International students receive a warm welcome from U.S. college
Posted on 7/29/2010
Topics: Living in the U.S.
American universities are increasingly improving efforts to accommodate and welcome international students to U.S. campuses. Many schools have staff whose job is to organize meetings, social events, parties and networking opportunities for non-native learners.
For example, the University of Georgia's (UGA) International Student Life (ISL) office announced that it will host the 10th annual week-long international student orientation, RedandBlack.com reports. The program was created to help new and transfer students from across the world adapt to life in America and adjust as members of the UGA community.
Orientation attendees will take part in typical orientation activities such as taking a campus tour, and will also learn about immigration matters relating to finding work, how to set up a bank account and write a check, among other useful tips.
"We will have skits in plain English and then we’ll have an accent that’s Southern style to kind of get their ears adjusted a little bit, and then they can understand the differences that they might face or encounter when interacting with people from the States," Leigh Poole, director of the ISL office, told the news source.
During the orientation, resource fairs will be set up to introduce new students to extracurricular opportunities. Later in the week, orientation leaders will take students on a trip to Wal-Mart, the Sandy Creek Nature Center and a local movie theater.
Last year, a total of 671,616 non-native students were enrolled at American universities, the Institute of International Education reports.
For example, the University of Georgia's (UGA) International Student Life (ISL) office announced that it will host the 10th annual week-long international student orientation, RedandBlack.com reports. The program was created to help new and transfer students from across the world adapt to life in America and adjust as members of the UGA community.
Orientation attendees will take part in typical orientation activities such as taking a campus tour, and will also learn about immigration matters relating to finding work, how to set up a bank account and write a check, among other useful tips.
"We will have skits in plain English and then we’ll have an accent that’s Southern style to kind of get their ears adjusted a little bit, and then they can understand the differences that they might face or encounter when interacting with people from the States," Leigh Poole, director of the ISL office, told the news source.
During the orientation, resource fairs will be set up to introduce new students to extracurricular opportunities. Later in the week, orientation leaders will take students on a trip to Wal-Mart, the Sandy Creek Nature Center and a local movie theater.
Last year, a total of 671,616 non-native students were enrolled at American universities, the Institute of International Education reports.
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