OISS Building Closure 

Due to the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University on Thursday, March 27 through Saturday, March 29, OISS will adjust our building operations to accomodate higher traffic in the Uptown area. Our office will close early on Thursday, March 27 at 4:30 PM and our building will be physically closed all of Friday, March 28. We will reopen for normal building operations on Monday, March 31. If you have an in-person appointment, please connect with your OISS advisor to discuss switching to virtual. 

 - The OISS Team

Nancy Lauland

International Employee and Scholar Advisor

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Biography

Nancy Quant Lauland joined OISS as a Program Manager in 2014, where she assists international faculty and visiting scholars in immigration-related matters. She was born in Leon, Nicaragua and has family roots from Hong Kong. She grew up in New Orleans and would consider herself a native.

Nancy earned a BA in Communications from University of New Orleans and also received an ABA certification in Paralegal Studies from Louisiana State University. Prior to joining OISS, she spent eight years as an immigration paralegal with the law firm Ware|Immigration and has experience working on H-1B petitions, family-based petitions, employment-based petitions and permanent residence filings.