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

Welcome Warren Jones, International Student Advisor

Office of International Students and Scholars oiss@tulane.edu
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In December 2022 OISS welcomed  Warren Jones to our team.  Warren will be serving as international student advisor to all undergraduate students, Medical School students, and graduate students in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.

Warren Jones is a proud native of New Orleans who happens to have been raised right here in our very own neighborhood of Uptown! He comes to us with over 10 years of dedicated work experience in international education and grassroots cultural exchange, as well as a deep passion for engaging with students from all corners of the world.

Warren’s professional journey began with the unique opportunity to participate in a long-term overseas work exchange through the JET Programme. While based in Japan, he applied his fluent Japanese skills toward building foreign relations and promoting peace on behalf of the City of Hiroshima, with a special focus on global efforts for nuclear nonproliferation.

He eventually returned to the U.S. and assumed a variety of impactful student services roles at multiple top research institutions across the country. He considers his journey back to the area as a true homecoming event, and he couldn’t be more excited to be joining us here at Tulane as an International Student Advisor!