Office of International Education

Website: www.iup.edu/international
Michele L. Petrucci, Associate Vice President for International Education and Global Engagement
Emma Archer, Director of International Student and Scholar Services
Ileana Townsend, Director of Education Abroad

The Office of International Education (OIE) is a comprehensive international education office and the primary catalyst for IUP’s international initiatives. The OIE proactively facilitates, promotes, and organizes the international programs, events, support, and initiatives to more fully diversify IUP and the local western Pennsylvania communities.

The OIE is a central source of information that provides special services for admitted international students, visiting scholars, and international visitors and faculty members. The office is also the main resource and support for education abroad programs and international programming. The office provides the following services:

• extensive orientation program for new international students
• advising on immigration matters
• counseling on cultural and personal matters
• preparation and processing of immigration documents
• predeparture orientation program for education abroad participants
• re-entry program for education abroad participants returning from overseas
• intercultural programming for the campus and Indiana community
• aid to faculty members for international programming and faculty-led education abroad
• organization of international events such as International Education Week and International Unity Day
• management of international programs such as Conversation Partners and International Friendship Program
• management and oversight of IUP’s intensive English program, the American Language Institute
• International agreements and partnerships
• International recruiting and marketing