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Dr.ChristopherViers[1]servesasAssociateVicePresidentforInternationalServicesatIndianaUniversity(IU).Heisresponsibleforstrategicplanning,organizationalassessment,andmajorstrategicprojectswithintheOfficeoftheVicePresidentforInternationalAffairs.Dr.Viersalsoprovidesexecutiveleadershipofadynamicorganizationresponsibleformeetingthecomprehensiveneedsofapproximately9,000internationalstudentsand1,500visitingscholarsonIndianaUniversity’seightcampuses.Inthiscapacityheoverseesuniversity-wideregulatoryp...
Dr. Christopher Viers[1] serves as Associate Vice President for International Services at Indiana University (IU). He is responsible for strategic planning, organizational assessment, and major strategic projects within the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs.
Dr. Viers also provides executive leadership of a dynamic organization responsible for meeting the comprehensive needs of approximately 9,000 international students and 1,500 visiting scholars on Indiana University’s eight campuses. In this capacity he oversees university-wide regulatory policy, practice, and service issues affecting international students, visiting scholars, and employees; international student recruitment and admissions; international student and scholar visa and immigration advising; international student life; the use, security, and retention of sensitive and critical international data; and the ongoing planning, development, testing, and implementation of the SUNAPSIS software so...