CGE Newsletter 2018 February

New Student Orientation Success!

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Meet Ahmed from Sudan

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Studying Abroad in France

Building Bridges With the UTC Center for Global Education.

FEBRUARY 2018 newsletter

CENTER FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION

Let’s Do This!

UTC kicked off the 2018 Spring semester by welcoming more than 30 new students from 16 different countries to campus. During their orientation, the new students were able to get helpful information about immigration, campus services, and life in the US. One of the most exciting portions of the orientation for the students was the visit to the Mocs Card Center to get their student IDs; making them official UTC Mocs!

Since Day 1 of orientation was reserved for business, Day 2 was for fun. After touring the UTC Library and the ARC, it was time for our new students to see what the city had to offer. The Chattanooga Hop Trolley Tour took students to all of the Scenic City hotspots, such as the Chattanooga Choo Choo, Coolidge Park, and the Bluff View Art District. After two informative days, our new international students are now ready to begin an incredible semester here at UTC! Written by Thomas Davis - business management major - senior

Chattanooga has not been difficult for him. Ahmed has some insightful words of advice for any student who is considering studying abroad.

Ahmed (second from left) and his fellow UTC students in front of the walking bridge and the Tennessee river.

Change Is Good Name: Ahmed Mohamed Elmahi Ibrahim Home Country: Khartoum, Sudan Major: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering Previous Education: Electrical Engineering at University of Khartoum.

Hobbies: Soccer, Swimming, outdoor activities

Ahmed, a new international graduate student from Sudan, will be studying Electrical Engineering while at UTC. Although Ahmed had many options all over the world to choose from, he decided to enroll in UTC because of our Engineering facilities, seasonal climate, and the small-city atmosphere of downtown Chattanooga. Ahmed’s move to Chattanooga is not the first time he has left his home country, so the transition to living in

“It is a chance to find new challenges, to meet new people, to learn from them, and to also share your own culture. It should be a mutual exchange, and the chance to experience that is one that should be taken.”

Written by Thomas Davis - business management major - senior

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Mae Stuart is a Senior undergraduate student from Chattanooga, TN, and she is double majoring in Political Science and Humanities with a minor in French.

For all of the Fall 2017 semester, Mae studied abroad in Aix-en-Provence, a small city in southeastern France, to both study French and to continue research for her senior thesis.

The relationships Mae made through the program quickly became her favorite part of the entire experience.

Vive la France!

Name: Mae Stuart Major: Political Science and Humanities (double major) with a minor in French.

Home Town: Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Study Abroad Country: France Semester(s) Abroad: Fall 2017

“I got to have a lot of conversations with people who live on the border of a lot of different identities, in terms of having a French identity, having a Muslim identity, having an Algerian identity. And that was the border I was interested in... just being somewhere that’s new, and having to interact to make relationships with people who have very different paradigms than you, is always valuable, even if you aren’t fluent in that language.”

Written by Thomas Davis - business management major - senior

CONTACT US Center for Global Education The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 648 Oak Street, Hooper Hall 203 Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403, USA

utc.edu/global goglobal@utc.edu (423) 425-4735 UTCglobal

Takeo Suzuki Executive Director Center for Global Education

OUR TEAM:

Lora Cook International Graduate

Student Advisor

Anna Savary ESL Coordinator Laura Livermore Senior Study Abroad Program Advisor Patricia Lin-Steadman Senior Coordinator of International Student and Scholar Services

Eunice Davis International Undergraduate Student Advisor Amy Devan Graphic Design and Marketing Coordinator Joyce Blevins Administrative Specialist

UTC is a comprehensive, community-engaged campus of the University of Tennessee System. UTC is an EEO/AA/Titles VI & IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution.