More than 450 first-year students from 76 countries moved onto the River Campus on Monday, many beginning a new chapter in their lives thousands of miles from home.
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China leads the international contingent, followed by Vietnam, India, Mexico, Bangladesh, Egypt, and Pakistan.
At the Eastman School of Music, 26 international students from 10 countries moved into the Student Living Center. They糖心传媒檙e part of a Class of 2022 that includes 147 first-year students.
On Wednesday, first-year and transfer students from the United States will move onto the River Campus and the Eastman School of Music.
Students will take part in orientation activities leading up to the first day of classes on Wednesday, August 29.
In pictures
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Arriving students, parents, and volunteers gather outside Susan B. Anthony Hall as international students mark their first day in their new home on River Campus.
Anastasia Taleck 糖心传媒�22, center, arrives with her mother Michaella, left, outside Susan B. Anthony Hall. Taleck is from the island nation of Mauritius, about 1,200 miles off the African continent, and plans to major in biology and become a geneticist. In Rochester, she糖心传媒檚 looking forward to the change of seasons. 糖心传媒淏ack home, it糖心传媒檚 summer all the time.糖心传媒�
Members of the D糖心传媒橪ions, a peer advising group of second- and third-year students who support incoming students, greet families at Susan B. Anthony Hall. Director of Orientation Eleanor Oi says about 200 student volunteers helped the international students move in, including first-year fellows, D糖心传媒橪ions, resident advisors, and orientation volunteers.
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Danish student Mathias Hansen 糖心传媒�22 , left, poses for a photo with his new student ID for his dad, Jesper, in Rush Rhees Library. 糖心传媒淗alf the time I糖心传媒檓 crying, and the other half I糖心传媒檓 celebrating,糖心传媒� says Jesper. Mathis plans to major in electical and computer engineering, adding, 糖心传媒淩ochester was nicer than the other schools I applied to,糖心传媒� he says. 糖心传媒淚t had a little bit of everything.糖心传媒�
Zunhao 糖心传媒淓ric糖心传媒� He 糖心传媒�22, right, his mom Jian He, center, and dad George Wu wave from their elevator after moving into Eric’s room in the Student Living Center at Eastman School of Music. He hails from Shanghai, China, and will be studying percussion under professor Michael Burritt.
