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-25 posts tagged "International students"
Letter to the Editor | Thursday, October 22, 2020
I was supposed to be a senior at Notre Dame this semester. Having spent my junior year studying abroad, I cannot describe how much I yearned for the return to campus — having enlightening conversations with professors in and outside the classroom, cooking and celebrating reunions with friends, paying visits to the little ducks at
Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
University President Fr. John Jenkins voiced his concerns in a letter marked Saturday regarding proposed changes to a federal policy which would make it more difficult for international students to enroll in schools in the United States. The letter was addressed to Chad Wolf, the acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The
Krista Lourdes Akiki | Friday, August 21, 2020
“Is the flight still on?” Refresh page “Wait… Yes.” This is the interaction that played out on a loop every 10 minutes on the night of my flight back to the U.S. As a Notre Dame student who lives abroad, I have to fly over 6,000 miles back and forth every semester. On Aug. 4,
Maria Luisa Paul | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
This year’s international students’ orientation, held on Aug. 1-2, included a number of different events to get international students acquainted with Notre Dame and the U.S. The orientation consisted of a welcome from Notre Dame International, a presentation from International Student and Scholar Affairs (ISSA) on responsibilities students with an F-1 or J-1 visa should
Genevieve Coleman | Tuesday, August 4, 2020
This year, Saint Mary’s will welcome six international students and two international sisters. These Belles hail from China, El Salvador, Ghana, Germany, Mexico and Uganda. Alice Yang, associate director of International Education, expressed the importance of the College’s integral mission of protecting all students during the pandemic. “The coronavirus has disrupted our world in unprecedented
Mariah Rush | Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Last week, The Observer reported Notre Dame was giving first-year international students who were unable to secure a visa one option for the coming year — defer their education until fall 2021. Tuesday, the University reversed its decision in an email offering the incoming students more options for the next semester. This announcement came on
Observer Staff Report | Monday, July 13, 2020
In a statement released Monday morning, members of Notre Dame student government detailed plans for a day of action in response to the new ICE policy affecting international students if their schools go fully online for the semester. “This xenophobic revocation of protection for students on F-1 and M-1 visas is dangerous to our campus
Mariah Rush | Saturday, July 11, 2020
Facing visa rejections, incoming Notre Dame first-year international students assumed they would be able to attend online classes for their first semester. This week, they were told they would have to defer a year instead. On July 7, Notre Dame added an update to their “Return to Campus” page for this fall. Nestled between updates
Hannah Tonsor | Thursday, March 5, 2020
The English Language Table for International Students is a diverse program that aids foreign and native students and staff in their understanding of the English language, as well as American culture. Held in 334 Bond Hall on the first and third Thursday of each month, the event invites both native and non-native speakers to join
Zixu Wang | Friday, January 31, 2020
The outbreak of coronavirus has killed 213 people and sickened 9,720 in China as of Jan. 30, according to the People’s Daily, the largest official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party. The epidemic began in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province. Cases of the virus have since turned up in 19 countries, including the