This month we’re delighted to introduce you to five new members of the
Envisage team! You will meet this excellent group below and we’re not
done hiring yet. It’s also almost tax time, so we’ve updated our
very popular international student tax resources for 2016. Tax filing for
most international students is quite simple and our free resources will
guide your students through the process quickly. For those with tougher
questions, we’ll be hosting a live Google Hangout where students can
get the personal guidance they need. We also highlight the new monthly
reporting for our Featured School partners, and share our best practices
white paper titled “Selecting and Managing International Student
Health Insurance.”
Enjoy the newsletter!
Keith
Clausen, President
For
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Tax Resources Available for your Students
 Are
you getting lots of questions from your students about what to do about
their taxes? Every year around this time, we get lots of questions about
filing tax returns, and we have a number of resources that can help!
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Tax
Section on InternationalStudent.com - It is filled with
information about who needs to file what forms, links to
downloadable forms and other relevant tax documents, and even has an
overview of the American tax system.
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Tax
Video - We have a step-by-step tax
video
to help guide international students through the process and address
some of the most common questions we receive.
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Live
Tax Google Hangout - Invite your students to our
Tax
Hangout on Thursday, March 24th at 2:00 PM, where we have
partnered with Sprintax and their professional accountants to
discuss international student tax filing in more detail.
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International Insurance Trends and Best Practices
 Industries
are always evolving, and the international insurance industry is no
different. Keeping up with policy changes can be a challenging task for
international education advisors, especially in such a complex field. You
need to rely on those within the field to provide their insight so that you
can make the most informed decisions for your students.
Our new
international insurance best practices guide
titled “Selecting
and Managing International Student Health Insurance”, is a
comprehensive resource to help you navigate the insurance selection and
implementation process. For a quick summary of the purpose of the white
paper and to determine if it will be helpful to you, please
read
our blog post.
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Enhanced Reporting using Google Analytics
 In
a continued effort to provide our partners with the best measurable online
recruiting programs, we are happy to announce our new automated reporting
using Google Analytics. The report will show how much traction each school’s
profile is receiving on InternationalStudent.com. The report includes:
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Views, - both visitors and unique visitors
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Demographics of your visitors
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Country of origin
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and more ...
Coupled with the ability to log into their accounts on
InternationalStudent.com and view or download all their individual leads,
this reporting completes the information and analytics available for our
Featured School partners and empowers them to fully measure the success of
our efforts.
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Welcome New Hires
 Nate
Bockoven - Nate recently joined Envisage as one of their key developers
after working as a lead developer for a media company in Folsom, CA
specializing in government and education publications. He studied web
development at American River College in Sacramento, CA.
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 Leah
Hammond - Leah’s passion for international travel and her background
in customer relations brought her to Envisage International. She received
her Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management from Florida State
University.
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 James
Lewis - James is our newest software developer and has a passion for
building scalable web applications and designing interactive user
interfaces. He is currently working towards his Bachelors in Computer
Science at the University of North Florida.
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 Rachel
Rollins - Rachel is our newest intern working with our school marketing and
advertising department. She is a recent graduate from the University of
North Florida, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Communications
and Advertising.
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 Hranislav
Ruzic- Hranislav grew up in Columbus, Ohio and graduated with a Bachelor's
degree in International Studies from The Ohio State University. He has
extensive experience travelling through Europe and Asia and was drawn to
Envisage because of their work with international students and universities.
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We Are Hiring!
We are hiring a
Digital
Marketing Manager for our advertising department. Let us know if you
know someone who is interested!
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Conferences & Events
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CONAHEC - Mar 16-18, San
Luis Potosí, Mexico
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WETM/IAPA - Mar 19-21,
Atlanta, GA
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AAIE - Apr 14,
Montgomery, AL
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