2011/12 - Bechtel International Center - Stanford University
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Contents<br />
Overview of <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> 7<br />
Staffing 9<br />
Accomplishments & Highlights of 11/<strong>12</strong> 9<br />
SEVIS & Immigration Updates 15<br />
Services & Programs 19<br />
CCIS 21<br />
Services to <strong>International</strong> Families 23<br />
The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> 30<br />
Technology at the I-<strong>Center</strong> 40<br />
Programs and Events at the I-<strong>Center</strong> 41<br />
Statistics 47<br />
Student Statistics: 49<br />
Scholar Statistics: 67<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Statistics 83<br />
Ivy League and Other Institutions 85<br />
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T The<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong> operates from the<br />
belief that international<br />
educational exchange nurtures<br />
a lifelong global perspective<br />
and aspires to play a key role in<br />
increasing <strong>Stanford</strong>’s visibility<br />
around the world, strengthening<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>’s position as a global<br />
university of consequence.<br />
• We provide information about<br />
and assistance with obtaining and<br />
maintaining legal status in the U.S.<br />
to foreign students, scholars, and<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> departments.<br />
• We contribute to international<br />
activities at <strong>Stanford</strong> by helping to<br />
create a welcoming and supportive<br />
environment that is responsive<br />
to the needs of the international<br />
community.<br />
• We enable foreign students, scholars<br />
and their family members at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
to receive maximum academic,<br />
cultural and personal benefit from<br />
their stays in the U.S.<br />
• We advise U.S. students who are<br />
pursuing scholarships for study and<br />
research abroad.<br />
• We provide opportunities for<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> students, faculty, staff, and<br />
members of our local community to<br />
broaden their horizons by interacting<br />
with people from different cultures<br />
through programs to increase<br />
international awareness and<br />
understanding.<br />
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Office/Building<br />
Manager<br />
Wendy<br />
Cardamone<br />
Host Couple<br />
Sabine Hertz &<br />
Damien Colas<br />
Family Program<br />
Coordinator<br />
Susanne Maas<br />
Faculty Advisory Committee<br />
Overseas Resource<br />
<strong>Center</strong> Manager<br />
Diane Murk<br />
Assistant Director<br />
Intl Scholar Services<br />
Lee Madden<br />
Intl Scholar Advisor<br />
Brian Groves<br />
Intl Scholar Advisor<br />
Lynn Kroner<br />
J Pass Assistant<br />
Nancy Khurshid/June<br />
Sage<br />
Assoc. Vice Provost<br />
for Student Affairs<br />
Sally Dickson<br />
Director<br />
John Pearson<br />
Associate Director for<br />
Immigration Services<br />
Shalini Bhutani<br />
<strong>International</strong> Services<br />
Specialist<br />
Margaret Murphy<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Organizational Chart<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
Assistant Director<br />
Intl Student Services<br />
Rolando Villalobos<br />
Intl Student Advisor<br />
Laleh Rongere/Kathy<br />
Shek<br />
Intl Student Advisor<br />
Junko Pierry<br />
Front desk Advising/<br />
Room Reservations<br />
Sean Stafford<br />
Community Committee for<br />
<strong>International</strong> Students<br />
SEVIS/Immigration Data<br />
Manager<br />
Hannah Cho<br />
Computer Resources<br />
Vicky Billimoria<br />
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Overview of <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
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Staffing<br />
There continued to be staffi ng changes during <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>.<br />
In January 20<strong>12</strong>, Laleh Rongere left <strong>Bechtel</strong> to take<br />
up a position in the School of Medicine. We were very<br />
fortunate to be able to welcome to the international<br />
student area, Kathy Shek. Kathy had previously worked at<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> but had since moved to U.C. Berkeley. In Spring<br />
20<strong>12</strong>, Nancy Kurshid, our J data verifi er, retired and we<br />
were pleased to welcome June Sage as her replacement.<br />
In August 20<strong>12</strong>, just before the end of the period covered<br />
by this Annual Report, Brian Groves, our long time J<br />
and H specialist, left to take up the position of Director<br />
<strong>International</strong> Students and Scholars Offi ce, <strong>University</strong> of<br />
California, San Francisco.<br />
Beginning in September <strong>2011</strong> we were pleased to<br />
welcome to our staff Margaret Murphy who has taken<br />
on the responsibility of assisting both the international<br />
student and scholar areas.<br />
During <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>, Diane Murk, Manager of the Overseas<br />
Resource <strong>Center</strong>, took a maternity leave and was replaced<br />
by Elsa Gontrum. In addition, <strong>Bechtel</strong> said goodbye to<br />
Susanne Maas whose focus was the development and<br />
support of spouse programs. Susanne’s family moved<br />
back to Europe. Karin Baage replaced Suzanne.<br />
Please Please arrive arrive at at 8:30 8:30 a.m. a.m. on on <strong>12</strong>/3 <strong>12</strong>/3 at at the the <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> –<br />
584 Capistrano Way <strong>Stanford</strong>, CA.<br />
The bus will promptly leave at 9:00 a.m. and<br />
will return by 5:00 p.m.<br />
This whole day trip will cost $20 per person<br />
which includes entrance to the Mystery Spot<br />
and snacks on the bus. Lunch is on your own.<br />
NOTE: This trip is for enrolled Degree-‐<br />
Matriculated Students Only.<br />
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U.C. Santa Cruz Campus<br />
Santa Cruz Mystery Spot<br />
Seymour Marine Discovery <strong>Center</strong><br />
$20<br />
Accomplishments & Highlights of <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
In Fall <strong>2011</strong> there were 3732 international non-immigrant<br />
students at <strong>Stanford</strong>. Please see our Statistics section<br />
starting on page 47 for more complete information on<br />
international student and scholar statistics.<br />
In Fall <strong>2011</strong> <strong>Stanford</strong> ranked 28th in the U.S. for enrollment<br />
of international students (including those F-1 and J-1<br />
students on post-graduation practical and academic<br />
training). It is worth noting that none of the schools<br />
ranked above <strong>Stanford</strong> had a total student enrollment as<br />
“small” as <strong>Stanford</strong>’s. Statistics collected by the Institute of<br />
<strong>International</strong> Education now include those F-1 students<br />
on post-graduation practical training. See page 64 of this<br />
Report to see the top 25 schools’ rankings.<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> ranked second in the country for the number<br />
of J-1 and H-1 Visiting Scholars and Researchers during<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>.<br />
Both the absolute numbers of international students and<br />
scholars at <strong>Stanford</strong> continues to increase and details of<br />
these increases can be found in the statistical section at<br />
the end of this report<br />
Much of our technology eff ort during the year was<br />
focused on the Peoplesoft Immigration Project. During<br />
the year we began to use Peoplesoft for the processing<br />
of H-1 requests. To facilitate this we conducted signifi cant<br />
outreach and training to departments. We also began to<br />
develop the second phase of the Peoplesoft Immigration<br />
project focusing on H alerts and further workfl ow/on line<br />
submissions for international students.<br />
CONTINUED EXCELLENT SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESS<br />
• During <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>, 50 <strong>Stanford</strong> students were<br />
awarded scholarships administered by, or<br />
advised on, by the Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
• Of special note were a <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> record<br />
of 5 Rhodes Scholars, as well as 2 Marshalls,<br />
3 Gates, 2 Mitchells and 20 Fulbrights.<br />
• During the year we continued to assess and<br />
improve our outreach as well as our approach to<br />
advising. However we continue to be concerned<br />
that we are not attracting applicants in either<br />
suffi cient numbers or from across all disciplines<br />
and this will be a priority for 20<strong>12</strong>/13.<br />
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• The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> applied for and was<br />
granted an IDEA grant (Innovation in Diversity,<br />
Engagement and Awareness) in early <strong>2011</strong>. During<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> this project filmed students who had<br />
been successful in scholarship applications and the<br />
results of the project were presented at the Student<br />
Affairs Poster Assessment Session in May 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
• During the <strong>University</strong> budget process we<br />
received base funds for a 50% FTE to assist<br />
with scholarship administration and outreach.<br />
This position will begin in fall 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
• The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> had almost<br />
2500 student visitors during the year and<br />
offered 30 workshops on scholarships.<br />
MAINTAINED FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION<br />
COMPLIANCE ISSUES AND IMPROVED SERVICE<br />
TO STUDENTS, SCHOLARS AND DEPARTMENTS<br />
In <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>, <strong>Stanford</strong> hosted 3732 international students,<br />
2479 J-1 Scholars and Postdoctoral fellows, and 693 H-1<br />
employees. Family members accompanied many of these<br />
individuals.<br />
In addition to providing one on one immigration advising<br />
and SEVIS tracking services to international students<br />
and scholars, the advising staff welcomed close to 1100<br />
new undergraduate and graduate international students<br />
to campus, and processed 1588 OPT/CPT applications<br />
(a significant increase over the previous year). The<br />
importance of academically related work experience to<br />
international students cannot be over-emphasized and<br />
such advising takes up a large percentage of our work.<br />
During the year over 1800 one-on-one advising sessions<br />
occurred between staff and international students.<br />
The scholar advising staff produced 2025 DS-2019s for<br />
new and continuing J scholars, processed 1505 arrival<br />
confirmation (these represent substantial increases<br />
over the prior year), submitted 320 H-1 petitions, 3 O-1<br />
petitions and 24 permanent residency petitions. Staff<br />
offered bi-monthly J orientation meetings to incoming J<br />
scholars, and quarterly outreach and training meetings to<br />
departments.<br />
We processed 830 F and J SEVIS batches, responded<br />
to 51,385 SEVIS alerts, and our front desk had over<br />
16,000 individual interactions with students, scholars,<br />
departments and other visitors.<br />
During the year <strong>Stanford</strong> was also re-designated by the<br />
Department of State for the administration of the J-1<br />
program at <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> worked closely with the Office of the Registrar<br />
to advocate for, and implement, a reduced tuition fee<br />
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for summer CPT. This reduced fee went into effect in the<br />
summer of 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
During <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> there was a marked increase in the<br />
number of applications submitted in support of<br />
permanent residency for faculty and senior researchers.<br />
GRADUATE STUDENT AND INTERNATIONAL<br />
FROSH ORIENTATION<br />
As in previous years, we ran two separate orientation<br />
programs: one for undergraduate frosh and the other<br />
for graduate students.<br />
Undergraduate Orientation<br />
<strong>International</strong> Student Orientation (ISO) is a very popular<br />
and successful program, and frosh often make close and<br />
long lasting friendships during this time. Participants<br />
include not just students who are here on F and J visas,<br />
but also US citizens who have largely lived or studied<br />
overseas. This number has been growing steadily.<br />
Keeping budget constraints in mind, this was the first<br />
time that ISO participants, except those on financial aid,<br />
were charged an attendance fee of $50.<br />
The four-day long ISO dovetailed and complimented<br />
the <strong>University</strong>-wide New Student Orientation Week, and<br />
included informational sessions, “Breakfast at <strong>Bechtel</strong>”,<br />
discussion sections on “Inside the <strong>Stanford</strong> Classroom”,<br />
a scavenger hunt, a shopping trip, a barbecue, and the<br />
always popular beach trip!<br />
Attendance of international frosh parent events<br />
during ISO is also growing . Both the Parents’ Welcome<br />
Reception and the Question and Answer Session were<br />
very popular again this year. Parents appreciated the<br />
opportunity to meet and socialize with other parents as<br />
well as with <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> staff.<br />
Graduate Orientation<br />
The weeklong Graduate Orientation, which ended just<br />
before the start of the school year, was attended by<br />
over 800 students and their family members. With the<br />
assistance of Community Committee for <strong>International</strong><br />
Students (CCIS) and a team of dedicated staff and other<br />
volunteers, graduate orientation was, once again, a<br />
huge success.<br />
CCIS volunteers offered one-on-one advising about<br />
resources and settling in at <strong>Stanford</strong>, staff offered<br />
over thirty “Maintaining Your Legal Status” sessions in<br />
addition to the many sessions and events that offered<br />
informational and social opportunities. Attendance<br />
was high, and over 100 students attended the<br />
“Culture of the U.S. Classroom” which explained<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>’s academic system and the Honor Code.<br />
Like the previous year, and due to increased demand<br />
and interest on insurance issues, we included a<br />
session called “Medical Care- Insurance, Entrance
Medical Records, Required Innoculations.” This session<br />
complimented the two additional sessions on “Staying<br />
Healthy at <strong>Stanford</strong>” and “Transitions to <strong>Stanford</strong>” which<br />
focused on well being and counseling services. The<br />
Bicycle Safety Program session was extremely well<br />
received with an overfl ow of students who were able<br />
to register their bicycles and receive a free bicycle light<br />
courtesy of the Department of Public Safety and Parking<br />
& Transportation Services.<br />
Students and their families were invited to a Welcome<br />
Reception where Sally Dickson, Vice Provost for Student<br />
Aff airs, welcomed them. As always, all enjoyed the great<br />
food and live music by Souls of Blue.<br />
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
Staff participated in sessions and workshops at NAFSA:<br />
Association of <strong>International</strong> Educators conferences and at<br />
the NAFSA National Conference.<br />
Brian Groves served as a member of NAFSA’s Task<br />
Force on the Real ID Act, and was a panel member of<br />
the J-1 Beginners’ workshop. Brian also began serving<br />
as the Region X11 Scholar Ombuds person. Junko<br />
Pierry became a member of the NAFSA Trainer Corps<br />
and served as a Panel member for the F-1 beginners<br />
workshop at the national and regional conference.<br />
She also served on two NAFSA Sub-Committees;<br />
Travel Subcommittee and the the Leadership Cultivation<br />
Subcommittee. Diane Diane Murk presented at the the Bay Area<br />
Lessons From From Abroad Returnee Conference. Shalini<br />
Bhutani served as Chair Chair of NAFSA’s NAFSA’s Ethics Guidelines<br />
Task Force. John Pearson served on an Ad Ad hoc hoc NAFSA<br />
committee analyzing foreign student trends. One of our<br />
new staff members, Kathy Shek serves as as the the NAFSA<br />
Region X11 Student Ombudsperson.<br />
In addition there were presentations to the <strong>University</strong><br />
Diversity Cabinet, to the <strong>Stanford</strong> Historical<br />
Association (on the History of <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
at <strong>Stanford</strong>—a presentation that is now a pod<br />
cast!!!), at the annual meeting of CCIS and to various<br />
departments and administrative groups. John<br />
Pearson Pearson participated in a committee planning a fall<br />
20<strong>12</strong> conference for student administrative staff in<br />
departments.<br />
During the year <strong>Bechtel</strong> hosted or help cosponsor<br />
two conferences. In June 20<strong>12</strong> we hosted<br />
the annual meeting of the Marshall Alumni<br />
Association and in July we hosted a regional<br />
workshop for the National Association of<br />
Fellowships Advisors.<br />
The section of <strong>Bechtel</strong>’s web site focusing<br />
on travel information for <strong>Stanford</strong> students<br />
traveling independently was re-organized<br />
during the year.<br />
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Building renovations continued, with new lighting outside<br />
and landscaping.<br />
In June 20<strong>12</strong> John Pearson was awarded the Kenneth A.<br />
Cuthbertson Award for Exceptional Contributions to <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> .<br />
ENHANCED PROGRAM OFFERINGS<br />
It has been a long standing goal of <strong>Bechtel</strong> to do all it can<br />
to provide a balanced set of programs to the international<br />
population at <strong>Stanford</strong>. This has always been a challenge<br />
given the necessity to focus much of our work on compliance<br />
and regulatory advising. However we are making progress.<br />
As in the past few years, <strong>Bechtel</strong>’s program offerings can be<br />
divided into three categories: programs facilitated by the<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> staff Program Committee, programs offered by groups<br />
affiliated with <strong>Bechtel</strong> such as the Community Committee for<br />
<strong>International</strong> Students, and programs sponsored by student<br />
or campus organizations. The number of programs we offered<br />
increased but the number of participants in programs held<br />
in the evening or weekends declined a little over previous<br />
years. This may be because we close earlier in the evenings<br />
or we may not be making sufficient effort to encourage<br />
groups to use the building. Further information can be<br />
found later in this report but we would note the following:<br />
Many of our programs and events were presented<br />
in conjunction with student groups on campus and<br />
were support by funding from the Riddle Family<br />
Foundation and the Billie Achilles Fund.<br />
Over 10,000 attended programs offered at <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
during <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> . These programs included:<br />
• A series of intentional programs aimed at better<br />
understanding the experience of international<br />
students at <strong>Stanford</strong>. These programs include lunches<br />
with faculty focused on exploring how the <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
experience could influenced choices for the future,<br />
and programs that bring together current students<br />
and recent international alums where the discussion<br />
centers on preparing for life after <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
•<br />
•<br />
40 programs funded by the Billie Achilles Fund<br />
4 programs funded by the Riddle Family Foundation<br />
• Bus trips to local places of interest. Bus<br />
trips are increasingly popular.<br />
• Programs for international undergraduates who<br />
remain on, or near, campus during winter break<br />
• Orientation programs for new international<br />
graduate and undergraduate students<br />
• “Fire on Fire”: an event co-sponsored by a<br />
number of international students organizations<br />
and offered during spring quarter<br />
•<br />
An international evening of dance and music<br />
• Spouse programs continued to grow in number<br />
and interest. During <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>, 139 different<br />
workshops, programs and classes were offered<br />
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to family members of international students<br />
and scholars. Over 800 events took place.<br />
• Continued excellence in the programs<br />
offered by the Community Committee<br />
for <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
• <strong>Bechtel</strong> participated in the April 20<strong>12</strong> Haas<br />
<strong>Center</strong> workshop focused on <strong>Stanford</strong> students<br />
traveling abroad in the summer of <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
FURTHER INFORMATION ON<br />
I-CENTER ACTIVITIES <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
Staff Involvement in Campus, Local & National<br />
Committees , Conferences & Programs<br />
Campus Committees<br />
• Community Committee for <strong>International</strong><br />
Students Board Meetings<br />
•<br />
Non-Resident Alien Committee<br />
• Rhodes/Marshall/Churchill/Fulbright<br />
Scholarship Committees<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Student Health Insurance Committee<br />
Bridge Advisory Board<br />
Institutional Compliance Committee<br />
Sexual Violence Advisory Board<br />
KZSU Advisory Board<br />
Student Affairs Administration Team<br />
Student Affairs Emergency Preparedness Committee<br />
Safety Net Committee<br />
Local & National Committees/Organizations<br />
• NAFSA: Association of <strong>International</strong> Educators<br />
– Member of the Ethics Committee Task Force<br />
– Member of the Trainer Corps for the<br />
Professional Development Workshops<br />
– Member of Travel Subcommittee<br />
– Member of the Leadership<br />
Cultivation Subcommittee<br />
– Member of the Inter-Associational Task Force<br />
on Health and Safety in Study Abroad<br />
•<br />
– Member of an Ad hoc Committee<br />
on Future Trends and Challenges in<br />
<strong>International</strong> Student Enrollment<br />
Bay Area Foreign Scholars Advisers Group<br />
• Member of the Ivy League Plus<br />
Two <strong>International</strong> Offices
•<br />
•<br />
Member: Bay Pier<br />
National Boren Scholarship Committee<br />
• Member: NCEAA, Northern California<br />
Educators Abroad Association<br />
• Advisory Committee: Bay Area<br />
Senior Fulbright Committee<br />
ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCES <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
NAFSA National Conference, Houston<br />
NAFSA Regional Conference, Reno<br />
Ivy Plus <strong>International</strong> Office Meeting, Princeton<br />
BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER FACULTY<br />
ADVISORY COMMITTEE <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
James Bettinger Knight Fellows<br />
Parviz Moin Mechanical Engineering<br />
Kunle Olukoton Electrical Engineering<br />
Jayashri Srikantiah School of Law<br />
Rachel Lotan School of Education<br />
BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER<br />
ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE<br />
Cori Bosenberry Medical School<br />
Amy Balsom School of Earth Sciences<br />
Ann George Research and Graduate Policy<br />
Rania Sanford Post Doc Office<br />
Sally Gressens School of Engineering<br />
Suzie Weersing School of Humanities & Sciences<br />
We would be pleased to provide<br />
further information on anything that<br />
appears in this Annual Report.<br />
John Pearson<br />
Director<br />
John Pearson receives<br />
20<strong>12</strong> Cuthbertson<br />
Award<br />
John Pearson, Director of the <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, was honored “for 27<br />
years of unparalleled work on behalf of the<br />
international community at <strong>Stanford</strong>.” The<br />
award cited Pearson “for his compassionate<br />
and thoughtful support of virtually every corner<br />
of the university – working with visiting scholars<br />
and new faculty appointees, reaching out<br />
to international students and their families,<br />
helping undergraduates and graduate students<br />
as they consider study or research abroad, and<br />
advising on issues of security and risk.”<br />
Pearson also was commended “for his careful<br />
management of the nomination process<br />
and mentoring of students through all stages of<br />
such scholarship competitions as the Rhodes,<br />
Marshall and Fulbright with extraordinary<br />
success: <strong>Stanford</strong> students have led the nation in<br />
the last few years in being selected for many of<br />
these prestigious awards.”<br />
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Outreach<br />
Develop a training module for departments focusing on<br />
an overview of immigra5on at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Create an OPT tutorial for students to access 24/7<br />
Widen <strong>Bechtel</strong>’s outreach to stakeholders through<br />
advisory board and departmental mee5ngs, web<br />
updates, email and facebook<br />
Develop standard responses for the most frequently<br />
asked email ques5ons from students, scholars and<br />
departments<br />
Redesign the Annual Report and have it ready for print<br />
earlier than has been in the past.<br />
Immigration<br />
Research best prac5ces on handling LOA cases for less<br />
than 5 months.<br />
Develop response to an5cipated State Department visits<br />
regarding J Exchange Visitors<br />
Assessment<br />
Analyze staffing needs for next 1-‐3 years to develop a<br />
strategic view of trends/goals and needs<br />
Improve ongoing assessment of budget expenditures,<br />
incomes and needs<br />
Assess and improve the room reserva5on policy,<br />
including including web informa5on<br />
Assess issues with J-‐1 scholar work flow to enhance<br />
training of departments<br />
Assess possibility of going paperless for immigra5on<br />
filing and scholarship applica5ons<br />
Assess F-‐1 workshops<br />
Assess Interna5onal Zraduate Orienta5on<br />
Assess <strong>Bechtel</strong>’s involvement in summer session<br />
Analyze func5ons of host couple and student hosts to<br />
assist in strategic planning for future program<br />
development.<br />
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Goals for 20<strong>12</strong> - 2013<br />
Technology<br />
Focus on phase 2 of the peopleso[ immigra5on portal,<br />
including development and tes5ng<br />
Improve web informa5on for scholars and departments<br />
Develop a database to track the status of J scholar<br />
transfer-‐ins and J scholar transfer-‐outs<br />
Begin planning update of website to drupal<br />
Write user instruc5ons for new workflow procedures<br />
(phase 2) and run training sessions.<br />
Improve file-‐maker data bases<br />
Programs<br />
Develop plans for <strong>Bechtel</strong>’s 50 th Anniversary<br />
Improve outreach and communica5on to interna5onal<br />
student organiza5ons<br />
Develop one or two interna5onal programs that will<br />
help evaluate the experience of interna5onal students<br />
at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Con5nue to enhance facili5es to support programma5c<br />
development<br />
Consider use of internship program at <strong>Bechtel</strong> (rather<br />
than Host Couple)<br />
Organize an event for <strong>Stanford</strong> US Fulbright and Foreign<br />
Fulbright students<br />
In House Issues and Training<br />
Establish core competencies for all scholar advisors<br />
Con5nue cross training proaect in the areas of H-‐1 and<br />
PR sponsorship<br />
Make more use of NAFSA On Line Training<br />
Develop skills in filemaker, powerpoint and other<br />
so[ware programs
SEVIS & Immigration Update<br />
Key changes to SEVIS and immigration related-regulations<br />
that affect F, J and H visas as well as Permanent Residence<br />
sponsorship, for the period September1, <strong>2011</strong> through<br />
August 31, 20<strong>12</strong> are listed below.<br />
SEVIS<br />
There were two SEVIS releases between September1, <strong>2011</strong><br />
and August 31, 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
SEVIS 6.9 was released in Oct <strong>2011</strong><br />
Changes for F /M schools included:<br />
SEVP would review and approve certain updates to<br />
Form I-17 - the SEVIS certification/recertification form<br />
filed by schools, before these updates become active.<br />
These include :<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Field 17 (Courses of study and time necessary to<br />
complete each)<br />
Field 20 (Average number of classes, teachers/<br />
instructors, students, and nonteaching<br />
employees),<br />
Adding a DSO who is not a current PDSO or DSO<br />
and registering any DSO name changes.<br />
In addition, PDSOs may no longer add/update/edit/<br />
delete/assign schools officials after a Recertification<br />
application has been filed and is pending with SEVP.<br />
SEVIS 6.10 was released in April 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Changes for F/M schools included:<br />
Allowing school officials to make the following<br />
changes in SEVIS RTI:<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
modify H-1B cap-gap business rules to address<br />
reported issues,<br />
modify STEM OPT functionality to check that the<br />
student’s major is a STEM-designated major<br />
modify recertification functionality to match<br />
SEVP’s current policy of requiring all updates to<br />
Form I-17 to be made before submitting the I-17<br />
for recertification.<br />
It also allows SEVP to disable the cap-gap extension<br />
functionality.<br />
Changes for J schools included:<br />
Giving school officials the ability (in SEVIS RTI) to<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Add a J-2 spouse or dependent record to an Initial<br />
status J-1 exchange visitor record even after the<br />
J-1 visa has been issued<br />
View the program’s DS-2019 allotment history,<br />
through a link on the Program Information screen.<br />
It also provided school officials a reminder about<br />
submission of the J Annual Report.<br />
SEVIS II<br />
SEVIS II is not likely to become the system of record until<br />
2014 or 2015. However, when it goes live, we can expect<br />
three major changes:<br />
1. SEVIS II will be a mostly paperless system: An<br />
electronic “Certificate of Eligibility” will replace the<br />
paper I-20. DSOs and students will be able to print this<br />
Certificate, but the printed document will have limited<br />
use. Consular and port of entry officials will refer to<br />
electronic SEVIS II “admissibility indicators” to see if the<br />
student is eligible for benefits like a visa or admission<br />
to the United State or employment.<br />
2. All individuals who interface with SEVIS II,<br />
including students, DSOs, government officials,<br />
and anyone involved in the school certification or<br />
recertification process, will have to create an individual<br />
customer account. This account will not only be used<br />
for the student or exchange visitor’s current program,<br />
but for all future visits to the United States in F, M, or J<br />
status as well. Individuals will be able to view certain<br />
parts of their account information, and will be directly<br />
responsible for updating things like their own U.S.<br />
address.<br />
3. A school’s Form I-17 will be linked to each<br />
Certificate of Eligibility, so that the school can issue<br />
Certificates of Eligibility only for programs for which<br />
they are approved on their Form I-17. The I-17 will<br />
also be much more detailed, and will include not only<br />
courses of study, but degree levels and the academic<br />
calendars associated with each program of study.<br />
PROPOSED IMMIGRATION CHANGES<br />
In January 20<strong>12</strong>, DHS announced a series of<br />
administrative reforms geared towards “the<br />
Administration’s commitment to attracting and retaining<br />
highly-skilled immigrants.” There is no set time-table for<br />
implementing these proposed changes.<br />
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Student-related reforms include:<br />
1. Expanding eligibility for 17-month extension of<br />
optional practical training (OPT) for F-1 international<br />
students to include students with a prior degree in<br />
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics<br />
(STEM).<br />
2. Allowing for additional part-time study for<br />
spouses of F-1 students.<br />
3. Expanding the number of Designated School<br />
Officials (DSOs) at schools certified by DHS to enroll<br />
international students.<br />
Employment based reforms include:<br />
1. Providing work authorization for spouses of<br />
certain H-1B holders.<br />
2. Harmonizing rules to allow E-3 visa holders from<br />
Australia and H-1B1 visa holders from Singapore and<br />
Chile to continue working with their current employer<br />
for up to 240 days while their petitions for extension of<br />
status are pending.<br />
3. Allowing outstanding professors and<br />
researchers to present a broader scope of evidence of<br />
academic achievement.<br />
EMPLOYMENT- BASED CATEGORIES<br />
FY 20<strong>12</strong> H-1B Cap<br />
The fiscal year 20<strong>12</strong> H-1B Cap was reached on<br />
November 23, <strong>2011</strong>, and the fiscal year 2013 H-1B<br />
filing season opened on April 2, 20<strong>12</strong>. Petitions filed<br />
for beneficiaries employed at institutions of higher<br />
education, non-profit research institutions and<br />
government research organizations remain exempt<br />
under the cap. Other petitions that remain exempt<br />
under the cap include the first 20,000 petitions filed for<br />
a beneficiary who has a US master’s degree or higher.<br />
Permanent Residence<br />
Change in PERM Policies<br />
Following the decision of the Board of Alien Labor<br />
Certification Appeals (BALCA) that unlike the standard<br />
PERM filing advertising provisions that specify a<br />
print ad requirement, the Special Handling rules do<br />
not prohibit advertising in an online or electronic<br />
national professional journal, the Office of Foreign<br />
Labor Certification (OFLC) reversed its prior policy that<br />
disallowed ads in electronic or online journals to satisfy<br />
the national journal ad requirement in Special Handling<br />
PERM cases.<br />
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VISAS, USCIS FORMS AND FEE CHANGES<br />
Visa Interview Program<br />
In January 20<strong>12</strong>, the Departments of State and Homeland<br />
Security began a two-year visa interview waiver pilot<br />
program (concluding on January 19, 2014). This program,<br />
which is being piloted only at certain consular posts,<br />
permits consular offices for certain nonimmigrant<br />
categories to waive interviews for qualified applicants who<br />
are renewing their visas within 48 months of the expiration<br />
of the previous visa, and within the same classification as<br />
the previous visa. The interview waiver pilots are being run<br />
in India, China, Brazil, Norway, Mexico and Russia. Others<br />
may be added.<br />
Visa Sanctions affecting Iranian Citizens<br />
On August 10, 20<strong>12</strong>, President Obama signed into law the<br />
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of<br />
20<strong>12</strong>_ [Pub.L. 1<strong>12</strong>-158].<br />
Section 501 of that law provides:<br />
(a) The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to, and the<br />
Secretary of Homeland Security shall exclude from the<br />
United States, any alien who is a citizen of Iran that the<br />
Secretary of State determines seeks to enter the United<br />
States to participate in coursework at an institution of<br />
higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher<br />
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) to prepare the<br />
alien for a career in the energy sector of Iran or in nuclear<br />
science or nuclear engineering or a related field in Iran.<br />
This provision became effective with respect to visa<br />
applications filed on or after August 10, 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
USCIS ELIS electronic immigration system<br />
In May 20<strong>12</strong>, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services<br />
(USCIS) launched the first phase of its electronic<br />
immigration benefits system, known as USCIS ELIS with<br />
Form I-539. The system was created to modernize the<br />
process for filing and adjudicating immigration benefits.<br />
Users can create accounts to use the ELIS I-539 (on a<br />
voluntary basis, as paper filing will continue to be available)<br />
to request the following benefits:<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
An extension of status as a: B-1, B-2, M-1 or M-2<br />
A change of status to: B-1, B-2, F-1, F-2, J-1, J-2, M-1 or<br />
M-2<br />
A reinstatement of status to F-1, F-2, M-1 or M-2<br />
H-1B Related Site Visits by US Dept of Homeland Security<br />
Inspectors<br />
This year, many universities around the country received<br />
H-1B related site visits by US Department of State<br />
Inspectors. <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> also had a number of<br />
such visits. On at least four occasions, the inspectors<br />
came directly to the I-<strong>Center</strong> to review H-1B files before
visiting the employee’s department. It is important<br />
to note that <strong>Stanford</strong> was not a specific target of any<br />
investigation by DHS, rather such visits are aimed at<br />
employers who sponsor H-1B workers in the U.S., and<br />
are part of ongoing compliance and anti-fraud efforts<br />
by the DHS. Investigations focus primarily on specific<br />
details about job title, actual salary paid, number of<br />
hours worked, job location, description, duties and<br />
degree requirements. Inspectors also look to confirm<br />
that the H-1B employee is employed in the position<br />
and at the location that was specified in the H-1B<br />
petition.<br />
We are happy to report that DHS inspectors who<br />
visited <strong>Stanford</strong>, left satisfied on all fronts.<br />
Fee Changes<br />
New nonimmigrant and immigrant visa fees became<br />
effective April 13, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Category (per person) Fee<br />
before<br />
4/13/<strong>12</strong><br />
Fee on<br />
and after<br />
4/13/20<strong>12</strong><br />
Non-petition-based nonimmigrant<br />
visa (except E<br />
category)<br />
140 160<br />
H, L, O, P, Q and R category<br />
nonimmigrant visa<br />
150 190<br />
E category nonimmigrant<br />
visa<br />
390 270<br />
K category (fiancé) nonimmigrant<br />
visa<br />
350 240<br />
Border crossing card—age<br />
15 and over (10 year validity)<br />
140 160<br />
Border crossing card—under<br />
age 15; for Mexican citizens<br />
if parent or guardian has or is<br />
applying for a border crossing<br />
card.<br />
14 15<br />
Immediate relative and family<br />
preference immigrant visa<br />
330 230<br />
Employment-based preference<br />
immigrant visa<br />
720 405<br />
Other immigrant visas 305 220<br />
Immigrant visa for Diversity<br />
Visa Lottery winner<br />
440 330<br />
Determination of Returning<br />
Resident Status fee<br />
380 275<br />
CBP Discontinues Stamping Form I-20 and Form DS-2019<br />
At Ports of Entry<br />
As of Aug. 10, 20<strong>12</strong>, U.S. Customs and Border Protection<br />
(CBP) stopped providing admission stamps on Forms<br />
I-20/DS-2019 for prospective and returning international<br />
students and scholars (traveling with F, M, and J visas)<br />
seeking admission to the United States. This change<br />
makes CBP processes consistent with U.S. Citizenship<br />
and Immigration Service’s (USCIS) recent change to stop<br />
stamping Forms I-20/DS-2019. USCIS implemented this<br />
change as part of the launch of its online immigration<br />
benefits system, USCIS Electronic Immigration System, as<br />
it transforms the agency from a paper-based system to an<br />
online environment.<br />
Although placing an admission stamp on Forms I-20/<br />
DS-2019 has been a longstanding practice at CBP, it is<br />
not required. While the admission stamps on Forms I-20/<br />
DS-2019 are not indicators of lawful status or academic<br />
program duration, some state and federal benefit granting<br />
agencies have required international students and scholars<br />
to present stamped versions. State requirements vary.<br />
Glossary<br />
USCIS: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)<br />
DOS: Department of State<br />
DHS: Department of Homeland Security<br />
USICE: United States Immigration and Custom Enforcement<br />
SEVIS: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System<br />
SEVP: Student and Exchange Visitor Programs<br />
OPT: Optional Practical Training<br />
STEM : Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics<br />
NSEERS: National Security Entry-Exit Registration System<br />
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Undergraduate Student Orientation<br />
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Services & Programs<br />
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CCIS Members and<br />
Events<br />
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Community Committee For <strong>International</strong><br />
Students - CCIS<br />
Once again the <strong>Stanford</strong> international community was<br />
fortunate to experience the dedication and services of<br />
this tremendous community volunteer organization.<br />
What follows is just a sampling of what they offered<br />
to international students, scholars and their family<br />
members.<br />
CCIS Reception– Chaired by Dick Hanavan --CCIS<br />
volunteers in the <strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong> foyer provide a friendly<br />
face and assistance to internationals. Sixteen volunteers<br />
greeted and assisted approximately 300 internationals at<br />
the reception desk in <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>.<br />
Communique: – John Heron, Editor -- The CCIS<br />
newsletter is published 3-5 times annually and is<br />
available in print and electronic form. The Communique<br />
contains several regular columns plus feature articles,<br />
typically written by the editor about CCIS volunteers and<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> internationals. It is mailed to approximately<br />
400 CCIS members, distributed broadly by email and is<br />
available on the CCIS website. One of its key benefits is<br />
informing and engaging the CCIS volunteer community.<br />
Community Advisors – Chaired by Karen McNay and<br />
Betty Ogawa-- over 550 new international graduate<br />
students welcomed to <strong>Stanford</strong> and provided with oneon-one<br />
information and orientation packets helpful to<br />
their new life in the U.S. and at <strong>Stanford</strong>. Approximately<br />
25 volunteers prepared the orientation packets and<br />
provided direct assistance to internationals during the<br />
two and a half weeks of Orientation.<br />
Database/Information Technology – Chaired by Dave<br />
Gustafson -- The “back office” technology core of CCIS<br />
is the CCIS database containing information on active<br />
and archived CCIS members and what programs they<br />
are volunteering for. The database is essential for CCIS<br />
programs such as EIA, membership management, and<br />
mailings.<br />
English Classes – MaryAnn Saunders and Karen Sortino<br />
(co-chairs through <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>) – Ten-twelve English courses<br />
offered throughout the academic year, and seven courses<br />
offered in the summer. Fourteen well-trained teachers,<br />
ten substitutes and two coordinators volunteer over<br />
1,800 hours teaching approximately 385 students. In<br />
addition to improving their English skills, students enjoy<br />
meeting each other and learning about American culture.<br />
English-in-Action – Co-chaired by Marsha Alper and<br />
Carole Hessler – <strong>International</strong>s are matched with local<br />
native English speakers for conversational English<br />
and friendship through weekly meetings. All new EIA<br />
volunteers are interviewed and trained prior to their first<br />
match. Over 300 partner matches (217 new matches<br />
and 83 on-going matches in <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>) are active each<br />
year. In <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> there were 314 EIA volunteers donating<br />
approximately <strong>12</strong>,560 hours of meeting time with their<br />
partners. A pilot program with four students has begun<br />
for beginning English speakers.<br />
Events (Potluck /Music) – Chaired by Dee Gustavson<br />
through 20<strong>12</strong>; Once each academic term (3 times a year)<br />
an evening of food and music is enjoyed at the I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
by 40-100 people at each event. Six-eight volunteers<br />
coordinate the evening, line up musicians (usually<br />
international students), advertise the event through<br />
the website, and set up the tables, chairs, supplies, and<br />
potluck food items. Attendees enjoy the conversation,<br />
mixing and mingling and the musical program.<br />
Friday Coffee – Chaired by Gwyn Dukes and the “Friday<br />
Coffee Volunteers” – This program is a joint effort by CCIS<br />
volunteers and I-<strong>Center</strong> volunteers/staff person and<br />
offers a weekly (even through the summer) opportunity<br />
for internationals and their families to feel welcome and<br />
gain useful information about the local community.<br />
There are “conversation tables,” ”resource table,” singing<br />
and story time for parents and pre-school children,<br />
refreshments, and play area for children. Special activities<br />
are held at the Welcome Reception, on Halloween,<br />
Thanksgiving, and <strong>International</strong> Women’s Day.<br />
Homestay – Chaired by Karen McNay – Homestay<br />
provides incoming international students and families a<br />
3-5-day stay with an American family before settling into<br />
their regular housing. Homestay was the initial program<br />
created by CCIS in 1953. Over 40 internationals are<br />
hosted by over 30 Homestay hosts, all matched by the<br />
program chair. Both hosts and international provide very<br />
positive feedback.<br />
Hospitality – Chaired by Carol Hickingbotham –<br />
Volunteers provide internationals with Californian,<br />
non-academic experiences such as dinners, holidays,<br />
celebrations, sightseeing, outdoor events, theater, etc.,<br />
at least once per academic term. There are no overnights<br />
involved, and the Hospitality program is open to<br />
international graduate student, scholars, and spouses<br />
– but not to couples with children. Approximately 100<br />
internationals are matched with about 60 Hospitality<br />
hosts. Hosts must have medical, liability and auto<br />
insurance.<br />
Membership/member Services – Chaired by Dave<br />
Gustavson (<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>) – Membership outreach and<br />
appreciation to enroll and motivate volunteers to<br />
support CCIS programs is the purpose of this activity.<br />
Loan Closet – Chaired by Chula Morel-Seytoux (through<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>) – The Loan Closet, located in Abrams basement<br />
(close to <strong>Stanford</strong> international graduate students in<br />
Escondido Village), provides household items, including<br />
kitchenware, linens, lamps, etc. that can be borrowed for<br />
a very small fee throughout their time at <strong>Stanford</strong>. The<br />
Loan Closet serves approximately 250 international<br />
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students each year and is served by six volunteers.<br />
September is the busiest activity time, but the Loan<br />
Closet can be accessed by appointment throughout<br />
the year. Most of the Loan Closet items are secondhand,<br />
and gently used, useful items are gratefully<br />
accepted.<br />
Professional Liaison – Chaired by JoAnne Wilkes<br />
– The Professional Liaison Program has two parts:<br />
(1) arranging one-time meetings between an<br />
international spouse and a local professional in the<br />
same field and (2) coordinating and moderating<br />
“Coffee Hours” for international spouses who are<br />
interested in various industry groups. In <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>, the<br />
Coffee Hours were oriented to Health Care, Medicine/<br />
Life Sciences, and Education. Approximately 60<br />
international spouses were served by the Coffee<br />
Hours. In addition, three of ten applicants were<br />
matched for one-time meetings. Coffee Hours<br />
coincide with Friday Coffee and are held in the English<br />
Classroom.<br />
Spouse Education Fund – Chaired by Gwyn Dukes<br />
– Small (up to $500) educational grants are provided<br />
annually in early December to spouses of <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
international graduate students and post-doctoral<br />
scholars. In <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>, thirty-four grants were awarded<br />
for a total value of over $<strong>12</strong>,000. Fundraising for the<br />
grants is always a challenge, but <strong>Stanford</strong> Continuing<br />
Studies has generously offered up to 15 tuition<br />
waivers. In addition, the <strong>Stanford</strong> Federal Credit Union<br />
provided one $500 grant every year for many years.<br />
These steady sources of grants are highly appreciated,<br />
as are the CCIS donors who generally provide funds<br />
directly to SEF. In recent years, friends and family of<br />
deceased CCIS members have generously donated to<br />
the SEF in memory of their loved ones.<br />
Webmaster - Co-chaired by Carolyn Gannon<br />
and Dave Gustavson – The CCIS website (www.<br />
ccisstanfordu.org) was completed re-designed<br />
and implemented in <strong>2011</strong>. The “new” website is<br />
graphical, services both CCIS members and <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
internationals, and strives to be informative and<br />
current. The website currently gets 500-800 hits/<br />
month.<br />
CCIS is a volunteer organization that<br />
supports international graduate<br />
students, visiting scholars and their<br />
families at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />
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Services to <strong>International</strong> Families<br />
In today’s world, the individuals who come to <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
as dependents of international graduate students,<br />
post-docs and visiting scholars often have equivalent<br />
educational backgrounds to that of the person they are<br />
accompanying.<br />
Regardless of gender, these spouses all face a serious<br />
challenge in deciding to join their partner at <strong>Stanford</strong>.<br />
In most cases, they are forced to abandon or postpone<br />
their own professional development in order to keep the<br />
couple or family together. Reactions to this challenge<br />
vary widely, from acceptance to frustration and<br />
resentment at being cut off from one’s career, family and<br />
friends. This situation can be a major source of stress.<br />
The goal of our office is to create programs and services<br />
that will provide support and assistance to these<br />
individuals in their varying situations, and to build a<br />
supportive international community that will enable<br />
them to create a positive and constructive experience at<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>. This is accomplished by combining individual<br />
advising (in which the Adviser’s role is supplemented<br />
by peer advising in various languages through the<br />
members of the Spouse Welcome Committee and<br />
advisers in the Resource <strong>Center</strong> for <strong>International</strong><br />
Families) and with program opportunities (to develop<br />
classes that use their skills and/or attend classes and<br />
programs that offer stimulation and new perspectives).<br />
Through this process, as spouses become involved in<br />
the I-<strong>Center</strong>’s programs, their basic needs are addressed.<br />
They are introduced to the resources of their new<br />
surroundings, build on their skills or learn new ones, and<br />
develop a feeling of community with others in a similar<br />
situation.<br />
ADVISING & SERVICES<br />
Coordinator for Classes and Programs for <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Spouses, Partners & Families<br />
The program coordinator is responsible for organizing<br />
and running spouse programs, producing the weekly<br />
newsletter, contacting and recruiting new volunteers.<br />
She also plans the Welcome Reception to welcome and<br />
orient newcomers to <strong>Stanford</strong>. Susanne Maas has worked<br />
as the coordinator since November 2009.<br />
Friday Morning Coffee Coordinator and Welcome<br />
Receptions<br />
Friday Morning Coffee continues to be extremely<br />
popular and attracts large numbers of attendees,<br />
including young children. In June 20<strong>12</strong>, Akiko Knott<br />
took over from Hyeyon Moon who held this position<br />
since November 2009.<br />
Welcome Committee<br />
Since the most effective way to assist newcomers<br />
in adapting is to put them in touch with someone<br />
who speaks their language and has gone through a<br />
similar experience, we recruited and trained a group<br />
of volunteers from many different countries to be our<br />
Welcome Committee for <strong>International</strong> Families. Committee<br />
members met during spring and summer and organized a<br />
major Welcome Reception for <strong>International</strong> Spouses.<br />
Email Service<br />
We provide an email service where new and returning<br />
spouses can ask questions: stanfordfamilies@gmail.com.<br />
Resource <strong>Center</strong><br />
The Resource <strong>Center</strong> for <strong>International</strong> Families (RC) is a<br />
comprehensive combination of information and peer<br />
advising that enables spouses and family members<br />
to build a stimulating and worthwhile experience for<br />
themselves while they are accompanying a student, postdoc,<br />
visiting scholar or faculty member at <strong>Stanford</strong>. The<br />
community volunteer, Mary Schuelke, is responsible for<br />
the project. She continually adds new material, which<br />
she organizes and updates. She also coordinates the<br />
scheduling and training of the volunteer advisers who<br />
staff the <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
The RC advisers provided a warm welcome and<br />
encouragement to newly-arrived internationals. They also<br />
provided information on car purchases, driver licenses,<br />
health insurance, educational pursuits, volunteering,<br />
work authorization, schools and activities for kids, and<br />
recreational opportunities. Visitors took advantage of<br />
our lending library, with books in Japanese, Korean and<br />
several other languages as well as English. The advisers<br />
helped visitors to the <strong>Center</strong> during open hours spread<br />
over 3 days per week and were fluent in English, French,<br />
Italian, Japanese and Spanish.<br />
Detailed information on the Resources <strong>Center</strong>’s activities,<br />
can be found on page 28.<br />
Handbook for <strong>International</strong> Spouses,<br />
Partners and Families<br />
Every year the <strong>International</strong> Families Office designs, edits<br />
and produces a publication which serves as a handbook<br />
for international families. The Handbook, “<strong>2011</strong>-20<strong>12</strong> at<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>”, includes extensive information on community<br />
resources of special interest to this population and<br />
provides answers to their most frequently asked<br />
questions.<br />
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PROGRAMS<br />
We work with family members to turn their knowledge,<br />
expertise or avocation into a class that will be stimulating<br />
for them and beneficial to those who attend the program.<br />
Each program serves multiple purposes simultaneously,<br />
providing a channel for the teacher or leader to develop<br />
her/his expertise, valuable learning experience for<br />
the students, and an opportunity for spouses to form<br />
friendships with others in a similar situation.<br />
We offered 139 different courses, classes, workshops and<br />
events this year. These included orientation programs,<br />
Friday morning coffee, the Welcome Reception, campus<br />
tours, art expeditions, a book club, career workshops,<br />
computer programming, interview coaching, hiking<br />
expeditions and yoga classes, knitting and sewing classes,<br />
many cooking and language classes and events especially<br />
tailored for those with young children.<br />
Some of our most popular programs included Friday<br />
Morning Coffee which saw about 60 visitors and 30<br />
children each week, yoga classes, Chinese and Japanese<br />
language classes and cooking classes. Interview coaching<br />
and life coaching classes were also in great demand. The<br />
different perspectives and experiences of the participants<br />
helped make the classes and events successful.<br />
Beside these programs, we offered special events, usually<br />
during or after Friday Morning Coffee – a Halloween party,<br />
a presentation about Thanksgiving, Christmas cookie<br />
decoration, Easter egg coloring and a celebration of<br />
<strong>International</strong> Women’s Day. The Halloween party and the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Women’s Day event attracted more than 100<br />
attendees.<br />
Collaboration with the CCIS<br />
We collaborated closely with the Community Committee<br />
for <strong>International</strong> Students (CCIS). Ten CCIS volunteers<br />
helped at each Friday Morning Coffee. The CCIS Spouse<br />
Education Fund offered financial assistance for spouses/<br />
partners to pursue their career and academic interests<br />
while in the <strong>Stanford</strong> area. In addition, the Professional<br />
Liaison Program for <strong>International</strong> Spouses coordinated<br />
meetings between an international spouse and a local<br />
professional in the same field.<br />
Collaboration with others at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
We also collaborated with other <strong>Stanford</strong> offices to offer<br />
programs. These included the Spouse/Partner Welcome in<br />
September with the Graduate Life and Work/Life Offices<br />
and a winter workshop with the Career Development<br />
<strong>Center</strong>. We also worked closely with the Escondido Village<br />
Community Advisers.<br />
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LIST OF ALL CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS IN <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
Name of class<br />
or workshop<br />
Fall <strong>2011</strong> Winter 20<strong>12</strong> Spring 20<strong>12</strong> Summer 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Friday Morning Coffee Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Welcome Friday<br />
Morning Coffee<br />
Reception<br />
Once<br />
Orientation Tours 5 sessions<br />
Yoga for all Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Postnatal Yoga with<br />
Babies<br />
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Current Affairs Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Financial Talk Once Once 8 sessions<br />
Career Group for<br />
Spouse Partners<br />
Weekly<br />
Life changes and<br />
transitions<br />
Once<br />
Guys night out Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Women’s night out Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
GRE Math preparation Weekly Thrice<br />
Art Expeditions Twice Once<br />
Dance Exercise Class 5 sessions<br />
Bollywood Dance Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Gespraechsstoff Once<br />
Interview Coaching Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
Women’s day<br />
Once<br />
Movie:” Women in a<br />
new Land”<br />
Once Once Once<br />
Night at the Movies Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Teaming brings many<br />
people together<br />
Once<br />
Hiking group Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Nightclubbing Monthly Monthly<br />
Vocal Training Weekly Weekly<br />
Real Conversation<br />
practice<br />
7 sessions<br />
Zumba 4 sessions Twice<br />
American Table<br />
Games<br />
Weekly<br />
Book Club Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Computer Basics Thrice<br />
Computer Languages Weekly<br />
Walking around<br />
Campus<br />
Weekly Weekly<br />
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Name of class<br />
or workshop<br />
Fall <strong>2011</strong> Winter 20<strong>12</strong> Spring 20<strong>12</strong> Summer 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Cross-culture Analysis<br />
through French<br />
Civilization<br />
Once Once<br />
Digital Tools for<br />
Personal Knowledge<br />
Once<br />
Miracles and<br />
mysteries of the living<br />
world<br />
Weekly<br />
<strong>International</strong> Summer<br />
Swap<br />
Once<br />
Life Coaching<br />
for Personal or<br />
Professional Growth<br />
5 sessions<br />
Lecture on Art History Thrice<br />
Kayaking in Monterey Once<br />
Secrets in Studio<br />
GHIBRI movies<br />
4 sessions<br />
What is your core<br />
Strength<br />
Twice<br />
Knitting for Beginners Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Knitting Circle Weekly<br />
Sewing Weekly Ongoing<br />
The Basics of French<br />
Baking<br />
Thrice Thrice<br />
Philippine Cooking Once<br />
Christmas Cookies Once<br />
Cold Desert Once Once<br />
Cooking with Aurelie 6 sessions<br />
American BBQ<br />
Cooking Class<br />
4 sessions<br />
Japanese Cooking 5 sessions<br />
Chinese Dumpling Once Once<br />
American Version of<br />
Italian Dishes<br />
4 sessions<br />
Bavarian Specialty Once<br />
Lunch in France 7 sessions<br />
Mediterranean<br />
Recipes<br />
4 sessions<br />
Solar Cooking Once<br />
Chinese for Beginners Weekly Weekly<br />
French for Beginners Weekly<br />
French Intermediates Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
French through<br />
games<br />
Weekly<br />
French for daily living<br />
(Beginners)<br />
Weekly Weekly<br />
German Beginners 1-3 Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
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Name of class<br />
or workshop<br />
Fall <strong>2011</strong> Winter 20<strong>12</strong> Spring 20<strong>12</strong> Summer 20<strong>12</strong><br />
German Conversation Weekly Weekly Weekly<br />
Brush up your<br />
Japanese<br />
Weekly<br />
Japanese Beginners Weekly Weekly<br />
Japanese<br />
Intermediate<br />
Weekly<br />
Japanese for<br />
Everyone<br />
Weekly<br />
Mandarin Beginners Weekly<br />
Spanish Beginners Weekly<br />
English Discussion<br />
Group for Moms with<br />
Babies<br />
Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Topics on Child<br />
Development<br />
Weekly<br />
Fun for Kids (and<br />
Parents). Outings<br />
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Baby and Toddler<br />
Group<br />
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
St. Martin’s Umzug<br />
(Parade) and Craft<br />
Once<br />
Running for Kids Weekly Weekly<br />
Water Playgroup Weekly<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
PlayGroup in the Park<br />
Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing<br />
Summary 36 30 39 34<br />
<strong>International</strong> Women’s Day<br />
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RESOURCE CENTER FOR<br />
INTERNATIONAL FAMILIES<br />
The Resource <strong>Center</strong> for <strong>International</strong> Families is headed<br />
by community volunteer Mary Schuelke and continues<br />
to play a vital role in the lives of international students,<br />
post-docs, and visiting scholars and their families as they<br />
transition into their lives at <strong>Stanford</strong>. We provide a wide<br />
array of resources to visitors who have just arrived at<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> as well as to those who have been at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
for some time. Although the international spouses most<br />
often visit the Resource <strong>Center</strong> for the first time with<br />
an international student, post-doc, or visiting scholar,<br />
we focus on the spouse. We give her/him a spouse<br />
handbook and point out the highlights and then give<br />
out other resources as needed: campus maps, DMV<br />
handbooks, handouts on buying and insuring a car,<br />
information on housing and health insurance, shopping<br />
guides, and information on English classes as well as<br />
classes for spouses. For spouses with children, we offer<br />
the WorkLife Office brochure as well as information on<br />
schools and activities for children. Spouses with J-2 visas<br />
are given information on applying for work authorization<br />
as well as a copy of the Career Development <strong>Center</strong><br />
handbook. We encourage them to visit the CDC and<br />
take advantage of the counseling appointment which is<br />
offered to them. We also give out copies of the <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Continuing Studies handbook and encourage spouses to<br />
consider the many courses that are offered in a wide array<br />
of disciplines. Depending on the interests of the spouses,<br />
we draw on the information in our many notebooks.<br />
During the <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> academic year we welcomed at<br />
least 352 visitors from at least 39 countries. The largest<br />
numbers of visitors were from Japan, China, and Korea,<br />
and there appeared to be a significant increase in the<br />
number of post-docs. A first for the Resource <strong>Center</strong> this<br />
year was a visitor from Bangladesh.<br />
Our visitors were welcomed and served by eight<br />
international spouse advisors from six countries who<br />
collectively spoke seven languages in addition to English.<br />
Once they had been through their individual training<br />
sessions, the spouse advisors became adept at guiding<br />
visitors through their adaptations to life at <strong>Stanford</strong>. They<br />
also were available to spouses who would come to the<br />
Resource <strong>Center</strong> for a friendly conversation and words of<br />
encouragement. We continue to see a large number of<br />
male spouses whose wives are the post-docs or visiting<br />
scholars.<br />
We currently have a number of special projects that we<br />
are considering for the coming academic year. One is to<br />
expand our notebook containing distinct opportunities<br />
for spouses who are medical doctors in their home<br />
countries but are not permitted to practice medicine<br />
while here. Another is to develop current information on<br />
classes that are offered on the internet.<br />
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We are grateful to the international spouses who have<br />
volunteered their time and their talents as advisors in the<br />
Resource <strong>Center</strong>. Having themselves gone through the<br />
transition to life at <strong>Stanford</strong>, they have enabled newlyarrived<br />
spouses to successfully work their ways through<br />
similar transitions.
Spouse & Family Programs<br />
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The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong><br />
OVERSEAS SCHOLARSHIPS <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
On behalf of <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>, the Overseas Resource<br />
<strong>Center</strong> administers and/or provides advising for the<br />
following scholarships for study and research overseas:<br />
Scholarship<br />
Name<br />
AU-Cairo<br />
Internship<br />
Program*<br />
Boren Graduate<br />
Fellowship*<br />
Boren<br />
Undergraduate<br />
Scholarship<br />
Churchill<br />
Scholarship<br />
Critical<br />
Language<br />
Scholarship*<br />
DAAD Graduate<br />
Awards<br />
English-<br />
Speaking Union<br />
Scholarship*<br />
Free <strong>University</strong><br />
Berlin Graduate<br />
Exchange<br />
Fulbright (IIE)<br />
Scholarship<br />
Fulbright-Hays<br />
Scholarship<br />
(DDRA)<br />
Gates<br />
Cambridge<br />
Scholarship*<br />
Gilman<br />
Scholarship<br />
Haas-Koshland<br />
Award*<br />
Luce Scholarship<br />
(3 nominations<br />
allowed)<br />
Marshall<br />
Scholarship<br />
Applicants Winners<br />
1 0<br />
5 2<br />
3 0<br />
4 1<br />
6 (+unknown) 6<br />
7 3<br />
4 (+unknown) 1<br />
4 1<br />
74 16 (15 accepted)<br />
8 4<br />
<strong>12</strong> (+ unknown) 3<br />
3 (+ unknown) 3<br />
1 0<br />
5 0<br />
32 2<br />
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Scholarship<br />
Name<br />
Applicants Winners<br />
Mitchell<br />
Scholarship<br />
4 2<br />
Rhodes<br />
Scholarship<br />
27 5<br />
Total: 200 + 50<br />
* Please note that for the awards that do not have a<br />
campus process, we are unable to determne exact number<br />
of applications as students apply directly to the scholarship<br />
organization.<br />
The following <strong>Stanford</strong> faculty and staff members<br />
served on the <strong>Stanford</strong> IIE Fulbright Panel<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>:<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Khalil Barhoum<br />
Lecturer in Arabic, Language <strong>Center</strong><br />
Marc Bertrand<br />
Professor of French and Italian, Emeritus<br />
Shalini Bhutani<br />
Associate Director, <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
Vinod Bhutani<br />
Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology<br />
Kristin Black<br />
Advisor, Undergraduate Advising & Research<br />
Tom Black<br />
Associate Vice Provost for Student<br />
Affairs & <strong>University</strong> Registrar<br />
Robin Bot-Miller<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Mexico, 2004-2005<br />
Kristin Conner<br />
Advisor, Career Development <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Amanda Cravens<br />
Fulbright Scholar to New Zealand<br />
• Rodolfo Dirzo<br />
Bing Professor in Environmental Science;<br />
Senior Fellow, Woods Inst. Environment<br />
• Kara Downey<br />
Graduate Student in Political Science<br />
• Shirley Feldman<br />
Professor of Human Biology<br />
• Benjamin Fohner<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Australia, 2007-2008<br />
• Grace Gao<br />
Researcher, Aeronautics and Astronautics<br />
• Joshua Genyzke<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Netherlands, 2006-2007
Faculty and staff members on the <strong>Stanford</strong> IIE Fulbright<br />
Committee (continued)<br />
• Sally Gressens<br />
Assistant Dean, School of Engineering<br />
• Hans Gumbrecht<br />
Albert Guerard, Professor of Literature<br />
• Linda Hess<br />
Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies<br />
• Philip Hubbard<br />
Lecturer, Language <strong>Center</strong>; Director,<br />
English for Foreign Students<br />
• Kathryn Hymes<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Hungary, 2010-<strong>2011</strong><br />
• Sarah Ives<br />
Fulbright Scholar to South Africa, 2010-<strong>2011</strong><br />
• Samuel Kahn<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Germany, 2008-2009<br />
• Donald Kennedy<br />
Prof. of Environmental Science; Senior<br />
Fellow, Woods Inst. Environment<br />
• David Katzenstein<br />
Professor and Researcher, Medicine<br />
& Infectious Diseases<br />
• Beth Levin<br />
Professor in Linguistics<br />
• Donald Lowe<br />
Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences<br />
• Claire Liu<br />
Fulbright Scholar to China, 2008-2009<br />
• Ryan Louie<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Japan, 1998-1999<br />
• Jay Mandal<br />
Fulbright Scholar to India, 1997-1998<br />
• Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz<br />
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History<br />
• Sarah Mumuahl<br />
Fulbright Scholar to Mexico, 2010-<strong>2011</strong><br />
• Kate McKinney<br />
Fulbright Scholar ETA to Germany, 2007-2008<br />
• Niko Milonopoulos<br />
Fulbright Scholar to the European Union, 2009-2010<br />
• Margaret Murphy<br />
<strong>International</strong> Services Specialist, <strong>Bechtel</strong> Intl <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Brad Osgood<br />
Prof. of Electrical Engineering; Senior<br />
Assoc. Dean for Student Affairs<br />
• Sharon Palmer<br />
Associate Vice Provost, Undergraduate Students<br />
• John Pearson<br />
Director, <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Connie Rylance<br />
Lecturer, Language <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Kenneth Romeo<br />
Academic Technology Specialist<br />
• Susan Schofield<br />
Academic Secretary to the <strong>University</strong><br />
• Dick Scott<br />
Professor of Sociology, Emeritus<br />
• Laura Selznick<br />
Student Affairs Officer, Undergraduate<br />
Advising and Research<br />
• Margaret Sena<br />
Student Affairs Officer<br />
• Morgan Springer<br />
Fulbright Scholar ETA to Thailand, 2006-2007<br />
• Peter Stansky<br />
France and Charles Field Professor<br />
of History, Emeritus<br />
• Bendan Walsh<br />
Director, Office of <strong>International</strong> Affairs<br />
• Tom Wasow<br />
Professor of Linguistics<br />
• Hans Weiler<br />
Professor of Education and Political Science, Emeritus<br />
• Robert Wessling<br />
Associate Director, <strong>Center</strong> for Russian,<br />
East European & Eurasian Studies<br />
• Patience Young<br />
Museum Curator, Cantor Arts <strong>Center</strong><br />
• Richard Yuen<br />
Assistant Dean/Judicial Officer<br />
The following <strong>Stanford</strong> faculty, staff, graduate<br />
students and alumni served on the <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Rhodes-Marshall Panel <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>:<br />
Committee Chair<br />
Rex Jamison<br />
Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Academic Secretary to<br />
the <strong>University</strong>, Rhodes Scholar<br />
Interviewers<br />
• John Anderson, Doctoral Graduate<br />
Student, Economics, Rhodes Scholar<br />
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• Daniel Armanios, Doctoral Graduate<br />
Student, Management Science and<br />
Engineering, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• W. David Ball , Assistant Professor, Santa<br />
Clara Law School, Rhodes Scholar<br />
•<br />
Brian Belchers, Consultant, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Shalini Bhutani, Associate Director,<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
•<br />
Elizabeth Chapman, Poet, Marshall Scholar<br />
• Kate Fickle, Retired Director of PRTM, <strong>University</strong><br />
of Sussex (MA) ‘76, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Nicholas Hope, Director, <strong>Stanford</strong> Institute<br />
of Economic Policy, Rhodes Scholar<br />
•<br />
Patrick Hunt, Lecturer, Classics<br />
• Rex Jamison, Professor of Medicine,<br />
Emeritus, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Brian Johnsrud, Graduate Student, Modern<br />
Thought and Literature, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Jessica Lee, Doctoral Graduate<br />
Student, Environmental Earth System<br />
Science, Marshall Scholar<br />
• Rishi Mediratta, Medical Student,<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Dan-El Padilla, Graduate Student, Classics,<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Oxford (MPhil) ‘08<br />
•<br />
•<br />
John Pearson, Director, <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
Alex Pollen, Medical Student, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Jon Reider, High School<br />
Counselor, Marshall Scholar<br />
•<br />
Peter Stansky, Professor of History, Emeritus<br />
• Paul Van Buren, Senior Counsel,<br />
Retired, Rhodes Scholar<br />
•<br />
Julie Veroff, Director, Face Aids, Rhodes Scholar<br />
• Emily Warren, Doctoral Student, Economics<br />
and Law, <strong>Stanford</strong>, Rhodes Scholar<br />
Other scholarships:<br />
The following individuals served on the selection<br />
panel for the Luce Scholars Program Scholarship:<br />
•<br />
Vinod Bhutani (Professor of Pediatrics)<br />
• Walter P. Falcon (Helen C. Farnsworth Professor of<br />
<strong>International</strong> Agricultural Policy, Emeritus)<br />
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Faculty Representatives for the German Academic<br />
Exchange Awards (DAAD) and the Free <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Berlin Graduate Award:<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Elizabeth Bernhardt (Professor of German Studies)<br />
James Sheehan (Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus)<br />
Faculty Readers for the Churchill Scholarship:<br />
• Rex Jamison (MD and Professor of Medicine, Emeritus,<br />
Academic Secretary to the <strong>University</strong><br />
•<br />
Stephen Quake (Professor of Applied Physics)<br />
The following Students were awarded overseas<br />
scholarships in <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>:<br />
Boren Graduate Fellowship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Elizabeth Buckner<br />
Sophie Theis<br />
Churchill Scholarship<br />
•<br />
Ariana Peck<br />
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young<br />
Professionals<br />
•<br />
Esperanza Guevara<br />
Critical Language Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Jessica Chen, Tajikistan<br />
Huy Dao, China<br />
Joseph Delgado, Morocco<br />
Imani Franklin, Jordan<br />
Leslie Grothaus, South Korea<br />
Teresa Nguyen, Morocco<br />
DAAD Graduate Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Amy DaPonte<br />
Ronald Pomper<br />
John Ten Hoeve<br />
English-Speaking Union Scholarship<br />
•<br />
Isaac Bleaman<br />
Free <strong>University</strong> Berlin Graduate Exchange Fellowship<br />
•<br />
Joshua Gentzke<br />
Fulbright Scholarship<br />
•<br />
Rachel Antonsen, Jordan
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Samantha Astudillo, Mexico (ETA)<br />
Lovelee Brown, South Korea<br />
Abena Bruce, Ghana<br />
Margaret Chapman, UK (declined)<br />
Melanie Goldstein, Italy<br />
Rebecca Kraut, Georgia<br />
Maija Leff, Latvia<br />
Connor Pierson, Brazil (ETA)<br />
Molly Pucci, Czech Republic and Poland<br />
Kevin Singleton, Japan<br />
Jacqueline Tandler, France<br />
Kiah Thorn, Spain (ETA)<br />
Erica Toews, Malaysia (ETA)<br />
Alisha Tolani, Honduras<br />
Aurora Zhang, Germany<br />
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Award<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Wesley Chaney<br />
Shannon Davidson<br />
Jennifer Haskell<br />
Gina Russo<br />
Gates Cambridge Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Lucinda Lai<br />
Sarah Mummah<br />
Nehel Khanani<br />
Gilman Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Andrew Dotey<br />
Iberia Zafira<br />
Stephanie Ogonor<br />
Marshall Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Rayden Llano<br />
Will Stoeckle<br />
Mitchell Scholarship<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Philippe deKoning<br />
Tommy Tobin<br />
Rhodes Scholarship<br />
•<br />
Aysha Bagchi<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Anand Habib<br />
Ishan Nath<br />
Kate Niehaus<br />
Tenzin Seldon<br />
Rotary <strong>International</strong><br />
•<br />
Reagan Thompson<br />
ORC ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND<br />
DEVELOPMENTS IN <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
This year, the Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> continued<br />
to increase the quality of scholarship outreach<br />
sessions, which consequently increased the number<br />
of applicants and award recipients. Over the course<br />
of the year, there was also continued collaboration<br />
among campus partners including Bing Overseas<br />
Studies Programs (BOSP) and Career Development<br />
<strong>Center</strong> (CDC) through the annual Away from <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Opportunities Fair as well as with the Haas <strong>Center</strong><br />
for Public Policy through the Haas Year of Service<br />
Fair. We also worked with Student Affairs offices and<br />
Community <strong>Center</strong>s where we conducted scholarship<br />
information sessions. In addition, meetings and joint<br />
scholarship information sessions continued to be<br />
held with Undergraduate Advising and Research and<br />
the Haas <strong>Center</strong> for Public Service to promote both<br />
overseas and domestic awards across campus.<br />
ORC Personnel<br />
At the beginning of the academic year, Tamara Cogan<br />
was the main Front Desk Coordinator. Her primary role<br />
was to take passport photos, process ISIC as well as work<br />
on projects and perform a number of administrative<br />
duties. We also hired Mikaela Hinds as a temporary<br />
worker in August <strong>2011</strong> to help with our busy Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
scholarship season. In November Tamara left the ORC for<br />
a full-time position at the <strong>Stanford</strong> Bing Overseas Study<br />
Program Office. Mikaela continued as the ORC Front Desk<br />
Coordinator until February 20<strong>12</strong> when she left for her<br />
own personal world travels to India and to pursue job<br />
opportunities closer to her home. In April 20<strong>12</strong>, Candice<br />
Nance was hired as the new part-time ORC Front Desk<br />
Administrative Coordinator. In mid-May Elsa Gontrum<br />
was hired as the interim ORC Manager in a 6-month fixed<br />
term assignment, while Diane Murk left for her maternity<br />
leave of absence from the end of May to the beginning of<br />
September. Over the summer Elsa and Candice worked<br />
in the ORC. Throughout the year, we had several student<br />
workers, including Rick Castro, Monica Climaco and<br />
Jeremy Miranda who assisted with the passport photo<br />
service and small projects.<br />
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Photos and ISIC<br />
Photograph and <strong>International</strong> Student Identification Card<br />
(ISIC) services were offered from 1-5pm on weekdays. We<br />
extended the hours to 11am-5pm during the third week<br />
of each quarter as it coincides with the BOSP study abroad<br />
program deadlines, and increased the Front Desk coverage<br />
during these peak times to handle the student rush for<br />
photos.<br />
Resource Library<br />
The ORC library is still used regularly by students who<br />
consult the binders of successful essays written by <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
scholarship recipients.<br />
Overview of Overseas Scholarship Outreach<br />
The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> (ORC) makes a considerable<br />
effort to publicize all international scholarships and<br />
provide assistance in preparing applications. Outreach<br />
aims to:<br />
• Provide student with information and guidance to<br />
inform their decision to apply, and to assist in the<br />
preparation of applications. We continue to see an<br />
increase in the number of applications from recent<br />
graduates, as opposed to graduating seniors.<br />
• Identify potential applicants who will be studying<br />
overseas in spring and summer and meet with each of<br />
them during Winter Quarter.<br />
• Provide informational materials, which realistically<br />
state the demands on students who do apply.<br />
• Provide information on how to start thinking about<br />
each application and the preliminary steps necessary.<br />
• Ensure that the ORC website and handouts are up<br />
to date so that students are able to quickly find<br />
information on the awards and contact information for<br />
advisors.<br />
• Encourage students to seek advising as early<br />
as possible for staff in the ORC and the <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
During Winter and Spring Quarters 20<strong>12</strong>, emails were sent<br />
to juniors and seniors with high GPAs (3.75 and above),<br />
student writing honors theses, and students who won<br />
grants through Undergraduate Advising and Research<br />
(UAR) and the Haas <strong>Center</strong>. Nominations were solicited<br />
from departmental chairs, selected faculty, undergraduate<br />
representatives, and department administrators. Electronic<br />
distribution lists were established to inform students of<br />
open meetings and the names of faculty and staff who<br />
should be approached concerning the awards.<br />
Over 800 <strong>Stanford</strong> juniors, seniors and co-terms were<br />
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identified through this process. Students were then<br />
contacted and encouraged to attend the information<br />
sessions or speak with staff at the ORC. Alumni who were<br />
identified were encouraged to contact the ORC by email or<br />
phone.<br />
During winter, spring, and summer, the ORC coordinated<br />
numerous information meetings for students and staff<br />
covering application procedures and content. During the<br />
summer, staff at the ORC and the <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong><br />
center regularly met and corresponded with students.<br />
The staff at the ORC continued to develop the Rhodes and<br />
Marshall Mentor Program, which pairs <strong>Stanford</strong> applicants<br />
with a former <strong>Stanford</strong> Rhodes or Marshall scholars for<br />
one-on-one guidance over the summer. Currently over 75<br />
alumni are actively involved in this program.<br />
Our goal with outreach was to ensure that those students<br />
who may be interested in such opportunities would, first,<br />
be identified and, second, be provided with the necessary<br />
advice and information.<br />
We are also attaching an overview of the outreach<br />
conducted in 20<strong>12</strong>. This overview is found at the end of this<br />
report in Appendix A on page 36.<br />
Campus Collaboration and Outreach<br />
• 2 outreach fairs (Haas <strong>Center</strong> Year of Service Fair – Oct.<br />
27, <strong>2011</strong>, Away from <strong>Stanford</strong> Fair- Nov. 3, <strong>2011</strong>)<br />
• 1 presentation to El Centro Chicano Community <strong>Center</strong><br />
(January 23, 20<strong>12</strong>)<br />
• 6 South Row Dinners with students at Elizabeth<br />
Bernhardt’s house (April 16-18 and 23-25, 20<strong>12</strong>)<br />
• 1 joint fellowship outreach session (UAR, Haas April<br />
20<strong>12</strong>)<br />
• 2 Rhodes-Marshall scholar student socials (April 19,<br />
May 9, 20<strong>12</strong>)<br />
• 1 Rhodes discussion with Senator Russell Feingold<br />
(March 6, 20<strong>12</strong>)<br />
Overseas Scholarship Week – April 9-13, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
Our annual weeklong series of information sessions with<br />
scholarship representatives and student panels included:<br />
•<br />
Monday, April 9 – UK and Ireland Awards - Rhodes<br />
Marshall Mitchell Churchill<br />
• Tuesday, April 10 – DAAD Awards; Gates Cambridge<br />
Scholarship<br />
• Wednesday, April 11 - Funding Study Abroad as an<br />
Undergraduate; Luce scholars panel<br />
• Thursday, April <strong>12</strong> - Graduate Study Fellowships;<br />
Fulbright Grants<br />
•<br />
Friday, April 13, IIE Awards; ORC Open House
Scholarships Mentor Match<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Recognition<br />
20 Rhodes-Marshall applicants were matched with<br />
a Rhodes-Marshall mentor to work with during the<br />
summer<br />
52 Fulbright applicants were matched with <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Fulbright Grantee Alumni with regards to their<br />
proposed country or field of study<br />
3 Gates Cambridge candidates were matched with<br />
Gates mentors<br />
3 Luce Scholar Program candidate finalists were<br />
connected with Luce Mentors<br />
In April, our new scholars, the successful candidates going to<br />
study in UK in 20<strong>12</strong> were invited for a luncheon with British<br />
Consul General, Priya Guha at the Faculty Club. We held an<br />
Overseas Scholarship Winner’s Reception on May 10, 20<strong>12</strong><br />
and invited winners and their choice of faculty member and<br />
panel members. The names of the scholarship winners are<br />
recognized and posted on the bulletin board in the ORC and<br />
on the ORC website.<br />
Database<br />
The database discussion meetings continued in the Fall<br />
<strong>2011</strong>, Winter and Spring 20<strong>12</strong>. Danny Crichton, alumni and<br />
Fulbright grantee in Korea met with Diane in November<br />
and March. Another round of testing of the system was<br />
conducted in the March and April. This phase of the<br />
database concluded in May 20<strong>12</strong>. Over the summer, the ORC<br />
team worked to develop a template database with Filemaker<br />
Pro as another option to track students and scholarship<br />
candidates. The project was put on hold until the Winter<br />
2013. Our aim is to begin actively using the database to help<br />
track applicants over a span of years and increase efficiency<br />
in the scholarship campus process.<br />
IDEA Grant<br />
We applied for the IDEA Grant - Innovation in Diversity,<br />
Engagement and Awareness in January <strong>2011</strong> offered by<br />
Student Affairs and Google. We were awarded the grant for<br />
our Overseas Scholarship Diversity Outreach project a few<br />
months later. The purpose of this project was to engage<br />
Student Affairs staff to help the ORC increase awareness and<br />
knowledge about international scholarships and funding<br />
opportunities among underrepresented undergraduate<br />
and graduate students and to encourage qualified students<br />
to apply for these awards. The project consists of three<br />
components: 1) To create 3-5 short video film clips of 4-7<br />
past overseas scholarship winners who come from diverse<br />
backgrounds; 2) To design and facilitate an Overseas<br />
Scholarship Diversity Outreach session for the target group<br />
of Student Affairs professionals. These 3-5 minute video clips<br />
would be screened during the session; 3) To post the<br />
interview film clips on the ORC website as a resource for<br />
future applicants and for the community. In July <strong>2011</strong>,<br />
we hired Camira Powell, a Communications major, to<br />
coordinate the project. We also purchased a Sony DCR-<br />
SX85 handy video camera also to be used for future<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> videos. Camira filmed,<br />
recorded and edited the brief interviews, and once<br />
completed, they were put up on You Tube in August.<br />
The project continued in <strong>2011</strong>-20<strong>12</strong> with the outreach<br />
session scheduled for November 29, <strong>2011</strong> and<br />
culminated in a presentation at the Student Affairs<br />
Poster Assessment Session on May 18, 20<strong>12</strong>.<br />
IDEA Grant Project and Poster Session – presented on<br />
May 18, 20<strong>12</strong> (see page 38 for poster)<br />
Purpose<br />
Through the Innovations in Diversity, Engagement<br />
and Awareness Grant (IDEA Grant), we provided a<br />
creative outreach approach to <strong>Stanford</strong> Student Affairs<br />
professionals to help increase the awareness of overseas<br />
scholarships. Our poster outlined the Diversity Outreach<br />
Workshop Session and highlighted the short interview<br />
film clips of past international scholarship winners who<br />
come from diverse backgrounds.<br />
Data Gathering<br />
We invited a targeted group of Student Affairs<br />
professionals to our lunchtime diversity outreach<br />
workshop on November 29, <strong>2011</strong>. In Summer <strong>2011</strong>, we<br />
interviewed 6 past international scholarship winners<br />
including Rhodes and Marshall Scholars from diverse<br />
backgrounds to create video clips for the outreach<br />
workshop and ORC website.<br />
Key Findings<br />
We are seeing more response and referrals from<br />
Community <strong>Center</strong>s and some campus partners.<br />
We sent an email to science faculty requesting<br />
recommendations for students in the STEM fields.<br />
Significance<br />
This project will allow the ORC to develop a wider<br />
range of outreach activities aimed at encouraging more<br />
diversity within the applicant pool. We can now develop<br />
evaluative tools to assess this diversity outreach.<br />
The National Association of Fellowship Advisors<br />
(NAFA) New Advisors Summer Workshop<br />
From September <strong>2011</strong> to June 20<strong>12</strong>, we planned,<br />
organized and hosted The National Association of<br />
Fellowship Advisors (NAFA) New Advisors Summer<br />
Workshop on our campus on July 19 and 20. The<br />
planning committee consisted of fellowship advisors<br />
from <strong>University</strong> of California, Berkeley, San Francisco<br />
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State <strong>University</strong> and <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>. Over 50<br />
fellowship advisors and foundation representatives<br />
from around the country convened at the <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> for the day and a half workshop.<br />
The Marshall Scholars Conference<br />
The <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> co-hosted the<br />
Marshall Scholars Reunion Conference on campus on<br />
June 22 and 23, 20<strong>12</strong>. Several of <strong>Stanford</strong>’s Marshall<br />
Scholar alumni were able to attend this year’s event.<br />
ORC Sales<br />
The ORC sells passport photos and <strong>International</strong><br />
Student ID Cards (ISIC) to the <strong>Stanford</strong> community, as<br />
well as to the public.<br />
Fall<br />
‘11<br />
Winter<br />
‘<strong>12</strong><br />
Spring<br />
‘<strong>12</strong><br />
Summer<br />
‘<strong>12</strong><br />
Total<br />
Passport<br />
Photos<br />
334 431 527 114 1406<br />
ISIC 102 91 157 27 337<br />
Strategic Goals<br />
The ORC’s main goals for 20<strong>12</strong>/2013 are:<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Improve scholarship outreach through the<br />
faculty nomination process and among<br />
academic departments.<br />
Implement the ORC applicant database to<br />
manage and track interested students and<br />
alumni.<br />
Continue to increase diversity among<br />
scholarship applicant pool by working with<br />
campus partners.<br />
Organize an event for Fulbright U.S. and<br />
international students and scholars and<br />
prospective candidates to increase exposure<br />
to these programs and expand their crosscultural<br />
networks.<br />
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Appendix A<br />
Overview of Scholarship Outreach Conducted in<br />
Winter and Spring 20<strong>12</strong><br />
• Approximately 175 individual appointments with<br />
Rhodes/Marshall/Churchill applicants or potential<br />
applicants<br />
• Nomination requests to distribution lists for<br />
Faculty, Staff, RAs, Administrators<br />
• Nominations solicited from all <strong>Stanford</strong> faulty and<br />
staff who wrote for R/M applicants last year<br />
• Personalized invitations to students (“Professor X<br />
recommended I contact you…”)<br />
• Invitations sent to Haas <strong>Center</strong> Fellowship<br />
Applicants<br />
• Email invitations to junior and seniors with high<br />
GPAs (3.75+)<br />
• Email invitations to all students writing honors<br />
theses<br />
• 5 articles published in <strong>Stanford</strong> Report on<br />
scholarship winners<br />
• 5 information sessions held at <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> during Winter Quarter<br />
• <strong>12</strong> information sessions held at <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> during Spring Quarter<br />
• 14 application workshops held at <strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> during Spring Quarter (2<br />
workshops were in collaboration with Hume<br />
Writing <strong>Center</strong>.)<br />
• ORC event “Overseas Scholarship Week” – 8 info<br />
sessions and an open house during Spring Quarter<br />
o Flyers posted around campus advertising<br />
Scholarship Week<br />
o Posters posted around campus advertising<br />
Scholarship Week<br />
o Overseas Scholarship Week announcements<br />
on the <strong>Stanford</strong> Events Website and the<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Report<br />
• 2 Rhodes/Marshall social mixers – Students meet<br />
the Scholars<br />
• 1 Discussion with Senator Russell Feingold as a<br />
Rhodes Scholar<br />
• 1 joint fellowship outreach session (UAR, Haas,<br />
ORC)
• 3 outreach fairs (Away from <strong>Stanford</strong> Fair, Haas<br />
<strong>Center</strong> Year of Service Fair, SUSE Resource Fair)<br />
• 6 South Row dinners with students<br />
• 2 workshops on how to prepare for the campus<br />
interviews<br />
• 2 workshops on how to prepare for the regional<br />
and district interviews<br />
• Throughout the summer applicants submitted<br />
drafts of statements of purpose to ORC staff for<br />
critique<br />
• In November, students who were invited to Rhodes<br />
and Marshall regional and district interviews were<br />
matched with Rhodes and Marshall scholars<br />
• In April, our new scholars, the successful<br />
candidates going to study in the UK in 20<strong>12</strong>, were<br />
invited for a luncheon with the British Consul<br />
General at the Faculty club<br />
• In May, we held the annual Scholarship Grantees<br />
Recognition Reception<br />
• Names of scholarship winners are posted in the<br />
bulletin board in the ORC and on the ORC website<br />
Scholarship Winners<br />
U.K. Consul Lunch<br />
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Fulbright Scholarship<br />
Rhodes Scholarship<br />
Marshall Scholarship<br />
Churchill Scholarship<br />
Boren Graduate Fellowship<br />
Boren Undergraduate Fellowship<br />
Rotary Scholarship<br />
English Speaking Union<br />
Mitchell Scholarship<br />
Gilman Scholarship<br />
Luce Scholars Program Award<br />
Mitchell Scholarship<br />
DAAD Graduate Awards<br />
DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship<br />
Scholarships<br />
for Study & Research<br />
Overseas<br />
The Overseas Resource <strong>Center</strong> provides advice<br />
& support to <strong>Stanford</strong> students interested in<br />
scholarships for study & research abroad.<br />
and many more…..<br />
Open Monday ~ Friday 10am to 5pm<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, Second Floor<br />
For more information, visit Overseas Resources <strong>Center</strong> at<br />
http://icenter.stanford.edu/orc/<br />
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Technology at the I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE<br />
Three new desktop computers and a laptop were<br />
purchased for staff to replace old (and out-of-warranty)<br />
computers. Additional licenses for Dreamweaver<br />
and Adobe Acrobat were also purchased.<br />
NETWORK & WEB<br />
A number of new Filemaker databases were created to<br />
track scholar and permanent residency applications. All<br />
of our fi lemaker databases were moved to Filemaker <strong>12</strong>.<br />
Instead of housing Filemaker on our inhouse server, it<br />
was decided that the databases would be stored on the<br />
VPSA server. Before Filemaker <strong>12</strong> could be installed on<br />
and accessed by all individual computers, a number of<br />
computers had operating systems upgraded to Mac OS<br />
10.6.<br />
We continued to create and use formbuilder forms for<br />
various applications and events.<br />
OBJECTIVES MET THIS YEAR<br />
Phase 2 of the workfl ow process in Peoplesoft was<br />
started in early 20<strong>12</strong>. This phase included an alert<br />
system for H-1B and other employment based visa<br />
types. Design and development for this phase continued<br />
through the year.<br />
The <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> website continued to<br />
be added to and enhanced with new information and<br />
changing regulations. A new section was added to the<br />
website for <strong>Stanford</strong> students going abroad.<br />
Regular training sessions were implemented to train new<br />
administrators in using the workfl ow process to request<br />
J and H visas.<br />
OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMING YEAR<br />
Continue with Phase 2 of the <strong>Bechtel</strong> Workfl ow process<br />
which would encompass alerts system for employment<br />
based visas and also online applications for visa<br />
document extensions and change of program for F1<br />
and J1 students.<br />
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PROGRAMS <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
Programs and Events<br />
at the I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
Regular meetings were held by a Program<br />
Committee. The goals of the committee were:<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
To evaluate program proposals from student<br />
organizations.<br />
To initiate selected programs sponsored by<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong>: e.g. <strong>International</strong> Week, Winter Quarter<br />
Discussion Series and the Faculty-Graduate<br />
Student Lunch Discussion Series.<br />
To coordinate outreach and publicity for our<br />
programs.<br />
Some of the programs we offer are run directly by<br />
the I-<strong>Center</strong> staff and we also provide assistance to<br />
student groups to run their own programs. Most of<br />
our events are free and open to the public.<br />
Here is a summary of the events which the I-<strong>Center</strong><br />
organized, or provided a venue for, during the<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> year. Many of these events were presented<br />
in conjunction with student groups and supported<br />
by funding from the Billie Achilles fund and the<br />
Riddle Family Foundation.<br />
We would like to thank all of these individuals and<br />
groups for their support, and hard work. Without<br />
them, the I-<strong>Center</strong> would not have been able to<br />
offer such a range of programs and opportunities.<br />
Fall Quarter Events<br />
In addition to family programs and events, we hosted<br />
390 evening and weekend events at the I-<strong>Center</strong> during<br />
the quarter. Approximately 4,214 people attended.<br />
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Ball Room Dancing (<strong>Stanford</strong> Ballroom)<br />
Canadian Thanksgiving (<strong>Stanford</strong> Canadian<br />
Club)<br />
Chinese Dinner<br />
Chinese National Day (Chinese Life-science<br />
Postdocs and Students at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
(CLIPSS))<br />
Classical Chamber Trio Concert<br />
Crayfish Dinner (Scandinavians At <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
EAS Dinner and a Movie (Europeans At<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
EAS Welcome Event (Europeans At <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
Eid-al Adha Celebration (Turkish Student<br />
Association)<br />
FACE AIDS Fall Conference (Haas <strong>Center</strong> for<br />
Public Service)<br />
Fall BBQ (Argentinos en <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
Feuerzangenbowle (<strong>Stanford</strong> German Student<br />
Association)<br />
Film: Soldiers of Conscience (<strong>Stanford</strong> Says No<br />
to War)<br />
HIP Yoga (<strong>Stanford</strong> BeWell Program)<br />
HKSA Movie Night (Hong Kong Student<br />
Association)<br />
Indian Classical Dance Lecture Demonstration<br />
(Noopur)<br />
Indian Dinner<br />
<strong>International</strong> Alumni Mini-Reunion<br />
IUC Reunion Dinner (<strong>International</strong><br />
Undergraduate Committee)<br />
IUC Movie Screenings (<strong>International</strong><br />
Undergraduate Committee)<br />
Marketing Workshop (<strong>Stanford</strong> Marketing<br />
Group)<br />
Meeting with Member of German Parliament<br />
(<strong>Stanford</strong> German Student Association)<br />
Mexican Barbecue (Mexican Student<br />
Association)<br />
Movie Night (Europeans At <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
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Nightclub Salsa<br />
Oktoberfest (<strong>Stanford</strong> German Student<br />
Association)<br />
Philippine Holiday Party (Filipino Students<br />
Association/Pilipino American Student<br />
Union)<br />
Poetry Night (Persian Student Association)<br />
Potluck<br />
Resume Workshop (<strong>Stanford</strong> Women in<br />
Business)<br />
Rice Reunion (Turkish Student Association)<br />
Rugby World Cup<br />
Salsa<br />
Salsa Social (Los Salseros de <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
SEF Grant Recipients’ Reception<br />
Soul Line Dancing (<strong>Stanford</strong> Soul Line<br />
Dancers)<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Historical Society Meeting<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> in Berlin Reunion (Bing Overseas<br />
Studies Program)<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Zeta Psi Reunion<br />
Talk: Entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley<br />
(<strong>Center</strong> for Entrepreneurial Studies, GSB)<br />
Talk: Hidden Road Initiative (Armenian<br />
Students Association)<br />
Talk: History of Silicon Valley<br />
Talk: Immigration Legislation Day (MEChA<br />
de <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
Talk: Madhav Chavan, Skoll Foundation<br />
<strong>2011</strong> Entrepreneur of the Year (<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong> School of Education)<br />
Talk: Rocking Theocracy: The Casualty<br />
Process at <strong>Stanford</strong> (Atheists, Humanists,<br />
and Agnostics at <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
Talk: <strong>Stanford</strong> As We See It<br />
Talk: Successful Women Salon (Chinese<br />
Women Collective at <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
Talk: The Unintended Consequence of<br />
Microfinance (<strong>Stanford</strong> Engagement and<br />
Activism in Microfinance)<br />
Talk: Transitions to <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Turkish Autumn Brunch (Turkish Student<br />
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Turkish Film Series – Fall Quarter (Turkish<br />
Student Association)<br />
Turkish Folk Dance (Yore Folk Ensemble)<br />
Undergraduate and Graduate Students<br />
Orientation<br />
Undergraduate Lunch<br />
Women in a New World Movie<br />
Winter Quarter Events<br />
In addition to family programs and events, we hosted<br />
172 evening and weekend events at the I-<strong>Center</strong> during<br />
the quarter. Approximately 1,708 people attended.<br />
• Argentinean, Chilean and Mexican Party<br />
(Chilean <strong>Stanford</strong> Student Association)<br />
• Beginning Two-Step Lesson<br />
(<strong>Stanford</strong> Viennese Ball)<br />
• Brown Bag Lunch Series<br />
• CAA Presentation (<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Students in Entertainment)<br />
• Canadian Classic Theater (Canadian Club)<br />
• Coaching Corps Coach Training<br />
(<strong>Stanford</strong> Coaching Corps)<br />
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Conference: Environmental Learning in the Bay<br />
Area (Woods Institute for the Environment)<br />
Discussion about Rhodes Scholarship<br />
with Senator Feingold<br />
Dinner and a Movie (Europeans At <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
Eskrima Martial Arts (<strong>Stanford</strong> Eskrima)<br />
Esperanto The <strong>International</strong> Language<br />
Film: Scarred Lands and Wounded<br />
Lives (<strong>Stanford</strong> Says No to War)<br />
French Movie Series (French<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Student Association)<br />
Halwa Poori Traditional Pakistani<br />
Breakfast (Pakistanis at <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
HKUST President Visit (Hong<br />
Kong Student Association)<br />
Hrant Dink Memorial 20<strong>12</strong> (Turkish<br />
Student Association)<br />
Lantern Festival 20<strong>12</strong> (Association of Chinese<br />
Students and Scholars at <strong>Stanford</strong>)
• Meeting with Helene Conway, French Senator<br />
(French <strong>Stanford</strong> Student Association)<br />
• Meeting with TUBITAK President<br />
(Turkish Student Association)<br />
• New Year Party (<strong>Stanford</strong> Japanese Association)<br />
• Parents’ Club of <strong>Stanford</strong> Monthly<br />
Member Meeting w/ Guest Speaker<br />
• Potluck Lunch “<strong>International</strong> Women’s Week”<br />
• Reflections on the Arab Spring<br />
(Jewish Student Association)<br />
• Rueda Practice Dance<br />
• Salsa and Bachata Social (Los<br />
Salseros de <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
• Soul Line Dancing (<strong>Stanford</strong> Soul Line Dancers)<br />
• Spring Celebration (Martisor)<br />
(Romanian Students Association)<br />
• <strong>Stanford</strong> Lohri (<strong>Stanford</strong> Satrang<br />
Sikh Student Association)<br />
• <strong>Stanford</strong>-Tsinghua <strong>University</strong> Chinese Students<br />
Meeting (Chinese Women Collective at <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
• Talk: Education Curricula in Africa<br />
(<strong>Stanford</strong> African Students Association)<br />
• Talk: Challenging Moments in Relationships<br />
(Faculty Staff Help <strong>Center</strong>)<br />
• The <strong>Stanford</strong> Purim Party (Jewish<br />
Student Association)<br />
• Turkish Folk Dance (Yore Folk Ensemble)<br />
• Turkish Winter Brunch (Turkish<br />
Student Association)<br />
• Tsiknopempti (Hellenic Association at <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
• Winter Turkish Film Series ‘<strong>12</strong> (Turkish<br />
Student Association)<br />
Spring Quarter Events:<br />
In addition to family programs and events, we hosted<br />
203 evening and weekend events at the I-<strong>Center</strong> during<br />
the quarter. Approximately 3,214 people attended.<br />
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Invitational Workshops (<strong>Stanford</strong> Taiko)<br />
Advisory Council Meeting<br />
(The Clayman Institute)<br />
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Arepada (Colombian Student<br />
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Berlin Outreach & Sendoff<br />
(BOSP - <strong>Stanford</strong> in Berlin)<br />
CCIS Potluck & Music Night<br />
Céltic Presentation (<strong>Stanford</strong> Help <strong>Center</strong>)<br />
Champions League Final Screening<br />
(European Association at <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
CSLI Visitors from Japan (<strong>Center</strong> for the<br />
Study of Language and Information)<br />
European Research Funding Conference<br />
(European Association at <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
Film Screening of Blessings: The<br />
Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet<br />
(The Clayman Institute)<br />
Fire on Fire VI<br />
Going to Africa Party (<strong>Center</strong><br />
for African Studies)<br />
ISC Recruitment (Inter-Sorority Council)<br />
“La Liga” Spanish Championship<br />
Meeting with Bahcesehir <strong>University</strong> General<br />
Secretary (Turkish Student Association)<br />
Norooz Celebration (Persian<br />
Student Association)<br />
Partners in Crime: A Film by Paromita Vohra<br />
(Sanskriti and <strong>Center</strong> for South Asia)<br />
Passover Dinner (Seder Pesach)<br />
(Jewish Student Association)<br />
Philippine Film Series (Filipino<br />
Graduate Students Association)<br />
Pre-Afrique Fest Meet & Greet with VIP<br />
(<strong>Stanford</strong> African Student Association)<br />
Romanian Film Festival (Romanian<br />
Student Association)<br />
SAEN Monthly Meeting (Sociology<br />
and Education Network)<br />
Save the State Parks campaign: A<br />
discussion with Reid Holderman<br />
(Students for a Sustainable <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
SEALNet Send-Off Dinner (Southeast<br />
Asian Service Leadership Network)<br />
Spring Showcase<br />
Spring Welcome Back BBQ (<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
German Student Association)<br />
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Talk: Biodiversity and Humans’ Well Being:<br />
Lessons from Latin America and Africa<br />
(<strong>Center</strong> for Latin American Studies)<br />
Talk: Eggsploitation (The Clayman Institute)<br />
Talk: Flemish contributions to the settlement<br />
and discovery of the New World (Belgica)<br />
Talk: The Things I Wish I Knew Before<br />
the Job Search (Society of Black<br />
Scientists and Engineers)<br />
Talk: Under Rich Earth (Student’s<br />
for Sustainable <strong>Stanford</strong>)<br />
Talk: Revolutionary Ideas of Marx<br />
(<strong>Stanford</strong> Says NO to War)<br />
Turkish Film Series – Spring Quarter<br />
(Turkish Student Association)<br />
VA postdocs BBQ (<strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Postdoctoral Association)<br />
Victoria Day BBQ (<strong>Stanford</strong> Canadian Club)<br />
VIPSF Study Group (Japanese<br />
Students Associaton)<br />
Women in a New Land (Film Documentary)<br />
Summer Quarter Events<br />
Due to budget constraints and facilities maintenance,<br />
we closed in the evening after 5 PM and stayed<br />
closed on weekends during the summer quarter.<br />
RIDDLE FAMILY FOUNDATION<br />
SUPPORTED EVENTS<br />
In <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> we were able to offer the following<br />
programs with the generous support from the<br />
Riddle Family Foundation, which supports events<br />
that bring together international and US Students.<br />
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Graduate student lunches with faculty<br />
• April 10 Walter Falcon<br />
• April 23 Paul Kim<br />
• May 3 Dave Evans<br />
• May 10 Kathryn Stevens<br />
• May 15 Robert Siegal<br />
Santa Cruz Bus Trip<br />
Thanksgiving Soiree<br />
• Undergraduate student lunches with faculty<br />
• Feb. 7 Steven Boxer<br />
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• Feb. 16 David Abernathy<br />
• Feb. 24 Daniel Fisher<br />
• March 6 Harry Elam<br />
BILLIE ACHILLES EVENTS<br />
The Billie Achilles Fund provides support to international<br />
student organizations to offer programs encouraging<br />
interaction and cultural exchange between people of<br />
various backgrounds including the local community.<br />
Please note the Achilles Fund directly funded the screening<br />
of multiple matches of the Rugby World Cup.<br />
During the academic year of <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> the Fund<br />
supported 40 events by the following organizations:<br />
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AHA at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
ASHA for Education<br />
Asian American Graduate Students<br />
Association of Chinese Students and<br />
Scholars at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Atheists, Humanists, and Agnostics<br />
Chilean <strong>Stanford</strong> Student Association<br />
Columbian Student Association<br />
Cultural Interaction Club<br />
European Association at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
French <strong>Stanford</strong> Student Association<br />
Filipino Graduate Student Association<br />
Hellenic Association at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Hong Kong Student Association<br />
Pakistanis at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Persian Student Association<br />
Ragapella<br />
Romanian Student Association<br />
SPICMACAY<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> African Student Association<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Canadian Club<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> German Association
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<strong>Stanford</strong> Japanese Association<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Taiko<br />
Turkish Student Association<br />
REGULAR EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE<br />
I-CENTER<br />
CCIS English Classes<br />
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American Life and Humor<br />
American Idioms and Issues<br />
American Customs and Institutions<br />
California Travel and Beyond<br />
Communicating Across Cultures<br />
Conversation and Beyond<br />
Conversation Skills for Everyday Living<br />
Introduction to the American Short Story<br />
Media and the U.S. Culture<br />
Practical English for Daily Living<br />
Practice with American Idioms<br />
Vocabulary Development & Accent Reduction<br />
Writing Clear English<br />
Writing Lab<br />
Writing Memoirs and Stories<br />
Rhodes/Marshall & Fulbright meetings<br />
Scholarship Interviews<br />
Immigration Related<br />
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Departmental Quarterly Briefi ngs<br />
F-1 visa Practical Training Workshop<br />
J-1 visa Academic Training<br />
H-1B workshops<br />
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Tax workshops<br />
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Sunday, March 24<br />
Wine<br />
Country<br />
Bus Trip<br />
Join us for a trip to the lovely wine country on Saturday, March 24! Please<br />
make sure to arrive at the I-<strong>Center</strong> by 8:15 am. We will be back by 7:30 pm.<br />
This trip is for adults over 21 years of age and costs $65.The $65 trip fee<br />
includes snacks, bus transportation, tasting tours at Cline Cellars and<br />
Beringer Bros. Winery, and tour of Historic Downtown Sonoma.<br />
If you are interested please sign up at<br />
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/icenter/events/wine.fb<br />
Cline Cellars<br />
Downtown Sonoma<br />
Beringer Bros. Winery<br />
St. Helena<br />
Wine Tasting<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong><br />
Sponsors<br />
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5:30pm!<br />
Picnic on the Lawn! Bring your food<br />
and blankets and warm up for the<br />
performances! The I-<strong>Center</strong> will<br />
provide desserts and soft drinks.<br />
Performances by:!<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Taiko (Japanese drum)<br />
Raagapella (South Asian a cappella)<br />
Mariachi Cardenal de <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
(Mexican music)<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Bhangra Team (Indian Dance)<br />
Samba Mundial (Rio Style Brazilian Dance and<br />
Drum Troupe)<br />
Dance Kaiso (Afro Caribbean Dance/Drum/<br />
Music group)<br />
This event is sponsored by<br />
the <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> and the Billie Achilles Fund
Student Statistics:<br />
Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics provided are for nonimmigrant<br />
international students.<br />
Note that there are two sets of totals quoted in the following<br />
Fall <strong>2011</strong> report for <strong>International</strong> Students.<br />
The total number of MATRICULATED (degree-seeking)<br />
international students is 3,405. The total number of<br />
ALL international students, both matriculated and nonmatriculated<br />
is 3,732. This number does NOT include<br />
postdocs.<br />
The charts and associated tables are annotated as to which<br />
population (matriculated-only versus all-students) is being<br />
represented.<br />
Student statistics are derived from data provided by <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong>’s Office for Institutional Research and was compiled the<br />
third week of the Fall Quarter of <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
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The non-immigrant student population at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>– Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Enrollment as of October 15, <strong>2011</strong> showed a total international student (non-immigrant) registration of 3,732. This population<br />
falls into the following categories:<br />
<strong>International</strong> Total <strong>University</strong> Percentage <strong>International</strong><br />
Graduate Students 2880 8796 32.74%<br />
Undergraduate Students 525 6927 7.57%<br />
Non-matriculated Students 327 904 36.17%<br />
Attendance Permits 0 0 0%<br />
TOTALS (incl. non-matric/AP) 3732 16627 22.45%<br />
Included in the total of 3732 international students:<br />
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3191 students on F-1 visas<br />
255 students on J-1 visas<br />
103 students on H-1 visas<br />
1702 students in doctoral programs<br />
1178 students in masters programs<br />
Women students number 1161 or 31.00% of international students<br />
• 2745 (73.55%) international students are single, 190 (5.09%) note that they are<br />
married or in a partnership, and 797 (21.35%) are unknown marital status<br />
• There are <strong>12</strong>48 new international students. 923 (or 74%) of these new<br />
international students are degree-seeking graduate students<br />
• There are 1142 international postdocs comprising 58.9% of the total posdoc population at <strong>Stanford</strong>. Postdocs<br />
are NOT included in the statistics on this page but are included in the J-1 Exchange scholar statistical<br />
section.<br />
Gender Bachelors Masters Doctorate Attendance<br />
Permit<br />
Non-<br />
Matriculated<br />
Total Students<br />
Men 310 831 1159 0 271 2571<br />
Women 215 347 543 0 56 1161<br />
Total 525 1178 1702 0 327 3732<br />
School<br />
<strong>International</strong> Student Population by Degree Total<br />
Bachelors Masters Doctoral <strong>International</strong><br />
Total Students<br />
in School<br />
Percentage<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
Business 0 282 50 332 940 35.31%<br />
Earth Sciences 8 16 114 138 444 31.08%<br />
Education 0 29 20 49 355 13.80%<br />
Engineering 116 729 768 1613 4435 36.36%<br />
Humanities<br />
and Sciences<br />
144 116 578 838 4468 18.75%<br />
Law 0 0 87 87 631 13.78%<br />
Medicine 0 6 85 91 921 9.88%<br />
Undeclared<br />
Major<br />
257 0 0 257 3529 7.28%<br />
Matriculated<br />
Total<br />
525 1178 1702 3405 15723 21.65%<br />
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The matriculated non-immigrant student population at <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong>–<br />
Fall 2002 through Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
3500<br />
3000<br />
2500<br />
2000<br />
1500<br />
1000<br />
500<br />
0<br />
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 <strong>2011</strong><br />
Undergrad 335 367 384 401 405 425 462 488 493 525<br />
Grad 2554 2601 2662 2679 2740 2728 2726 2732 2830 2880<br />
Undergrad Grad Total Matriculated Int’l<br />
Students<br />
2002 335 2554 2889<br />
2003 367 2601 2968<br />
2004 384 2662 3046<br />
2005 401 2679 3080<br />
2006 405 2740 3145<br />
2007 425 2728 3153<br />
2008 462 2726 3188<br />
2009 488 2732 3220<br />
2010 493 2830 3323<br />
<strong>2011</strong> 525 2880 3405<br />
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56.7% increase in UNDERGRADUATE students in 10 years<br />
<strong>12</strong>.7% increase in GRADUATE students in 10 years
Matriculated international students by world area – Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Asia The Americas Europe Africa<br />
Middle East<br />
& N. Africa<br />
3405 students<br />
Matriculated international students by world area – 2001/ 2006/ <strong>2011</strong><br />
Pacific Basin<br />
2001 1585 482 527 47 184 56<br />
2006 1815 444 5<strong>12</strong> 77 236 61<br />
<strong>2011</strong> 1996 474 579 77 226 52<br />
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Top 10 countries of origin for GRADUATE international students – Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Mexico<br />
64 students<br />
2%<br />
Germany<br />
70 students<br />
2% Iran<br />
72 students<br />
2%<br />
France 77 students<br />
3%<br />
Top 10 countries of origin for UNDERGRAD international students – Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Viet Nam<br />
9 students<br />
2%<br />
Kenya<br />
11 students<br />
2%<br />
Other countries<br />
894 students<br />
31%<br />
Taiwan<br />
78 students<br />
3%<br />
Other countries<br />
207 students<br />
39%<br />
Singapore<br />
114 students<br />
4%<br />
Malaysia<br />
16 students<br />
3%<br />
Thailand<br />
26 students<br />
5%<br />
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Canada<br />
195 students<br />
7%<br />
P.R. China<br />
678 students<br />
24%<br />
Republic of Korea<br />
266 students<br />
9%<br />
Republic of Korea<br />
68 students<br />
13%<br />
Canada<br />
27 students<br />
5%<br />
India<br />
377 students<br />
13%<br />
United Kingdom<br />
36 students<br />
8%<br />
People's Republic<br />
of China<br />
45 students<br />
9%<br />
India<br />
40 students<br />
8%<br />
Singapore<br />
40 students<br />
6%
Top 10 departments of matriculated GRADUATE international students – Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Applied Physics<br />
65 students<br />
2%<br />
Economics<br />
76 students<br />
3%<br />
Law<br />
87 students<br />
3%<br />
Other departments<br />
1046 students<br />
36%<br />
Material Science &<br />
Engineering<br />
89 students<br />
3%<br />
Civil & Environmental<br />
Engineering<br />
144 students<br />
5%<br />
Electrical Engineering<br />
471 students<br />
17%<br />
Economics<br />
42<br />
Computer Science<br />
176 students<br />
6%<br />
Computer Science<br />
39<br />
Business<br />
290 students<br />
10%<br />
Management Science &<br />
Engineering<br />
241 students<br />
8%<br />
Mechanical Engineering<br />
195 students<br />
7%<br />
Top 10 departments of UNDERGRADUATE international students – Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Undeclared<br />
257<br />
Math. & Comp. Science<br />
8<br />
Interntl Relations 8<br />
Elec. Eng.<br />
22<br />
Mgmt Science & Eng.<br />
20<br />
Mathematics<br />
17<br />
Engineering<br />
<strong>12</strong><br />
Human Biology<br />
<strong>12</strong><br />
Mechanical Eng.<br />
11<br />
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Doctorate<br />
46%<br />
1702 students<br />
*Data total=3732 which includes non-matriculated students (post-docs are excluded)<br />
<strong>International</strong> students* by visa category – Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
J visa<br />
6.8%<br />
255 students<br />
H visa<br />
2.7%<br />
103 students<br />
Non-Matriculated<br />
9%<br />
327 students<br />
Other visa<br />
4.9%<br />
183 students<br />
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F visa<br />
85.6%<br />
3191 students<br />
Bachelors<br />
14%<br />
525 students<br />
Masters<br />
31%<br />
1178 students
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500<br />
400<br />
300<br />
200<br />
100<br />
0<br />
2500<br />
2000<br />
1500<br />
1000<br />
500<br />
0<br />
*Data total=3732 which includes non-matriculated students (post-docs are excluded)<br />
Fall 2001 Fall 2006 Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Male 574 663 633<br />
Female 231 310 290<br />
<strong>International</strong> students* by gender – Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Undergrad Grad Non-degree<br />
Women Students 215 890 56<br />
Men Students 310 1990 271<br />
New GRADUATE international students* by gender – Fall 2001/ 2006/ <strong>2011</strong><br />
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Totals of matriculated GRADUATE students: <strong>International</strong> to domestic comparison– Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
6(7es'8 +%&ds<br />
5916 students<br />
67.3%<br />
Totals of matriculated UNDERGRAD students: <strong>International</strong> to domestic comparison– Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
4(5es'6 +nde%-%&ds<br />
6402 students<br />
93%<br />
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!nte%n&'(n&) +nde%-%&ds<br />
525 students<br />
7%<br />
!nte%n&'(n&) +%&ds<br />
2880 students<br />
32.7%
School enrollment of matriculated international and domestic students– Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
18000<br />
16000<br />
14000<br />
<strong>12</strong>000<br />
10000<br />
8000<br />
6000<br />
4000<br />
2000<br />
0<br />
Business<br />
Earth<br />
Sciences<br />
Education Engineering Humanities<br />
and Sciences<br />
Law Medicine<br />
Undeclared<br />
Majors<br />
Matriculated<br />
Total<br />
<strong>International</strong> 332 138 49 1613 838 87 91 257 3405<br />
Total <strong>University</strong> 940 444 355 4435 4468 631 921 3529 15723<br />
Percent Int'l 35.31% 31.08% 13.80% 36.36% 18.75% 13.78% 9.88% 7.28% 21.65%<br />
Percentage of school: Matriculated international students– Fall 2001/2006/<strong>2011</strong><br />
45.0%<br />
40.0%<br />
35.0%<br />
30.0%<br />
25.0%<br />
20.0%<br />
15.0%<br />
10.0%<br />
5.0%<br />
0.0%<br />
Business Earth Sciences Education Engineering<br />
Humanities &<br />
Sciences<br />
Law Medicine<br />
Undeclared<br />
majors<br />
<strong>University</strong> Intl<br />
Total %<br />
2001 28.3% 41.1% 14.1% 41.4% 17.7% 11.0% 8.4% 4.8% 20.3%<br />
2006 34.7% 31.4% 10.3% 40.5% 17.5% 11.1% 9.5% 5.7% 21.1%<br />
<strong>2011</strong> 35.3% 31.1% 13.8% 36.4% 18.7% 13.8% 9.9% 7.2% 21.6%<br />
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STANFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY<br />
AND<br />
BECHTEL INTERNATIONAL CENTER<br />
present<br />
<strong>International</strong> Students at <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
John Pearson<br />
Assistant Vice Provost &<br />
Director of <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
Tuesday, Nov. 15<br />
5:30 P.M.<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong><br />
Nearest parking at Tresidder & Lomita Drive<br />
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John Pearson’s talk will provide an overview of the<br />
presence of international students at <strong>Stanford</strong> since the<br />
founding class. The talk will cover the trends, the<br />
challenges and the experiences of international students<br />
at <strong>Stanford</strong> through the years since 1891.<br />
John Pearson is originally from Manchester, UK and went<br />
to college in Wales and London. As a teenager he became a<br />
fan of the music that came from the southern states of the<br />
U.S, and first came to America in the summer of 1969,<br />
when he lived and worked in Nashville. In 1971 he went<br />
to the <strong>University</strong> of Tennessee to work in international<br />
education. He came to <strong>Stanford</strong> in 1985 and has been the<br />
director of the <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> since 1988. He<br />
still collects old hillbilly, blues and rock and roll music and<br />
his spare time is spent watching Manchester City Football<br />
club on TV!
<strong>Stanford</strong> international students on Practical & Academic Training during the period 9/1/11 – 8/31/<strong>12</strong><br />
Pre-‐OPT 15%<br />
367 students<br />
Post-‐OPT 42%<br />
1050 students<br />
STEM 5%<br />
<strong>12</strong>4 students<br />
F-1 Practical Training: Students holding F-1 visas who have maintained their legal F-1 status, are eligible to apply<br />
for off -campus work authorization, known as “practical training” which enables a student to obtain practical work<br />
experience in his/her fi eld of study to supplement the student’s academic experience.<br />
Practical Training received before completion of the degree falls into two categories:<br />
Curricular, if the student receives course credit for the work experience<br />
Optional (pre-completion).<br />
Practical Training received after degree completion is called Post-Completion Optional Practical training.<br />
Special extensions of F-1 Post-completion OPT are:<br />
J-‐1 ACADEMIC<br />
TRAINING 2%<br />
55 students<br />
2485 total students<br />
represented<br />
CPT 36%<br />
889 students<br />
a. STEM extension (17-month extension beyond normal <strong>12</strong> months of Post-OPT):<br />
Criteria for this extension are 1) F-1 students who received science, technology, engineering, and<br />
mathematics (STEM) degrees included on the STEM Designated Degree Program List; 2) who are<br />
employed by employers enrolled in E-Verify and; 3) who have received an initial authorization of postcompletion<br />
OPT in the STEM fi eld.<br />
b. Cap Gap extension: Under this rule, the F-1 status of students on Post-Completion OPT is automatically<br />
extended when the student is the benefi ciary of an H-1B petition for the next fi scal year (with an October<br />
1 employment start date) fi led on his or her behalf during the period in which H-1B petitions are accepted<br />
for that fi scal year.<br />
All types of practical training require a preliminary authorization by one of the Designated School Offi cials at the<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong>. Students applying for Optional Practical Training must then submit the I-<strong>Center</strong>’s preliminary<br />
authorization to the USCIS in order to apply for the Employment Authorization Document that will permit them<br />
to work. Students who request Curricular Practical Training require only the preliminary authorization from the<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> I-<strong>Center</strong>.<br />
J-1 Academic Training is a period of authorized, off -campus employment directly related to a student’s fi eld<br />
of study for J-1 students. J-1 students may participate in Academic Training prior to graduation or after their<br />
completion of study for a total maximum of 18 months or the period of their full course of study, whichever is<br />
shorter. Academic Training requires a letter of authorization from the J Program’s Responsible Offi cer and a valid<br />
job off er.<br />
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Requests for Practical & Academic Training authorized by the I-<strong>Center</strong> 9/1/11– 8/31/<strong>12</strong><br />
POST-‐OPT 40%<br />
640 requests<br />
Authorized Requests for Practical Training 2001/02, 2006/07 and <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> - increase of <strong>12</strong>9%<br />
221<br />
73<br />
407<br />
701<br />
308<br />
PRE-‐OPT 14%<br />
221 requests<br />
85<br />
630<br />
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STEM 5%<br />
78 requests<br />
1023<br />
577<br />
221<br />
807<br />
2001/02 2006/07 <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
1605<br />
1605 total requests<br />
represented<br />
J1 CAMPUS 2%<br />
36 requests<br />
CPT 36%<br />
577 requests<br />
J1 ACAD 3%<br />
53 requests<br />
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3:>?9C:mp1e4:n O3T, ATBC,<br />
CapGap, Academic Training<br />
TOTAL
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June 8-‐July 1<br />
Come and join us for the Euro 20<strong>12</strong><br />
games. We will be showing nearly<br />
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opendoors ®<br />
A. NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT<br />
New international student<br />
enrollment – students<br />
enrolling for the first time<br />
at a U.S. institution in fall<br />
<strong>2011</strong> – increased 6.5%<br />
over the previous year.<br />
B. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRENDS<br />
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S.<br />
Year Total % Change<br />
2006/07 157,178 10.0<br />
2007/08 173,<strong>12</strong>1 10.1<br />
2008/09 200,460 15.8<br />
2009/10 202,970 1.3<br />
2010/11 214,490 5.7<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> 228,467 6.5<br />
In <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>, the number of international students in the U.S. increased<br />
5.7% to a record high of 764,495 students.<br />
Year Total Int’l % Change U.S. Higher Ed Total* % Int'l<br />
2000/01 547,867 6.4 15,3<strong>12</strong>,000 3.6<br />
2001/02 582,996 6.4 15,928,000 3.7<br />
2002/03 586,323 0.6 16,6<strong>12</strong>,000 3.5<br />
2003/04 572,509 -2.4 16,911,000 3.4<br />
2004/05 565,039 -1.3 17,272,000 3.3<br />
2005/06 564,766 -0.05 17,487,000 3.2<br />
2006/07 582,984 3.2 17,672,000 3.3<br />
2007/08 623,805 7.0 17,958,000 3.5<br />
2008/09 671,616 7.7 18,264,000 3.7<br />
2009/10 690,923 2.9 20,428,000 3.4<br />
2010/11 723,277 4.7 20,550,000 3.5<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> 764,495 5.7 20,625,000 3.7<br />
* Data from the National <strong>Center</strong> for Education Statistics<br />
E. TOP U.S. INSTITUTIONS Hosting <strong>International</strong> Students, <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
Rank Institution City State<br />
Total Int’l<br />
Students<br />
1 <strong>University</strong> of Southern California Los Angeles CA 9,269<br />
2 <strong>University</strong> of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Champaign IL 8,997<br />
3 New York <strong>University</strong> New York NY 8,660<br />
4 Purdue <strong>University</strong> - Main Campus West Lafayette IN 8,563<br />
5 Columbia <strong>University</strong> New York NY 8,024<br />
6 <strong>University</strong> of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 6,703<br />
7 Northeastern <strong>University</strong> Boston MA 6,486<br />
8 <strong>University</strong> of Michigan - Ann Arbor Ann Arbor MI 6,382<br />
9 Michigan State <strong>University</strong> East Lansing MI 6,209<br />
10 Ohio State <strong>University</strong> - Main Campus Columbus OH 6,142<br />
11 Indiana <strong>University</strong> - Bloomington Bloomington IN 6,<strong>12</strong>3<br />
<strong>12</strong> Penn State <strong>University</strong> - <strong>University</strong> Park <strong>University</strong> Park PA 6,075<br />
13 Boston <strong>University</strong> Boston MA 6,041<br />
14 <strong>University</strong> of Minnesota - Twin Cities Minneapolis MN 5,661<br />
15 Arizona State <strong>University</strong> Tempe AZ 5,616<br />
16 <strong>University</strong> of Florida Gainesville FL 5,588<br />
17 Harvard <strong>University</strong> Cambridge MA 5,453<br />
18 <strong>University</strong> of Washington Seattle WA 5,372<br />
19 SUNY <strong>University</strong> at Buffalo Buffalo NY 5,357<br />
20 <strong>University</strong> of Texas - Austin Austin TX 5,324<br />
C. TOP PLACES OF ORIGIN of <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
Rank Place of Origin 2010/11 <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> % of Total % Change<br />
WORLD TOTAL 723,277 764,495 100.0 5.7<br />
1 China 157,558 194,029 25.4 23.1<br />
2 India 103,895 100,270 13.1 -3.5<br />
3 South Korea 73,351 72,295 9.5 -1.4<br />
4 Saudi Arabia 22,704 34,139 4.5 50.4<br />
5 Canada 27,546 26,821 3.5 -2.6<br />
6 Taiwan 24,818 23,250 3.0 -6.3<br />
7 Japan 21,290 19,966 2.6 -6.2<br />
8 Vietnam 14,888 15,572 2.0 4.6<br />
9 Mexico 13,713 13,893 1.8 1.3<br />
10 Turkey <strong>12</strong>,184 11,973 1.6 -1.7<br />
11 Nepal 10,301 9,621 1.3 -6.6<br />
<strong>12</strong> Germany 9,458 9,347 1.2 -1.2<br />
13 United Kingdom 8,947 9,186 1.2 2.7<br />
14 Brazil 8,777 9,029 1.2 2.9<br />
15 France 8,098 8,232 1.1 1.7<br />
16 Hong Kong 8,136 8,032 1.1 -1.3<br />
17 Thailand 8,236 7,626 1.0 -7.4<br />
18 Indonesia 6,942 7,131 0.9 2.7<br />
19 Nigeria 7,148 7,028 0.9 -1.7<br />
20 Iran 5,626 6,982 0.9 24.1<br />
21 Malaysia 6,735 6,743 0.9 0.1<br />
22 Colombia 6,456 6,295 0.8 -2.5<br />
23 Venezuela 5,491 6,281 0.8 14.4<br />
24 Spain 4,330 4,924 0.6 13.7<br />
25 Russia 4,692 4,805 0.6 2.4<br />
D. ACADEMIC LEVEL TRENDS of <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
Year Undergrad % Change Graduate % Change Non-degree % Change<br />
2000/01 254,429 7.3 238,497 9.3 33,883 -1.6<br />
2001/02 261,079 2.6 264,749 11.0 34,423 1.6<br />
2002/03 260,103 -0.4 267,876 1.2 30,551 -11.2<br />
2003/04 248,200 -4.6 274,310 2.4 20,659 -32.4<br />
2004/05 239,2<strong>12</strong> -3.6 264,410 -3.6 28,418 37.6<br />
2005/06 236,342 -1.2 259,717 -1.8 30,611 7.7<br />
2006/07 238,050 0.7 264,288 1.8 38,986 27.4<br />
2007/08 243,360 2.2 276,842 4.8 46,837 20.1<br />
2008/09 269,874 10.9 283,329 2.3 51,8<strong>12</strong> 10.6<br />
2009/10 274,431 1.7 293,885 3.7 54,803 5.8<br />
2010/11 291,439 6.2 296,574 0.9 59,233 8.1<br />
<strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> 309,342 6.1 300,430 1.3 69,566 17.4<br />
F. TOP U.S. STATES Hosting <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
Rank State 2010/11 <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> % Change<br />
1 California 96,535 102,789 6.5<br />
2 New York 78,888 82,436 4.5<br />
3 Texas 61,636 61,511 -0.2<br />
4 Massachusetts 38,698 41,258 6.6<br />
5 Illinois 33,766 35,920 6.4<br />
6 Pennsylvania 30,507 33,398 9.5<br />
7 Florida 29,719 32,567 9.6<br />
8 Ohio 24,709 26,427 7.0<br />
9 Michigan 24,668 25,551 3.6<br />
10 Indiana 20,1<strong>12</strong> 22,194 10.4<br />
The Institute of <strong>International</strong> Education (IIE) has<br />
conducted an annual census of international students in<br />
the U.S. since its founding in 1919. Known as the Open<br />
Doors Report since 1954, and supported by the Bureau<br />
of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S.<br />
Department of State since 1972, the report provides<br />
detailed data on student flows into and out of the U.S.<br />
Visit us online at: http://www.iie.org/opendoors.
G. TOP FIELDS OF STUDY of <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN THE U.S. (CONTINUED)<br />
Field of Study 2010/11 <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> % of Total % Change<br />
Business and Management 155,769 166,733 21.8 7.0<br />
Engineering 135,592 141,285 18.5 4.2<br />
Math and Computer Science 64,588 71,364 9.3 10.5<br />
Social Sciences 63,347 66,163 8.7 4.4<br />
Physical and Life Sciences 63,471 66,007 8.6 4.0<br />
Fine and Applied Arts 37,237 41,710 5.5 <strong>12</strong>.0<br />
Intensive English 32,306 38,887 5.1 20.4<br />
Health Professions 32,526 29,535 3.9 -9.2<br />
Education 16,933 17,200 2.2 1.6<br />
Humanities 16,263 16,294 2.1 0.2<br />
Agriculture 9,888 9,750 1.3 -1.4<br />
Other Fields of Study 75,459 77,252 10.1 2.4<br />
Undeclared 19,898 22,315 2.9 <strong>12</strong>.1<br />
I. U.S. STUDY ABROAD TRENDS<br />
273,996 U.S. students studied abroad for academic credit in 2010/11, an<br />
increase of 1.3% over the previous year. U.S. student participation in study<br />
abroad has more than tripled over the past two decades.<br />
K. TOP FIELDS OF STUDY of U.S. Study Abroad Students<br />
2009/10 2010/11 %<br />
Field of Study Total % Total % Change<br />
Social Sciences 60,345 22.3 62,745 22.9 4.0<br />
Business/Management 56,286 20.8 56,169 20.5 -0.2<br />
Humanities 32,743 <strong>12</strong>.1 30,962 11.3 -5.4<br />
Fine or Applied Arts 22,460 8.3 22,468 8.2 0.0<br />
Physical/Life Sciences 20,295 7.5 21,646 7.9 6.7<br />
Foreign Languages 15,695 5.8 15,344 5.6 -2.2<br />
Health Professions <strong>12</strong>,718 4.7 14,522 5.3 14.2<br />
Education 11,095 4.1 11,508 4.2 3.7<br />
Engineering 10,554 3.9 9,590 3.5 -9.1<br />
Math/Computer Science 4,059 1.5 4,932 1.8 21.5<br />
Agriculture 3,518 1.3 3,562 1.3 1.3<br />
Other Fields of Study <strong>12</strong>,177 4.5 13,150 4.8 8.0<br />
Undeclared 8,659 3.2 7,398 2.7 -14.6<br />
Total 270,604 100.0 273,996 100.0 1.3<br />
M. PARTICIPATION RATE of U.S. Students in Study Abroad, 2010/11<br />
U.S. Study<br />
Abroad Total<br />
U.S. STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD<br />
U.S. Higher<br />
Education Total %<br />
U.S. higher education system 273,996 19,903,000* 1.4<br />
U.S. undergraduates 236,470 2,613,256** 9.1<br />
U.S. undergraduates pursuing<br />
bachelor’s degrees<br />
233,984 1,698,854** 13.8<br />
*Total enrollment of U.S. students (excluding international students) in higher education.<br />
** Total undergraduate degrees awarded.<br />
H. PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDING of <strong>International</strong> Students<br />
% of %<br />
Primary Source of Funds 2010/11 <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong> Total Change<br />
Personal and Family 458,667 486,524 63.6 6.1<br />
U.S. College or <strong>University</strong> 165,544 164,394 21.5 -0.7<br />
Foreign Gov’t or <strong>University</strong> 41,589 44,344 5.8 6.6<br />
Current Employment 33,625 40,494 5.3 20.4<br />
Foreign Private Sponsor 7,063 9,670 1.3 36.9<br />
U.S. Private Sponsor 5,827 5,871 0.8 0.8<br />
U.S. Government 4,219 4,746 0.6 <strong>12</strong>.5<br />
<strong>International</strong> Organization 1,549 1,869 0.2 20.7<br />
Other Sources 5,194 6,583 0.9 26.7<br />
TOTAL 723,277 764,495 100.0 5.7<br />
J. LEADING DESTINATIONS of U.S. Study Abroad Students<br />
• 14 of the top 25 destinations are outside Europe.<br />
Rank Place of Origin 2009/10 2010/11 % of Total % Change<br />
TOTAL 270,604 273,996 100.0 1.3<br />
1 United Kingdom 32,683 33,182 <strong>12</strong>.1 1.5<br />
2 Italy 27,940 30,361 11.1 8.7<br />
3 Spain 25,411 25,965 9.5 2.2<br />
4 France 17,161 17,019 6.2 -0.8<br />
5 China 13,910 14,596 5.3 4.9<br />
6 Australia 9,962 9,736 3.6 -2.3<br />
7 Germany 8,551 9,018 3.3 5.5<br />
8 Costa Rica 6,262 7,230 2.6 15.5<br />
9 Ireland 6,798 7,007 2.6 3.1<br />
10 Argentina 4,835 4,589 1.7 -5.1<br />
11 India 3,884 4,345 1.6 11.9<br />
<strong>12</strong> South Africa 4,313 4,337 1.6 0.6<br />
13 Mexico 7,157 4,167 1.5 -41.8<br />
14 Japan 6,166 4,134 1.5 -33.0<br />
15 Brazil 3,099 3,485 1.3 <strong>12</strong>.5<br />
16 Israel 3,146 3,441 1.3 9.4<br />
17 Greece 3,700 3,428 1.3 -7.4<br />
18 Czech Republic 3,409 3,291 1.2 -3.5<br />
19 Chile 3,115 3,280 1.2 5.3<br />
20 Ecuador 2,960 3,107 1.1 5.0<br />
21 New Zealand 3,113 2,900 1.1 -6.8<br />
22 Austria 2,701 2,736 1.0 1.3<br />
23 South Korea 2,137 2,487 0.9 16.4<br />
24 Denmark 2,228 2,478 0.9 11.2<br />
25 Netherlands 2,369 2,467 0.9 4.1<br />
L. HOST REGIONS of U.S. Study Abroad Students<br />
2009/10 2010/11 %<br />
Host Region* Total % Total % Change<br />
Africa 14,738 5.5 14,087 5.1 -4.4<br />
Asia 32,340 <strong>12</strong>.0 32,081 11.7 -0.8<br />
Europe 144,840 53.5 149,663 54.6 3.3<br />
Latin America 40,649 15.0 39,871 14.6 -1.9<br />
Middle East 4,959 1.8 4,997 1.8 0.8<br />
North America 1,899 0.7 1,555 0.6 -18.1<br />
Oceania 13,566 5.0 13,156 4.8 -3.0<br />
Antarctica 65 0.0 37 0.0 -43.1<br />
Multiple 17,548 6.5 18,549 6.8 5.7<br />
Total 270,604 100.0 273,996 100.0 1.3<br />
* Cyprus and Turkey are included in Europe; Mexico is included in Latin America<br />
N. DURATION of U.S. Study Abroad<br />
2009/10 % 2010/11 %<br />
Short-term (summer or eight weeks or less) 56.6 58.1<br />
Mid-length (one or two quarters or one semester) 39.4 38.0<br />
Long-term (academic or calendar year) 3.9 3.9<br />
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Scholar Statistics:<br />
Unless otherwise indicated, these statistics are for<br />
the period of 9/1/11 – 8/31/<strong>12</strong>.<br />
All statistics provided are for non-immigrant<br />
international scholars including postdocs.<br />
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The <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Presents<br />
<strong>International</strong><br />
Discussion Series<br />
Tuesday, Feb 7, <strong>12</strong>:15 to 1:15<br />
Homeland Security:<br />
From Classrooms to Jail Cells<br />
Deepa Fernandes – Knight Fellow and Journalist,<br />
Executive Director People's Production House<br />
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Tuesday, Feb 21, <strong>12</strong>:15 to 1:15<br />
A world without<br />
Newspapers?<br />
Anita Zielina – Knight Fellow and Head of<br />
Austrian Politics and Education Department,<br />
derStandard.at Vienna, Austria<br />
Tuesday, Feb 28th, <strong>12</strong>:15 to 1:15<br />
WhyCivilResistanceWorks:TheStrategic<br />
LogicofNonviolentConflict<br />
Erica Chenoweth– Visiting Scholar at CISAC and an<br />
Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan<br />
<strong>University</strong> and Director of Wesleyan’s Program on<br />
Terrorism and Insurgency Research.
2500<br />
2000<br />
1500<br />
1000<br />
500<br />
0<br />
1807<br />
Israel<br />
70 scholars 2.8%<br />
Spain<br />
82 scholars<br />
3.3%<br />
Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status 2000/01 – <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
1745 1725<br />
1548<br />
J-‐1 Exchange Scholars<br />
1597<br />
There has been a 37.1% increase in<br />
total J-1 scholars over the <strong>12</strong> year period<br />
2000/01 through <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
1778<br />
1873 1880 1893 1914<br />
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
Other countries<br />
758 scholars<br />
30.6%<br />
Canada<br />
89 scholars Italy<br />
3.6% 92 scholars<br />
3.7%<br />
Countries of Origin for J-1 Exchange Scholars<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
Poland<br />
93 scholars France<br />
3.8% 119 scholars<br />
4.8%<br />
Japan<br />
209 scholars<br />
8.4%<br />
P.R. China<br />
478 scholars<br />
19.3%<br />
2013<br />
S.Korea<br />
214 scholars<br />
8.6%<br />
2479<br />
Germany<br />
275 scholars<br />
11.1%<br />
69
Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Country of Citizenship<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Country of Citizenship Female Male Grand Total<br />
ARGENTINA 3 5 8<br />
AUSTRALIA 5 26 31<br />
AUSTRIA 7 13 20<br />
BAHRAIN 1 1<br />
BELARUS 3 3<br />
BELGIUM 1 16 17<br />
BRAZIL 6 23 29<br />
BULGARIA 3 4 7<br />
CAMBODIA 1 1<br />
CAMEROON 1 1<br />
CANADA 37 52 89<br />
CHILE 3 3 6<br />
CHINA 147 331 478<br />
COLOMBIA 2 4 6<br />
COSTA RICA 2 2<br />
COTE D’IVOIRE 1 1<br />
CROATIA 1 1<br />
CUBA 1 1<br />
CYPRESS 1 1<br />
CZECH REPUBLIC 2 2<br />
DENMARK 18 32 50<br />
ECUADOR 1 1<br />
EGYPT 2 2<br />
ERITREA 1 1<br />
ETHIOPIA 1 1<br />
FINLAND <strong>12</strong> 20 32<br />
FRANCE 31 88 119<br />
GEORGIA 1 1<br />
GERMANY 74 201 275<br />
GHANA 2 2<br />
GREECE 5 9 14<br />
HONG KONG 4 4 8<br />
HUNGARY 3 2 5<br />
ICELAND 1 1 2<br />
INDIA 15 54 69<br />
INDONESIA 1 1<br />
IRAN 2 13 15<br />
IRELAND 7 10 17<br />
ISRAEL 26 44 70<br />
ITALY 27 65 92<br />
JAPAN 28 181 209<br />
JORDAN 1 1<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Country of Citizenship (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Country of Citizenship Female Male Grand Total<br />
KYRGYSTAN 1 1<br />
LEBANON 2 2<br />
MALAYSIA 1 5 6<br />
MEXICO 6 6 <strong>12</strong><br />
MONACO 1 1<br />
MOROCCO 1 1<br />
NETHERLANDS 18 29 47<br />
NEW ZEALAND 2 6 8<br />
NIGERIA 2 2<br />
NORWAY 7 11 18<br />
PAKISTAN 2 2 4<br />
PARAGUAY 1 1<br />
PERU 1 1<br />
POLAND 29 64 93<br />
PORTUGAL 5 5 10<br />
ROMANIA 1 1 2<br />
RUSSIA 2 9 11<br />
SAUDI ARABIA 1 1 2<br />
SERBIA 4 3 7<br />
SINGAPORE 7 7 14<br />
SLOVAKIA 1 2 3<br />
SLOVENIA 2 2 4<br />
SOUTH AFRICA 2 1 3<br />
SOUTH KOREA 48 166 214<br />
SPAIN 33 49 82<br />
SRI LANKA 1 1<br />
SWEDEN 13 34 47<br />
SWITZERLAND 13 31 44<br />
TAIWAN 17 36 53<br />
TANZANIA 1 1<br />
THAILAND 2 3 5<br />
TURKEY 7 6 13<br />
UKRAINE 2 4 6<br />
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 1<br />
UNITED KINGDOM 14 48 62<br />
VENEZUELA 1 1<br />
VIETNAM 2 2<br />
ZIMBABWE 1 1 2<br />
Grand Total 713 1766 2479<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Accounting and Business/Management 2 2<br />
Accounting and Finance 2 2<br />
Acoustics 2 2<br />
Advanced Legal Research/Studies 9 17 26<br />
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 15 15<br />
Agricultural/Biological Engineering 1 1<br />
American History United States 1 1<br />
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies 1 1<br />
Analytical Chemistry 1 2 3<br />
Ancient Studies/Civilization 1 1<br />
Anthropology 4 2 6<br />
Applied Economics 1 2 3<br />
Applied Mathematics 2 2<br />
Archeology 2 1 3<br />
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 1 1 2<br />
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics 1 8 9<br />
Asian History 5 5<br />
Asian-American Studies 1 1<br />
Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 1<br />
Astrophysics 2 20 22<br />
Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate 1 1<br />
Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics 1 1<br />
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 1 1<br />
Atomic/Molecular Physics 1 1<br />
Banking and Financial Support 1 1<br />
Behavioral Sciences 2 4 6<br />
Biochemistry 10 13 23<br />
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology 1 4 5<br />
Bioinformatics 5 <strong>12</strong> 17<br />
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1 1<br />
Biology/Biological Sciences 25 29 54<br />
Biomathematics and Bioinformatics 1 1<br />
Biomedical Sciences 176 381 557<br />
Biomedical/Medical Engineering <strong>12</strong> 33 45<br />
Biophysics 2 2<br />
Biopsychology 1 1<br />
Biostatistics 1 1<br />
Biotechnology 3 7 10<br />
Botany/Plant Biology 3 2 5<br />
Buddhist Studies 4 4<br />
Business Administration and Management 1 1<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Business/Commerce, 1 1<br />
Business/Corporate Communications 1 1<br />
Cell Biology and Anatomy 1 1 2<br />
Cell Physiology 1 1<br />
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology 14 28 42<br />
Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology 2 2 4<br />
Chemical Engineering 11 30 41<br />
Chemistry 6 13 19<br />
Chinese Language and Literature 2 2<br />
Chinese Studies 2 2 4<br />
Cinematography and Film/Video 1 1<br />
Civil Engineering 3 <strong>12</strong> 15<br />
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean 1 1<br />
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics 1 1 2<br />
Cognitive Science 5 5 10<br />
Communication and Media Studies 1 1<br />
Comparative Law 1 1<br />
Comparative Literature 1 8 9<br />
Computer and Information Science 1 22 23<br />
Computer and Information Systems 1 1<br />
Computer Engineering 1 1<br />
Computer Graphics 1 1 2<br />
Computer Programming 2 2<br />
Computer Science 3 18 21<br />
Computer Software and Media Applications 3 3<br />
Computer Software Engineering 1 1<br />
Computer Systems Networking & Telecommunications 4 4<br />
Computer/Information Technology 1 1<br />
Conservation Biology 1 1 2<br />
Credit Management 1 1<br />
Data Modeling/Warehousing 1 5 6<br />
Data Processing and Data Procesing Technology 1 1<br />
Demography and Population Studies 2 2<br />
Design and Visual Communication 1 1<br />
Development Economics and <strong>International</strong> Development 6 11 17<br />
Developmental Biology and Embryology 7 8 15<br />
Digital Communication and Media 2 1 3<br />
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts 1 1<br />
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce 2 2<br />
East Asian Studies 1 2 3<br />
Ecology 2 4 6<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Economics 11 32 43<br />
Educationl 2 2 4<br />
Educational Evaluation and Research 6 3 9<br />
Educational Leadership and Administration 1 1<br />
Educational/Instructional Medi 1 1<br />
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 1<br />
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 6 68 74<br />
Elementary Particle Physics 1 2 3<br />
Engineering Physics 1 <strong>12</strong> 13<br />
Engineering 7 7<br />
English Language and Literature 1 1<br />
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations 1 1<br />
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies 27 58 85<br />
Environmental Biology 1 1<br />
Environmental Science 1 2 3<br />
Environmental Studies 2 2<br />
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 5 7 <strong>12</strong><br />
Ethics 2 2 4<br />
European History 2 3 5<br />
European Studies/Civilization 4 4<br />
Evolutionary Biology 1 2 3<br />
Exercise Physiology 1 1<br />
Film/Video and Photographic Arts 1 1<br />
Finance 4 4<br />
Foreign Languages, Literatures 1 1<br />
French Language and Literature 1 1 2<br />
Genetics 9 11 20<br />
Geochemistry 2 2<br />
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences 1 1<br />
Geological/Geophysical Engineering 3 3<br />
Geology/Earth Science 4 9 13<br />
Geophysics and Seismology 1 9 10<br />
Geotechnical Engineering 1 2 3<br />
German Language and Literature 1 1<br />
German Studies 1 1<br />
Health/Medical Psychology 2 2<br />
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 2 2 4<br />
History 4 4 8<br />
Human/Medical Genetics 3 3 6<br />
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 2 1 3<br />
Hydrology and Water Resources 1 1<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Immunology 7 9 16<br />
Information Science/Studies 2 2<br />
Information Technology 3 2 5<br />
Inorganic Chemistry 4 4 8<br />
<strong>International</strong> and Comparative Education 3 3 6<br />
<strong>International</strong> Business, Trade 4 4<br />
<strong>International</strong> Economics 2 1 3<br />
<strong>International</strong> Finance 1 2 3<br />
<strong>International</strong> Marketing 1 1<br />
<strong>International</strong> Relations and Affairs 3 13 16<br />
<strong>International</strong>/Global Studies 2 1 3<br />
Investments and Securities 1 1<br />
Islamic Studies 1 1<br />
Italian Language and Literature 1 1<br />
Japanese Language and Literature 1 1<br />
Japanese Studies 1 1<br />
Jewish/ Judaic Studies 1 1<br />
Journalism 3 5 8<br />
Korean Studies 1 1<br />
Latin Language and Literature 2 2<br />
Legal Professions and Studies 1 1<br />
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies 2 6 8<br />
Legal Studies 1 3 4<br />
Library Science/Librarianship 1 1 2<br />
Linguistics 5 5 10<br />
Management Information Systems 1 1<br />
Management Science 21 72 93<br />
Manufacturing Engineering 2 2<br />
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 3 <strong>12</strong> 15<br />
Marketing Research 2 4 6<br />
Marketing/Marketing Management 2 2<br />
Mass Communication/ Media Studies 1 3 4<br />
Materials Engineering 7 33 40<br />
Materials Science 3 4 7<br />
Mathematics and Computer Science 1 1<br />
Mathematics 2 13 15<br />
Mechanical Engineering 14 79 93<br />
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology 7 8 15<br />
Microbiology 5 8 13<br />
Molecular Biochemistry 1 1 2<br />
Molecular Biology 4 15 19<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Molecular Genetics 1 1<br />
Molecular Physiology 1 1 2<br />
Museology/Museum Studies 1 1<br />
Music History, Literature, and 1 1<br />
Music Theory and Composition 1 1<br />
Music 1 6 7<br />
Natural Resources/Conservation 1 1<br />
Neurobiology and Neurophysiology 3 7 10<br />
Neurosciences 5 8 13<br />
Non-Profit/Public/Organization 1 1<br />
Norwegian Language and Literature 1 1<br />
Nutrition Sciences 1 1<br />
Oncology and Cancer Biology 6 11 17<br />
Operations Research 1 2 3<br />
Optics/Optical Sciences 6 6<br />
Organic Chemistry 5 32 37<br />
Organizational Behavior Studies 18 19 37<br />
Pathology/Experimental Pathology 15 23 38<br />
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 1 1<br />
Petroleum Engineering 2 8 10<br />
Pharmacology 1 1<br />
Philosophy 2 6 8<br />
Photography 1 1<br />
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 6 27 33<br />
Physical Sciences 1 24 25<br />
Physics 14 86 100<br />
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology 1 5 6<br />
Physiology, General 4 4<br />
Political Communication 1 4 5<br />
Political Science and Government 8 13 21<br />
Polymer Chemistry 1 1<br />
Polymer/Plastics Engineering 1 1<br />
Population Biology 1 1 2<br />
Psychology 17 16 33<br />
Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology 1 1<br />
Public Policy Analysis 4 7 11<br />
Radiation Biology/ Radiobiology 1 2 3<br />
Reproductive Biology 1 1 2<br />
Russian Studies 1 1<br />
Scandinavian Languages, Literature 1 1<br />
Science, Technology and Society 8 22 30<br />
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Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Fellows – by Discipline (continued)<br />
Sponsored by <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong> for the J-1 Exchange Visitor status<br />
Department Female Male Total<br />
Security and Protective Services 1 1<br />
Social Sciences 5 7 <strong>12</strong><br />
Sociology 3 5 8<br />
Solid State and Low-Temperature 1 1<br />
Southeast Asian Studies 1 1<br />
Spanish and Iberian Studies 1 1<br />
Statistics 1 4 5<br />
Structural Biology 5 <strong>12</strong> 17<br />
Structural Engineering 1 1<br />
Systematic Biology/Biological Systematics 4 7 11<br />
Systems Engineering 1 1<br />
Systems Science and Theory 1 1<br />
Teacher Education, Multiple Le 1 1 2<br />
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics 8 8<br />
Vision Science/Physiological Optics 2 2<br />
Water Resources Engineering 2 2<br />
Water, Wetlands, and Marine Resources 1 1<br />
Web Page, Digital/Multimedia 2 2 2<br />
Grand Total 713 1766 2479<br />
77
H-1 Petitions Processed (Initial & extension) 2002/03 through <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong><br />
400<br />
350<br />
300<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
50<br />
0<br />
206<br />
3<strong>12</strong><br />
225<br />
2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11<br />
Petitions 206 3<strong>12</strong> 225 229 306 326 330 375 347<br />
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229<br />
306<br />
326<br />
330<br />
375<br />
347
H-1 Employees by Country of citizenship (09/01/<strong>2011</strong> - 08/31/20<strong>12</strong>)<br />
Country Total<br />
Albania 2<br />
Argentina 5<br />
Australia 18<br />
Austria 7<br />
Belgium 2<br />
Brazil 7<br />
Canada 48<br />
Chile 3<br />
China 176<br />
Columbia 1<br />
Costa Rica 1<br />
Czech Republic 1<br />
Denmark 5<br />
Eritrea 1<br />
France 18<br />
Germany 34<br />
Greece 6<br />
Honduras 1<br />
Hong Kong 1<br />
Hungary 3<br />
India 110<br />
Iran 4<br />
Iraq 1<br />
Ireland 1<br />
Israel 16<br />
Italy 11<br />
Jamaica 2<br />
Japan 30<br />
Jordan 2<br />
Malaysia 1<br />
Mexico 5<br />
Netherlands 7<br />
New Zealand 1<br />
Pakistan 1<br />
Philippines 2<br />
Poland 2<br />
Portugal 4<br />
Romania 5<br />
Russia <strong>12</strong><br />
S. Korea 31<br />
Serbia 2<br />
Singapore 3<br />
Country Total<br />
Slovenia 3<br />
Spain 16<br />
Sweden 8<br />
Switzerland 6<br />
Taiwan 10<br />
Tanzania 1<br />
Turkey 14<br />
Ukraine 2<br />
United Kingdom 35<br />
Uzbekistan 1<br />
Venezuela 3<br />
Vietnam 1<br />
Grand Total 693<br />
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Department Total<br />
Administrative Systems 17<br />
Aeronautics & Astronautics 7<br />
Anesthesia 16<br />
Anesthesia Pain Division 2<br />
Anthropology 2<br />
Archaelogy <strong>Center</strong> 1<br />
Athletics 4<br />
Bing Nursery School 1<br />
Bio-X 1<br />
Biodesign Program 1<br />
Bioengineering 11<br />
Biological Sciences 20<br />
Biology <strong>12</strong><br />
Biomechanical Engineering 1<br />
Biomedical Informatics 17<br />
Blood & Marrow Transplantation 2<br />
Blood <strong>Center</strong> 2<br />
BMIR 5<br />
Cancer <strong>Center</strong> Clinical Trials Office 11<br />
Cardiothoracic Surgery 4<br />
Cardiovascular Medicine 6<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for Design Research 1<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for Latin American Studies 1<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for Policy, Outcomes & Prevention 1<br />
<strong>Center</strong> for Turbulence Research, Mechanical<br />
Engineering<br />
1<br />
Chemical & Systems Biology 2<br />
Chemical Engineering 3<br />
Chemistry 10<br />
Chemistry (QCIP) 1<br />
Chemistry/<strong>Stanford</strong> Synchrotron Radiation<br />
Laboratory<br />
4<br />
Civil & Environmental Engineering 4<br />
Comparative Medicine 8<br />
Computer Engineering 6<br />
Contag Lab 3<br />
Dean of Research 9<br />
Dean of Research - CSLI 3<br />
Dermatology 10<br />
Developmental Biology 13<br />
Drama 1<br />
Economics 4<br />
Education 1<br />
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H-1 Employees by <strong>Stanford</strong> Department (09/01/<strong>2011</strong> - 08/31/20<strong>12</strong>)<br />
Department Total<br />
Education Program for Gifted Youth 2<br />
Electrical Engineering 9<br />
Emergency Medicine 1<br />
Endocrinology 1<br />
Energy Resources Engineering 5<br />
English 2<br />
Environmental Earth System Science 4<br />
Freeman Spogli Institute for <strong>International</strong><br />
Studies<br />
3<br />
Gastroenterology & Hepatology 7<br />
Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials 5<br />
Genetics 3<br />
Genome Technology <strong>Center</strong> 1<br />
Geological & Environmental Sciences 2<br />
Geophysics 1<br />
Ginzton Laboratory 11<br />
Graduate School of Business 15<br />
H-Star Institute 2<br />
Hansen Experimental Physics Lab 9<br />
Health Research & Policy 3<br />
Hematology 2<br />
History 4<br />
Hoover Institution 3<br />
Hopkins Marine Station 1<br />
Immunology & Rheumatology 6<br />
Infectious Diseases 1<br />
Institute for Research in Social Sciences 1<br />
Institute for Stem Cell Biology &<br />
Regenerative Medicine<br />
1<br />
Institute of Materials and Energy Sciences/<br />
Applied Physics<br />
2<br />
Institute Neuro Innov Transltn 11<br />
Language <strong>Center</strong> 6<br />
Law School 6<br />
Literatures, Cultures & Languages 4<br />
Management Science & Engineering 1<br />
Materials Science & Engineering 5<br />
Mathematics 2<br />
Mechanical Engineering 8<br />
Mechanical Engineering Design 1<br />
Microbiology & Immunology 18<br />
MLK Institute 1<br />
Molecular & Cellular Physiology 9
H-1 Employees by <strong>Stanford</strong> Department (continued)<br />
Department Total<br />
Neonatal & Developmental Medicine 2<br />
Nephrology 2<br />
Neurobiology 15<br />
Neurology 36<br />
Neurosurgery 1<br />
Obstetrics & Gynecology 2<br />
Office of Development, <strong>University</strong> Major<br />
Gifts<br />
1<br />
Office of the Provost for Undergraduate<br />
Education<br />
1<br />
Oncology 4<br />
Ortho Surgery 3<br />
Otolaryngology 10<br />
Pathology 18<br />
Pathology/Blood <strong>Center</strong> 1<br />
Pediatrics 16<br />
Pediatrics/Cancer Biology 6<br />
Pediatrics/Division of Human Gene Therapy 1<br />
Pediatrics/Hematology/Oncology 1<br />
Pediatrics/Infectious Diseases 2<br />
Pediatrics/Neonatology 1<br />
Pediatrics/Nephrology 1<br />
Pediatrics/Surgery 1<br />
Philosophy 1<br />
Physics 7<br />
Political Science 2<br />
Program in Writing & Rhetoric 1<br />
Provost 1<br />
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 20<br />
PULSE 2<br />
Radiation Oncology 16<br />
Radiology 41<br />
Religious Studies 1<br />
School of Education 5<br />
School of Medicine (IRT) 29<br />
School of Medicine (HR) 1<br />
School of Medicine (Office of Medical Educ.) 1<br />
School of Medicine (Operations) 3<br />
SIEPR 1<br />
Sociology 2<br />
Solid State Photonics Lab 1<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong> Management Company/<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
<strong>University</strong><br />
1<br />
Department Total<br />
STAR Lab 1<br />
Statistics 5<br />
Structural Biology 7<br />
SULAIR 1<br />
Surgery 6<br />
Thermo Sciences 1<br />
Undergraduate Admission 1<br />
Urology 1<br />
VLF Group--Electrical Engineering 1<br />
Grand Total 693<br />
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O-1 and Permanent Residence Petitions<br />
Department Total<br />
Cardiovadcular Medicine 1<br />
Chemistry 1<br />
Computer Science 1<br />
Drama 1<br />
Economics 2<br />
Electrical Engineering 1<br />
Graduate School of Business 1<br />
Microbiology and Immunology 1<br />
Political Science 1<br />
Surgery 1<br />
Grand Total 11<br />
Country of Citizenship Total<br />
Austria 1<br />
Canada 2<br />
Chile 1<br />
China 1<br />
Dominican Republic 1<br />
Iran 1<br />
Slovenia 1<br />
UK 3<br />
Grand Total 11
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Statistics <strong>2011</strong>/20<strong>12</strong><br />
Source Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Total<br />
Events (calendar<br />
bookings)<br />
<strong>12</strong>5 235 30 31 35 75 62 61 70 72 25 15 836<br />
Attendees (after hours) 950 1803 998 463 439 7<strong>12</strong> 557 1193 1464 371 145 0 9095<br />
Front Desk interactions<br />
ORC<br />
1630 <strong>12</strong>25 1<strong>12</strong>4 1091 <strong>12</strong>86 1044 1660 1824 1502 1795 1018 971 16170<br />
Visits 69 272 157 82 228 206 250 517 261 182 <strong>12</strong>0 86 2430<br />
Workshops 0 1 3 1 1 4 1 9 2 7 0 0 29<br />
Advising 10 <strong>12</strong> 11 7 21 18 21 16 28 26 30 11 211<br />
Passport Photos + ISIC<br />
Spouses , Partners,<br />
Families<br />
47 237 82 70 200 111 211 370 202 1<strong>12</strong> 82 59 1783<br />
Emails 10 8 4 4 3 3 6 6 4 7 6 7 68<br />
Number of Programs<br />
Students<br />
30 29 70 55 68 84 59 88 <strong>12</strong>4 73 75 51 806<br />
Advising 85 91 118 60 138 <strong>12</strong>9 187 244 166 209 186 132 1745<br />
I-20 updates + fax 321 282 189 165 228 155 271 332 316 369 199 146 2973<br />
Letter Count 100 <strong>12</strong>2 48 34 88 101 89 146 46 37 42 22 875<br />
Employment<br />
(Workflow)<br />
Scholars<br />
51 55 35 34 <strong>12</strong>0 49 318 313 325 189 65 34 1588<br />
ITINS 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5<br />
H-1 B 15 10 29 18 20 20 29 49 38 35 24 33 320<br />
O-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3<br />
1st preference/EB 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 9<br />
Labor Cert/PERM 1 0 0 2 5 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 15<br />
DS-2019 initials/transfer 134 80 139 64 <strong>12</strong>4 84 115 159 147 163 95 105 1409<br />
DS-2019 extensions 52 41 47 22 67 48 58 38 58 53 51 81 616<br />
J1 dependent DS-2019 5 9 6 6 8 4 4 9 14 8 1 7 81<br />
Amended DS-2019 10 11 9 3 14 6 3 7 5 7 3 10 88<br />
Corrected/Cancelled/<br />
Shortened/Updated<br />
DS-2019<br />
18 25 21 8 21 16 19 29 43 29 25 18 272<br />
Arrival confirmations 228 180 40 63 151 102 101 154 57 102 171 156 1505<br />
J1 Empl-IDs <strong>12</strong>1 68 <strong>12</strong>1 45 102 75 83 131 106 79 42 55 1028<br />
J2 dependent Empl-IDs 33 68 60 32 77 53 82 62 76 89 67 53 752<br />
F-2 dep. Empl-IDs<br />
SEVIS<br />
5 7 10 3 7 2 25 69 55 18 23 6 230<br />
Batches 61 146 48 27 53 83 61 103 72 61 65 50 830<br />
Alerts 5590 1<strong>12</strong>08 1637 10<strong>12</strong> 2248 5099 2221 6411 3389 5465 3500 3605 51385<br />
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The <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Presents (Spring 20<strong>12</strong>)<br />
Tuesday April 10 Monday April 23<br />
Walter P. Falcon Paul Kim<br />
Deputy Director of FSE;<br />
Chief Technology Officer &<br />
FSI Senior Fellow; Woods Senior Fellow; Assistant Dean for School of Education<br />
and Helen Farnsworth Professor of<br />
<strong>International</strong> Agricultural Policy,<br />
Economics (Emeritus)<br />
This quarter we are sponsoring a series of lunches for international graduate students to meet and talk with faculty. This is a wonderful opportunity to think about the future and career<br />
paths after completing formal education, as well as what factors influence where you live and work and much more. These lunches are free to students and are hosted at the <strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Faculty Club. This series of faculty discussions is made possible by the Anthony and Dorothy Riddle Fund<br />
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Thursday May 3<br />
Dave Evans<br />
Adjunct Lecturer,<br />
Product Design Program<br />
Management Consultant,<br />
formerly co-founder Electronic Arts<br />
The <strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Presents (Winter 20<strong>12</strong>)<br />
Tuesday February 7<br />
Steven Boxer Camille<br />
Camille and Henry Dreyfus<br />
Professor of Chemistry<br />
Thursday February 16<br />
David Abernethy<br />
Professor of Political Science, Emeritus<br />
Thursday May 10<br />
Kathryn Stevens<br />
Director of Musculoskeletal Education,<br />
Department of Radiology<br />
Friday February 24<br />
Daniel Fisher<br />
Professor of Applied Physics and,<br />
by courtesy, of Biology and Bioengineering<br />
Tuesday May 15<br />
Robert David Siegel<br />
Associate Professor<br />
Department of Microbiology<br />
& Immunology<br />
Tuesday March 6<br />
Harry J. Elam Jr.<br />
Freeman-Thornton Vice Provost for<br />
Undergraduate Education and<br />
the Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities<br />
A series of lunch time discussions with <strong>Stanford</strong> faculty. These meetings bring together a <strong>Stanford</strong> Faculty Member and a small group of international undergraduates and U.S.<br />
undergraduates to discuss how the opportunities at <strong>Stanford</strong> influence life and career goals. These lunches are free to students and are hosted at the <strong>Stanford</strong> Faculty Club.<br />
This series of faculty discussions is made possible by the Anthony and Dorothy Riddle Fund
Ivy League and Other Institutions<br />
• Brown <strong>University</strong><br />
• Columbia <strong>University</strong><br />
• Cornell <strong>University</strong><br />
• Dartmouth College<br />
• Harvard <strong>University</strong><br />
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br />
• Princeton <strong>University</strong><br />
• <strong>Stanford</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
• <strong>University</strong> of Chicago<br />
• <strong>University</strong> of Pennsylvania<br />
• Yale <strong>University</strong><br />
Data collected by Columbia <strong>University</strong> <strong>International</strong> Office<br />
for annual Ivy Plus Meeting<br />
March 20<strong>12</strong> at Princeton <strong>University</strong><br />
Fall <strong>2011</strong> <strong>International</strong> Population<br />
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<strong>International</strong> Student Enrollment at Ivy League and Other Institutions– Fall 2010 and Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Brown<br />
Columbia<br />
Cornell<br />
Dartmouth<br />
Harvard<br />
MIT<br />
Princeton<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Univ of Chicago<br />
Univ of Penn<br />
Yale<br />
941<br />
944<br />
1,283<br />
1,213<br />
1,624<br />
1,495<br />
2,135<br />
2,108<br />
3,305<br />
3,168<br />
3,047<br />
2,920<br />
3,868<br />
3,670<br />
3,732<br />
3,601<br />
4,188<br />
4,321<br />
4,570<br />
4,116<br />
Total Int'l Enrollment - Fall '11 Total Int'l Enrollment - Fall '10<br />
5,951<br />
6,536<br />
87
<strong>International</strong> Students as Percentage of All Students– Fall 2010 and Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Brown<br />
Columbia<br />
Cornell<br />
Dartmouth<br />
Harvard<br />
MIT<br />
Princeton<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Univ of Chicago<br />
Univ of Penn<br />
Yale<br />
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14.60%<br />
14.00%<br />
15.10%<br />
15.40%<br />
18.30%<br />
17.50%<br />
20.60%<br />
19.00%<br />
20.00%<br />
18.70%<br />
18.40%<br />
19.40%<br />
18.00%<br />
18.00%<br />
Int'l Enrollment as % of Total Enrollment -‐ Fall '11<br />
Int'l Enrollment as % of Total Enrollment -‐ Fall '10<br />
19.90%<br />
20.40%<br />
23.20%<br />
21.70%<br />
22.40%<br />
21.80%<br />
27.90%<br />
27.40%
Brown<br />
Columbia<br />
Cornell<br />
Dartmouth<br />
Harvard<br />
MIT<br />
Princeton<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Univ of Chicago<br />
Univ of Penn<br />
Yale<br />
<strong>International</strong> Undergraduate Student Enrollment– Fall 2010 and Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
308<br />
340<br />
436<br />
400<br />
525<br />
493<br />
509<br />
468<br />
557<br />
552<br />
542<br />
521<br />
663<br />
597<br />
691<br />
695<br />
842<br />
796<br />
1,103<br />
1,107<br />
Int'l Undergraduate Enrollment -‐ Fall '11 Int'l Undergraduate Enrollment -‐ Fall '10<br />
1,282<br />
1,202<br />
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<strong>International</strong> Undergraduate as a Percentage of Total Undergraduate– Fall 2010 and Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Brown<br />
Columbia<br />
Cornell<br />
Dartmouth<br />
Harvard<br />
MIT<br />
Princeton<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Univ of Chicago<br />
Univ of Penn<br />
Yale<br />
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7.30%<br />
8.00%<br />
7.60%<br />
7.20%<br />
Int'l Undergrads as % of Total Undergrads -‐ Fall '11<br />
Int'l Undergrads as % of Total Undergrads -‐ Fall '10<br />
9.10%<br />
8.60%<br />
9.80%<br />
9.90%<br />
9.30%<br />
9.50%<br />
8.90%<br />
11.20%<br />
10.10%<br />
10.40%<br />
10.50%<br />
10.10%<br />
9.80%<br />
10.80%<br />
10.80%<br />
10.70%<br />
10.70%<br />
10.70%
Brown<br />
Columbia<br />
Cornell<br />
Dartmouth<br />
Harvard<br />
MIT<br />
Princeton<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Univ of Chicago<br />
Univ of Penn<br />
Yale<br />
<strong>International</strong> Graduate & Professional Student Enrollment– Fall 2010 and Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
603<br />
600<br />
564<br />
543<br />
967<br />
884<br />
1,429<br />
1,382<br />
2,490<br />
2,333<br />
2,417<br />
2,331<br />
2,330<br />
2,383<br />
2,880<br />
2,830<br />
2,843<br />
2,446<br />
3,497<br />
3,626<br />
4,737<br />
Int'l Grad & Prof Enrollment -‐ Fall '11 Int'l Grad & Prof Enrollment -‐ Fall '10<br />
5,217<br />
91
<strong>International</strong> Graduates & Professionals as a Percentage of Total– Fall 2010 and Fall <strong>2011</strong><br />
Brown<br />
Columbia<br />
Cornell<br />
Dartmouth<br />
Harvard<br />
MIT<br />
Princeton<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Univ of Chicago<br />
Univ of Penn<br />
Yale<br />
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25.80%<br />
22.60%<br />
21.90%<br />
21.60%<br />
25.80%<br />
25.90%<br />
24.40%<br />
24.90%<br />
25.40%<br />
24.90%<br />
Int'l Grad & Prof as % of Total Grad & Prof -‐ Fall '11<br />
Int'l Grad & Prof as % of Total Grad & Prof -‐ Fall '10<br />
28.00%<br />
27.50%<br />
29.70%<br />
28.70%<br />
36.10%<br />
33.30%<br />
37.00%<br />
34.20%<br />
32.70%<br />
32.20%<br />
38.00%<br />
38.00%
Brown<br />
Columbia<br />
Cornell<br />
Dartmouth<br />
Harvard<br />
MIT<br />
Princeton<br />
<strong>Stanford</strong><br />
Univ of Chicago<br />
Univ of Penn<br />
Yale<br />
<strong>International</strong> Scholars at Ivy League And Other Institutions– Academic Year 2010-<strong>2011</strong><br />
320<br />
306<br />
574<br />
491<br />
847<br />
779<br />
996<br />
1,082<br />
978<br />
1,551<br />
2,060<br />
1,885<br />
2,140<br />
2,146<br />
2,239<br />
2,066<br />
2,819<br />
2,711<br />
2,756<br />
2,717<br />
Total Int'l Scholars 2010-‐11 Total Int'l Scholars 2009-‐10<br />
4,459<br />
4,203<br />
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We are looking forward to<br />
celebrating the 50th anniversary of<br />
<strong>Bechtel</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Center</strong> in 2013<br />
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1963 - 2013