In the summer of my junior year, I worked as an International Student Orientation (ISO) Intern for the Office of International Student Affairs (OISA). As an ISO intern, I organized and facilitated pre-arrival and orientation programming for incoming international students, helping them adjust to their new life at Wesleyan. One of many events I organized, …
Off-Campus Cultural Immersion
Boba with International Students: Power of Language Week 2024
Boba with international students is an event I’ve attended almost every year during my time at Wesleyan. International students come together from all over campus to chat and catch-up over boba, me being one of them. As soon as I entered the room, I found myself naturally joining a small group of familiar faces. In …
Japanese Language Partner
Upon entering Wesleyan, I knew that I wanted to be involved with the Japanese community and share aspects of Japanese culture to the community, and so when Professor Maruta, a Japanese language professor, asked if I would be interested in being a Japanese language partner, I was both ecstatic and nervous about the possibility. While …
Reflection on Assistant Director of Study Abroad (Hannah Parten’s Talk)
Reading my reflection on this talk two years later, it prompted me to think about the conversations I have with my international student peers. We often find ourselves talking about the ways in which the school supports us as international students, but also what the school gains by having these international students at their school. …