If you need assistance, please contact our main office phone number at (402) 472 – 0324, email us at isso@unl.edu, or visit our office located at 130 Louise Pound Hall during consulting hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Karen Cagley, Director
Karen’s role is to manage the ISSO to effectively provide support and services to international students, scholars and UNL departments and colleges by providing information to international students and scholars to help them maintain their immigration status and by assisting university departments with immigration related matters in order to hire and retain international faculty and staff. Her expertise includes advising regarding immigration classifications that relate to international students and scholars (F-1, J-1, and H-1B). Karen is the lead staff member for developing policies and procedures, maintaining the universities compliance with federal regulations related to immigration and coordination of data management. Prior to joining UNL in 1999, Karen was an International Student and Scholar Advisor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). Karen has been active in the field of international education and has served on the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Region II team as Community Section Representative and as Region II Chair, has been a member of the NAFSA Trainer Corps, has served on the Local Arrangement Team for Regional Conference and has presented on various topics at regional and national conferences.Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Wartburg College and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She has traveled to Canada, Mexico, France, England, Hong Kong, China, Philippines and Japan.
Angela Bryan, Associate Director, International Student Support
Natalia Meyer, Associate Director
Natalia plays a lead role at the ISSO to ensure that international faculty and staff are sufficiently supported so that they can thrive and succeed at UNL. Natalia provides university departments with immigration-related matters to hire and retain international faculty, researchers, and staff. Natalia's expertise includes advising regarding immigration classifications that relate to international faculty, staff, and scholars (J-1, E-3, O-1, and H-1B). Natalia is the lead specialist for non-traditional student programs such as Non-Degree Exchange Visitors (J-1). Prior to joining UNL in 2015, she worked as an Admissions Specialist for the Graduate College at Oklahoma State University. Natalia holds a B.A. degree in Psychology from Iowa State University and an M.A. degree in Higher Education Administration from UNL.
Connor Willingham, Assistant Director
Connor advises international students and scholars to help them maintain their immigration status and assists university departments with immigration-related matters. He is also the lead staff member managing sponsored student and undergraduate student intern matters. Prior to joining UNL in 2022, Connor was a coordinator with the Office of Global Engagement at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and an international student advisor with the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Professionally, Connor has served as the Nebraska State Representative to NAFSA Region II, as well as participated in the NAFSA Academy of International Educators. Connor holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is pursuing a Master’s degree in International Education Management from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. Connor has traveled to Canada, China, Cuba, Japan, Mexico, and South Korea.