Exchange students adjusting to American social life
Samuel Ryder celebrated his 21st birthday on Tuesday by legally drinking alcohol in the United States for the first time -- a tradition many American college students take part in.
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Samuel Ryder celebrated his 21st birthday on Tuesday by legally drinking alcohol in the United States for the first time -- a tradition many American college students take part in.
The Office of International Education's annual International Celebration and Awards Ceremony on April 3 stressed the importance of creating a global environment and community at the University of Richmond.
Before coming to the University of Richmond, Heather Thornton had never been abroad, but once at the university, she pursued four trips abroad and was awarded the opportunity to participate in the Rangel Fellowship, a program that grooms undergraduate students into foreign officers, Thornton said.
A documentary film presented the 2009 battle for same-sex marriage in Maine on Monday night. The screening is part of "Documentaries in the Greek," a film festival sponsored by the University of Richmond chapter of the Roosevelt Institute.
Diana Trinh, a recent Richmond graduate, worked for two and a half years as an international student assistant at the Office of International Education and is now employed as a full-time international student adviser.
Study abroad decision letters were delayed for some students applying to popular and competitive programs, primarily in Spain, Michele Cox, study abroad director, said.
On a four-day trip to the Dominican Republic last fall, Sam Abrahams stood in a one-room, tin-roofed shack with a single light bulb. The people around him sang gospel, laughed and offered him their seats.
Monday, Jan. 23 at 11:59 p.m. marks the application deadline for students who are hoping to study abroad next year.
Students froze while walking, tying shoes and checking cell phones this afternoon in an effort to spread awareness about worldwide human trafficking.
The Libyan revolution came to an unexpected climax this past week when news broke that the deposed dictator, Muammar Gadhafi, had been slain at the hands of the rebel forces. Checkmate.
This past weekend, I was at the 7th UR African Film Weekend hosted in the Ukrop Auditorium of the Robins School of Business. Despite my attendance being prompted largely by the promise of extra credit from a professor, I am happy I went.
At 7:05 p.m. a moment of silence for Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis was interrupted by applause.
[This updated version of the story includes the decision to execute Troy Davis on Sept. 21, 2011]
When news hit of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that recently devastated Japan's northeastern coast, the University of Richmond's Office of International Education took action.
University of Richmond students studying abroad are not given any guarantees about their class credits if a natural disaster or political conflict forces them out or causes them to want to leave.
Many University of Richmond students eagerly anticipate an exotic, beach spring break vacation. Or perhaps many are traveling down to New Orleans for the creme de la creme of college spring breaks: Mardi Gras.
This article is dedicated to an underappreciated part of the Richmond student body: the international students.
University of Richmond alumni and Fulbright scholarship recipients Becky Stewart, '10, and Nathan Bullock, '10, have spent the last year adapting to life in Asia.
Graduating international students hoping to work in the United States have 90 days after graduation to land jobs before their visas fall out of status.
"Faces of Communism," a student-filmed documentary featuring first-person accounts of Bulgarians' memories of communism, will be shown at 4 p.m. March 1 in the Carole Weinstein International Center with a question and answer session to follow.