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

Alice Popescu

International Student Advisor

Biography

Alice Popescu has joined Tulane’s Office of International Students and Scholars in spring of 2020. She holds a Master’s Degree in Modern Government and European Integration from the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest, Romania and an MBA from the University of New Orleans. Alice started working in the field of International Education as a Graduate Assistant. After graduating, she continued working in the field and dedicated the last seven years of her career to advising, programming and coordinating international students coming to study in the US.

She was born in Romania, during a time when traveling internationally was an option for very few.  Her journey of discovering the world started when she moved to South Africa at the age of 12. Since then Alice has been passionate about traveling and strongly believes that a person’s education can be enhanced through knowledge of other cultures and by engaging in activities that involve people with various backgrounds and beliefs. She is also passionate about sharing her life experiences in order to promote new values and to bring people together.