Katie Tudini, assistant director of the Office of International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been named assistant vice provost and director of ISSS at UB.

Tudini, who joins the UB staff on April 30, succeeds Ellen Dussourd, who is retiring this month after 19 years of service to the university.

Tudini has more than 10 years of experience in the field of international education, including a three-year stint as an international student adviser at Georgia State University in Atlanta and service as a senior adviser at Georgia Tech.

A native of Western New York, Tudini earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from SUNY Fredonia in 2005 and a master’s degree in college student personnel administration from Canisius College in 2007. Her husband, Jeff Tudini, received an MS in environmental engineering from UB.

Well regarded in the field of immigration compliance for international students, she was recently appointed chair of the International Student and Scholar Regulatory Practice Committee of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the largest professional association of its kind in the world.