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Jameela Abdullah, senior international admissions counselor, and Megan Gerbez, senior international student and scholar advisor, presented their program at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators鈥 international conference this year. NAFSA is the world鈥檚 largest association dedicated to international education and exchange.
Students begin the program virtually through a GroupMe chat where they are invited to interact with ISO leaders who are also current students, allowing students to form new relationships to make their transition easier.
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鈥淲e are also making significant changes to the program this year to move some regular programming to a virtual platform so that we can have more in person events, following all protocols, of course,鈥 said Sarah Malcolm, the executive director of the Office of Global Education.