{"id":3204,"date":"2018-08-17T18:04:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T18:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2018-08-17T18:06:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T18:06:57","slug":"welcoming-more-wabash-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/2018\/08\/17\/welcoming-more-wabash-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming More | Wabash Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3205\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/FYI-blog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3205\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/FYI-blog-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/FYI-blog-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/FYI-blog-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/fyi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/08\/FYI-blog.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Welcoming new international students to campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Brady Gossett\u00a0\u201919<\/em> \u2014\u00a0Director of International Programs Amy Weir welcomed a new group of international students to campus Monday, tending to all the little details to ensure their transitions was smooth.<\/p>\n<p>Any travel is draining enough, but many of these students are coming off long flights across several time zones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe they don\u2019t want to sleep right away,\u201d said Weir, but just in case, she has beds ready made by the time they arrive. \u201cYour first night on a new campus really determines what your overall experience in college is like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weir\u2019s focus then becomes getting the students acclimated to life in the US and life at Wabash. Along with the time difference, there are a lot of other cultural differences that affect new international students.<\/p>\n<p>Weir works tirelessly orienting students to Wabash prior to the beginning of classes. Activities include meeting with various faculty and staff, campus scavenger hunts, discussing immigration rules, and lots of icebreakers.<\/p>\n<p>In one particular ice breaker, Never Have I Ever, students shared experiences with each other in a race to find an open chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever have I ever had a pet cat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever have I ever owned a gaming console.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lots of laughing, joking around, and jockeying for seats. I finished up taking photos and joined the game. After the first couple \u201cNever Have I Ever\u2019s\u201d, I think they noticed I hadn\u2019t moved from my seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever have I ever been a US Citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More laughter as the student mentors and I scrambled to grab a seat. That was a good one, I thought.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll fit in just fine here at Wabash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brady Gossett\u00a0\u201919 \u2014\u00a0Director of International Programs Amy Weir welcomed a new group of international students to campus Monday, tending to all the little details to ensure their transitions was smooth. 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