International Student Services (ISS) Team

Our staff is committed to making your academic and social experience at Ashland University as positive as possible. Part of our mission is to provide services to you in a friendly, courteous manner. We will encourage you to become part of the university community so that your stay here will be rewarding, exciting and memorable. Please, take time to meet each of us, and feel free to ask questions.


Susan Rosa Director Susan overseesthe coordination of marketing, recruitment, admissions and immigration for international students.	Diane KernerInternational Student Advisor Diane advises undergraduate and graduate students and provides orientation sessions. She also coordinates activities, along with the International Club officers.	Sharon Carr Administrative Assistant Sharon assists with applications and immigration documents, as well as managing the office's database needs.

Zeid Alserhan MBA Intern Zeid, from Jordan, assists ISS with special projects, tutors students when needed, manages the MBA Work Experience requirement and helps students with their taxes. Zeid is approaching the end of his MBA studies.	Mary (Chris) Pesek Arrivals Coordination Arranges for the airport pickup and on-campus arrival of our new students.	Anton Fernando Facilities Intern Anton Fernando manages the International Community Center and the ISS Store and provides students wanting to live off campus with current rental information. He is in the MBA program. He and his wife are from Sri Lanka.

Atef Feki Intake Intern Atef Feki (Tunisia) is an MBA student, and also the friendly face picking up new students from the airport.	Kendra Kromer Club Intern Kendra willl be coordinating the duties and activities of the club officers. She will be very busy!	I-Chieh Chen Front Desk Intern Our front desk is manned by a team of interns with whom I-Chieh works.