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

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Office of International Students & Scholars
North America

 

“I did study abroad at pretty much every level of my education. The biggest experience was in high school. I was sixteen and it was kind of a... plop down. I went to Italy. Back then, things were different, right? All of this support structure that exists now did not exist in the 90s for international exchange. They just sent me there. I went by myself, I got from the airport by myself, I picked my classes by myself, and I just kind of…found my way by myself. I had a host family (that I remained very close with) but there wasn't a twenty-four-hour emergency support line. And I was in high school, that wasn't even college. There's a lot of learning to be done in that, right? The value of cultural exchange is, I think, just getting to know people, getting to know where you differ, where you’re alike, how you work together. Even across those things that are different, how can you take the best of both worlds and incorporate them into your life to create a world that you'd like?”