7 8 8 889 7. % 

Undeclared Majors 209 3456 3665 5.7% 

Matriculated Total 3046 800 4846 20.5% 

Int'l 

Domestic 

Law Medicine Undeclared Majors 

Int'l 288 120 36 1490 780 59 71 209 

Domestic 614 214 299 2225 3659 508 818 3456 

5

45.00% 

40.00% 

35.00% 

30.00% 

25.00% 

20.00% 

15.00% 

10.00% 

5.00% 

0.00% 

School of Business 

9000 

8000 

7000 

6000 

5000 

4000 

3000 

2000 

1000 

0 

Percentage of School that are international students – 1994/2000/2004 

School of Earth 

Sciences 

International Grads 

Domestic Grads 

School of Education 

School of 

Engineering 

School of 

Humanities and 

Sciences 

1994 22.30% 34.70% 9.40% 29.80% 13.80% 3.60% 7.90% 4.50% 

2000 31.80% 40.00% 12.80% 38.30% 16.60% 9.50% 6.50% 4.70% 

2004 31.60% 36.00% 10.60% 40.30% 17.60% 11.00% 7.80% 5.60% 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 

International Grads 1842 1870 1894 2024 2132 2325 2450 2545 2554 2601 2662 

Domestic Grads 5628 5597 5367 5421 5421 5300 5250 4992 5054 5199 5431 

University Total Grads 7470 7467 7261 7445 7553 7625 7700 7537 7608 7800 8093 

% of Grads Who Are Int'l 24.60% 25.00% 26.00% 27.10% 28.20% 30.40% 31.80% 33.70% 33.50% 33.30% 32.80% 


1994 

2000 


School of Law School of Medicine Undeclared Majors 

Comparison of totals of international graduate students with domestic graduate students – 1994 to 2004

Post-Completion PT 

447 requests 

49% 

Requests for F-1 Practical Training authorized by the I-Center from September 1, 2004 through August 31, 2005 

Total Practical Training 

requests authorized: 

911 

Optional PT 

177 requests 

19% 

practical training – a brief explanation 

Students holding F- visas who have maintained their legal F- status, are eligible to apply for 

off-campus work authorization, known as “practical training.” Practical Training enables a student 

to obtain practical work experience in his/her field of study to supplement the student’s 

academic training. 

Practical Training received before completion of the degree falls into two categories: ) Curricular, 

if the student receives course credit for the work experience and 2) Optional (precompletion). 

Practical Training received after degree completion is called Post-Completion 

Optional Practical Training. 

All types of Practical Training require a preliminary authorization by one of the Designated 

School Officials at the I-Center. Students applying for either the pre-completion or postcompletion 

Optional Practical Training must then submit the I-Center’s preliminary authorization 

to USCIS in order to apply for the Employment Authorization Document that will permit 

them to work. (Only the preliminary authorization from the I-Center and not the Employment 

Authorization Document is required of students who request Curricular Practical Training.) 

Curricular PT 

287 requests 

32% 

53

1000 

900 

800 

700 

600 

500 

400 

300 

200 

100 

0 

POSTOPT 

OPT 

CPT 

Requests for F-1 Practical Training authorized by the I-Center – 1994 to 2004 

1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 

TOTAL 482 597 598 704 674 849 857 701 613 740 911 

POSTOPT 261 317 320 410 374 401 437 407 398 384 447 

OPT 63 61 177 173 67 108 119 73 46 90 177 

CPT 158 219 101 121 233 340 301 221 169 266 287 


Comparison of international postdoctoral students in total postdoctoral population 2000-2004 

1600 

1400 

1200 

1000 

800 

600 

400 

200 

0 

International Post-Docs 

Domestic Post-Docs 

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 

International Post-Docs 720 760 751 730 785 

Domestic Post-Docs 561 588 659 682 679 

Univ. Total Post-Docs 1281 1348 1410 1412 1464 

% of Post-Docs Who Are Int'l 56.20% 56.30% 53.20% 51.60% 53.60% 

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Ivy Plus Total International Student Enrollment – Fall 2004 

25,000 

20,000 

Total Enrollment 

Total International 

15,000 


10,000 

5,000 

0 

Brown Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard MIT Princeton Stanford U. Chicago U. Penn Yale 

Total Enrollment 7,604 21,684 19,518 5,704 9,731 11,059 6,708 14,846 13,400 21,438 11,359 

Total International 948 3,644 3,109 722 3,546 2,723 1,286 3,046 2,033 3,078 1,759 

% International 12.50% 16.80% 15.90% 12.70% 18% 24.60% 19.20% 20.50% 15.20% 14.40% 15.50% 

# of Countries Represented 98 128 122 80 125 111 93 109 93 120 108

Ivy Plus Undergraduate International Student Enrollment – Fall 2004 

16,000 

14,000 

12,000 

All Undergraduates 

Int'l 

Undergraduates 

10,000 

8,000 

6,000 

4,000 

2,000 

Brown Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard MIT Princeton Stanford U. Chicago U. Penn Yale 

0 

All Undergraduates 5,708 6,790 13,625 4,079 6,562 4,437 4,678 6,753 4,400 10,222 5,242 

Int'l Undergraduates 382 441 982 281 545 348 391 384 357 924 446 

% Int'l Undergrads 6.70% 6.50% 7.20% 6.90% 8.30% 7.80% 8.40% 5.70% 8.10% 9.00% 8.50% 

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VISITING SCHOLARS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS 

Sponsored by Stanford University for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status, Academic Year 2004-2005 

citizenship FeMale total 

ALGERIA 0 

ARGENTINA 3 3 6 

AUSTRALIA 2 9 2 

AUSTRIA 5 4 9 

BANGLADESH 0 

BELGIUM 4 7 

BOSNIA AND 

HERZEGOVINA 

0 2 2 

BOTSWANA 0 

BRAZIL 4 6 0 

BRUNEI 0 

BULGARIA 0 2 2 

CANADA 23 50 73 

CHILE 2 

CHINA 45 06 5 

COLOMBIA 2 2 4 

CROATIA 2 

CZECH REPUBLIC 2 3 

DENMARK 3 5 8 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0 

EL SALVADOR 0 

FINLAND 3 9 2 

FRANCE 28 63 9 

GEORGIA 3 4 

GERMANY 44 34 78 

GHANA 0 

GREECE 4 4 8 

HONDURAS 0 

HONG KONG 2 

HUNGARY 2 3 

ICELAND 2 

INDIA 2 39 5 

IRAN 3 3 6 

IRELAND 2 3 5 

ISRAEL 22 4 63 

ITALY 9 42 6 

JAPAN 3 236 267 

JORDAN 0 2 2 

LATVIA 0 


LEBANON 0 

LIBERIA 0 

LUXEMBOURG 0 

MALAYSIA 0 

MALI 0 

MEXICO 9 7 6 

MOLDOVA 0 

NEPAL 0 2 2 

NETHERLANDS 0 9 29 

NEW ZEALAND 2 

NORWAY 5 5 0 

OMAN 0 

PAKISTAN 0 

PERU 2 

PHILIPPINES 4 5 

POLAND 4 6 0 

PORTUGAL 0 

ROMANIA 5 6 

RUSSIA 2 3 5 

SAUDI ARABIA 0 

SERBIA 0 

SERBIA AND 

MONTENEGRO 

SINGAPORE 2 6 8 

SLOVENIA 2 3 

SOUTH AFRICA 5 6 

SOUTH KOREA 23 26 49 

SPAIN 7 22 29 

SRI LANKA 0 2 2 

SWEDEN 2 28 40 

SWITZERLAND 6 28 34 

TAIWAN 9 32 4 

THAILAND 2 3 

TURKEY 6 5 

UKRAINE 0 2 2 

UNITED KINGDOM 8 58 76 

VENEZUELA 4 5 

ZIMBABWE 0 

grand total 412 1185 1597 

0 

59

VISITING SCHOLARS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS 

Sponsored by Stanford University for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status, Academic Year 2004-2005 


ALGERIA 0 

ARGENTINA 3 3 6 

AUSTRALIA 2 9 2 

AUSTRIA 5 4 9 

BANGLADESH 0 

BELGIUM 4 7 

BOSNIA AND 

HERZEGOVINA 

0 2 2 

BOTSWANA 0 

BRAZIL 4 6 0 

BRUNEI 0 

BULGARIA 0 2 2 

CANADA 23 50 73 

CHILE 2 

CHINA 45 06 5 

COLOMBIA 2 2 4 

CROATIA 2 

CZECH REPUBLIC 2 3 

DENMARK 3 5 8 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 0 

EL SALVADOR 0 

FINLAND 3 9 2 

FRANCE 28 63 9 

GEORGIA 3 4 


GHANA 0 

GREECE 4 4 8 

HONDURAS 0 

HONG KONG 2 

HUNGARY 2 3 

ICELAND 2 

INDIA 2 39 5 

IRAN 3 3 6 

IRELAND 2 3 5 

ISRAEL 22 4 63 

ITALY 9 42 6 

JAPAN 3 236 267 

JORDAN 0 2 2 

LATVIA 0 


LEBANON 0 

LIBERIA 0 

LUXEMBOURG 0 

MALAYSIA 0 

MALI 0 

MEXICO 9 7 6 

MOLDOVA 0 

NEPAL 0 2 2 


NEW ZEALAND 2 

NORWAY 5 5 0 

OMAN 0 

PAKISTAN 0 

PERU 2 

PHILIPPINES 4 5 

POLAND 4 6 0 

PORTUGAL 0 

ROMANIA 5 6 

RUSSIA 2 3 5 

SAUDI ARABIA 0 

SERBIA 0 

SERBIA AND 

MONTENEGRO 


SLOVENIA 2 3 

SOUTH AFRICA 5 6 


SPAIN 7 22 29 

SRI LANKA 0 2 2 

SWEDEN 2 28 40 


TAIWAN 9 32 4 

THAILAND 2 3 

TURKEY 6 5 

UKRAINE 0 2 2 

UNITED KINGDOM 8 58 76 

VENEZUELA 4 5 

ZIMBABWE 0 

grand total 412 1185 1597 

0 

59

discipline Female Male grand 

total 

Advanced Legal Research/Studies 0 6 6 

Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology 0 

Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 0 9 9 

Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 0 

Anthropology 4 5 

Anthropology, Other 2 

Applied Mathematics 0 

Archeology 0 

Architectural Engineering 0 

Area Studies 0 2 2 

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other 2 3 5 

Art History, Criticism and Conservation 0 

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics 0 

Asian Studies/Civilization 2 

Astronomy and Astrophysics, Other 0 

Astrophysics 2 3 

Atmospheric Chemistry and Climatology 0 

Atomic/Molecular Physics 0 

Behavioral Sciences 3 7 0 

Biochemistry 5 23 28 

Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology 0 3 3 

Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other 80 86 266 

Biology/Biological Sciences, General 8 40 58 

Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Other 0 

Biomedical Sciences, General 4 5 

Biomedical/Medical Engineering 3 4 

Biophysics 0 

Business Administration and Management, General 8 2 29 

Business Administration, Management and Operations, 2 

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support 5 6 

Business/Corporate Communications 0 

Cardiovascular Science 7 22 29 

Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology 2 2 4 

Chemical Engineering 7 6 23 

Chemical Physics 0 

Chemistry, General 9 5 60 

Chemistry, Other 3 4 7 

Chinese Language and Literature 2 3 

Civil Engineering, General 3 4 7 

Civil Engineering, Other 2 3 

Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures 2 3 

Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics 0 



total 

Cognitive Science 0 2 2 

Communication and Media Studies, Other 2 3 

Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 0 

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, 5 6 

Comparative Literature 3 4 

Computational Mathematics 0 2 2 

Computer and Information Sciences, General 0 3 3 

Computer and Information Sciences, Other 4 5 

Computer Engineering, General 0 2 2 

Computer Engineering, Other 0 

Computer Science 3 43 46 

Conservation Biology 0 

Construction Engineering 0 

Creative Writing 0 

Demography and Population Studies 0 

Developmental and Child Psychology 0 

Developmental Biology and Embryology 5 9 4 

East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, 0 

East Asian Studies 2 3 

Ecology 0 

Economics, General 8 5 23 

Economics, Other 0 5 5 

Education, General 4 2 6 

Education, Other 0 

Educational Evaluation and Research 0 

Educational Leadership and Administration, General 0 

Educational/Instructional Media Design 0 

Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 7 59 66 

Elementary Particle Physics 9 43 52 

Endocrinology 3 3 6 

Engineering Science 0 

Engineering, General 0 2 2 

Engineering, Other 4 5 

Engineering/Industrial Management 0 7 7 

English Language and Literature, General 0 

English Language and Literature/Letters, Other 0 

Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies 2 9 

Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 0 2 2 

Filipino/Tagalog Language and Literature 0 

Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other 0 2 2 

Finance, General 0 

Financial Planning and Services 0 

6


total 

Foreign Languages and Literatures, General 0 

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, 0 

Genetics, General 5 4 9 

Genetics, Other 0 3 3 

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other 2 6 8 

Geology/Earth Science, General 3 4 

Geophysics and Seismology 5 9 4 

German Language and Literature 0 

German Studies 0 

Health Services Administration 0 

History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 0 

History, General 0 4 4 

History, Other 0 

Hospitality Administration/Management, Other 0 

Human Resources Development 0 

Human/Medical Genetics 0 3 3 

Humanities/Humanistic Studies 5 3 8 

Immunology 4 9 3 

Industrial and Organizational Psychology 0 

Industrial Engineering 0 

Information Resources Management/CIO Training 0 

Information Technology 0 

Inorganic Chemistry 0 

International and Comparative Education 2 0 2 

International Business/Trade/Commerce 8 9 

International Economics 0 5 5 

International Finance 0 

International Law and Legal Studies 0 

International Relations and Affairs 6 6 2 

Japanese Studies 2 

Journalism 3 2 5 

Korean Studies 0 4 4 

Langue et litterature francaise, general 0 

Latin American Studies 0 3 3 

Legal Professions and Studies, Other 0 

Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, 0 3 3 

Legal Studies, General 2 

Library Science/Librarianship 0 

Linguistics 5 3 8 

Management Science, General 2 

Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 0 4 4 

Marketing/Marketing Management, General 0 



total 

Mass Communication/Media Studies 0 

Materials Engineering 0 5 5 

Materials Science 0 

Mathematical Statistics and Probability 0 2 2 

Mathematics, General 8 9 

Mathematics, Other 0 

Mechanical Engineering 5 29 34 

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other 4 2 6 

Microbiology, General 2 

Molecular Biochemistry 0 

Molecular Biology 0 4 4 

Molecular Pharmacology 2 9 

Molecular Physiology 2 4 6 

Music History, Literature, and Theory 0 

Music Performance, General 0 

Music, General 0 

Music, Other 2 3 

Neurobiology and Neurophysiology 0 9 9 

Neuroscience 6 0 6 

Nuclear Engineering 0 

Nuclear Physics 0 

Oncology and Cancer Biology 7 5 2 

Organic Chemistry 0 2 2 

Organizational Behavior Studies 0 0 20 

Organizational Communication, General 0 

Pathology/Experimental Pathology 23 34 

Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 0 

Petroleum Engineering 0 5 5 

Pharmacology 0 

Philosophy 6 7 

Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other 0 3 3 

Philosophy, Other 0 3 3 

Physical Sciences 0 3 3 

Physics, General 7 70 87 

Physics, Other 3 6 9 

Physiology, General 0 2 2 

Political Communication 0 

Political Science and Government, General 20 2 

Population Biology 2 3 

Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy 8 4 2 

Psychology, General 6 4 0 

Psychology, Other 4 7 

63


total 

Public Administration and Social Service Professions 0 

Radiation Biology/Radiobiology 4 0 4 

Religion/Religious Studies 3 4 

Religion/Religious Studies, Other 0 

Reproductive Biology 3 7 0 

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, 0 2 2 

Scandinavian Studies 2 3 

Science Technologies/Technicians, Other 0 

Science,Technology and Society 2 3 

Social Sciences, General 0 

Social Sciences, Other 0 

Sociology 2 4 6 

Spanish Language and Literature 2 

Sport and Fitness Administration/Management 0 

Statistics, General 4 5 

Structural Biology 7 3 20 

Systems Engineering 0 

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 0 3 3 

Women’s Studies 2 0 2 

grand total 412 1185 1597 


VISITING RESEARCHERS 

Sponsored by Stanford University for the J- Exchange Visitor status, Academic Year 2004-2005 

Administered by the Office of Foreign Scholar Services. 

citizenship Female Male grand total 

AUSTRIA 0 

BELGIUM 0 3 3 

BRAZIL 2 3 5 

CANADA 2 3 

CHINA 0 

CZECH REPUBLIC 0 

DENMARK 5 3 8 

EGYPT 0 

FINLAND 2 

FRANCE 3 5 8 


INDIA 2 3 5 

INDONESIA 0 

IRAN 0 2 2 

ISRAEL 2 0 2 

ITALY 6 5 

JAPAN 4 6 0 

MEXICO 2 


NEW ZEALAND 2 

NORWAY 0 

POLAND 0 

PORTUGAL 2 



SPAIN 4 0 4 

SWEDEN 7 8 


TAIWAN 5 6 

THAILAND 0 2 2 

TUNISIA 0 

TURKEY 0 

grand total 61 98 159 

65

discipline Female Male grand total 

Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 0 

Anthropology 2 

Biochemistry 3 5 8 

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other 0 

Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology 0 

Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other 4 25 

Biology/Biological Sciences, General 3 2 5 

Biomedical Sciences, General 0 

Biomedical/Medical Engineering 0 

Business Administration and Management, General 0 

Business Administration, Management and Operations, 0 

Chemistry, General 4 8 2 

Chemistry, Other 0 

Civil Engineering, General 0 

Cognitive Science 0 

Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 0 

Computer Science 3 7 0 

Economics, General 0 3 3 

Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 4 2 6 

Engineering, Other 0 

Engineering/Industrial Management 0 

Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies 0 

Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 4 5 

Genetics, General 0 

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other 0 

Geology/Earth Science, General 2 3 

Geophysics and Seismology 0 

Immunology 0 

International Relations and Affairs 2 0 2 

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies 0 

Materials Engineering 4 5 

Materials Science 0 

Mathematics, General 2 

Mechanical Engineering 3 4 7 

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other 0 

Microbiology, General 0 

Neuroscience 0 

Pathology/Experimental Pathology 2 3 

Petroleum Engineering 5 6 

Philosophy 0 

Physics, General 0 4 4 

Psychology, General 3 4 


discipline Female Male grand total 

Psychology, Other 0 

Spanish Language and Literature 0 

Statistics, General 0 

grand total 61 98 159 

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General 

Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Total 

Visits* ,9 2 ,364 ,244 950 ,202 , 4 ,245 ,368 304 59 956 343 5, 6 

Events – 226 20 73 70 60 240 325 280 266 88 278 2,407 

Faxes 28 85 94 38 42 56 45 35 44 4 42 45 695 

Overseas Resource Center (ORC) 

Visits 8 0 320 80 80 407 326 344 452 590 359 268 59 4295 

Workshops 5 0 0 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 33 

Passport 

Photos 

Office for Int’l Visitors (OIV) 

23 55 53 30 4 99 37 20 2 2 86 44 55 09 

Programs 6 4 4 5 7 7 6 2 0 6 09 

Visitors 22 65 26 0 35 4 73 49 38 70 30 8 6 3 

Lectures – 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 

Total Audience – 69 50 60 25 0 40 2 0 0 35 0 28 

Services to Internatonal Spouses/Families 

Visits 382 35 30 23 32 38 35 32 30 28 34 28 727 

Number of 

Programs 

Office of Foreign Student Services 

8 7 79 24 7 5 04 75 8 74 58 73 833 

OPT/J – 29 9 30 34 8 85 9 78 44 30 6 674 

CPT (Non- 

OPT) 

– 7 0 4 7 0 9 20 06 24 3 2 292 

Documents 2 7 44 87 63 55 50 80 0 77 82 2 60 37 

SS Letters 366 79 3 5 2 6 0 2 8 0 3 2 5 6 

Invite Letters 3 8 7 9 38 35 84 75 4 2 8 24 383 

Alerts (SEVIS/ 

PASS Interface) 

,409 3,276 3 0 232 3,298 427 653 793 98 67 99 807 5,056 

Workshops – 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 

Travel docs 

(signed) 

Office of Foreign Scholar Services 

– 22 98 505 22 39 80 55 72 62 8 27 300 

ITINS 2 5 2 5 6 8 7 6 5 5 3 4 78 

DS-20 9 87 77 77 75 74 03 97 97 36 32 67 43 065 

SS letters 6 3 3 4 4 3 0 2 0 0 2 28 

SEVIS/PASS Interface 

Batches 2 73 34 4 50 26 35 55 49 47 42 33 479 

Files 2 7 25 44 59 92 58 7 67 66 506 66 244 96 

Notes 

BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER – STATISTICAL OVERVIEW 2004-05 

*visits to information desk on second floor only 

– indicates data was not available for this time period 


IV 

additional flyers 

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Classes & Programs 

at Bechtel International Center 

for Stanford Spouses, Fall 2004 

Wednesday Orientation Tours: Explore the Stanford Campus & Mid-Peninsula . Find out the special features of nearby communities and 

learn about opportunities for enriching your stay in the local area. Sign up in advance at the I-Center to reserve a place for each tour, and to learn 

further details. Meet at the Escondido Village Center, Escondido Rd. & Comstock Place, except Oct. 20. We will go in private cars with local hosts. 

Join us for the whole series! Most tours are from 9 a.m. to 12:30. 

• Oct. 13 Highlights of Palo Alto. Discover the places that local residents love about their community--art, nature, sports, 9a.m. 

• Oct. 20 Walking Tour of Campus Services available to spouses (career development, volunteering, library). Meet at I-Center. 

• Oct. 27 Highlights of Mountain View. New Center for Arts & Music, Library, Theater, Park with lake and walking paths. 

• Nov. 3 Ways to Volunteer in the Community. Learn about the role of volunteers in American community life. See volunteers in a 

local school, UN gift shop and other settings. Find out if this could be of interest to you. Meet at EV Center, 9 a.m. 

• Nov. 10 Nature Hike in the Foothills, and home visit at Portola Valley Ranch. Find out about trails in the nearby foothills. 

• Nov. 17 Highlights of Los Altos. Local history museum, art galleries, produce market, specialty shops, and more. 

• Dec. 8 Holiday Outing. A visit to a private home decorated for Christmas to share holiday traditions. 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

Spouse Workshops: Please sign up in advance at the I-Center for these small group programs. 

• Ideas for Making Your Life at Stanford Satisfying., with Gwyn Dukes. Find out about local options that match YOUR interests and 

create a plan for your time here. Offered twice: Wed., Oct . 6, 10a.m-12 noon & Tue., Oct. 26, 3- 5 p.m. 

• American Job Search Strategies, with Kristin Conner of the Career Development Center, Tue., Oct. 12, at 4 - 5 p.m. 

• Newcomers Group. Share experience of living in a new culture. Led by Rachel Schwartzman, Wed., Oct. 13 - Dec. 1, at 3:30 - 5pm 

Friday Morning Coffee: This informal gathering is an ideal way to meet other spouses and learn about the many options for enriching your stay in 

the Stanford area. Join us every Friday, between 10 a.m. and noon! We each bring a snack or fruit or juice to go with the coffee and tea provided 

by the I-Center. Volunteers are always needed to help set -up (at 9:45 a.m.) and put away afterwards! Everyone (with and without children, new and 

returning) is equally welcome! ***Special Welcome Coffees for newcomers will be held on Oct.1 & Oct. 29. 

Language Classes: All classes are taught by volunteers. Sign up at the I-Center. Fees cover cost of photocopies or handouts. 

(Would you like to teach your language? See Gwyn Dukes (gdukes@stanford.edu) to discuss the possibilities!) 

• Informal English Classes: Pick up a copy of the schedule at I-Center for details on these 11 classes. 

• Easy Intermediate French, with Catherine Dameron. Wednesdays, Oct. 13 - Dec. 1, from 4 – 5:30 p.m. $2. 

• French Conversation, with Pauline Larmaraud. Thursdays, Oct. 14 - Dec. 9, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. $2. 

• Beginning Portuguese, with Ana Lucia Urban . Tuesdays, Oct. 12 - Nov. 30, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. 

• Russian for Beginners, with Anna Novokhatskaya. Mondays, Oct. 11 - Nov. 29, from 4:30 - 6 p.m. 

• Russian for Intermediate & Advanced Students, with Anna Novokhatskaya. Thursdays, Oct. 14 - Dec. 2, from 4:30 - 6 p.m. 

• Beginning Spanish I, with Débora Minguito. Mondays, Oct. 11 - Nov. 29, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. $3. 

• Beginning Spanish II, with Débora Minguito. Thu., Oct. 14 - Dec. 2, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., $3. 

Cooking Classes: Sign up and pay in advance upstairs at the I-Center to reserve a place. Fees cover cost of ingredients. 

• American Home Cooking, with Dolly Sacks. Tue., Oct.12 - Nov. 2, 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. , 4 sessions/$40. 

• International Cooking. Cuisine from France, India, The Philippines and more! Wed., Oct. 11 - Nov. 22, 5:30 - 9 p.m. $45. 

• American Regional Cooking, with Juthica Stangl. Wed., Oct. 20 - Nov. 10, 2 - 4:30 p.m., 4 sessions/$40. 

• Regional Cooking of India, with Juthica Stangl, Thu., Oct. 21 - Nov. 18, 7 - 9:30 p.m. 5 sessions/$40. 

• Let's Bake Traditional German Cookies -- butter, almond, hazelnut, and cinnamon star cookies. Fri., Dec. 10, 2 - 5 p.m. 1 sesssion/$10. 

Music & Arts: see I-Center notice board for further details on all the following: 

• International Chorus, with Maria Jose Soublette and Joo Sook. No experience necessary! Mondays, Oct. 18 - Dec 6, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. 

• Music Group, with Ching Shih (ching0430@yahoo.com). Form duo's, trios, ensembles, etc. First meeting: Oct. 12, 4:30 p.m. 

• Reading Group, with Harriet Bell ( harrietjobell@hotmail.com). First meeting, Tue., October 12 at 4:30 p.m. 

• Introduction to Drawing, with Edward Stanton. Mon., Oct. 11 - Nov. 29, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. No experience necessary! 

Dance and Sports: Sign up and see lists at the I-Center for more descriptions and materials required. 

• Dance for Fun and Fitness with Bettina Leuckert. Gain fitness in a playful way! Fridays, Oct. 22 - Dec. 10, 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. 

• Stanford Sporty Spouses: Tennis. Contact Bonamy (bonamygauvain@hotmail.com) for more information. Wed., 9 a.m. in EV. 

• Middle Eastern Belly Dancing, with Hala. All levels. Fri. evenings, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. $30 w/ Stanford ID. $60 for non-affiliates. 

• Argentine Tango, with Leslie Gordon. Thu., Oct. 7, 21, 28, & Nov. 4. Beginner: 7 p.m. Intermediate: 8:15 p.m. Free dancing, 9:30- 10 

p.m. 

• Nightclub Salsa, with Leslie Gordon. Thu., Nov. 11, 18, Dec. 2, & 9. Beginner: 7 p.m. Intermediate: 8:15 p.m. Free dancing 9:30- 10 p.m. 

Especially for Children: 

• The International Play Group meets on Mondays, 10:30 a.m. to noon at Rinconada Park, in Palo Alto. Everyone is welcome to join this 

informal group at any time throughout the year! Coordinator: Simone Buess (926-9577) (mbuess@datacomm.ch). 

• International Playgroup Co-op. Join other parents to share child care and get some time-off! I-Center spouses have started a playgroup 

co-op and an evening babysitting coop. Contact : Charlotte (acgiovan@sbcglobal.net), (650) 838-9454 or Alexandra 

(alexandra@cristinziani.de), (650) 812-0561, for more information. 

Professional Liaison for International Spouses. Meet a local person with similar career interests. Application forms are in the I-Center lobby. For 

more information, contact Gwyn Dukes (gdukes@stanford.edu). 

Spouse Education Fund Modest grants to assist wives/husbands in furthering their educational and/or career goals while here. Application forms 

are available on the I-Center notice board or upstairs desk. Submit completed form by: Fri., Oct. 29, 4 p.m. 

The Resource Center for International Families provides information about getting settled in the Stanford area and building 

your life here. Spouse volunteers are available to speak with you in many languages about continuing your education, volunteering, employment, 

recreation, & travel, Hours are posted in the lobby on the website http://icenter.stanford.edu/families/ 

REMINDERS!!!! 

• Welcome Coffee: Both Oct 1 and 29, Fridays, between 10 a.m. and noon in the patio! All are welcome! 

• Upcoming Film Series: "Speaking Through Screens: Women's Voices in Middle Eastern Cinema". Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., beginning Oct. 5. 

• Pot Luck Music Night" Enjoy meeting local and intersational people and tasting food from around the world. Bring a dish of food to 

serve 8 - 10 people. Entertainment will follow the "pot luck" dinner. All are welcome! Sun., Nov. 14, 6 p.m. 

• Holiday Open House. Bring a snack to share, holiday cheers for all ages. All are welcome! Sat., Dec. 4, 3 – 5 p.m. 

11/11/04 

For the latest Spouse/Family Programs, visit our website http://icenter.stanford.edu/families/ 

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Classes & Programs 

At the Bechtel International Center 

For Stanford Spouses, Winter 2005 

Wednesday Tours. California history, nature and art and space exploration will be the focus for our Winter outings. Sign-up in 

advance to reserve a place for each tour, and for more details about our destinations and times. We'll meet at the Escondido 

Village Center, located at Escondido Rd. & Comstock Place, and go in private cars with local hosts and tour volunteers. Join us for the 

whole series! 

• Jan. 19 Native American history. Guided tour of the Ohlone Shellmound at Coyote Hills Regional Park. 9 to 12:30 p.m. $8. 

• Feb. 2 California history, environment and art. Guided tour at the Oakland Museum of California. 9 - 3 p.m. $5. 

• Feb. 16 Elephant Seals at Año Nuevo State Beach. 9:30 - 4 p.m. $8 for tour and transportation. (Max. 17) 

• March Space Exploration: NASA/Ames Exploration Center, with films & exhibits on Mars missions, airport traffic control. etc. 

Spouse Workshops: Please sign up in advance at the I-Center for these small group programs. 

• Ideas for Making Your Life at Stanford Satisfying, with Gwyn Dukes. Find out about local options that match your interests and create 

a plan for your time here. Wed., Jan. 26, 3:00-5:00p.m. 

• International Spouse Job Search Group, with Dina Cunha, Career Development Center (CDC), Fri., Jan. 21 - Mar. 11, 12noon- 1:00p.m. 

Friday Morning Coffee: This informal gathering is an ideal way to meet new friends and learn about enriching ways to make your 

stay at Stanford fulfilling. Join us every Friday, between 10 a.m. and noon! We each bring a snack or fruit or juice to go 

with the coffee and tea provided by the I-Center. Volunteers are always needed to help set -up (at 9:45 a.m.) and put away 

afterwards! Everyone (with and without children, new and returning) is equally welcome! Some Fridays feature informative 

presentations and art and craft activities for children. **Come celebrate the special Japanese Festivals on March 4, Hina 

Matsuri (Girl's Day) and April 1. ** 

Language Classes: Sign up at the I-Center. All teachers are volunteers. Fees are for photocopies or handouts. No class Jan. 17 & Feb 

21. 

• Informal English Classes: Pick-up a copy of the schedule at I-Center, CCIS notice board, or visit the I-Center website for details.* 

• Introduction to Chinese Language and Culture, with Victoria Xiaofang Wu, Tue., Jan.18 - Feb. 22, 4:00 -5:00p.m., $3. 

• Beginning French, with Catherine Dameron. Mon., Jan.10 - Feb. 28, from 4 – 5:30 p.m. $2. 

• Easy Intermediate French, with Catherine Dameron. Wed., Jan.12 - Mar. 2, from 4 – 5:30p.m. $2. 

• French Conversation, with Alice Fiorina. Mon., Jan. 24 - Mar 7, from 4 - 5:30 p.m. $2 

• Russian for Beginners, with Anna Novokhatskaya. Mon., Jan.10 - Feb. 28, from 4:30 - 6p.m. 

• Russian for Intermediate & Advanced Students, with Anna Novokhatskaya. Thu., Jan. 13 - Mar. 3, from 4:30 - 6:00p.m. 

• Beginning Italian, with Denise Zamboni, Thu., Feb. 10 - Mar. 10, from 4:00-5:30p.m., $3. 

• Beginning Spanish, with Flor Cavero, Thu., Jan. 20 - Mar. 10, from 3:00-4:30p.m. $3 

• Advanced Spanish, with Débora Minguito. Thu., Jan. 13 - Mar. 3, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. $3. 

• Spanish Conversation, with Guillermina Gomez. Mon., Jan.24 - Mar.7, from 10:30a.m. to 12:00p.m. 

• Beginning Portuguese, with Anna Lucia Urban, Tue., from 7:00 -8:30p.m., Jan. 18 - March 1. $2. 

Cooking Classes: Sign-up and pay in advance upstairs at the I-Center to reserve a place. Fees cover cost of ingredients. 

• American Home Cooking, with Dolly Sacks. Tue., Jan. 25 - Feb. 15, 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. , 4 sessions/$40. 

• International Cooking, with Rachel Schwartzman and friends, Mon., Jan. 24, Feb. 14 & 28, March 7 5:30 - 9 p.m., $3 0. 

• American Regional Cooking, with Juthica Stangl. Tue., Feb. 22 - Mar. 15, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00p.m., 4 sessions/$40. 

• Regional Cooking of India, with Juthica Stangl. Wed., Feb. 9 - Mar. 9, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. 5 sessions/$40. 

Reading, Discussion, & Study Groups: see I-Center notice board for further details on these programs. 

• The Life of Prominent Women, bring a brown-bag lunch to this reading group. Thu., Feb 3, 10, 17, Mar 3, 10, & 17, 12:00 -1:30p.m. 

• Reading Group: Short Stories, led by Harriet Bell (harrietjobell@hotmail.com). Tue., Jan. 11 - Feb. 22, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. 

• Cross-Cultural Group. An informal international group led by Rachel, Flor, and Ulrike. Wed., Jan. 12- Feb. 16, 5:-00-6:30p.m. 

• Informal Discussion Group. Contact Catherine (catherinedavenne@yahoo.com) or Mina (minapang@yahoo.com) for more information. 

• GMAT Study Group. Meeting Jan. 18@4:30. Contact Hsingyi or Sylvia for more 

info. 

Music, Art & Film: see I-Center notice board for further details on needed materials to bring, class descriptions, and how to attend. 

• Highlights of Czech Music, presented by Hana Vlhova-Wörner, Ph.D., Thursdays., Jan. 20 - Feb. 24, 5:00 - 6:30p.m. 

• International Chorus, with Sabine Allmendinger (s_allmendinger@sbcglobal.net). No experience necessary! Mon., 4:30p.m. 

• Introduction to Drawing, with Edward Stanton. Mon., Jan. 10 - Feb. 28, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. (no experience necessary) 

• Representational Drawing, with Trevlyn Williams. This class aims at getting students comfortable with drawing, making line and tonal 

representations of various subject matters. Tue., Jan 18 - Mar. 8, 1:30 - 4:00p.m. 

• My Favorite Film, join Olga Orlova and others in this international film series. Fri., Jan. 21 - Feb. 25 , starts 6: 30 p.m. 

Dance & Sports: Sign-up and see lists at the I-Center for more descriptions and other information. 

• Dance for Fun and Fitness with Bettina Leuckert. A fun and playful way to exercise using a variety of dance forms and movements! 

Bring your friends and sign-up! We need just 8 people to start this class! Fridays, Jan. 14 - Feb. 25, 8:45 - 9:45a.m. 

• Stanford Sporty Spouses: Tennis. Contact Emily (em_hansen@yahoo.com) for more information. 

• Tennis Classes: Beginners & Intermediates, with David Weaver, Tue., Jan. 25 and Feb. 8, 10a.m. Contact David. 

• Middle Eastern Belly Dancing, with Hala. All levels. Fri., Jan. 21 - Feb. 28, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. $30 w/ Stanford ID. $60 for non-affiliates. 

• Argentine Tango & Nightclub Salsa, with Leslie Gordon. Mon., Jan. 10 - Mar. 21. Beginner: 7 p.m. Intermediate: 8:15 p.m. Advanced: 

8:15 p.m. Free dancing 9:30- 10 p.m. 

Especially for Children: 

• The International PlayGroup. Mon., 10:30 a.m. to noon, Rinconada Park, Palo Alto. Coordinator: Simone Buess (926-9577 or 

. 

• International Playgroup Co-op. Join I-Center spouses who have started several small playgroup co-ops. Contact Charlotte 

(acgiovan@sbcglobal.net), (650) 838-9454 or Alexandra (alexandra@cristinziani.de), (650) 812-0561, for more information.* 

Professional Liaison for International Spouses. Meet a local person with similar career interests. For more information, contact 

Gwyn Dukes (gdukes@stanford.edu). 

The Resource Center for International Families holds information about living in the Stanford area. Spouse advisers speaking many 

languages can answer your questions about education, volunteering, employment, recreation, & travel. Visit our website for 

hours & details.* 


Wednesday Tours 

Classes & Programs for Stanford Spouses 

BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER SPRING 2005 

Let's enjoy the spring season with excursions that take us out of doors and into history, nature, and some notable nearby 

gardens. For each tour, sign up in advance at the upstairs desk to reserve a place and get more details about destination and times. 

Please be sure to register and pay EARLY. In some cases, places are limited, and in most, we are required to send in full payment 

weeks in advance. Thank you for your cooperation! Please join us! We meet at the Escondido Village Center, located at Escondido 

Road and Comstock Place, and go in private cars with local hosts and tour volunteers. 

• April 13: HISTORY PARK- San Jose. Picnic & guided tour of San Jose's past through visits to a cluster of 

homes and buildings illustrating San Jose's history, including the influence of various immigrant groups (Chinese, 

Portuguese, Japanese). 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $5 plus picnic or eat at old fashioned cafe. To reserve, please pay by April 

8. 

• April 27: JAPANESE GARDEN & SHORT HIKE. Explore Hakone Gardens (Saratoga) 

and the Sanborne Park, with its youth hostel, surrounded by redwoods and trails. We'll have a 

guided tour and learn about the principles of aesthetics of the Japanese garden, and then take a 

short hike and enjoy our picnic in the nearby foothills. 9:00 to 2 p.m. $5. To reserve a place, 

please pay by April 22. 

• May 11: SAN FRANCISCO ART & GARDENS. Enjoy a guided tour of the European Art 

collection at the Palace of the Legion of Honor, overlooking the city and the Golden Gate 

Bridge. Then we'll drive to Golden Gate Park, and enjoy a picnic on the grass at scenic Stowe 

Lake, where turtles bask in the sun. Stroll through the Strybing Arboretum, home to a vast collection of plant 

species from around the world. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. $12 for docent tour. Bring your own picnic lunch. Please pay 

by May 3 to reserve your place. 

• May 25: GEORGIAN MANSION & GARDENS AT FILOLI. Enjoy a guided tour of a Georgian-style 

mansion built in 1905, and a stroll through the 16 acres of formal gardens surrounding it. 10:30 to 2:30. $10. 

Limited to 20. Please pay by May 10 to reserve your place. 

• June 8: PROFESSORVILLE & visit to a local home. Stroll through this historic Palo Alto neighborhood 

where Stanford's first faculty built their homes, and learn about the architecture and early history of the area. 9:30 

- 12:30. $3. Please pay by June 3 to reserve your place. 

Friday Morning Coffee 

Meet new friends and learn about opportunities to make your stay at Stanford 

fulfilling. 

Join us every Friday between 10:00 A.M. and noon. Bring a snack, 

fruit or juice to go with the coffee/tea provided by the I-Center. 

Volunteers’ help to set up and clean up is always appreciated! 

Everyone (with or without children, new or 

returning) is welcome. Some Fridays feature 

informative presentations and arts & crafts 

activities for children. 

• April 1: We will celebrate Hina Matsuri, 

‘Girls’ Festival’, held on March 3 in Japan, during 

which people display hinadolls to celebrate the 

growth of girls and wish for their health and 

happiness. Come and sample Japanese sweets and snacks, learn a little 

bit more about tea ceremony and origami. 

• May 6: We will celebrate Kodomono-hi, ‘Boys’ Festival’, which is 

equivalent to Hina Matsuri for boys and which is held on May 5 in 

Japan. 

• Informal Conversation Group: starting April 8 with Catherine 

Dameron, every other Friday, 10:30 to 11:30 A.M. 

Spouse Workshop: 

Ideas for Making Your Life at Stanford Satisfying: 

Gwyn Dukes, April 19, from 3:00 to 5:00 P.M. Find out 

about local options that match your interests and create 

a plan for your time here. 

How do I sign up for a class or event? 

Sign up on the notice board in the lobby of the I-Center, 

1st floor, and upstairs at the Reception Desk if so mentioned 

on the sign-up sheet. 

Cooking Classes 

• American Home Cooking, with 

Dolly Sacks. There will be 2 sessions: 

April 12, 19, 26, May 3 for the first one 

($40 per session) and May 17 and 24 for 

the second one ($20 for the session). 

Lessons are from 10:30 A.M. to 1:00 

P.M. Max: 8 people. 

• Romantic Dinner, with Vasudha 

Chittar. Wed., April 13, from 5:30 to 

8:30 P.M., $10. Min: 6, Max:12. 

• Party Food, with Vasudha Chittar. 

Wed., April 20, from 5:30 to 8:30 P.M., 

$10. Min: 6, Max:12. 

Fee covers cost for ingredients. 

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BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER SUMMER 2005 

Friday Morning Coffee 

Meet new friends & learn about opportunities to make your stay at Stanford fulfilling. 

Join us every Friday between 10:00 A.M. and noon. Bring a snack, fruit or juice to go with the coffee/tea 

provided by the I-Center. This is a great opportunity to meet other international students and their families, make 

friends and exchange ideas of things to do here. 

A little bit of help to set up and clean up is always appreciated! Everyone (with or without children, new or 

returning) is welcome! 

Language Classes 

Classes & Programs for Stanford Spouses 

Teachers are native speaker volunteers. No class July 4th 

• Informal English Classes: Pick up a copy of the schedule at the I-Center or visit our website*. 

• Chinese For Beginners: Linda Lu, Mondays, July 11-August 15, 4:30 to 5:30 P.M., $1 (for photocopies). 

• German Conversation: Sabrina Scherz, Mondays, July 11-August 29, 3:00 to 4:00 P.M., $2 (for photocopies). 

• Swedish Language and Cooking Class: Lisbeth Franzen, Wednesdays, July 13-August 3, 6:00 to 7:30 P.M., $12 

(for handouts & food) 

• Italian for Travelers: Laura Capuzzi, Wednesdays, July 13-August 17, 4:00 to 5:30 P.M., $2 (for photocopies). 

Dance, Movies, Sports, Reading Groups & Cooking Classes 

See I-Center notice board for details on how to attend and what to bring or go to our 

website*. Pay all Dance classes fees or Cooking classes fees in advance at upstairs desk. 

• Social Dance - Musicality and Rhythm Variations: Tango, Milonga and Vals: Leslie, Mondays, June 20, 27, July 

11, 18, intermediate class: 7.00 to 9.00 P.M., free dancing: 9.00 to 10:00 P.M. 

• Middle Eastern Belly Dancing: Hala, Fridays, July 15-August 26 (no class on August 19), 5:30 to 6:30 P.M., $30 

with Stanford ID, $72 for non-affiliates. 

• Music: Would you like to make music with others? See I-Center notice board to sign up or find musicians. 

• Movies That Will Make You Want to Dance: Olga Orlova, Fridays, 6:45 P.M. July 8, Grease; July 15, Cabaret; 

July 22, Dirty Dancing; Aug 5, Strictly Ballroom; Aug. 12, Moulin Rouge; Aug. 19, Chicago; Aug. 26, Shall We Dance? 

• Summer Reading Group: Fridays, July 15, 29, noon to 1:30 P.M., bring lunch (See website for details*). 

• American Home Cooking, with Dolly Sacks: July 14, 21, 28, August 4 from 10:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. $40 (please 

pay by July 8) Max: 8. 

• Party Food II: Let’s Make Salsa ! - Vasudha Chittar. Wed., July 27, 2:00 to 4:30 P.M., $10 (please pay by July 

22). Min: 6, Max: 12. 

• Easy & Elegant Picnic, with Vasudha Chittar. Wed., August 3, from 2:00 to 4:30 P.M., $10 (please pay by July 

29). Min: 6, Max: 12. 

• Ongoing Volleyball & Badminton on the I-Center side lawn: Tuesday Nights, 5:30-7:30 pm. 

Resource Center for International Families 

We provide information about getting settled, practical issues, continuing your education, volunteering, 

employment or just visiting the local area. Hours are posted in the lobby of the I-Center & on our website*. 

For Children 

Sunny Songs & Summer Dances, with Hana Vlhova-Woerner: Tuesdays, July 12, 26, August 2 at 10:30 A.M. 

The International Play Group meets every Monday, at 10:30 A.M., at Nealon Park on Middle Avenue in Menlo 

Park. Contact Simone Buess (926-9577 or mbuess@datacomm.ch) for more information. 

The International Play Group Co-op: share child care, get some time off! Contact Charlotte Giovangrande 

(acgiovan@sbcglobal.net) for more information. 

Updates & more information on our website at http://icenter.stanford.edu/families/classes.html 

Would you like to help welcome new families from your country (in your language) in the fall? Are you 

interested in organizing a class or program? Do you have any questions? Please contact Gwyn Dukes, 

gdukes@stanford.edu, Room 219, I-Center or call (650) 723 1834. 

To receive email notices of our programs, send the message “subscribe icenter-spouseprograms” to 

majordomo@lists.stanford.edu. 


INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AT STANFORD 2004-2005 

Stanford African Students Association 

Argentinos en Stanford 

Balkan Student Association 

Belgian Students Association 

Brazilian Students Association 

British Society 

Bulgarian Students Association 

The Canadian Club 

Caribbean Students Association 

ACSSS (Association of Chinese Students & Scholars) 

Colombian Students Association 

Egyptian Students Association 

Estonian Students Association 

Ethiopian Student Association 

European Association at Stanford 

Filipino Students Association 

French Student Association 

German Students Association 

Hellenic Students Association 

Hong Kong Students Association 

Stanford India Association 

Indonesian Students Association 

Irish Students Association 

Islamic Students Association 

Israeli Students Association 

Japanese Students Association 

Korean Students Association 

Lebanese Student Society at Stanford 

Malaysian Students Association 

Mexican Students Association 

Muslim Students Awareness Network 

Nepali Students Association 

Nigerian Students Association 

OASIS (Org of Arab Students in Stanford) 

Pakistani Students Association 

Persian Students Association 

Peruanos en Stanford 

Romanian Students Association 

Scandinavians at Stanford 

Singapore Students Association 

Spanish Students Association “Iberia” 

Sri Lankan Students Association 

Taiwanese Students Association 

Thai Students Association 

Turkish Students Association 

Ukrainian Students Association 

Venezuelan Associationiation at Stanford 

International Undergraduate Community 

ASHA (an Indian Associationiation that raises funds for literacy in India) 

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Stanford University 

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