my four years at W&L. One a one-week orientation for thing W&L teaches us, in our international students, and motto, is to be ‘not unmindful then Freshman Orientation We get to know one of the future.’ We know that another and make friends, after our four years, we’ll be “ I look for people who are an exam called upon for more than our but after that, we kind of talking about interesting integrity.” personal financial betterment. integrate into the W&L things, things I don’t know community. I think that’s It’s about betterment of manse community anything about, because pretty cool.” kind through service.” the things how else will you learn? ” member from “ The best learning environment is when students are “ Y ou get thrown into a situation convinced, doing the teaching as well as the learning. It’s when way outside your comfort zone gs our stustudents are sitting in a room, with or without a facwith ten other people who are all remember ulty member, going through problems, debating with in the same boat, so you just s from now.” each other, arguing with one another.” s are so happy automatically bond. I’m still hey make bonds, friends with about five of the dships.” people who were on my trip.” “ I worked in Belgrade, Serbia, with a consulting firm two summers ago. And then, worked with a small non-profit “ There are tons of trails around here. A bu based in London last summer that does my friends love mountain biking. I enjoy h health and social work in Russia, in the and tubing on the rivers.” former Soviet Union.” here to “ I’ll be going into probably the least honorable profession in know what “ It’s a cliché to talk about campaign politics. If I get a job, maybe I’ll try to take some o produces. “global citizens,” but we sons that I’ve learned here of what honor is into a world that are global citizens.” really respect honor all that much.”
from college, college is where you begin arn. They call it commencement for a on. We’re trying to teach people how to are themselves for lives of learning. ”
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“ Lexington is that small town you’r freshman year I lived for a “ I went to China for five weeks last always hearing about, that your with a Russian family in St. spring term. It’s nice to have that parents are always talking about, g and took a class that option to go abroad but not for a full ‘Oh, back in the day.’ You have the onalized for just me and semester, because Chinese is not my W&L students. St. Peters- main focus. You know what I’m saying? brick-paved sidewalks, but it’s up-to- date. You have wireless ar cry from Lexington.” Accounting and business. But China is Internet throughout Lexington.” such a growing economy.” “ I always think I “ International students bring am educating the “ In this environment. everybody is some sort of dynamic to campus that is un leader. They are coming to W&L because of their future patrons of They get really involved in br leadership. They had to have done something in the arts. We need high school that got them here. So, wherever you their heritage to campus and those even more open it up to the students he than we need per- are here, you’re with other leaders, other people
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