Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 2:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 3:00 PM
Project Type
Poster
Description
Recent years increasing international students come to Colby for high education. Colby also did a lot of things to help these students and tried to attract more. However, I notice that most international students spend most times with each other. They understand the importance of communicating with different people but have trouble or dont have chance to make American friends. Getting alone with students from the same culture background is more comfortable than contacting with totally different people. Therefore, Colby may need to do something to improve the relationship between international students and local students. It is also beneficial to local students because they can know more about other cultures and foreign languages. Colby international student office or international student club could organize some programs which gather new-coming international students and elder American students together to do some outdoors activities. Like COOT, this kind of programs can efficiently improve the relationship between students. This solution is doable. It will not cost a lot and we can find many students to helpmany American students in Colby are interested in foreign languages and cultures so they will be willing to help new-coming international students in this program.
Faculty Sponsor
Stacey Sheriff
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. English Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Humanities
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
858
Included in
Help International Students To Make Friends With Others
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Recent years increasing international students come to Colby for high education. Colby also did a lot of things to help these students and tried to attract more. However, I notice that most international students spend most times with each other. They understand the importance of communicating with different people but have trouble or dont have chance to make American friends. Getting alone with students from the same culture background is more comfortable than contacting with totally different people. Therefore, Colby may need to do something to improve the relationship between international students and local students. It is also beneficial to local students because they can know more about other cultures and foreign languages. Colby international student office or international student club could organize some programs which gather new-coming international students and elder American students together to do some outdoors activities. Like COOT, this kind of programs can efficiently improve the relationship between students. This solution is doable. It will not cost a lot and we can find many students to helpmany American students in Colby are interested in foreign languages and cultures so they will be willing to help new-coming international students in this program.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/131