Hannah Juliff, M.A.

In this role, I continue to serve international students through comprehensive advising and processing requests. I am the functional lead for employment related matters on the student team, supervise two employees, and continue to strengthen internal processes and external webpages.

In this role, I process requests, issue initial I-20s, and advise students through phone, video, and email. I develop and document processes, improve webpage content, update materials, and communicate with campus partners to serve our students together.

In this role, I serve as a Designated School Official (DSO) and an Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO). I advise F-1 students on immigration compliance, status maintenance, travel, and employment/training options (OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, Severe Economic Hardship). I liaise with 11 academic departments to determine visa options for their international hires and visitors. I create DS-2019 documents for J-1 scholars brought in by those academic departments. I advise J-1 scholars on immigration compliance, travel, 212(e) requirements/bars as well as identify potential issues in J-1 scholar matters like funding updates and 212(e) waiver impacts. I file academic H-1B petitions. I identify changes in immigration law and policy and update university policy/practice to ensure compliance. I recognize employment trends, concerns, and proposed policy changes that could impact our international student and scholar populations. I serve on the Practical Training Management Team which liaises with the Career Services office at CU Boulder, working together to ensure that our international students are supported in their career and internship pursuits.

In this role, I served as a Designated School Official (DSO) and prepared I-20 forms for F-1 students. I advised students on immigration compliance, degree programs, health, wellness, career, and finances. I was responsible for reporting student attendance, progress, & student success to sponsors (SACM, KCO, etc.). I planned, advertised, & coordinated monthly cultural activities for the students. I prepared procurement expense reports for activities and department spending. I also developed an instructor handbook alongside Julia Hedges to help strengthen the onboarding process and instructor resources.

In this role, I advised J-1 students on academic training (AT), visa compliance, and travel. I collected admissions documents, admitted J-1 exchange students, and sent acceptance packets to students. I distributed pre-arrival information, coordinated transportation, and oriented J-1 students. I planned, advertised, facilitated, & served as a chaperone for 10-15 cultural activities each semester. I coordinated scholarships, prepared invoices, and applied charges to J-1 student bursar records. I managed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) and exchange agreements, facilitated renewals & termination of agreements.

In this role, I wrote articles for the University News. I conducted research projects such as evaluating U.S. World News Reports to highlight degree programs where UM ranked strongly. I assisted with drafts for Mississippi newspaper announcements concerning graduates.

In this role, I helped students understand the wide variety of study abroad options. I scheduled appointments, assisted with orientation materials, and developed pamphlets.

In this role, I answered the phone, wrote blog posts, managed social media content, scheduled appointments, and assisted with bridesmaid dress and mother of the bride dress sales.

In this role, I was a senior student staff member, assisting with a staff shortage and overseeing resident assistant schedules as well as being responsible for programming efforts, crisis management, and duty shifts. In this role, I had shifts where if a resident assistant needed a management level consult during an after-hours crisis, I would respond and help evaluate next steps based on standard operating procedures.

In this role, I was responsible for resident matters on one floor of the housing unit. I led programming efforts, served duty nights, responded to matters after hours, wrote incident reports, mediated roommate conflicts, and encouraged student development through friendship, activities, and a safe community.