My First Day At Uc Riverside

In the article, “Colleges Adapt to New Kinds of Students from Abroad,” Karin Fischer (2011) explains the increase of foreign students in U.S. universities leads to make more problems in campus and how universities are trying to overcome those problems and help foreign students to adapt to campus. Fischer explains the increase of the foreign undergraduate students due to the support from foreign governments. Fischer quotes Wesley Young, the director of services for international students and scholars at the University of California at Davis, to discuss that the increase of foreign undergraduate students especially requires more care and help than graduate students. While older students know what they need to do and what to do in U.S. university,

Through travelling, I have developed an interest in understanding new people around me. Travelling helps me practice and achieve my desire to understand other people’s perspectives to build better relations with them. UC Davis has a great community inside the school; however, outside the town of Davis it is difficult to find a community to connect with. The isolation within this town is not beneficial in helping me understand those within the university as well around it. Many students are from the state of California, which does not invite new viewpoints and brings together like-minded individuals. Studying in a new state will allow me to open my mindset and also expose myself to new perspectives to help me connect to more people around the world.

Coming from an HBCU I can personally attest to the positive aspects of a diverse campus. Working with and learning from others, students and faculty included, who think differently than yourself can help prepare the students for both a diverse workplace and world. Interacting with others with varying perspectives can help increase creative thinking and cultivate a self-awareness once the students enter the workforce after graduation. Attending a graduate school with a wide variety of students and faculty from different universities, backgrounds, and cultures can foster a sense of belonging and safety for all that attend. It is easy to feel overwhelmed when encountering a new environment, however, when one knows there is a warm and accepting place to go to can put many people at ease. Once students feel comfortable with who they are working with the learning process can go along easier and everyone will ultimately be more

Growing up I was known to be a very shy child. I was too scared to talk to anyone and I was very reserved. I always have cared about what people thought about me. I didn’t want to wear “boy” clothes because I worried kids would make fun of me. I didn’t even make close friends until fifth grade. When I did finally feel comfortable at school and found amazing friends, I decided to switch schools shortly after for a chance at new opportunities. It lead me to standing alone in a crowded high school while I waited for that first bell to ring, so I could head to my first period class.

With any course, especially one with a focus as broad as leadership, the material covered may include a range from useful to impractical. It is impossible to learn the skills necessary of an effective leader completely out of a book, it takes the application of them to understand. The development of leadership is vital to successfully moving forward in any career, so it would be beneficial to cultivate these skills academically.

As an international student, it is critical to consider schools which are friendly towards persons who may not share the same culture as the major population of the student body. Having lived and thrived in a culture so different from my own for sometime, I have learned that for the most part, people are a lot welcoming to my culture when I do not try to hide from it but rather, offer my different perceptions and opinions about the questions I am being asked.

This is my first semester at Mesa College. I am currently a Political Science major. The term that would best describe my current situation would be “non-traditional” student. I graduated from high school in 2006. Since then I have gotten married, travelled the world, and had two children. While in high school I excelled and took part in many academic extra-curricular activities. In the past ten years I have accumulated work and life experience. Most recently I was able to work as a legal assistant for an immigration firm. Being bilingual was beneficial, as was my interest in law in general. I plan on attending law school in the future which made the job appealing. Although I deferred college for this long it has always been my

Blogger Aaron Thompson, professor of sociology at Eastern Kentucky University and coauthor (with Joe Cuseo) of Diversity and the College Experience , offers eight reasons why diversity matters at college: “ diversity enhances social development, prepares students for future career success, to work in a global society, increase knowledge base, promotes creative thinking, enhances self-awareness, and enriches the multiple perspectives.” Attending a diversity college gives you a terse perspective of the world around you and more complete view of your place in it. You might think you're the smartest student, but wait until you go to college and see people from all around the world are smarter than

Occidental College separates itself from other colleges with its diverse student body, liberal arts curriculum, and its global awareness. Personally, I enjoy discussing various topics and Occidental offers a small class size, typical of a liberal arts school, which allows for critical and thought provoking discussion. Also, I can trust that my classes will stimulate my mind, knowing that I can more readily access professors as a resource and collaborate with fellow classmates on numerous notions. A diverse group further allows for greater discussion for unique ideas will be frequently introduced based on the student's experience. Additionally, I firmly believe that the study abroad option offered at Occidental College can help me gain the international experience that is important in becoming a complete world citizen. Asides from its diverse student body and incredible academic options, Occidental College also provides student with access to the culturally vast city of Los Angeles. Occidental College's immediate surroundings are comfortable and when combined with tremendous academic options and student

However, the change from home to college can be difficult for international students (Mesidor & Sly, 2016). While some international students find it easy to adjust to the transition, others international students find it challenging to adjust to the transition (Mesidor & Sly, 2016). Studies show that international students experience many challenges as a result of language and cultural barriers, academic difficulties, financial difficulties, medical issues, housing concerns, food differences, alienation, homesickness, lack of social support system, racial discrimination, and cross-cultural loss) (Akanwa, 2015; Guzman et al., 2015; Mesidor & Sly, 2016; Sherry et al., 2010; Smith & Khawaja, 2011; Tung, 2011; Zhang & Goodson, 2010). According to Prieto-Welch (2016), international students as a group are regarded as a main minority population in campuses

Everybody has a turning point in their life. For me, my turning point was on an April 23 2015, Is the day, which I Can't forget during my life.that day I stepped into America the dream place of people. I have lots of experience here . One of my best experiences, separate itself from all the rest.was the first day In Dulles high school.

In 2011/12, there were 764,495 international students enrolled throughout the United States in Higher Education Institutions. Two years later, in 2013/14, the number of students had risen to 886,052, which was a 16% increase (Institute, 2014). With this rate of growth, American students and international students are communicating with more and more of those who may not come from the same social norms and cultural backgrounds. With limited or low intercultural competence, American students, can sometimes have a hard time with cultures other than their own. Be that as it may, American students and international students can make leaps and bounds, both personally and professionally in the future. Intercultural communication has many positive benefits, but only if American students are willing to improve the communication barrier that can hold them from their success.

This is my fifth semester at RCC. I am majoring in Marketing. With my major I can lead towards advertising, promotions, marketing manager, marketer analyst, or sales managers. There’s other options but I am not really interested in them. For my major, I will be setting sales goals, analyzing data, generating interest in products, and promoting those products. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, Advertising, Promotions, and Marketing Managers has increased in jobs by nine percent. Which is great for me because that’s faster than average. All you need is a Bachelor’s Degree towards Advertising, Journalism, or Market Research. I want to get my A.A. in Marketing to get into Cal State Long Beach, San Diego State University, University of Stanford, or UC Berkeley. I’m going to apply for more schools but those are the top ones I want to get into. There are steps required to get accepted to these schools, but first I need to finish my remaining classes at RCC and have to go through the transfer application process.

Hearing so many good things and bad things about college I didn’t know what to expect and look forward to. That change my junior year knowing different college come every year I didn’t really pay it any mind what college I wanted to go to until ODU, Virginia State University and Virginia Teach came. It was Virginia State first year of visiting out school and I knew I wanted to go there I start getting e excited for college that were talking about their experience at college and what to look for when we graduated if we decided to go to college. Eager to start a new chapter college sound like it could be a little nerve wrecking but I thought I could handle it.

“How are you in this class? I’m sorry, but I’ll have to drop you from this course” the Statistics professor informed me. This was upon finding out that I was registered for another math class which was a prerequisite for the Statistics course. That was my first day of what would turn out to be a lengthy college career. Looking back the question held deeper meaning than I initially thought. My reasons for taking that course and others was due to following friends and feelings of obligation to attend college. I was enrolling in courses as if I were checking off items from a grocery list. Never meeting with advisors or forming an academic plan, I naively assumed everything would just fall into place. I had developed no goals nor aspirations,