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General Inquiries:
internationaloffice@rmu.edu
412-397-4243
Located in Colonial Village #2
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Center for Global Engagement Staff
Dr. Jennifer Creamer
Jennifer Creamer is the Executive Director of the Center for Global Engagement (CGE) where she oversees education abroad and international student services. Creamer has been involved in international education for over 30 years, with experiences studying abroad in Mexico and Japan, teaching ESL in Japan, leading Japanese students on short-term programs to the US, and working at US universities to support students. She received her BA in anthropology and East Asian studies from Colby College, Maine, and earned her doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she focused her research on the impact of study abroad on the academic and professional lives of Japanese women. Creamer is a board member of the Japan-America Society of PA and volunteers as a cultural presenter for the Society where she introduces K-12 students to different aspects of Japanese culture. A member of the NAFSA: Association of International Educators' Trainer Corps since 2010, she is an active trainer and presenter at national conferences and served as the 2023 Content Chair for NAFSA’s 75th Anniversary Conference.
Phone: 412-397-6887
Email: creamer@rmu.edu
Jessica Schrader
Jessica has been advising RMU students on study abroad opportunities since 2016. Prior to joining the CGE staff, she earned an MA in International Education Management at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in California. As a student at Gettysburg College, she participated in a faculty-led program to northern Germany and semesters abroad in Heidelberg, Germany and Salamanca, Spain. Additionally, she spent two years living and working in Madrid, Spain. She has volunteered her time to review applications for the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Fund for Education Abroad, and she’s always happy to talk to students about their options to go abroad and ways to fund those experiences.
Contact me for: questions about FLEAPs, studying abroad, interning abroad, funding an experience abroad, or global SET opportunities
Phone: 412-397-6493
Email: schrader@rmu.edu
Appointments: https://calendar.app.google/UKdbE63hsBxKfLRP9
Tabitha Slater
Tabitha has been advising RMU international students since 2014. She earned a B.A. in Communications and a M.S. in Higher Education from Robert Morris University. During her undergraduate program, she completed a summer internship abroad in London, England. Additionally, she has traveled as a chaperone on two RMU Faculty-led programs to Switzerland, France, and Ecuador. Tabitha has a passion for traveling and has visited 20 countries and 4 continents. She enjoys talking to students about Pittsburgh, where she has traveled, where they come from, and where they want to go abroad.
Contact me for: Questions about: F-1 or J-1 immigration, Registration requirements, Change of Majors, Withdraws, Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission letters or concerns, OPT/CPT, Global Ambassadors, Global Karneval, & Friendship Families
Phone: 412-397-5943
Email: slater@rmu.edu
Appointments: https://calendar.app.google/4dpGuPxMn1YAkhL99
Karis Cornelius
Karis joined the CGE staff in 2023 to advise incoming RMU international students and current RMU students interested in studying abroad. In 2022, she earned an MA in Student Affairs in Higher Education from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). During her undergraduate career at Juniata College, she spent one semester studying abroad in York, England, and traveled with Juniata’s Concert Choir on short-term performance tours in Ireland, Vietnam, Central Europe, Morocco, and Scotland. During the fall semester of 2022, she also lived and worked with study abroad students in Berlin, Germany. Karis loves to chat with students about their past and future travel destinations and sustainable traveling.
Contact me for: questions about studying abroad, interning abroad, funding an experience abroad, global SET opportunities, Global Ambassadors, and Global Karneval
Phone: 412-397-6825
Email: cornelius@rmu.edu
Appointments: https://calendar.app.google/CTZNgrXJ4W1ASZyy9