Oral Presentations - Guzman 307
Location
Guzman 307
Start Date
4-23-2015 7:20 PM
End Date
4-23-2015 7:35 PM
Student Type
Undergraduate
Faculty Mentor(s)
John Duvall, Ph.D.
Presentation Format
Oral Presentation
Abstract/Description
In fall 2014, I produced a 20-minute film to address the challenges that international students face at Dominican University. Speaking from experience (I am from Kenya), it took me a while to fit in my new school after I came from Africa. I was homesick, lonely and many things did not make much sense. I sensed that other foreign students must have been experiencing the same challenges. Hence, I interviewed students from Brazil, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia and Spain to find out their feelings and thoughts. The interviews were recorded on campus. These international students said they struggled to adapt, to understand lectures at times, embracing strange foods, mannerisms, culture, and many other alien behaviors. Therefore, I thought it was paramount to make a video addressing these challenges in the hope of enhancing great relationships between international students and local students – including their faculty and professors. I hope this video will contribute to better understand across the university.
Included in
Broadcast and Video Studies Commons, Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons
Challenges Facing International Students at Dominican
Guzman 307
In fall 2014, I produced a 20-minute film to address the challenges that international students face at Dominican University. Speaking from experience (I am from Kenya), it took me a while to fit in my new school after I came from Africa. I was homesick, lonely and many things did not make much sense. I sensed that other foreign students must have been experiencing the same challenges. Hence, I interviewed students from Brazil, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia and Spain to find out their feelings and thoughts. The interviews were recorded on campus. These international students said they struggled to adapt, to understand lectures at times, embracing strange foods, mannerisms, culture, and many other alien behaviors. Therefore, I thought it was paramount to make a video addressing these challenges in the hope of enhancing great relationships between international students and local students – including their faculty and professors. I hope this video will contribute to better understand across the university.