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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR:
As part of International Student Orientation (ISO) Aug. 22-25, all new
international students were invited to join fellow Wesleyan students and
staff for a celebratory dinner and reception. Here, the Korean students
from the class of 2012 smile for a group photograph during the event,
held inside Beckham Hall Aug. 25. |
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Xiao You '12 of China enjoys the ISO dinner
with fellow international students. This year, the international
students are attending Wesleyan from 42 different countries. Of those,
84 attended ISO activities. |
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Noor Al-Saleh '12 of Kuwait, Naadu
Bentsi-Enchill '12 of Ghana, Aditi Shivaramakrishnan '12 of Singapore
and Rajeeta Iyer '12 of Singapore don their country's traditional attire
at the dinner. |
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Alice Hadler, associate dean for
international student affairs, coordinator of Writing Program Language
Services for non-native speakers, and adjunct instructor in English,
gets a hug from Kennedy Odede '12 of Kenya. Hadler says the number of
international students jumped from 188 in 2006, to 192 in 2007, to 212
students in 2008.
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Hoang Nguyen '11 of Vietnam, Andy Zhou '10
of China, Kenta Nitahara '11 of Japan, Rhee Soo Lee '11 of Korea and
Elena Anello '11 of Indonesia gather for a group photo.
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Florian Baumgartner, a visiting
international student from Germany, and Salem Gebeyehu '12 of Ethiopia,
mingle at the reception. The international student community represents
about 11 percent of all incoming students at Wesleyan. |
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The class of
2012 international students joined the university-wide orientation
program for all new students on Aug. 26. Events included hearing the
president's remarks, learning about sustainability, briefings on public
and fire safety, and remarks on what to expect from advisors and
professors. There was also a peer advisory session, a library tour, a
square-dance, a class photo and star gazing. |
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International Student Orientation interns
Shirin Sulaiman '11 of Singapore and Rudi Motshubi '11 of Botswana
helped plan the event. (Photos by Olivia Bartlett) |
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