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Colleges Across U.S. Fear Chill on Enrollments of Foreign Students
“I think the end goal is to shake up higher ed and create fear,”
Steve Ulrich
May 30, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 11 minutes
MAY 30, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH
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☀️ LFG, DIII. It’s the weekend.
🥎 Softball. Three shutouts in four games on opening day of the NCAA DIII championship. Virginia Wesleyan blanked Randolph-Macon, 8-0, while Rowan shut out Texas Lutheran, 5-0. Trine whitewashed Redlands, 8-0, and Linfield defeated Saint Mary’s MN, 11-3.
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TOP STORY
1. Colleges Across U.S. Fear Chill on Enrollments of Foreign Students
by Karin Fischer, Chronicle of Higher Education
“The opening session of the world’s largest international-education conference had just begun on Tuesday morning when across the San Diego convention-center hall, Slack messages began to ping and alarmed emails thudded into inboxes.
Amid the welcoming remarks, many of the 8,000 attendees at the conference of NAFSA: Association of International Educators were learning of the latest news to shake the field: The U.S. Department of State had suspended all new student-visa appointments — at the height of student-visa application season. Seventy percent of all student visas issued last year, nearly 270,000, were awarded during the peak summer months.
“It’s not an accident it happened now,” said Fanta Aw, NAFSA’s chief executive and executive director, said of the pause, which the State Department said is needed to put in place a plan to screen all foreign students’ social-media accounts.
Aw said.”
» Driving the News. “The visa-interview suspension capped a week of bad news: The nominee to oversee the student-visa system vowed to end work authorization for recent international graduates, a move that could seriously dent the appeal of American colleges. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned foreign students who had not updated their employment records that they could face deportation.”
» Why It Matters. “Tuition paid by international students is a crucial revenue source for many colleges, and they are a major talent pipeline for graduate programs, particularly in the sciences.”
BASEBALL
2. Championship Preview
Pool play in the DIII Baseball Championship begins today in Eastlake, Ohio.
Scoring Offense: Kean 7.88, Endicott 11.32
Team ERA: Kean 3.18, Endicott 3.07
Hitting Leaders: (K) Kyle Adorno 398-2-36, CJ Tomalavage 359-12-43, Tyler Stone 344-4-40. (E) Danny MacDougall 361-8-46, Joey Frammartino 376-6-56, Zach Stephenson 341-9-35. (E) Charlie Hale 13-1, 2.04, 13/86; Evan Scully 10-0, 2.09, 7/44; John Connolly 6-0, 2.68, 25/45.
Pitching Leaders: (K) Jason Gilman 13-1, 2.09, 32W/136K; Lucas White 3-0, 2.34, 22/38; Christian Pareja 6-1, 2.89, 27/46.
Johns Hopkins (44-3) vs. Messiah (36-14), 1:15 p.m.
Scoring Offense: Johns Hopkins 10.21, Messiah 8.10
Team ERA: Johns Hopkins 3.55, Messiah 4.15
Hitting Leaders: (JH) Dillon Souvignier 423-16-62; Jimmy Stevens 383-18-65; Shawn Steuerer 375-17-55. (M) Evan Wagaman 343-12-58; Jarrett Gordon 325-6-43; Isaiah Parido 313-11-46.
Pitching Leaders: (JH) Drew Grumbles 8-0, 1.75, 24/73; Kieran Collins 9-1, 3.54, 19/59; Quinn Rovner 7-0, 4.84, 17/33. (M) Zachary Harris 8-2, 3.22, 12/73; Christian Foltz 5-3, 4.00, 34/90; Daniel Knight 4-1, 4.09, 13/39.
Team Stats | Johns Hopkins | Messiah
Scoring Offense: Denison 9.31, Rowan 10.43
Team ERA: Denison 2.77, Rowan 4.57
Hitting Leaders: (D) Jack Lutte 416-5-37; Erik Sundgren 378-17-79; Eric Colaco 365-9-46. (R) Nick Struble 395-3-28; Marco Mannino 389-1-55; Phil Sedalis 376-16-72.
Pitching Leaders: (D) Sam Larson 6-0, 1.89, 22/68; Peter Lemke 9-0, 1.92, 21/52; Nick Falter 12-0, 2.30, 20/104. (R) Zach Coluccio 9-1, 2.78, 19/71; Steven Maiers 6-2, 3.70, 19/65; Mike Shannon 8-2, 3.84, 21/74.
UW-Whitewater (44-6) vs. Trinity TX (41-8), 8 p.m.
Scoring Offense: UW-Whitewater 9.9, Trinity 9.47
Team ERA: UW-Whitewater 3.39, Trinity 4.00
Hitting Leaders: (WW) Aaron Holland 404-14-51; Adam Cootway 398-18-62; Matt Scolan 381-17-57. (T) Nicholas Lazzara 408-8-60; Brandon Nelson 407-13-47; Kai Tinker 376-4-39.
Pitching Leaders: (WW) Logan Eisenbarth 8-0, 2.47, 12/52; Cade Hansen 10-1, 2.81, 12/75; Max Huseboe 5-1, 3.20, 6/79. (T) Jace Clay 5-2, 3.55, 30/61; Trajan Lee 7-0, 4.58, 28/59; Brandon Morio 7-0, 2.00, 16/43.
Team Stats | UW-Whitewater | Trinity
SOFTBALL
3. Ellis, Maddox Highlight All-America Team
 Gracie Ellis, Randolph-Macon (photo by Mick Anders) |  Tristen Maddox, ETBU |
“Fifty-five student-athletes from 39 different schools have been voted to one of three 2025 NFCA Division III All-America teams, the Association revealed on Wednesday evening during the NCAA Division III Championship banquet in Bloomington, Ill.
Seven of the eight teams who advanced to the NCAA Division III Finals had players earn All-America status, including No. 4 Rowan and sixth-ranked Linfield, who tied for the most honorees nationally with four apiece. No. 5 Trine had three selections, while third-ranked Virginia Wesleyan (top World Series seed) and No. 9 Texas Lutheran both had two.”
First Team | First Team |
NEWS YOU CAN USE
4. Lightning Round ⚡️
» Elite 90. Linfield’s Kaili Saathoff is the softball recipient, while Johns Hopkins’ Grant Meert is the baseball recipient
» Water Polo. Pomona-Pitzer’s Zosia Amberger was named the DIII Player of the Year by the ACWPC.
» Baseball. “Wilkes University’s former baseball coach says the school fired him two years ago because he reported a white player for making “offensive racial comments” toward a Black player. In a federal lawsuit filed Friday, Kevin Gryboski, a star baseball player at Wilkes who played Major League Baseball, contends the school violated his civil rights by firing him without a good reason on May 25, 2023.
TRANSACTIONS
5. Comings and Goings
ALVERNIA - Micaela Sensenig named head men’s and women’s volleyball coach
BETHANY LUTHERAN - Walker Froehling resigned as coordinator of sports information
BRIDGEWATER - Brisa Uviedo named assistant field hockey coach
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT - Tom Clark named assistant football coach
CLARK - Jeff Cohen resigned as head men’s lacrosse coach
DICKINSON - Paul Padalino named football defensive coordinator
JUNIATA - Taylor Drumheller named head women’s lacrosse coach
LAKE FOREST - Announced addition of cheerleading, dance, and men’s volleyball as varsity sports beginning in 2026-27
LEBANON VALLEY - Angie Nelson named assistant field hockey coach
LESLEY - Alex Burt named head men’s basketball coach
MIT - Chris Morris named head baseball coach
MOUNT ALOYSIUS - Kevin Kime stepped down as head baseball coach to become vice president for athletics and community outreach. Patrick Gully named head coach
ONEONTA - Don LaSala named assistant athletic director
SPRINGFIELD - Sean Quirk named head men’s lacrosse coach
TCNJ - Jake Edinger named assistant athletic director for facilities and operations
WILLIAM PEACE - Announced addition of men’s volleyball as a varsity sport in 2026-27
WILLIAM SMITH - Allison DeGroot named assistant women’s soccer coach
WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE - Erik Strand resigned as head women’s ice hockey coach to join coaching staff at Vermont
WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER - Frank Barnes announced his retirement as head tennis coach
WORCESTER STATE - Julia Margolis named head athletic trainer/assistant athletic director
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