International Student Affairs Office Location and Staff

This office is located in DerryBerry Hall in Room 103 on the TTU campus in Cookeville, Tennessee. To contact, please use the following address and/or phone number. Click here for a campus map.

Charles Wilkerson, Director of International Student Affairs
E-mail: CWilkerson@tntech.edu
Phone: 931-372-3634

Wilkerson oversees all F-1 and J-1 international students and research scholars at TTU. His primary duty is recruiting international students, issuing documents for F-1 and J-1 students. He is the direct contact for all international partners and inbound students. He completed his Master's degree in TESOL from the University of Tennessee. Charlie worked with Intrax English Institute in San Francisco, CA as the Assistant Director and International Recruiter for 7 years. In his free time Charlie likes to travel, shop online, chat, maintain his fish aquariums and learn other languages. He lived in Japan for his undergraduate and he is very proficient in Japanese.

Brenda Gentry, Secretary III, Notary
E-mail: BGentry@tntech.edu
Phone: 931-372-3634

Gentry's main responsibility is to oversee all international student accounting and payment issues. She also is the designated contact for medical insurance issues, billing questions and problems. Ms. Gentry has been at TTU for 11 years and worked previously in the Records office. She handles the budget issues for the Office of International Student Affairs.

Ms.Gentry enjoys researching her family tree in her spare time and enjoys shopping and collecting jewelry.

Amy Miller, Study Abroad Coordinator
E-mail: ALMiller@tntech.edu
Phone: 931-372-3634

Miller is the new Study Abroad Coordinator. Her main responsibilities include: promoting programs abroad, recruiting, assisting students in the selection of programs abroad, facilitating the paperwork for the issuance of visas to travel abroad, accommodations, travel reimbursement scholarships, and paperwork for acceptance from host institution. Ms. Miller studied in Venezuela and speaks Spanish fluently.