Michael Bustle is the Associate Vice Provost for International Affairs at NC State University. He is also Director of the Office of International Services (OIS) and the NC Global Training Initiative (GTI). He has worked in various capacities with international students, scholars, and international programs at several U.S. institutions (Vanderbilt University, UNC Chapel Hill, etc.,) for more than twenty years. He currently leads a team of ten professional advisors, program specialists, and support staff at NC State to ensure that international students and scholars are successful in their academic and research programs – as well as their transitional acculturation - at the University. Following his graduation from the University of Florida with a degree in anthropological linguistics, he spent several years teaching English in Japan. He has visited more than 20 countries in the last 25 years and spent two summers as a young man working in the Amazon. When not engaged in administrative duties, Michael enjoys teaching in the classroom (particularly about U.S. Culture), assisting international students and scholars with problems or questions, being involved with cross-cultural programs, and both learning about and sharing people’s stories.