International students adjust to life at BU
Aileen McPhillips
Issue date: 9/6/07 Section: Entertainment
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Last Thursday in Hilary's, 27 international students were officially welcomed to campus.
This academic school year Bellarmine will host eight international degree-seeking students and 19 international exchange students. They received their official welcome to campus at the Annual International Student Welcome Reception last week.
"We have a higher number of students coming on exchange and that's a result of more Bellarmine students going abroad on exchange," explained Study Abroad Advisor Hannah Holler Egea.
Students are from countries all over the world including Finland, Korea, Trinidad, Cyprus, and Hong Kong.
David Kirk is a sophomore from Scotland and is studying business. He chose to study at Bellarmine after he heard good things from a girl from his university who studied here last year.
"I didn't actually apply to anywhere else other than Bellarmine," Kirk said. "The whole layout of campus is really cool. The classes are good, the teachers are good. No complaints really so far," he added.
The students are welcomed each year with a special orientation. They are picked up at the airport by Bellarmine students and are given a tour of the city.
This year students participated in a scavenger hunt on Bardstown Road and a welcome dinner at Huber's Farm in Indiana.
"We also encourage them to attend Crossroads…I think they were a little overwhelmed at first, but by the end of Crossroads they felt like they really enjoyed it," Egea said.
"They seem to be adjusting pretty well. I haven't had students come to me saying they're unhappy here. We've even had a student ask how he would go about extending his stay already," said Egea of the students' experiences so far.
Sebastian Endhoven is a senior Marketing major from the Netherlands and is studying at Bellarmine for one semester, and then going to Boston where he will begin an internship in January.
"I just notice that everyone's extremely friendly," he said. "It's a nice city. It's big, not as crowded as Amsterdam, more spread out," he added about Louisville.
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