International Club Plans for Community Service

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   The International Club held its first meeting of the semester Jan. 21 to discuss ways to be more involved in the community.

Photo by Danielle Kloap

Service - Nika Najafova discusses making valentines for patients at the Warren Nursing Home. The club made plans to get involved in community service at its first meeting of the semester.

   Mary Whiting, director of Admissions and adviser to the club, suggested club members get involved with mentoring at a shelter in town. She said the members would meet with children grades nine through 12 and help build their self-esteem.

   Nika Najafova discussed making valentines for patients at the Warren Nursing Home for Valentine’s Day. She said she thought this would be something good to do to make the patients feel better.

   Whiting also discussed that International Week would be held sometime in February. She said she is still looking for a room to hold the international display for that week.

   The club thanked Najafova for painting the club’s Christmas window in the University Center. The window won first place and a prize of $100. Whiting said she put the money into the club’s fund to help with activities.

   Whiting noted she, along with Najafova, Julius Adewopo and Denise General, spoke to the Rotary Club in Warren. She said she hoped to get additional speaking opportunities for international students.

   The club also discussed getting T-shirts for the group. Whiting said the club would decide what days and when to wear the shirts around campus.

   The club welcomed Tilly Stiffler, Upward Bound employee, to speak with members of the club for a graduate class she is taking on diversity and globalization.  She told the students she wanted to find out more about their culture and what they think about the United States.

   General said she came here because her father received his master’s at the university. She said she likes the South better than the North.

   “In the South, people always speak to you, but its not like that up North,” General said. “Someone always greets you and it makes you feel good.”

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