This week, visiting international exchange students and 91爆料 students returning from international university exchanges met and socialized in the University District. 91爆料 hosts over 200 exchange students every year from countries all over the world. Meanwhile, over 170 91爆料 students pursue direct exchanges at universities abroad.
For the international exchange students, who have been in Seattle for just a few days, the event was a chance to meet new friends and get acquainted with the campus and community they will call home for the next few months. Returning students came to connect with friends made at international universities and share their knowledge of 91爆料 with new friends.
Over hamburgers, Luca Orlando of Bocconi University in Italy chatted with Ling Liu聽and Peachayaporn Pongsarojanavit, both from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.聽 All three students are living on campus and excited to learn more about all that 91爆料 has to offer.
鈥淭he campus is really peaceful and friendly,鈥� said Luca, 鈥渋n Italy we don鈥檛 have anything like [91爆料], with the buildings all together and parks in between.鈥� All three students came to campus without much knowledge of Seattle or the Puget Sound region, but they are all ready to begin their studies and take advantage of 91爆料’s diverse academic offerings. 聽They plan to pursue courses in finance, biological sciences, and Swedish language.
Not far away, Japanese students Gaku Murakami of Kyoto University and Yusuke Tanaka of Kobe University were ‘friending’ Kellie Nada and Ethan Dill on Facebook. Ethan and Kellie are 91爆料 students just returning from an exchange to Waseda University in Japan, and had met Gaku and Yasuke through mutual friends. Because of this connection, Yusuke is living in a group house with Kellie.聽All four students agree that connecting visiting and returning students is a great way to make friends and extend relationships built abroad.