Teaching Fellows: A quick tour of our world

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Teaching Fellows A quick tour of our world

• A presentation by
• Dr. Patricia A. Burak, Director
• Slutzker Center for International Services
• Syracuse University
• August 8, 2007

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Slutzker Center for International Services

• http//tinyurl.com/38jabj or
• http//youtube.com/watch?vhO46SHMsDfA
• Youtube.com/suvpu
• Mission and Vision
• Organizational Chart
• SEVIS

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• Student Affairs/ SSDE Cluster
• Admissions
• I-9/taxes/health insurance
• Orientation
• Annual report

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Slutzker Center for International
Services Organizational Flow Chart
Patricia A. Burak Director
Sidney Skip Greenblatt Senior Assistant
Director for Advising Counseling
Fariba Rahmanzadeh International Student Advisor
Andrea Godfread-Brown Associate Director
Elane Granger Associate Director
Jason Kalivas International Student Scholar
Advisor
Lynn Dunyk Administrative Specialist
Jennifer Gavilondo Legal Assistant
Riet DeKleermaeker Front Desk Advisor
Angie Romano Functional Business Analyst
Kyoung Mi Choi Graduate Assistant
Carolyn Salter International Student and Scholar
Advisor
Amie Farrell Office Assistant
TBD Student Employee
Connie Edwards Coordinator of Records
Admissions
Steve Andress Kathryn Strunk Student Employee
Chijioke Eze Patricio Castro Student Employee
Kena Vasquez Rashmi Karki Hakki Gurhan Student
Employees
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Regulatory Aspects of Life for International
Students

• Immigration Regulations F-1 and J-1
• USA Patriot Act
• Taxes/ Social Security Numbers

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• Travel
• Employment regulations
• Practical training

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Cross Cultural Dimensions of the International
Student Population

• Languages of the world
• Religions of the world
• Countries in the World

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Culture from the Inside Out

• Culture from the Inside Out Travel-and Meet
  Yourself. Alan Cornes. Intercultural Press, 2004.
• Crisis Management in a Cross-Cultural Setting.
  Patricia A. Burak and William F. Hoffa. NAFSA
  Association of International Educators, 2001.