From May 27 to May 31, our office will be closed.  May 27, Tulane University is closed in observance of Memorial Day.  May 28- May 31, the entire OISS team will be attending the NAFSA Annual Conference.  As the most important annual event for international educators, this conference will provide our team with vital updates and ideas that will help us to better serve our international community.  As a bonus, we’re using this opportunity to update the carpet at 6901 Willow. 

If you have any timely requests, such as an OPT, CPT, or Academic Training application or a program extension, please be sure to get complete application to your OISS advisor no later than Friday, May 17 to allow for 3 to 5 business days for processing.  If not, we may not be able to complete your request before the conference. 

During this time, we’ll be monitoring our email for true immigration emergencies, but please be sure to expect a delay in our response.  We’ll still be there if you really need us. 

Thank you for your cooperation,

The OISS Team

Office of International Students & Scholars
Southeast Asia

"I come from a country that is politically corrupt and we have virtually a non-existent healthcare system. It's one of the worst healthcare systems in the world. People just dying from preventable stuff like [lack of] clean water, sanitation... very basic human needs. So I have this perspective of how precious life is and how people sometimes take healthcare for granted. That's why I have a really strong passion for health -because I come from somewhere where it's very unavailable.

What I like about Tulane and this community as a whole is how individualistic people are. They know what they want and they form their own path. They actually have their own aspirations and their own goals. Back home in Burma, it's a different thing. It's more collective. People don't really carve their own path. They kind of let parents or guardians or peers make their paths for them.

I want to be a doctor and am studying political science at the same time because I want to go back home one day to successfully change the healthcare system. My healthcare system is deeply rooted in politics, so you need the knowledge of political science and then you need the skills and knowledge of being a doctor to go back and change it. That's my dream. Hopefully I can achieve part of it one day."