{"id":7712,"date":"2026-01-06T15:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/?p=7712"},"modified":"2026-01-06T15:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:44:59","slug":"announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Wendy Fritz has been appointed as\u00a0Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support\u00a0on a permanent basis, effective 1\/1\/2026,\u00a0\u00a0following her exemplary service in this role in an interim capacity over the past year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wendy brings nearly two decades of experience in international education to this position. Since joining the University of Rochester in 2021, she has played a vital leadership role in advancing the University\u2019s global engagement efforts and in strengthening support systems for international students and scholars.\"\"<\/p>\n

Prior to Rochester, Wendy served in international education roles at Marist Univers<\/span>ity, SUNY Brockport, and Nazareth University. Her professional experience spans global recruitment, English language education, immigration compliance, and comprehensive support services. She has also served as adjunct faculty, teaching courses in World Religions and Cross-Cultural Communication, and has contributed to the field through presentations and panel discussions at NAFSA and New York State international education conferences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wendy\u2019s commitment to international education is deeply root<\/span><\/p>\n

ed in her upbringing in a globally engaged household, where hosting international students and scholars fostered her lifelong passion for cultural exchange, diversity, and global learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please join me in congratulating Wendy on her permanent appointment and in thanking her for her continued leadership and dedicated service to the University of Rochester.<\/p>\n

Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela, Ph.D
\nVice Provost, Global Engagement
\nProfessor, Warner School of Education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Wendy Fritz has been appointed as\u00a0Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support\u00a0on a permanent basis, effective 1\/1\/2026,\u00a0\u00a0following her exemplary service in this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAnnouncement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support - Office for Global Engagement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support - Office for Global Engagement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I am pleased to announce that Dr. Wendy Fritz has been appointed as\u00a0Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support\u00a0on a permanent basis, effective 1\/1\/2026,\u00a0\u00a0following her exemplary service in this…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Office for Global Engagement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-06T20:44:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wendy-3-1200x630.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michelle Bopp-Smith\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michelle Bopp-Smith\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michelle Bopp-Smith\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fd60e082804ca17490bddf31fe10244d\"},\"headline\":\"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-06T20:44:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":244,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Wendy-3-200x300.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/\",\"name\":\"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support - Office for Global Engagement\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Wendy-3-200x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-06T20:44:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fd60e082804ca17490bddf31fe10244d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Wendy-3-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Wendy-3-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1707,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/\",\"name\":\"Office for Global Engagement\",\"description\":\"University of Rochester\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/office-global-engagement\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fd60e082804ca17490bddf31fe10244d\",\"name\":\"Michelle Bopp-Smith\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support - Office for Global Engagement","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support - Office for Global Engagement","og_description":"I am pleased to announce that Dr. Wendy Fritz has been appointed as\u00a0Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support\u00a0on a permanent basis, effective 1\/1\/2026,\u00a0\u00a0following her exemplary service in this…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/","og_site_name":"Office for Global Engagement","article_published_time":"2026-01-06T20:44:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wendy-3-1200x630.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michelle Bopp-Smith","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michelle Bopp-Smith","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/"},"author":{"name":"Michelle Bopp-Smith","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/#\/schema\/person\/fd60e082804ca17490bddf31fe10244d"},"headline":"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support","datePublished":"2026-01-06T20:44:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/"},"wordCount":244,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wendy-3-200x300.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/","name":"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support - Office for Global Engagement","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wendy-3-200x300.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-06T20:44:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/#\/schema\/person\/fd60e082804ca17490bddf31fe10244d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wendy-3-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Wendy-3-scaled.jpg","width":1707,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/announcement-appointment-of-dr-wendy-fritz-as-assistant-vice-provost-for-international-services-and-support\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Announcement: Appointment of Dr. Wendy Fritz as Assistant Vice Provost for International Services and Support"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/","name":"Office for Global Engagement","description":"University of Rochester","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/#\/schema\/person\/fd60e082804ca17490bddf31fe10244d","name":"Michelle Bopp-Smith"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7722,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7712\/revisions\/7722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/office-global-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}