The Center for International Faculty and Student Services

The Center for International Faculty and Student Services coordinates services for about 3,000 international students, scholars, faculty, and their dependents and offers programs with an international focus for all members of the university community. Programs and services include

• a comprehensive orientation prior to the fall semester designed to facilitate new students' adjustment to the United States and to Rutgers;
• a community-based International Friendship Program which gives students, university, and community residents the opportunity to get to know each other;
• regular communications on regulatory matters affecting international students and scholars;
• English language conversation groups;
• an international women's group which through weekly meetings and programs provides support to families from abroad;
• coordination of cross-cultural programs with student organizations, including the International Students Association and the International Student Affairs Committee of the Graduate Student Association;
• weekly workshops and seminars on employment benefits for nonimmigrant students and employees;
• individual advising on immigration, cross-cultural, financial, health, and other personal matters;
• publication of handbooks for students and scholars, a quarterly newsletter, and this website;
• cross-cultural communication training programs for students and staff.

For further information contact

• Marcy P. Cohen, Director
  
• Urmi Otiv, Associate Director for Student Cultural Programs and Advisement
  
• Jennifer Fernandez-Villa, Associate Director for Student Regulatory Advisement
  
• Asenath Dande, Associate Director for International Faculty and Scholar Services
  
• Linda Asaro, International Student Adviser
  
• Rachel Daroca, International Faculty and Scholar Adviser
  
• Lynn Andrade, Business Manager
  
• Melanie Jeitner, Insurance Coordinator
  
• Mladenka Tomasevic, SEVIS Administrator
  
• Sarita Morse, Front Desk Advisor
  
• Sirkka Kyle, Client Services Assistant
  
• Carol Long, Client Services Assistant
  
• Claudia P. DeFrancisco, Program Assistant
  

Office Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Closed every Wednesday for everything but severe emergencies.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Campus in New Brunswick
The Center for International Faculty and Student Services
180 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8537
Phone: 732.932.7015
Fax: 732.932.7992
Email: ru_cifss@email.rutgers.edu

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