The first of three open forums for the director of International Students and Scholars Office will feature Sara Thurston on Monday. 

Thurston is the director of International Student and Scholar Services at Kansas State University. 

The open forum will take place from 11 a.m. to noon at the Soults Family Visitor Center in the Memorial Union.

“The successful candidate will manage a full range of activities that support the enrollment, academic and social success, retention, lawful status, personal well-being, employment, and travel of international student,” according to the Iowa State Division of Student Affairs website.  

The next two open forums for the position will take place Tuesday and Wednesday at the same time and location as the first. 

The other candidates are Roopa Rawjee, director of International Student and Scholar Services, and Krista McCallum Beatty, director of international student and faculty services at Ohio University.

Candidate evaluation forms are available online at www.studentaffairs.iastate.edu/candidate-evaluation-form.