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The Columbia Council for Internationals (CCFI) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, all-volunteer, secular group, organized in 1965, to offer assistance to international students arriving at the colleges and universities in the Columbia metropolitan area. CCFI is specifically and officially recognized by the USC to offer services to its international students. However, we also offer services to international students in the seven other degree-granting institutions in the Columbia area.

Through its Palmetto Council for International Visitors (PCIV), CCFI also provides hospitality and professional program support for US State Department-sponsored, short-term international visitors that are sent to the Columbia area and are channeled through the agencies affiliated with the National Council for International Visitors (NCIV). PCIV also offers special support services through our fee-for-service program for international professionals coming to the metro area in work-related programs.

CCFI is affiliated with the National Council for International Visitors (NCIV) and NAFSA: Association of International Educators.


Board of Directors


Officers

Gladys Coles
President

Barbara Gatlin
Past President

Jim Byrum
Vice President

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President Elect

Pat Lawter
Recording Secretary

Denise Cellier
Treasurer

Arthuree Ricks
Corresponding Secretary

Directors-at-Large

Ute Wachsmann-Linnan
Stephany Snowden
Randy Folks
Ethan Jackson

Honorary President
Partricia Pastides

Honorary Member
Mary Rogerson

Ex Officio Members

Pat Willer
Director, International
Programs for Students, USC


Kathy Bledsoe
Student Services
Coordinator, EPI, USC


Support

Mary Voulgaris
International Student
Services

Julia Ferillo
EPI for Internationals


Members

Robin Dean
International Hour Chair

Marion Crane
International Hour Co-Chair

Jane Teas
International Hour Co-Chair

Don Caughman
International Hour Co-Chair

Carol Spivey
International Hour Co-Chair

Don Caughman
Arrival Hospitality Chair

Ute Wachsmann-Linnon
Hospitality Chair

Dottie Boatwright
Hospitality Co-Chair

Barbara Gelberd
PCIV Co-Chair

Jim Byrum
PCIV Co-Chair

Carol Gelhaus
Furnishings Chair

Roland Griffin
Furnishings Co-Chair

Claude Huguley
Furnishings Co-Chair

Julia Ferillo
Community Host Chair

Brusi Alexander
Community Host Co-Chair

Virginia Winn
Newsletter

Denise Cellier
Finance

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Volunteer Recruitment

Brusi Alexander
Membership

Mary Revels
Historian

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Evaluation and New Programs

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Public Relations / Publicity

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Speakers Bureau

Ethan Jackson
Ways and Means Co-Chair

 

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