International Student & Scholar Services

International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) actively supports the College’s mission to ensure that students who come to Middlebury engage the world. As part of the Office for Institutional Planning and Diversity, ISSS helps to advance the College’s planning and diversity efforts.

ISSS provides advising, programs, services, and support to our international students, staff, and faculty who come to study and work at Middlebury College in our many programs (13 summer Language Schools, the Bread Loaf School of English on three U.S. campuses and one site abroad, Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, and the undergraduate college).  ISSS manages the College’s involvement in the U.S. government’s Student & Exchange Visitor System (SEVIS) as well as institutional compliance with related immigration regulations.  We also coordinate International Student Orientation and the Friends of International Students (FIS) host program. 

The College enrolls more than 250 international undergraduates from more than 75 countries along with many international students in the summer schools. ISSS also serves as a place of support for students who have international roots by having lived abroad or immigrated to the United States.  Middlebury also employs approximately 250 international faculty and staff members in our year-round programs.

International Student and Scholar Services has three staff members: Kathy Foley-Giorgio, Kaye-Lani Laughna, and we currently have a staff vacancy (spring 2008).  

Please consult the side bar on the right to learn more about our programs and services.  If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us.

— Updated April 4, 2008.