Colors flew all across Westhampton Green as the South Asian Student Alliance held its annual Holi event on Sunday, March 19.
“Those are my people and my roots, and it was just such a great feeling to realize that I can actually do this,” Bingül said. “I can use the skills that I gained from here to apply and help my people back [home].”
Sbrocca is majoring in biology with neuroscience and education minors. When she first came to UR, she expressed how surprised she was, since her classes back home were quite different.
“Many jobs had requirements of being a US citizen so as an international student, I was not even considered for the position.”
“I was talking to a couple of my Turkish friends in the university and we talked about how we wanted to do something about it,” Yanar said.
Senior Phuong Anh Dinh, the president of the VSA, said her drive for starting this organization came from wanting to feel more at home on the UR campus.
Studying abroad is a hallmark of many people’s University of Richmond experience, and over the last few years, trends of students going abroad have changed drastically.
Cudmore said being at BADA was like a dream, especially since he got the opportunity to work with many established actors.
This year’s programming included the annual Irby B. Brown lecture, three movie screenings and a hometown project led by a student.
Traditionally, Lunar New Year at UR has been celebrated separately by different clubs, but this was the first time the student organizations all came together.
Chise Ueda is a junior exchange student from Waseda University, in Tokyo, Japan.
Political activist Angela Davis called for demilitarizing the police and weaving the Black and Palestinian solidarity movements in academia at a lecture on Nov. 14.
University of Richmond students from various countries gathered in Tyler Haynes Commons on Nov. 12 with booths representative of their cultural food, dress and dances.
The University of Richmond’s International Education Week for New Zealand begins on Nov. 14 and will celebrate the food, environment, animals and culture of Aotearoa, the Māori-language name for New Zealand.
Students in the University of Richmond Chemistry Department share their research at a conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The University of Richmond's Office of the Chaplaincy has brought back pilgrimages during spring break for students to travel globally after a two-year hiatus from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Debate and Forensics Team was set to compete in Ottawa, Canada, from Oct. 21 to 30. However, the team canceled its appearance because of financial setbacks and a novice team.
The weeks of planning could not have prepared me for the completely different cultural context I would encounter — especially when faced with the sudden passing of Queen Elizabeth II.
With her funeral on Sept. 19, The Collegian reached out to several students to get their perspectives and observations during this historic moment for the monarchy, the United Kingdom and the greater Commonwealth.
Despite ongoing interruptions to travel, 338 University of Richmond students have applied to go overseas next semester.
