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Staff

Admissions & Student Services

  • Pankhuri Barnes International Admissions Specialist
  • Gregory Hunt Smith International Student Advisor for Admissions
  • Rachael Kerr Senior ISSO Coordinator
  • Katherine Lukens International Student Advisor for Admissions

  • Spencer Jamieson Senior ISSO Coordinator
  • Lauren Jeffery Snow Lauren Jeffery Snow Assistant Director of Admission and Student Services
  • Priscilla Tso Senior ISSO Coordinator

Undergraduate International Student Services

  • William “Caleb” Felder International Student Advisor
  • Ryan Keane Assistant Director, Student Services
  • Sylvia A. M. Lynch International Student Advisor
  • Olesya Perevyshina International Student Advisor

Graduate International Student Services

  • Justin Balcourt International Student Advisor
  • Peter Buschkopf Senior International Student Advisor
  • Julianne Cabour International Student Advisor
  • Emma Daugherty International Student Advisor
  • Shannon Gerber Associate Director for Student Services
  • David King International Student Advisor
  • Chris Moca International Student Advisor
  • Courtney Naughton International Student Advisor
  • Brian Piper International Student Advisor
  • George Swartz International Student Advisor

International Scholar & Employee Services

  • Tunde Kiss International Scholar Advisor
  • Sonali Mukherjee International Scholar Advisor
  • Sharon Ralston Assistant Director for Scholar Services
  • Abigail Taylor International Scholar Administrator

Systems & Operations

  • Jeanne Kelley Managing Director
  • Jackson Xu SEVIS Specialist
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Welcome, New Students!

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Riho Imada (from left) and Akari Noguchi, both students at the Center for English Language and Orientation Programs, and Andrew Burwash (CAS'18) at the International Student Reception, held September 4 at the Trustee Ballroom. Photo by Jackie Riccardi

RSS ISSO News

  • Immigration-Related Activity Under the Second Trump Administration January 21, 2025
  • Spring 2025 Workshops December 4, 2024
  • Spring 2025 Student Reminders December 4, 2024
  • USCIS Premium Processing Fee Increases January 3, 2024
  • ISSOPortal is Live for Student Immigration Processing! November 27, 2023

RSS BU Global News

  • Dispatches from Abroad: International Students on Life at Home April 17, 2020
  • Study Abroad Program Directors on Coping with Coronavirus, Far from Boston April 17, 2020
  • Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future New Video Series “The World After Coronavirus,” (#WorldAfterCorona) April 17, 2020
  • Virtual Coffee & Conversation: Adapting to a New Reality March 20, 2020
  • Updated: BU Moves All Classes Online Due to Coronavirus — Questions and Answers March 13, 2020
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